WWE Royal Rumble 2019: 10 Surprise Entrants We Could See
8. Pete Dunne
'The Bruiserweight' has been main roster-ready for over a year, and with his United Kingdom Championship now stretching beyond 600 days and WALTER emerging onto the NXT UK scene, it won't be long before Dunne moves onto bigger things.
Whether those bigger things are also better things remains to be seen, knowing WWE's propensity to screw awesome wrestlers and characters up when they hit the main roster. Still, the timing feels right for Dunne to make the leap. NXT UK undoubtedly needs another star of his magnitude, but he'd be a more valuable asset to Raw or SmackDown, given how polished his act has become, and he's more than capable of throwing down on the biggest stage.
NXT's Adam Cole and Andrade 'Cien' Almas both appeared in the 2018 Rumble. Including Dunne would allow WWE to tick both the mainline developmental and UK boxes, given that he still shows up at Full Sail University semi-regularly. His participation would generate a good pop, and even allow the company to set up his first proper main roster feud via a mid-Rumble clash, before bringing him over to mainstream television full-time.