WWE Royal Rumble 2022: Predicting All 17 Wrestlers Not Yet Announced

8. Xia Li

Xia Li
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Xia Li finally re-emerged on last week's episode of SmackDown, spending a good few minutes performing her wild ring entrance en route to saving Aliyah from a Natalya beatdown. Nattie could have brewed the perfect cup of coffee, stretched Aliyah into a pretzel, and read at least the first half of War and Peace in the time it took Li to run through the full routine, so a condensed version is necessary if she enters the Rumble.

Which she probably will. Back on television and back in the public eye, she is a necessary addition to the paper-thin SmackDown women's division. Having her eliminate Natalya in an emphatic fashion makes sense here.

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