WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Predicting All 30 Entrants

5. Montez Ford - #26

Montez Ford
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Montez Ford should reach the final four, which is a strong hint in itself that the promotion thinks highly of a performer.

The Rumble is so positively overflowing with star-making devices that the disgrace that was Vince McMahon's creative decline should never, ever be glossed over. Ford won't win in 2023, but he should be on the shortlist for 2024. Ford has the lot, is one of very few WWE talents who can command a loud and sustained reaction to his matches throughout, and as fun and talented an act as the Street Profits are, both Ford and Dawkins have singles headliner credentials.

Why squander their potential for the sake of some useless Black and Gold also-ran or other?

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