WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Predicting All 30 Entrants

24. Baron Corbin - #7

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The fans are settled in by this point. The buzz of counting down is only performative because nobody has ever won from #7.

It is a number drawn by somebody who's there to make up the numbers. The match is paced in a certain way for a reason - to ensure that fans stick with it until the end - and #7 is the opposite of a lucky number in Royal Rumble lore.

With no big pop expected or even sought, the best bet to avoid actual silence is a sustained groan - and that's where Baron Corbin comes in.

He can walk to the ring with a smug expression, maybe chuck Gable out to get a cheap rise out of the "smart marks", and then sell the humiliation of getting done in by Sami.

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