WWE Royal Rumble 2026: Predicting Literally EVERYTHING!

3. Final Four (Men’s)

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Bron Breakker, Roman Reigns, Chris Jericho and Cody Rhodes.

Initially, it was tempting to put comeback snarler Jacob Fatu in that group and have both he and Cody Rhodes eliminate one another from the match. Also, this very writer previously predicted in another piece that Fatu could end Cody's dreams of winning a third Royal Rumble bout. That could very well still happen, so replace Rhodes with Jacob if that's in the pipeline.

The other 3, however? They're set, in this mind at least. Breakker would be the 'Iron Man' and elimination king on the night, Roman is Roman, and Jericho is only just returning to the WWE fold. Keeping up pretence that he'd be heading to WrestleMania for a match against the WWE or World Heavyweight Champion sounds like a good idea so early on into his comeback run.

If need be, Breakker can always throw Jericho out so he has some sudden beef with The Vision. There's next to no chance that 'Y2J' would turn his nose up at matches against Bron, Bronson Reed or even Logan Paul. He might also fancy getting a tune out of Austin Theory, or thumbing Paul Heyman in the eye for a laugh.

So, with Bron eliminating Jericho, have Cody oust Breakker to some boos then...we're down to the main event of 'Mania 39 and 40. No spoilers quite yet on who's winning, because we're got to tackle the victor in the women's Rumble first.

The guys can wait a wee while longer to find out who's going to Vegas.

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