WWE Women's Royal Rumble 2021: Predicting ALL 30 Entrants

WWE Royal Rumble 2021 Surprise Predictions - Which Women & Former Divas Will Return?

by Michael Hamflett
Melina WWE
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Cardi B will not feature in this list, though few women have been as big a talking point amongst WWE's online audience than the "WAP" singer over the last week or so.

There was a grim hilarity to the star responding to all the Twitter tagging that came from a Raw namecheck with memories of when she actually watched the show. It speaks to most people when it comes to the former flagship - there can't be many celebrities occupying the spaces saved by those sub-2 million vessels that still make three hours on a Monday appointment viewing.

And yet, the Royal Rumble is a beloved enough institution that it could bring casuals such as Cardi back in, if only for the short term. It remains a match as fun as the stakes are functional, and the company will hope to host two variants that pay fitting tribute to the event's recently deceased godfather Pat Patterson.

With only four competitors confirmed at time of writing, it leaves space for numerous major stars across Raw, SmackDown and NXT as well as a few traditional Rumble surprises. With Raw Legends Night opening the door for comebacks and cameos, we can now reasonably expect several in the titular January classic, even if it remains confined to the ThunderDome...

30. Charlotte Flair

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Confirmed on the first Raw of 2021, 'The Queen' will look to go back-to-back after winning last year's battle royal. There's more entertaining options for victory, but is it ever wise to bet against Charlotte Flair?

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation for 10 years. Alongside the production of daily written, audio and video content covering WWE and AEW, he also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot on the UK's wrestling podcast charts with over 10,000 episodes and 70,000,000 total downloads. He also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House!, Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast, and has guested on long-running Sunderland AFC podcast Wise Men Say. With WhatCulture, he has provided in-person coverage of some of the biggest pay-per-views and Premium Live Events in wrestling history, including WrestleMania, Survivor Series, All In & Double Or Nothing in destinations such as New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. He has also been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana, 411Mania and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in music and culture magazines The Crack, Pilot as well as Sunderland AFC's premiere fanzine A Love Supreme. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it every other Saturday at the Stadium Of Light, and at Cribs gigs nationwide.