WWE Women's Royal Rumble 2022: Predicting ALL 30 Entrants

15. Sonya Deville

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...when Sonya Deville enters the contest herself, perhaps even at #30, in order to try and take to the shortcut to the WrestleMania main event on an undeserved platform of authority.

The Royal Rumble presents a golden opportunity to heat up even the coldest of weekly programmes because the stakes remain believably high for one night only. Deville getting close-but-not-close-enough thanks to Naomi is far superior to the Bully Ray-levels of heat as an alternative too.

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