the early having a bet odds (h/t paddy energy) have positioned john cena because the making a bet favourite at nine/4 even as roman reigns isn't any. 2 at five/2, which shows it is noticeably likely that we get an unsurprising winner for the 5th straight 12 months. in 2011 and 2012, wwe went the unpredictable course with alberto del rio and sheamus, respectively, giving desire to lovers that we'd see a brand new trend wherein growing stars emerged from the 30-guy royal rumble healthy with a surprising and career-defining victory.
on the grounds that then, however, wwe has reverted to its age old philosophy of predictability with its rumble winners: cena in 2013, batista in 2014, reigns in 2015, triple h in 2016 and randy orton in 2017. aside from reigns, every of those stars had previously won the royal rumble, and once more other than reigns, every of these stars had a couple of world identify reigns, with triple h, cena and orton all in the double digits.
but, wwe is poised to copy that mistake once again.
with reports long indicating that reigns will tackle brock lesnar for the ordinary championship at wrestlemania 34, "the large canine" is, at the side of cena, an obvious desire to win the royal rumble just 3 years after he ultimate did so. you may recall the overwhelmingly poor reaction reigns received for his first royal rumble win in 2015, which passed off within the wells fargo center in philadelphia, the precise same location in which the 2018 royal rumble will take region and one in which fans hated reigns so much that they honestly booed the rock (who helped him win the match) out of the building.
still, wwe should very well mirror records with another reigns win, which might erase all of the difficult work the creative crew has put in to quelling a number of the boo birds for reigns. make no mistake approximately it, one of the most important motives wwe positioned the protect again together some months ago changed into to get reigns cheered, and it labored splendidly, with the boos truely quieting for reigns whilst the guard seemingly became the no. 2 products sellers on wweshop.com.
erasing that for a royal rumble victory for reigns seems like a bad concept, especially for the reason that raw has removal chamber in february, which can without problems function the stage to get to lesnar vs. reigns if reigns wins an elimination chamber fit as a substitute. likewise, a cena royal rumble is a disaster waiting to take place, given all the symptoms that "the champ" might be on his manner out sooner rather than later.
wwe fanatics are infamous for ruining matches after they realize one or both competitors is on their way out, and though a cena win wouldn't bring about extreme ranges of fan backlash a la goldberg/lesnar at wrestlemania 20, it in all likelihood would not sit down nicely with a big part of enthusiasts who recognise that cena is going to be long gone just as tons (if not extra) as he's around till he hangs up his boots for accurate. over the past few years, cena has taken several prolonged hiatuses, inclusive of a 3-month hiatus in 2017 that saw him disappear after wrestlemania 33 in april and not show up again until july 4th.