The 2017 Royal Rumble Prediction Thread

[Stu]

Here's the annual thread for you to make predictions in several key areas of the Royal Rumble. Have at it. By the way, attached is last year's thread if you want to see how well people did at predicting results.
officialfan.proboards.com/thread/536550/annual-royal-rumble-predictions-thread


1: Winner
2: Most Eliminations
3: Iron Man
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three)
5: First and Second Entrants
6: Number 30
7: Final Four
8: Best Elimination
9: Comedy Spot
10: Shortest Time

My predictions:

1: Winner: Chris Jericho or The Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations: Braun Strowman or Baron Corbin
3: Iron Man: The Miz, Sami Zayn or Seth Rollins
4: Surprise Entrants: Finn Balor, Samoa Joe and Shelton Benjamin
5: First and Second Entrants: Cesaro/Sheamus, Brock/Goldberg, Orton/Wyatt/Harper or someone/Enzo (just so he can do his spiel)
6: Number 30: The Undertaker
7: Final Four: Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose
8: Best Elimination: Random Cruiserweight
9: Comedy Spot: James Ellsworth or Jack Gallagher
10: Shortest Time: James Ellsworth, or anyone mentioned in No. 5.

[Big Bad Kahuna]

Winner: Cesaro (yeah I do believe in miracles)

Most eliminations: Braun

Iron Man: Seth Rollins

Surprise entrants: Finn Balor, Samoa Joe, Terry Funk

First/second entrants: Rollins and Apollo

Nr.30: Big Show

Final Four: Cesaro, Balor, Brock, Big Show

The other predictions are pretty subjective and trivial, sry

Bonus Fast Lane main event predictions: Cesaro vs Brock and Owens vs Balor, winners meet at WM for Universal Title

[Rican]

1: Winner: Dean Ambrose (it feels wide open this year but I could see Dean going against Roman or Cena)
2: Most Eliminations: BRAAAUUUUUN
3: Iron Man: Seth Rollins
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Samoa Joe, Carlito, Jake The Snake
5: First and Second Entrants: 1. Seth Rollins 2. The Miz
6: Number 30: Brock Lesnar
7: Final Four: Ambrose, Rollins, Goldberg, Lesnar
8: Best Elimination: Braun throws a cruiserweight an impressive distance out of the ring
9: Comedy Spot: Ellsworth gets slaughtered
10: Shortest Time: Ellsworth

[Reflecto]

1: Winner: John Cena.
2: Most Eliminations: Braun Strowman (and he breaks Roman Reigns's record in the process.)
3: Iron Man: Sami Zayn.
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Using the three as "Normal", "Curveball" and "Hot Taek":

Normal: Finn Balor.
Curveball: Sasha Banks (everything of her feud thus far being about "history" makes the natural endgame "Sasha enters the Royal Rumble".)
Hot Taek: Alberto Del Rio. (It's in San Antonio, 2016 was so unpredictable otherwise...so if you're predicting surprise entrant, go with "the single surprise that you would quite literally have to be insane to expect them to show up.")

5: First and Second Entrants: Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn.

6: Number 30: Goldberg.

7: Final Four: John Cena, Sami Zayn, Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman.

8: Best Elimination: Braun Strowman slaps James Ellsworth over the ropes before he even touches down in the ring, giving him a :00 elimination.

9: Comedy Spot: See 8.

10: Shortest Time: See 8.

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

1: Winner
2: Most Eliminations
3: Iron Man
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three)
5: First and Second Entrants
6: Number 30
7: Final Four
8: Best Elimination
9: Comedy Spot
10: Shortest Time

1: undertaker (if Finn does not comeback)

2: Brauuuunnnnn

3: Sami Zayn

4: Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor

5: Seth Rollins and Sami Zayn

6: HHH

7: Goldberg,Seth, Taker, Lesnar, or Finn, Dean, Seth, Cena

8: Anything Goldberg related

9: Anything New Day/Kofi related

10: Curtis Axel

[BatPunk]

1: Winner - Bray Wyatt
2: Most Eliminations - Braun
3: Iron Man - Seth Rollins
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three) - Finn Bàlor, Samoa Joe and Santino
5: First and Second Entrants - Seth and Ambrose
6: Number 30 - Undertaker
7: Final Four - Undertaker, Braun, Seth and Wyatt
8: Best Elimination - Braun press slams James Ellsworth onto Sami Zayn as he's about to enter the Rumble.
9: Comedy Spot - Something to do with Ellsworth and Ambrose.
10: Shortest Time - The Miz. To set up a new feud with Luke Harper.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Winner: Undertaker
Most Eliminations: Braun Strowman
Iron Man: Sami Zayn
Surprise Entrants: Samoa Joe, Finn Balor
First and Second Entrants: Cesaro and Sheamus
Number 30: Brock Lesnar
Final Four: Undertaker, Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton
Shortest Time: James Ellsworth

[PrimeTyme]

1: Winner - Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations - Braun
3: Iron Man - Finn Balor
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three)- Finn, Joe
5: First and Second Entrants - Sami Zayn, Finn Balor
6: Number 30 - Brock Lesnar
7: Final Four - Ambrose, Undertaker, Goldberg, Rollins
8: Best Elimination - Goldberg eliminates Brock in under 10 seconds
9: Comedy Spot - James Ellsworth
10: Shortest Time - James Ellsworth

[MolotovMocktail]

1: Winner - Shinsuke Nakamura (debut)
2: Most Eliminations - Brock Lesnar
3: Iron Man - Brock Lesnar
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three) - Shinsuke Nakamura, Steve Blackman, Ken Shamrock
5: First and Second Entrants - Brock Lesnar, Goldberg
6: Number 30 - Chris Jericho
7: Final Four - Shinsuke Nakamura, Chris Jericho, Undertaker, Brock Lesnar
8: Best Elimination - Braun Strowman
9: Comedy Spot - Kofi Kingston
10: Shortest Time - James Ellsworth

In case it isn't clear, I'm setting up AJ vs. Nakamura for Wrestlemania.

[Porky's Butthole]

1: Winner: This is a weird ass year. Actually not too sure. So let's say...Moe.

2: Most Eliminations: Brown Strawhat

3: Iron Man: Sami

4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Joe, Taker (he hasn't been announced for it yet), ROODE!

5: First and Second Entrants: Sami and Harper

6: Number 30: Some surprise entrant not listed.

7: Final Four: Broom Strewnmoom, Taker, Wyatt and Jericho

8: Best Elimination: Whatever happens to Ellsworth. I'm thinking Bam Bam/Spike Dudley.

9: Comedy Spot: When some jobber enters at 29 and the commentary team talk about what an advantage that spot is.

10: Shortest Time: Jinder

And, because I did it last year, let's do it again!



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Assuming the 4 men in both title matches don't pull double duty.

1: Winner: Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations: Braun
3: Iron Man: Rollins
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Shaq, Asuka, Balor
5: First and Second Entrants: Rollins & Harper
6: Number 30: Ellsworth
7: Final Four: Wyatt, Orton, Undertaker, Rollins
8: Best Elimination: Goldberg spears Brock over the ropes
9: Comedy Spot: Braun no sells no chin music and destorys Ellsworth
10: Shortest Time: Brock

[ASYLUMHAUSEN]

1: Winner; Ambrose
2: Most Eliminations; Braaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaun!
3: Iron Man; Ambrose
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three); Samoa Joe, Finn, Nakamura
5: First and Second Entrants Brock & Goldberg
6: Number 30 - Undertaker
7: Final Four - Ambrose, Taker, Rollins, Brauuuuuuuuuuuuun
8: Best Elimination - Nakamura
9: Comedy Spot - Jack Gallagher
10: Shortest Time - James Ellsworth

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

1: Winner: The Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations: BRAUUUUUNNNNN
3: Iron Man: Dean Ambrose
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Samoa Joe, Finn Balor & Shaq
5: First and Second Entrants: Sami Zayn & Dean Ambrose
6: Number 30: Brock Lesnar
7: Final Four: Lesnar, Goldberg, Ambrose & Taker
8: Best Elimination: James Ellsworth's
9: Comedy Spot: Jack Gallagher eliminating someone in hilarious fashion
10: Shortest Time: Brock Lesnar

EDIT: I'm already almost certain that 95% of these will be wrong.

[Bub (BLM)]

1: Winner - Chris Jericho
2: Most Eliminations - Braun Strowman
3: Iron Man - Seth Rollins
4: Surprise Entrants - Finn Balor, Samoa Joe, Tye Dillinger
5: First and Second Entrants - Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe
6: Number 30 - Randy Orton
7: Final Four - Seth Rollins, Chris Jericho, Finn Balor, Braun Strowman
8: Best Elimination - Goldberg is gonna destroy some small guy
9: Comedy Spot - New Day
10: Shortest Time - Titus

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

1: Winner: Balor
2: Most Eliminations: Strowman
3: Iron Man: Cesaro
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Reigns after he loses to Owens, Nakamura, Charlotte (I expect Balor to be in so he's not a surprise entrant)
5: First and Second Entrants: Cesaro and Randy Orton
6: Number 30: Balor
7: Final Four: Bray Wyatt, Balor, Cesaro, Kane
8: Best Elimination: Lesnar F5ing Goldberg over only to get headbutted by Jack Gallagher and go flying out like crazy
9: Comedy Spot: Titus enters and absolutely EVERYONE beats up on him and tosses him out Hassan-style
10: Shortest Time: Reigns, who gets KINSHASA'd out by Nakamura to set up Reigns' heel turn and Nakamura vs. Reigns at WM

[sravaj]

1: Winner - Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations - Brauuuuunn
3: Iron Man - Zyan, Ziggler and Jericho
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three) - Tye Dillinger(at No 10), Samoa Joe and Kurt Angle
5: First and Second Entrants - Zyan and Miz
6: Number 30 - Broockk Lesnaaar
7: Final Four - Undertaker, Bray Wyaat, Corbin, Ambrose
8 : Best Elimination - Brock and Goldberg eliminate each other
9: Comedy Spot - Kofi Kingston
10: Shortest Time - Ellsworth

[YellowJacketY2J]

1: Winner: Chris Jericho
2: Most Eliminations: Braun Strowman
3: Iron Man: Sami Zayn
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three): Jim Duggan, Tye Dillinger, Undertaker
5: First and Second Entrants: Sami Zayn & The Miz
6: Number 30: Undertaker
7: Final Four: Jericho, Strowman, Undertaker, Orton
8: Best Elimination: Kofi Kingston
9: Comedy Spot: James Ellsworth collides with Lesnar & Goldberg
10: Shortest Time: James Ellsworth

[Ryback on a Pole!]

1: Winner - Samoa Joe
2: Most Eliminations - Braun
3: Iron Man - Corbin
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three) - Joe, Shelton Benjamin, some attitude era throwback... Godfather maybe?
5: First and Second Entrants - Corbin, Big E
6: Number 30 Elsworth
7: Final Four - Joe, Elsworth, Rollins, Corbin
8: Best Elimination - Whoever tosses off Elsworth at the end.
9: Comedy Spot - Elsworth getting tossed out immediately
10: Shortest Time - Elsworth

[sunnytaker]

1: Winner- Undertaker
2: Most Eliminations- BRAAAAAUUUUN!
3: Iron Man- Miz
4: Surprise Entrants (Up to three)- Samoa Joe, Bobby Roode
5: First and Second Entrants- Miz, ziggler
6: Number 30- Undertaker
7: Final Four- Undertaker, Ambrose, Jericho, BRAAAAUUUN!
8: Best Elimination- BRAAAUUUN throws a kofi into the crowd who is then bodysurfed back to the ring, jumps from the guardrail to the steps, gets to the apron where Big E is thrown into the ropes by someone else and knocks kofi off to eliminate him.
9: Comedy Spot- Jericho is eliminated when ambrose hits him in the head with THE LIST! after Jericho eliminates rollins.
10: Shortest Time- Ellsworth

[AJ Smudgico]

Winner: Undertaker
Most Eliminations: Braun
Iron Man: Ambrose
Surprise Entrants: Booker T, Tye Dillinger (10), Hideo Itami
First and Second Entrants: Ambrose and Ellsworth
Number 30: Baron Corbin
Final Four: Corbin, Strowman, Jericho, Undertaker
Best Elimination: Bryan interference leads to Miz being eliminated
Comedy Spot: Ellsworth trying to reason with Ambrose
Shortest Time: Ellsworth


Edit: I've changed and put Itami as a surprise entrant. I've not seen any updates on his condition any time recently, but though he's done little in NXT by his lofty standards, him coming in a surprise would be an awesome shock for those of us who have seen his work. I freely admit it's very unlikely