Why you should care: Since declaring himself King, Neville has gotten really, really violent. This year’s Royal Rumble is truly unpredictable These surprise Royal Rumble entrants could win Notice the past tense there? It’s because Neville is the King of the Cruiserweights, and he’s looking to get his crown this Sunday.

Swann is the current Cruiserweight champ, and he deserved that designation as he was clearly the top of the entire division. The Cruiserweight Division (and 205 Live) are taking some time to find their footing in WWE programming, but that isn’t really the case with either Rich Swann or Neville.

And WWE should tell you about it because damn, dude, how can you not root for Swann after hearing it? Don’t take that as any form of sarcasm - it is tragic. He is good at all of those things, and he has a tragic backstory WWE is sure to fill you in on.

Swann loves dancing and having fun and also flips and winning matches. What am I looking at here? Neville is the one with the abs. WWE Cruiserweight Championship Match: Neville vs. Well, Nia Jax might, and she is capable of putting the hurt on you, so, you know, skip at your own peril.Īnd now, why you should care about the 2017 Royal Rumble. to (at least) 11 p.m., though, so if you need to tune in a little later, no one will hold it against you. That’s three matches you’ll likely want to watch, especially the women’s tag match, which should help set the table for SmackDown’s next exclusive pay-per-view: Elimination Chamber. Three matches will go down on the pre-show: Nia Jax and Sasha Banks will face off the RAW Tag Team Championships will be defended by Sheamus and Cesaro against Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and there is a six-woman tag match featuring Nikki Bella, Naomi, and Becky Lynch against Natalya, Mickie James, and SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. ET, with the kickoff program starting at 5 p.m. We legitimately don’t know what’s going to happen, and neither do you! But that’s why you’re here, isn’t it? Let’s get right to it. We don’t know who is going to win! And I don’t mean that in the typical “hey, maybe the expected thing won’t happen and we’ll all be surprised” way that has been the case during the last few Rumbles. And how can you blame them? The Royal Rumble is great even when it’s subpar, and this year’s promises to be far better than that. It’s that time of year, y’all! The Royal Rumble is where even the most casual of wrestling fans start to pay attention because it’s the start of the Road to WrestleMania.

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