So What is Going to Happen? No idea

So, at the end of Monday's episode of Raw, the promotional picture for Sunday's Royal Rumble showed 21 entrants; and then after Tuesday's episode of Smackdown, there are 22 entrants.

Because it's difficult to view all the wrestlers in that poster, here's a list: (thanks Wikipedia!)

1. Goldberg
2. Brock Lesnar
3. Big E
4. Kofi Kingston
5. Xavier Woods
6. Chris Jericho
7. Braun Strowman
8. Baron Corbin
9. The Undertaker
10. Dean Ambrose
11. The Miz
12. Dolph Ziggler
13. Cesaro
14. Sheamus
15. Bray Wyatt
16. Randy Orton
17. Luke Harper
18. Big Show
19. Sami Zayn
20. Big Cass
21. Rusev
22. Mojo Rawley

The RR is a contest with 30 people* and it has always been about surprise entrants, as in wrestlers who have been off TV because of an injury (kayfabe or legitimate), who use the RR as a way to make their return. This article - Power Ranking Likely WWE Royal Rumble 2017 Winners After Final Raw, SmackDown - plots out the likely and unlikely winners.

When I look over that list, I can see many outcomes. Using the list above, here's what I think:

1. Goldberg No
   
2. Brock Lesnar No
   
3. Big E No
   
4. Kofi Kingston No
   
5. Xavier Woods No
   
6. Chris Jericho It's possible
   
7. Braun Strowman It's possible
8. Baron Corbin No
   
9. The Undertaker No
   
10. Dean Ambrose No
    
11. The Miz No
    
12. Dolph Ziggler No
    
13. Cesaro No
    
14. Sheamus No
    
15. Bray Wyatt No
    
16. Randy Orton No
    
17. Luke Harper No
    
18. Big Show No
    
19. Sami Zayn It's possible
20. Big Cass It's possible
21. Rusev No
    
22. Mojo Rawley No
    

It's not that I don't want the wrestlers with No next to their name to win - I just don't like their chances. The wrestlers with It's possible all have a scenario where winning sets them up for a major feud.

I don't have the WWE Network so I won't be watching the PPV as it happens. That said, I will likely have my Bleacher Report app active on my cell phone so as to get an idea as to what is happening.


* Traditionally, this is an all-men match, but there have been women that have entered in the past so I'll call the people in the match "people" to allow that there could be a woman in the match.

Editor's Note: This article -WWE Royal Rumble By the Numbers: Using Historical Context to Predict 2017 Winner - is also relevant to this topic.