WWE Royal Rumble 2018: 5 Surprise entrants that could shock the WWE Universe
The 2018 Royal Rumble event will emanate from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This will be the 30th anniversary of the event and will officially kick off the road to Wrestlemania 34. The first ever Royal Rumble event was held in January 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario.
The Royal Rumble is an exciting event and is the most anticipated show of the year, besides Wrestlemania. The match itself is interesting due to its unpredictability with regards to special appearances, returns and the eventual winner of the match. Already, speculations have been rife on who is going to win the Royal Rumble for a chance to main event Wrestlemania. The number of candidates fronted to win makes the event quite unpredictable. The event is also synonymous with returns of legends or past wrestlers. The WWE universe always gets the chance to witness incredible debuts and returns at the Royal Rumble and it is no wonder that this event normally creates lot of excitement and buzz.
Here are five surprise entrants the WWE universe would pop for at the 2018 Royal Rumble;
#5 Rob Van Dam
Rob Van Dam is the only wrestler to have simultaneously held the WWE Championship and ECW World Championship.
RVD competed in his last match for WWE against Seth Rollins at the August 29 episode of SmackDown. He made his final appearance at the 2014 Slammy Awards to present the Slammy Award for Extreme Moment of the Year. Van Dam had a memorable showing at 2006 Royal Rumble where he was drawn number 20th, lasted 23.54 minutes and eliminated four people.
His return at the Royal Rumble would get a massive pop. Chants of "ECW" and "RVD" would rent the air the entire time. At 46 years old, RVD is still able to put on a good performance just to remind us why he is one of the greatest performers of all time.