Getting Ready To Rumble - Potential 2019 Royal Rumble Winners: The Rock
In this new series, we look at the chances of entrants in the 2019 Royal Rumble matches.
Last time, we assessed the chances of Curt Hawkins.
Hey, everybody technically has a chance, right?
This time, we assess the chances of an altogether more accomplished superstar. Or to put it in another way, one of the greatest WWE superstars of all time.
I speak of the jabroni beating, pie-eating, trail-blazing, eyebrow-raising people's champion, The Rock.
The Rock's list of accomplishments are too long to list, so I'll give you the gist. 10 World Championships. One Royal Rumble victory. 5 WrestleMania main events, and he was indubitably in the most iconic match at WrestleMania X8 when he defeated Hollywood Hulk Hogan. He achieved all of this despite the fact that his full-time WWE run ended when he was only 31 years old.
Outside of the WWE, his autobiography debuted at number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list. He was the highest paid actor in the entire world in 2016. And he is a veritable blockbuster star. In fact, he is arguably the blockbuster star.
Everybody knows who The Rock is. Anyone who doesn't has certainly been, pardon the pun, living under a rock.
Despite all of his success, he comes across as one of the most humble and down to earth men in the world.
The Rock would be a fine choice to win the 2019 men's Royal Rumble match.
Let us delve into his chances.
The case for The Rock winning the 2019 Men's Royal Rumble match
This one is ridiculously easy.
It's The Rock, for crying out loud.
He is one of the most recognizable and beloved stars in the entire world. He broke through the wrestling bubble like nobody before him, or after him has been able to. He has his own little bubble. That's how much of a star he is. The Rock would instantly bring more eyes to the WWE than any other full-time or part-time wrestler ever could.
The Rock is also one of the most beloved wrestlers of all time. He has more charisma in his eye-brow than most wrestlers have in their entire body. Most wrestling fans absolutely adore him, and his victory would be met with widespread adulation.
It was also rumoured that The Rock was to win the Royal Rumble match in order to challenge Roman Reigns at WrestleMania; so this was an idea that was at least seriously considered.
One must also consider his last WWE match; a highly entertaining six-second squash of Eric Rowan. It was highly entertaining, but it seems somehow wrong that that should be his final wrestling match.
The Rock is one of the greatest of all time. Surely he would like to have one final run, and go out having electrified the millions (and millions) of his fans one last time?