WWE Royal Rumble Predictions: Full of Surprises and Excitement

Hey guys, I'm finally back as a writer for Bleacher Report. I'm sorry I haven't written an article in a seriously long time. I was just lazy, that's all. 

This Sunday, WWE fans from all around the universe will witness the biggest Royal Rumble in WWE history. For the first time ever, the Royal Rumble will have 40 participants instead of the usual 30.

These are my predictions for what will happen during the actual Royal Rumble match. Enjoy.

Order of The Royal Rumble Participants

1. The Big Show

2. David Otunga

3. John Morrison

4. Yoshi Tatsu

5. Heath Slater

6. Evan Bourne (Surprise Entrant)

7. Mark Henry

8. Ezekiel Jackson

9. William Regal

10. Jack Swagger

11. R-Truth

12. Ted DiBiase

13. Primo

14. Daniel Bryan

15. Santino Marella

16. Christian (Surprise Entrant)

17. Husky Harris

18. Kofi Kingston

19. Tyson Kidd

20. Wade Barrett

21. Zack Ryder

22. Chris Masters

23. Justin Gabriel

24. Michael McGillicutty

25. Cody Rhodes

26. David Hart Smith

27. Rey Mysterio

28. Booker T (Surprise Entrant)

29. Darren Young

30. Batista (Surprise Entrant)

31. John Cena

32. Mason Ryan

33. Drew McIntyre

34. King Sheamus

35. Alberto Del Rio

36. Vladimir Kozlov

37. Triple H (Surprise Entrant)

38. Kane

39. Chris Jericho (Surprise Entrant)

40. CM Punk

The Surprise Entrants

John Cena returns at the 2008 Royal Rumble

Evan Bourne: Bourne's scheduled to return to action anytime soon, and what better place to return than the Royal Rumble? Plus rumor has it that Bourne is also in line for a huge push, so why not place Bourne in the Royal Rumble match and let him deliver a spectacular performance while he's at it.

Chris Jericho: Y2J could be back, and better then ever before. Jericho left WWE back in Summer 2010 to take a break so I guess its Jericho's time to shine again. I expect him to come back and give Raw the star power it desperately needs right now.

Christian: I expect Christian to return from his shoulder injury and put on a good performance. I predict that he will go right after the man who injured him, Alberto Del Rio.

Triple H: I know what you're thinking and I know that The Game is injured. But WWE always loves to put that huge surprise entrant in their Rumble matches and I think Triple H is the huge surprise entrant this year. I don't expect the game to win the Rumble match but I do know that he will take out King Sheamus no matter what.

Booker T: Booker T has been in talks with WWE about a return for a long time, and I think now is the perfect time for him to return. He should definitely return as a heel, but without the King Booker gimmick since Sheamus beat him to it.

Batista: I know, I know. But hey, I can still dream. What if Batista returns to WWE as one of the surprise entrants and completely dominates. I expect a face turn if this happens, because Raw desperately needs top faces right now.

The Undertaker: Although he's in no condition to compete, I want Undertaker to return and eliminate Kane and Wade Barrett but not as a surprise entrant but as a random interference. Basically I want the lights to go off when Wade Barrett and Kane are both in the ring and when they turn back on I want them both eliminated from the Rumble match. That way, Undertaker doesn't even really have to return.

Order Of Elimination

Triple H eliminating Kane at the 2010 Royal Rumble

1. Yoshi Tatsu

2. Heath Slater

3. David Otunga

4. Mark Henry

5. William Regal

6. Big Show

7. Ted DiBiase

8. Primo

9. Husky Harris

10. Daniel Bryan

11. Zack Ryder

12. Tyson Kidd

13. Cody Rhodes

14. DH Smith

15. Santino Marella

16. Jack Swagger

17. Darren Young

18. R-Truth

19. Michael McGillicutty

20. Drew McIntyre

21. Kofi Kingston

22. Justin Gabriel

23. Vladimir Kozlov

24. Wade Barrett

25. Kane

26. John Morrison

27. Booker T

28. King Sheamus

29. Triple H

30. Christian

31. Batista

32. Chris Masters

33. Evan Bourne

34. Chris Jericho

35. Mason Ryan

36. Alberto Del Rio

37. Rey Mysterio

38. Ezekiel Jackson

39. John Cena

Winner: CM Punk

The Final Six Participants

I know it should be the final four, but give me a break, we have 10 more participants this year.

6. Mason Ryan: Batistwo should at least make it to the final six participants and help his leader, CM Punk eliminate other participants and win the Royal Rumble. I see Mason being eliminated by the monster, Ezekiel Jackson.

5. Alberto Del Rio: I know WWE's high on this guy right now, and I think he has tremendous potential which is why I'm putting him in the final six participants of the match. I imagine him to do extremely well until Rey Rey shocks everyone by eliminating him.

4. Rey Mysterio: Rey is one of the most resilient superstars in this Royal Rumble match and he deserves to be in the final six. I see Mysterio eliminating Del Rio and Del Rio attacking Rey after his elimination and costs Rey his Wrestlemania opportunity as CM Punk eliminates him..

3. Ezekiel Jackson: Representing The Corre, I expect Jackson to be the one to make it to the final six, not Wade Barrett, Jackson. The reason being is that WWE really wants to push him and this is his chance to prove his dominance. He should have the most eliminations in the Rumble match. John Cena would be the one to eliminate him.

2. John Cena: Of course, Super Cena has to be in the final six of the Rumble match. After putting on one hell of a show, Cena eliminates Ezekiel Jackson but as soon as he turns around, Punk hits him with the buzz kick and throws him out.

1. CM Punk: The New Leader of Nexus finally wins his first Royal Rumble match. This Sunday I expect the cunning leader of The New Nexus to win the Royal Rumble match after eliminating John Cena.