Early 2023 Royal Rumble Winner Picks

With Survivor Series WarGames coming up at the end of this month, it is as far as we know, the last premium live event on the 2022 schedule. As a result, the next one will be the Royal Rumble which takes place at the end of January. The annual event will host its sixth 30-woman Royal Rumble match with the winner going on to headline WrestleMania 39.

The past winners include Asuka, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Bianca Belair, and Ronda Rousey. Out of the five previous winners, three (Lynch, Flair, and Belair) would go on to win a championship at WrestleMania.

With the event still just two months away, there’s still plenty of time for new contenders to emerge who may win the match, but who do we think may take it based on what we currently know?

Although nowhere confirmed, the likely matches at WrestleMania if the current champions stay in place could possibly be Charlotte Flair vs. Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch vs. Ronda Rousey.

Check out the Diva Dirt staff picks below –

Colby’s Picks

Rhea Ripley

As of this writing, Rhea Ripley is my personal favorite to win her first Royal Rumble match. There’s money to be made in running Ripley vs. Bianca Belair in a marquee match on the main roster. From what we’ve seen of their interactions in NXT and as the final two in the 2021 Rumble, these two can make magic. It also helps that Triple H is a supporter of Ripley and he can be trusted to book her journey to Mania, no matter who is champion.

Sasha Banks

The Boss will return to WWE one day. There’s no denying that she should’ve won the 2022 Rumble match to get the SmackDown title match instead of Rousey… but here we are. If Banks were to win the Rumble, she could challenge anyone really. Belair, Rousey, Charlotte, Bayley. All of those options are worthy of headlining WrestleMania whether she’s a babyface or a heel. Plus, Mania is going Hollywood this year and Banks in a marquee match just makes perfect sense.

Shayna Baszler

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