Someone needs to seriously bring this artwork back.
So who do we have winning this year? There are a couple rumors, some that we all probably figured by process of elimination and/or interviews from other wrestlers.
Let's look at Smackdown first. You have Roman Reigns as the current champion and more than likely the champion going in. Roman losing the belt now would be more shocking than when Orton beat Drew. The problem here is the heavy rumor we're going to see the match we didn't see last year, Goldberg v. Roman Reigns for the Universal championship. Would Goldberg seriously need to win the Rumble? We've seen worse booking decisions when it comes to him so why not!?!?!
Other than Goldberg, the only 2 people who scream at me are Daniel Bryan and Big E. Imagine the sitting IC champion winning the Rumble and going on to headline. Doesn't have to be champion but it'd be sweet. DB wanting to wind down, this could be the win he should've had at 30 and maybe even 31. These 2 are the perfect babyfaces to battle Roman at Mania.
Then you have Raw. Pretty hard to predict here. Could be Sheamus, and while I'm not a HUGE fan of Sheamus, I'm loving this storyline but I feel we're going to get it before Mania or maybe even after. AJ Styles winning seems like a stretch. The Fiend is a strong choice and would be a big win for Drew. Shit they could even give The Fiend the win here and another title reign. Matt Riddle would be my sleeper choice but they don't really do those type of winners, guys who are still kind of middle of the card.