World Wrestling Entertainment Presents: Royal Rumble 2022, 29 Jan 22

[Mr. Nerfect]

Originally Posted by XL Lol. That’s a little bit of a “straw man” you’ve created there. I didn’t say anything about using it to build a midcard match. I’m not proposing Riddle as a winner, although I guarantee whatever you booked for him would have been a more interesting story. You’re taking things as they are, I’m discussing how they could be. The WWE Title might feel like the IC of yesteryear because that’s how they’ve booked it. They sacrificed whatever story they were telling with that belt because the other champ was taken off the last show. They didn’t have to do that. They’ve created the setup they have; 2 shows that they want to present as relatively even, with a top champion on each brand. You don’t have to sacrifice everything at the altar of your top guy/top programme. Brock vs. Roman might be the thing that gets the “casuals” to tune into Mania. Does that get enhanced by Brock winning the Rumble? This story has been building since Summer 2020 when Roman aligned with Heyman. I’m not sure what rhe plan was for their match at Day 1 (although I’d guess that’s where the Heyman turn would have happened and we’d end up exactly where we are today with Brock winning the Rumble ) but would they have run the same Brock/Roman match again?

I don’t think it is a straw-man at all. I’m not saying those are your specifics, just that anything outside the Brock/Roman program is going to be less important than the Brock/Roman program. That’s the problem with two titles. You can’t have two “A1” champions. You just can’t.

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The Royal Rumble match is one of the few things I still watch live, but not after this year.


Everything they do is always are centered around Lesnar, to the point where it really feels like no one else exists or even matters. Him being in the Rumble doesn't even make sense, if you look at it from "Kayfabe" how was Brock even able to enter, with everyone "getting their numbers" before Saturday?


I dunno. Never thought they'd make the Rumble feel so stale, like nearly everything else.


The fact the Mania event is so predictable from so far out is sad. We've seen the match before and there's zero interest. Whatever happens at Chamber won't matter.


Rollins v Reigns was the most exciting part of the night, because of Rollins. As predictable as that match was, there were a few legit "oh shit" moments that were generated.