Just watched it yesterday. it sucked imo
-Not a single "complete surprise"or"Unexpected Legend" entrant,which are a big part of the enjoyment of the rumble
-Too many people at once for too long,with nothing really happening(seriously,this is probably in the top 5 of the "highest number of people in at the same time" category lol)
-Jericho staying outside for half an hour randomly,then returning with no clear reason why he returned and didnt stay safe on the outside or exit again when lesnar entered,and the commentators acting like"he has been in the rumble for an hour! my god!"despite that.
-Reigns throwing every smark favorite out like a bag of potatoes,including taker(unless this is a prelude to a reigns heel turn,which i suspect and hope for,as long as he stays far away from the streak)
-Goldberg again humiliating lesnar,further proving that the streak died for nothing. i know lesnar will "get his revenge"at mania,but that doesnt change how awful the entire thing is.
-Orton winning,while unexpected,is both random and reeks of the classic vince mentality of not giving anyone new a chance. a far better choice that would have moved the exact same storylines would have been Wyatt.
seriously,the only entertaining part was strawman demolishing everyone lol.
I said that in response to you sayin he's not Hogan/Austin the point was they all big names/HOFers that got the shot when they didn't "need" it, the gripe people have wit him that you just mentioned applied to both Hogan and Austin which was my point all 3 of them didn't need it to pad their stats and coulda main evented without it but people didn't have a problem wit it back then. I brought up Batista and HHH to show that its been done regularly thru Rumble history but people didn't start whinin about it til recently I said the same thing when people complained about those 2 winnin as well, and obviously a Rumble win for Bray would mean more for him but nobody cares about Bray Wyatt he been losin damn near every PPV match he's been in so havin him win the Rumble tellin everyone months ahead of time that he gonna main event Wrestlemania wouldn't build any anticipation shyt woulda been as much a let down for casuals as Orton winnin is for you smarks.
They did what was best for business and went wit one of the biggest names around who hasn't been in the championship picture in a while, and I think they still prolly gonna do Orton/Cena at Mania puttin Bray in that match will be less interestin for people than another Orton/Cena cause they would need more than a month and a half to build Bray up as a legit star for the Mania main event dude been complete mid card status for the last 2 years.
