I was in two minds on whether to watch the show. I went to bed early and was awoken at 1:30am so - seeing as I was awake - I decided I may as well have a look what was happening.
The Rumble match was dreadfully plotted out.
The criticism I have read about it this morning has centred on there being too much comedy. I sort of agree. My gripe was on the booking of the entrants.
The Miz came out number one. Alex Riley - his former protege and person he feuded with last year - came out number two. If rivals were seeded in first and second drawing in the past, it would have been a cause for the commentators to go nuts. Not here. It was a few moments after Riley came out that there was any acknowledgement to their history.
I wasn't okay with that but I had to deal with it. Having people feuding with each other drawn next to each other has been done before but it was overused last night. Case in point the third entrant: R-Truth. He is in a current feud with The Miz.
At least the announcers tried to get over the fact that these two have beef with one another.
The annoying placement order occurred later in the show when Jinder Mahal came out followed next by his rival, Great Khali.
And all the top stars coming out in latter numbers looked even more fixed and didn't help my displeasure with the match.
Don King Bingo would be the best way to describe the 'randomness' of the drawing.
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Sheamus winning was also one of those 'we know better than the fans' swerves WWE likes to play now and again. They'll come up short doing that one of these days.
If they haven't done so already.
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