Well. Overall, Royal Rumble was a good show.
I expected exactly that from Drew's match with Sami: Drew's domination.
Gunther with AJ Styles... A good match, even a very good one. AJ ended his career on his own terms, as Nakamura spoiled in a quickly deleted post, where he mentioned that during a conversation while traveling to a live event in Tokyo in October, he asked AJ when exactly he wanted to end his career, and AJ replied that he had already decided it would be at Royal Rumble.
Women's Royal Rumble – there were a few botches, especially Lola Vice and Candice LaRae, who I don't think were supposed to be eliminated at the same time, but it was a good match, although I'm a little disappointed that AJ Lee and Paige weren't there.
Liv's victory was well deserved, because apart from Sol Ruca, she definitely performed best in the ring, and we have a surprise in the form of Brie's return.
As for the men's Royal Rumble... it was a big disappointment. Okay, Powerhouse Hobbs showed up, which was a bit of a surprise, Chad Gabe returned as the original El Grande Americano, and they recreated that Spider-Man meme.
But the big no-show that a lot of sources were talking about was Chris Jericho, and there were no surprises in the form of one night only appearances by a Hall of Famers or, for example, the Hardys or other people from TNA.
And the winner, confirming what he said in an interview before Rumble, is Roman Reigns, who will probably not fight until WrestleMania and will probably appear on TV a maximum of three times.
In the interview, he criticized the creative team, saying that they have been standing still for two years and are not promoting new stars...
And Rumble was an opportunity to promote someone new to the WrestleMania main event. If not Gunther, who's now the obvious choice, then one of the fan favorites who always gets a big reaction - Penta, LA Knight, Trick Williams...
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