10 WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Impulse Reactions

10. Superstarts

It's taken Triple H a fair few WrestleManias to realise where he's best served on cards of this size, but the last couple of months have highlighted just how well he's finally learned to play the running order 'Game' on a show he's partially in charge of.

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Perfectly pitched as a middle-of-the-show attraction at WrestleMania, the Ronda Rousey tag team match he was such a vital component of didn't lose its heat to a prior contest nor outstay its welcome at the halfway point. His diet Hogan/Warrior affair with John Cena was the very definition of a 'hot start', and both performers milked their star reactions for all they were worth.

Hunter glared at the audience and they booed right back. The pair exchanged poses, pushes and tests of strength and effortlessly gathered up the requisite cheers and boos with none of the vuvuzela-like hum that ordinarily accompanies 'Big Match John' clashes on home soil. Doing a lot with very little, it was genuinely pleasing to see two legitimate legends go through the motions and still get their desired response the old fashioned way. 'Simpler' times are sometimes better ones too.

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