8 WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Impulse Reactions

8. Shorty G Vs. Sheamus

This match should have been a total banger.

Instead, the last minute resembled a total banger whilst the remaining 11 were spent returning to Sheamus to the same early days his gear evoked memories of.

'The Great White' has been in great form in vignettes since returning to SmackDown via a series of promos shouting the odds at the strange roster assembled by the billion dollar brand, but this contest could have done with getting a bit weird to make up for the sheer amount of f*ck all happening for large portions of it. G had his ear bloodied, WWE's production staff experimented with the lighting in the unique setting, and the referee audibly informed the pair when they were squashed into a picture-in-picture shot, but there was little else to grab on to for those arriving early to Minute Maid Park.

Gable's closing salvo was electric of course, but he'd sold so much by that point that fans simply weren't buying a possible upset. A Brogue Kick sealed this particular deal for the returning former WWE Champion and Rumble winner, but one senses that they'll do a better job with this in the inevitable television rematch.