WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Star Ratings For All 10 Matches

10. Bobby Roode & Chad Gable Vs. Rezar & Scott Dawson

Jesus. What is there to write about?

If this match has one distinction, it's that it might be the most unnecessary professional wrestling match of all time. Seriously: this added absolutely nothing to the show, and in fact actively detracted from it. Though the crowd barely reacted to the TV-at-a-push quality action, the act of concentrating on something still exerts energy. Perhaps WWE should have realised that this crowd might have ended up completely exhausted after seven hours of professional wrestling before booking yet more of it.

Everything Chad Gable does looks amazing. He wrestles with a wit and an ingenuity and an athletic precision that makes you question, constantly, why he is where he is. And then you, complicit in a way, make no noise because when he wrestles, there is invariably six and a half more hours of wrestling to get through after the fact. It's like being force-fed a roast dinner when you're taking your morning piss.

This was notable only for the fact that a cameraman, not used to the curved entrance set-up, fell flat on his a*se when filming Gable and Roode's entrance. Kevin Dunn, who never met a cut he didn't like, failed to cut away. Either the guys in the truck were too busy popping, or they, paid handsomely to pay attention, couldn't be bothered, either.

Star Rating: **