10 Pay-Per-View Main Events WWE Could Actually Call The Worst EVER
5. The 2015 Royal Rumble
A nightmarish glimpse into the near future with unanimously-despised Roman Reigns atop the organisation, the 2015 Royal Rumble was somehow a bigger Daniel Bryan-related f*ck you to the audience from Vince McMahon than his "Bootista" misfire the year prior.
Overwhelming favourite Bryan spent just 10:36 in the battle royal and was tossed before Reigns even arrived in a conscious attempt from the company to let the fans get their cheers for their real hero out of their systems in time to make the best of it with the chosen one. This flippant approach seemed to make things worse.
As if the entire crowd had suddenly been embodied by ECW's dirtsheet-obsessed Sign Guy from two decades prior, the audience were begging not to be worked. It all fell on deaf ears, so pleading turned to protest.
Booing every last inch of the match and the stories it did a pathetic job of trying to tell, the crowd saved their rage for Roman and - such was the state of everything - The Rock when he was deployed for a transparent rub that did more damage to 'The Great One' than good for 'The Big Dog'.