10 Ups And 11 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2020

6. Brock Smash Goes Too Long

Brock Lesnar Royal Rumble 2020
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It wouldn’t have done any good to have Brock Lesnar come out at #1 and get tossed by #2. But having him eliminate 13 straight men like they were a bunch of 98-pound wimps was ridiculous.

The point was made after six or seven guys, and the joke was beaten into the ground once we got past #10. And yet, it went on until Drew McIntyre entered at #16, more than halfway through the Royal Rumble.

Had Drew come out at something like #11, it would have worked really well, but it just got silly going another 10 minutes. Of course, your mileage may vary. Some will really like the way it was done.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.