10 Worst WWE Mistakes In 2018 (So Far)

5. Booking Two Royal Rumbles In Three Months

Braun Strowman Greatest Royal Rumble
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Question: if the Greatest Royal Rumble was so important, then why isn't Braun Strowman carrying that title belt around with him every week? Aside from hearing a few brief mentions on TV and seeing the Rumble's trophy occasionally sitting at ringside, there hasn't been enough made of Braun's win in Saudi Arabia.

What was the bloody point in giving him a championship belt out there if fans were never going to see it again? Those arguing that it was a one-off show are right, but WWE shouldn't have bothered making the thing then.

Maybe they should have come up with another carrot to dangle in front of fans for the stadium show.

The 50-man Rumble in Saudi occurred just three months after the 30-man version in January. It's almost come across that the Rumble won by Shinsuke Nakamura is to be forgotten about. That might've been fine had WWE made more of Strowman's own victory.

Apparently, that didn't matter too much either.

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