10 WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Impulse Reactions

1. Green Streets

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Braun Strowman sharing the ring with Vince McMahon and the Saudi Arabian dignitary after winning his second title belt this month was a perfectly imperfect way to end one of the company's more bizarre gambits in recent years.

Despite their gaudy veneers, the green title belt and ostentatious trophy were largely valueless - in stark contrast to the dollar figure the company received for spamming the 60,000+ with such a mammoth main event.

The Rumble itself was littered with talking points, though few of them related to the 'Monster Among Men' despising his victory and record number of eliminations. Daniel Bryan broke an all-time Royal Rumble 'Iron Man' stretch, going 76 minutes before finishing third thanks to his Backlash rival Big Cass, the largely ungoogleable Hiroki Sumi brought memories of those mid-1990s roster-filler Rumbles flooding back and Titus O'Neil - to quote the British Bulldog the last time something this catastrophic occurred - fell on his f*cking a*se.

Come on, that's what you're here for isn't it? The gif of him stumbling instead of Rumbling gets funnier with every viewing, taking his brand 'Worldwide' via viral mockery. Michael Cole was more enthusiastic than Jim Ross for a Stone Cold Steve Austin comeback, Corey Graves literally couldn't compose himself, and Vince McMahon and Kevin Dunn hit the replay button so many times that it's hard to see it not becoming his new gimmick this coming Monday.

It was - inadvertently - one of the Greatest Royal Rumble moments ever. God bless the former father of the year for synergistically taking one for the team.

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