10 WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Impulse Reactions

8. Softly Brother

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Similar to another high profile SmackDown Live! title feud (more on that later), it appears as though The Bludgeon Brothers and The Usos may never have a match many assumed them capable of - not least because of hard evidence they actually can thanks to choice battles in the past.

The real and kayfabe brothers (as well as The New Day) had to follow the match of the night at WrestleMania, and were here sandwiched between a noticeable break in play and a fatal four-way ladder war. Working below their best, the four seemed to content to assemble a television quality match on an incongruously grand stage. Understandably saving their best for another day (at least, that's a justifiable reason for this clash completely passing without incident), the duos didn't leave audiences salivating for a time they actually might.

The Usos weren't helped by Naomi's blanket ban from the card. Now the sole way the two have scored any kind of win over their bigger opponents, her already-controversial absence was more noticeable than normal. It was probably for the best - her entrance alone would have been substantially more exciting than anything that went down in the match.

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