10 WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Impulse Reactions

7. Reincarnation

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Matt Hardy's continued rehabilitation of the long-dead Bray Wyatt gimmick continued in earnest with a meaningful-yet-moribund win over perennial tag favourites The Bar in a match that really couldn't have gone any other way.

Sheamus and Cesaro's impending run on SmackDown Live! rendered this clash the most predictable of the bunch, though the contest was the only one of seven possible outcomes that featured the crowning of new champions.

Everything about Hardy and Wyatt has a rather WWE-esque contrivance about it. Their split shift entrance exploits the catchphrases from Matt's Broken/Woken Universe as well as allowing audiences to drain their phone batteries creating the 'firefly' look for television audiences.

Though their double team moves are laughable constructions, the support behind them as champions should strip any comedic elements as they navigate through Raw's new doubles division.

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