14. Can WWE Break Streak Of Bad Rumbles?
One of the drawbacks of the Royal Rumble involving either a world title shot or the championship itself is that the pool of wrestlers who could legitimately, conceivably win the match is extremely small. When the Rumble is smartly booked and well-executed, that fact often does not detract from the quality and enjoyment of the event. But when the winner is obvious and the Rumble sucks? Oh boy. Unfortunately, that is exactly what weve gotten the past three years, with the winners being pretty clear (John Cena in 2013, Batista in 2014 and Roman Reigns last year) and the Rumble itself being lackluster at best and boring at worst. The Rumble used to be one of the easiest matches to count on for an enjoyable hour of wrestling, but now we have to ask if the 2016 edition can break that streak. So in a year when the list of potential winners can be counted on two, maybe three fingers, can WWE deliver a good Rumble on Sunday?
Scott Carlson
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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.
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