25 Things You Learn Binge Watching Every WWE Ruthless Aggression PPV
5. One Royal Rumble Per Night Is Enough
This isn't some brutal, unnecessary takedown of the women's Royal Rumble. It’s a good thing that the women’s division has a Rumble too, especially nowadays when roster depth means the field of 30 has stars aplenty and the bout plays before significant interest. WWE began promoting men's and women's matches in 2018. Since then, they’ve been running multiples 30-wrestler matches on the same night, which can dilute the concept slightly.
That's the observation.
Rewatching all of the Rumbles between 2003-2008 makes it clear that Triple H should spread the PLE between multiple nights and stick to one per card. More than that is wearying. No, it's not a dealbreaker, but it's wearying and makes it more difficult for producers to sprinkle cool spots/eliminations throughout. Limiting the Rumble would also open things up to more title matches on the undercard too, which would be a positive in the era of 4-5 bouts per PLE.
Having one single Rumble per show is a sneaky delight on the older pay-per-views, it really is. Obviously, WWE would've struggled to present a women's division match pre-2018. They were still stuck in 'it's a sideshow' mode with the ladies during that 'Ruthless Aggression' era. You'd have Trish Stratus, Lita and a handful of others, then things would get tedious or feel less than.
They just didn't have the roster for it.
Going back in time to check out the 6 Rumbles mid-Aggression made it clear that 'less is more' when it comes to this sort of thing. The Royal Rumble should feel like the highlight of the show, not a highspot.