7 Ups And 10 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2017

6. Jericho Dismissed Unceremoniously

Roman Reigns Chris Jericho
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So Chris Jericho enters the Rumble at #2, hangs around until #30 comes out, and he gets knocked out by Roman Reigns fourth to last.

What. The. Actual. Hell.

The moment Kevin Owens retained his WWE Universal Championship, it felt like WWE was planning on Jericho winning the Rumble (finally) to give us best friends colliding at WrestleMania. At worst, Jericho would be in the very end fighting to a dramatic finish.

Instead, Y2J was knocked off the turnbuckle to the floor to end his hourlong run in the Rumble. No drama, no confrontation. Just a Superman Punch and his night was over. Yes, fans can’t always get what they want, but this is this writer’s list, and Jericho being eliminated like that was a dumb move.

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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.