8 Ups And 12 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2021

7. Evil Bliss Gets Sacked

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There’s a great argument to be made that Alexa Bliss should not exist in the “regular” WWE universe. Her brand of creepy, mystical antics don’t really translate well in the normal flow of action, such as title matches and the Royal Rumble.

But nonetheless, we got Bliss in the Rumble, and she almost immediately started to channel the dark forces that made her unbeatable against Asuka the past two weeks. And then Rhea Ripley ignored the dimming lights and calmly tossed Alexa over the top. And that was the last we saw or heard from Bliss for the night.

Wait. So Alexa can morph into this evil zombie-like villain, but tossing her over the top is her kryptonite? Did Ripley just cut the Gordian Knot? Or is WWE writing so terrible that they just decided that, “Well, Alexa is eliminated, so that’s it for her for tonight!”

Knowing the bookers, it’s definitely the latter.

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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.