Best and worst of RAW before Royal Rumble 2019- 21 Jan 2019

Modified Jan 22, 2019 05:05 GMT

The go home show had both good and bad moments

#3 Worst: Announcing all the contenders

Can we all agree that the best thing about the Royal Rumble is the surprise element? When you announce all the participants beforehand, that's a real dampener. I am not a fan of either the men or the women announcing their entry into the match. I feel like it takes away from the excitement.

Alexa Bliss rattled off all the names this week, during 'A Moment of Bliss'. We already know that Carmella will be at Number 30 in the match. The element of who's coming out last has already been spoiled for the WWE Universe.

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This is, at its core, one of the most critical issues with all of WWE at this moment. The element of predictability is turning fans away from the product.

Let's hope that a few legends do show up during the match and a few NXT Superstars get called up as well.

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