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#2. The men's WWE Royal Rumble match should have gone on first
When talking about what order things should have happened in during this year's Royal Rumble event, we've got to talk about match order. Because this was one of the biggest problems of the night.
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There's no way the men's Rumble match should have gone on last. The fact that it did just boggles our minds.
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To begin with, when it comes to how the events of the show played out, we get the thought process. Brock Lesnar lost the WWE Championship to Bobby Lashley just two matches earlier, thanks to interference from Roman Reigns.
Clearly, having Brock win the Rumble was meant as a means to get Lesnar vs Reigns - again - at WrestleMania. Now, we've got our own thoughts on that but, for a minute, let's stick with that plan.
The 2022 Royal Rumble opened with Reigns defending his Universal Championship against Seth Rollins - which ended in a DQ. That took us into the women's Rumble match, followed by the RAW Women's championship match, the aforementioned WWE Championship match, the mixed tag match, and then the men's Rumble.
Why couldn't you have opened with the WWE Championship match - Reigns' issues with Lesnar have nothing to do with his match against Rollins. It makes just as much sense for Reigns to interfere in that bout anywhere else on the card. Start with that match and then run with the following:
- WWE Championship match
- Raw Women's Championship match
- Men's Rumble Match
- Universal Championship match
- Edge/Beth Phoenix vs Miz/Maryse
- Women's Rumble match
Having Brock lose the title at the start of the show gives WWE the chance to build up anticipation as to if the Beast Incarnate is going to interfere in Universal Championship match and if he's in the men's Rumble.
Let's be honest - Ronda Rousey returning is a pretty big deal. She was the imputus for the first female-led WrestleMania main event. Chances are, she's going to be involved in the main event of one of the two WrestleMania nights. How do you not headline a 'Mania night with a Rousey/Lynch championship match?
Of course, this is all based on if Brock wins the men's Rumble match to begin with. Which... we have a problem with.
