9 biggest botches from WWE Royal Rumble 2018

#1 Stealing the spotlight

When it became known that the Women's Royal Rumble would close out the show, it was all but certain that Ronda Rousey was going to be appearing on-screen to make her WrestleMania plans known. However, instead of actually entering the historic first-ever all-ladies' Rumble and earning her spot, she instead waited until all of the real work was done to show up. She even did the vintage sign point while conveniently blocking out the person who had just won the Rumble. Asuka is technically in the above gif, between Charlotte and Alexa Bliss.

Perhaps I'm being too hard on this moment. I am genuinely excited about whatever title Ronda battles for at WrestleMania, but this is a booking botch to have not waited to bring her out until Asuka declared which champion she wanted to face first. Asuka survived a field of 29 other competitors to earn her spot, she had earned that much.

This all felt a little like the post-match interaction between Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior from WrestleMania VI. Hulk should've been way less visible for Warrior's moment, as Ronda should've been for Asuka. If only Asuka had challenged somebody and then Ronda got into the face of the other champion, this would've been a little more palatable.