Why the Royal Rumble was a major letdown

2. Lack of star power in The Royal Rumble:

Sheamus, Dolph Ziggler, Kevin Nash, and “JBL” all made surprise returns to the squared circle in The Royal Rumble. Despite a few pops for Big Daddy Diesel and “JBL” , The WWE Universe as a whole had to have felt cheated by the lack of surprise in the big match last night. With returns like Chris Jericho and Goldust in years past, it is hard to imagine why WWE wouldn’t have stockpiled the remaining entrants with stars of years past. It would have been nice to see stars like The Undertaker, Brock Lesnar and Hulk Hogan, Jake The Snake Roberts, and Roddy Piper in the nights main event, even if just to set up a cheap pop from the crowd, or a feud down the line at WrestleManina. Instead the only plot point the WWE seemed eager to shove down The WWE Universe’s throat was, that Batista would win the Royal Rumble in dominating fashion, and go on to headline WrestleMania 30