Ok, I can admit that I am a big time mark for pro wrestling, and since it is a slow sports news day I need to take a minute to talk about the most exciting event of the year. The Royal Rumble is by far the most entertaining, and popular Pay Per View event in the WWE. Think about that for a moment, it is far better in terms of audience and usually entertainment to the Super Bowl of Wrestling Wrestlemania. It is the one match I still watch every year, and yet WWE is messing with teh formula.
See, the business of pro wrestling is way down now. It has been ever since WWE Chairman Vince McMahon bought out his competition in 2001. Now the creative team is changing the Royal Rumble from 30 men to 40. It may not sound like much, but I can tell you this the WWE roster does not have 20 guys I want to see wrestle much less 40.
In recent years we have seen the WWE do a lot of odd things. They have disrespected former members of their roster, devalued their title belts, and really floundered along. Now they are really messing with something new and old school fans hold dear. The Royal Rumble is the one chance to win fans back and gear up for Wrestlemania, but in typical WWE fashion they believe bigger is better.
It seems kind of odd to me to do this on the 24th anniversary of this event. If changes needed to be made (and that is debatable since the Royal Rumble is the one thing about the current WWE that actually works) why mess with the formula now? It makes little sense to be, much like watching an actual WWE match these days.
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