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The problem is, outside of a couple of tweets by Bryan himself, there was no focus put on why he was not going to be a part of the Rumble, let alone win it.
Does anyone think that Rock, Foley, Taker, HHH, Cena or Austin would have not been included in the Rumble during their respective main event runs or even ascents to main event status, without a reason or storyline behind it being the focus of their television time? Absolutely not.
If Bray vs Bryan was going to be on the card at RR and Bryan was not going to be a part of the Rumble, then they should have had a reason established for it, as opposed to Bryan randomly joining and then turning on the Wyatts on RAW.
Bray/the Wyatts could have cost Bryan a match that would have guaranteed him entry into the Rumble. He could have then chosen to join them or not leading to the match and a viable explanation as to why Bryan was not in the Rumble. This could have been a major focus of DB, the Authority and the Wyatts on RAW and Smackdown leading into the Rumble. Instead, he was just randomly thrown into a new feud with Bray Wyatt that also was just as quickly scheduled to end, and for no reason and no planning around it.
A year or two ago, I would've said there's no way Bryan deserves to win the Rumble and/or headline a WM for the World Title. I also said 5 months ago, after the Summerslam finish, nobody panic, let's see how this plays out, surely WWE will give Bryan his well deserved moment and title run in the long run. I figured worst case, he's SO over that he'd at least win the Rumble and go on to WM.
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