Roman Reigns is a favorite to win the WWE 2018 Royal Rumble match.
Raw 25 drew WWE’s best audience in years, with an average of 4.530 million viewers representing a whopping 39% increase from the previous week.
And while the special event was a nostalgia-filled broadcast filled with pro wrestling comfort food, by night's end, many fans on social media zeroed in on everything wrong with Raw 25. Common complaints included the desire for more liberal use of female legends, more segments blending old with new and, in the case of Manhattan Center, an actual show.
When it comes to WWE fandom, much like social media in general, outrage has become an art form. The WWE Universe, in particular, has cultivated a culture of prevailing self-entitlement that could result in a potential catastrophe this Sunday given some of the juicy rumors and wild scenarios that have been casually linked to the Royal Rumble.
Fans are trained to kick and scream when the Royal Rumble doesn’t go their way, especially in Philadelphia, which was infamously the case in 2015. The year before in Pittsburgh, that kicking and screaming was eventually rewarded with Daniel Bryan’s unlikely WWE World Championship win at WrestleMania 30.
The combination of high expectations and incentivized outrage makes for a volatile cocktail liable to produce vulgar chants and vitriol in the Wells Fargo Center. WWE will have its work cut out for it come Sunday when it navigates around what has become a tricky maze of placating its most ornery fanbase of the year.
Potential Disappointment No. 1: Ronda Rousey Fails to Appear in the Royal Rumble
The second Stephanie McMahon lorded over her classroom of female WWE Superstars to announce a women’s Royal Rumble, Ronda Rousey’s name and likeness became ubiquitous in the rumor mill. McMahon didn’t make any mention of Rousey, nor has Rousey been mentioned on television at all leading up to the Royal Rumble, yet somehow the expectation is that this is the spot where the former UFC bantamweight champion will finally make her long-awaited WWE debut.
">As WWE fans begin to wind down from endless criticism of Raw 25, they won't have to wait very long for their next batch of bellyaching as the 2018 Royal Rumble will present even more unrealistically high expectations that will inevitably lead to letdown.
Roman Reigns is a favorite to win the WWE 2018 Royal Rumble match.
Raw 25 drew WWE’s best audience in years, with an average of 4.530 million viewers representing a whopping 39% increase from the previous week.
And while the special event was a nostalgia-filled broadcast filled with pro wrestling comfort food, by night's end, many fans on social media zeroed in on everything wrong with Raw 25. Common complaints included the desire for more liberal use of female legends, more segments blending old with new and, in the case of Manhattan Center, an actual show.
When it comes to WWE fandom, much like social media in general, outrage has become an art form. The WWE Universe, in particular, has cultivated a culture of prevailing self-entitlement that could result in a potential catastrophe this Sunday given some of the juicy rumors and wild scenarios that have been casually linked to the Royal Rumble.
Fans are trained to kick and scream when the Royal Rumble doesn’t go their way, especially in Philadelphia, which was infamously the case in 2015. The year before in Pittsburgh, that kicking and screaming was eventually rewarded with Daniel Bryan’s unlikely WWE World Championship win at WrestleMania 30.
The combination of high expectations and incentivized outrage makes for a volatile cocktail liable to produce vulgar chants and vitriol in the Wells Fargo Center. WWE will have its work cut out for it come Sunday when it navigates around what has become a tricky maze of placating its most ornery fanbase of the year.
Potential Disappointment No. 1: Ronda Rousey Fails to Appear in the Royal Rumble
The second Stephanie McMahon lorded over her classroom of female WWE Superstars to announce a women’s Royal Rumble, Ronda Rousey’s name and likeness became ubiquitous in the rumor mill. McMahon didn’t make any mention of Rousey, nor has Rousey been mentioned on television at all leading up to the Royal Rumble, yet somehow the expectation is that this is the spot where the former UFC bantamweight champion will finally make her long-awaited WWE debut.
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