I'm confused re:the Rumble

[Kevin Hamilton]

I'm sure it was well and easily explained in the build up, but I haven't watched in well over a year. So the champion Brock was in at number 1, but the belt wasn't on the line?

Like ok Drew won and gets a shot at Mania, cool I guess, but that would be the standard Rumble stip.

Why was Brock in the thing?

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Ego trip. To prove a point that nobody is good enough to challenge him by throwing them over a rope instead of pinning or submitting them.

[mrbananagrabber]

It was idiotic.

Brock’s whole thing for years has been he’s a prize fighter, Brock doesn’t fight for free etc. Except he’ll agree to be number one draw on the roster to go through the entire roster for..an ego boost, because he totally needs one? So what was Heyman’s plan? Beat everyone and then take Wrestlemania, the biggest show and payday of the year off?

It made no sense.

[Kevin Hamilton]

Jan 27, 2020 6:35:50 GMT -5 EoE: Well There's Your Problem said:

Ego trip. To prove a point that nobody is good enough to challenge him by throwing them over a rope instead of pinning or submitting them.

Well that's just dumb.

[Super Duper Dragunov]

*cue Simon Miller's "Stuff Just Happens" segment*

[Mozenrath]

Jan 27, 2020 6:46:29 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

It was idiotic.

Brock’s whole thing for years has been he’s a prize fighter, Brock doesn’t fight for free etc. Except he’ll agree to be number one draw on the roster to go through the entire roster for..an ego boost, because he totally needs one? So what was Heyman’s plan? Beat everyone and then take Wrestlemania, the biggest show and payday of the year off?

It made no sense.

Eh, had he won, he'd have been able to take Bray's belt, too, at 'Mania, which would obviously be a big boon even to him.

It's not like he's doing it for no material benefit.

[J is Justice]

That's the first PPV I've watched in years, too. Why does everybody hate Brock?

[Bang Bang Bart]

Jan 27, 2020 7:21:30 GMT -5 J is Justice said:

That's the first PPV I've watched in years, too. Why does everybody hate Brock?

I think it’s a lot to do with how he’s booked as a nigh-invulnerable endboss kind of character who goes over at the expense of nearly all his opponents.

[Ben Wyatt]

Jan 27, 2020 7:13:53 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Jan 27, 2020 6:46:29 GMT -5 mrbananagrabber said:

It was idiotic.

Brock’s whole thing for years has been he’s a prize fighter, Brock doesn’t fight for free etc. Except he’ll agree to be number one draw on the roster to go through the entire roster for..an ego boost, because he totally needs one? So what was Heyman’s plan? Beat everyone and then take Wrestlemania, the biggest show and payday of the year off?

It made no sense.

Eh, had he won, he'd have been able to take Bray's belt, too, at 'Mania, which would obviously be a big boon even to him.

It's not like he's doing it for no material benefit.

But that was never explained.  Any implication that this scenario was his plan would have made some sense out of him opting to be in it

[Mozenrath]

Jan 27, 2020 7:43:06 GMT -5 Ben Wyatt said:

Jan 27, 2020 7:13:53 GMT -5 Mozenrath said:

Eh, had he won, he'd have been able to take Bray's belt, too, at 'Mania, which would obviously be a big boon even to him.

It's not like he's doing it for no material benefit.

But that was never explained.  Any implication that this scenario was his plan would have made some sense out of him opting to be in it

It should have been a stated intention, agreed, but I mean, unless they explicitly said he would receive no title shot choice like a normal competitor would get, I don't know why he wouldn't be expected to get it.