4 Missed Opportunities from WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

...But Taking 10 minutes to bury Rusev

This should have been a squash match.

Ever since the match up between Undertaker and Rusev was announced for Greatest Royal Rumble, just one question had been going through the minds of all wrestling fans - How long would Rusev last against the Undertaker? Even though Rusev has been WWE's most over superstar in the last 6 months, everyone was expecting Rusev to be squashed by the Deadman. After all, 'Taker just squashed John Cena, WWE Poster Boy, under 3 minutes at 'Mania 34.

Rusev did lose at Greatest Royal Rumble and was buried along with Aiden English in the casket, but it wasn't the way everyone was expecting the match to pan out. Instead of just squashing Rusev in under 2 minutes, WWE decided to give him some offence and drag the match to the 10 minute mark. This has just destroyed the value and hype around the squash of John Cena at 'Mania 34 as 'Taker was not as dominant against Rusev as he was against Cena.

If this was the plan all along, this casket match should have taken place at 'Mania 34 instead of Cena squash, while the dream match again Cena could have taken place a year later. Had WWE given Taker a squash victory, it could have been the beginning of a strong storyline leading to the Cena-Taker rematch at 'Mania 35.