5 Reasons it doesn't matter that Shayna Baszler didn't win the WWE Royal Rumble

#2 Baszler's performance at EC makes her more of a threat than a Rumble win could ever do

Shayna and Becky

Did you watch that main event at Elimination Chamber? Did you see what Shayna Baszler did to those other competitors? That may be the most dominant performance in that particular match ever - and, again, of any gender.

In the parlance of the times, she's absolutely pownd. Is that right? I'm not sure how slang works anymore. Whatever. What I'm saying is, she absolutely destroyed her competition, including former badass (sorry, Asuka) Asuka. She eliminated every single other participant in that match, and I'm not entirely sure she broke anything close to a sweat.

If you have ever read a comic book (or just a book book), watched a movie, or seen a TV show (raise your hand if you haven't done any of those), you probably know how this works. No matter the humble beginnings your hero has to overcome, if they keep succeeding in their story, eventually it stops being interesting. You need a villain that has an advantage over the hero to keep your audience riveted.

Shayna Baszler's performance in the 2020 Royal Rumble was awesome, but even if she had won, it simply wasn't going to have the same impact as her win tonight did. As I mentioned in my first point, it's not as difficult to get someone to fall out of the ring as it is to win an actual match by actual match rules.

Instead, Shayna tore out of that Elimination Chamber pod and destroyed everyone in the Chamber with her. In fact, the time it took to eliminate everyone else from the match took less time than the video package about the match. I think. probably.

My point being, Lynch's match with Baszler going into WrestleMania is going to have way more impact and suspense because Shayna won the Elimination Chamber match as opposed to the Royal Rumble.