Best and Worst of Royal Rumble 2017

#3 Worst: Lack of surprise entrants?

Despite the mark out moments, we felt a bit short changed

The build to the Rumble was massive because of the big names that were advertised. Sadly, that would be the peak of our excitement, as there would be no surprise entrants at all through the match with the exception of Tye Dillinger.

A few NXT call-ups like Samoa Joe or Nakamura would have sufficed, really. Sadly, the unknown spots were filled with wrestlers from WWE's own main roster undercard like James Ellsworth and Apollo Crews.

Sure, it was nice to see Mark Henry back home, but it wasn’t the mark out moment we were expecting very honestly.

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