Props to Bray Wyatt!

[prophet]

I think it's time for a positive thread concerning the Royal Rumble

Daniel Bryan too, of course - but as he's centre of attention I guess I'll focus on Bray Wyatt who had somewhat of a breakout night in many respects. The opening match last night was amazing and was without doubt match of the night. Bray Wyatt and Daniel Bryan work so well together (granted Bryan works well with anyone) and they were allowed to wrestle for over 20 minutes which I thought was great. It was so nice to see two guys who have good chemistry and have a decent story behind them, get to go at it for an extended period of time and 20+ minutes is long for a title match let alone the opening match.

We haven't really seen much of Bray Wyatt in the ring since his debut to be honest because the majority of in-ring action concerning the Family has come from Harper and Rowan and when Bray himself has had matches he hasn't really done anything at all and so last night was the first 'real' match he's had and I have to say I was really impressed by him. Wyatt knows his character perfectly and has this really creepy dynamic whilst he's wrestling (that crab walk he does is beyond creepy) and he's really quite aggressive. Both men took some good bumps and for a split-second I thought Bray might have broken his knee when he took that spot on the steel-steps. They built momentum nicely and that Sister Abigail on the outside to the barrier looked brutal and I think, as much as I love Daniel Bryan, it was the right decision to have Wyatt win clean. If he'd have lost I'm not sure how we as a crowd could take him seriously.

The bigger shock in my eyes though was seeing The Wyatt Family reappear later in the night, costing John Cena the Title. I know the dirt sheets had rumoured that we might be seeing Bray Wyatt vs John Cena at Wrestlemania but I didn't really believe them - unless it happens at EC I'd say we have another lock for 'Mania and after last night I'm a little more optimistic. I think this feud will see Bray Wyatt cheered a lot and I'm really looking forward to his promo work. Wyatt often talks about how he wants to 'bring down the machine' and nobody is a bigger embodiment of the machine than John Cena.

I never really know how to end these threads so yeah, props to Bray Wyatt for his role in the only match that justified me paying for last night's PPV

[ShaneOfan]

Never been a fan of his character. I liked him as a wrestler even as Husky but he really impressed me last night. He just needs to drop the two hillbillys he hangs out with.

[Hanley!]

I didn't see their match as I only watched the Rumble match, but I did catch the Sister Abigail on the outside of the ring while I was flicking through dailymotion to try and find the Rumble match and it was fucking sick.

What really should have happened though is that both men should have entered the Rumble later and Bryan should have eliminated Wyatt, to keep both looking strong. Or visa versa would have worked also, with Bryan winning the match and Wyatt eliminating him later. There were a lot of filler spots in this year's Rumble ... a lot more than usual. There was definitely room to put both guys in.

[Everlong]

I dig the character and he definitely impressed me in the ring. He's probably not the greatest wrestler they've got but he was really good with his psychology in the match and pulled out some great heelish moments. I think he's got a lot of potential.

Too bad he's gonna get fed to Cena next

[Racing Guy]

It was the best match he's had. Miles better than that God awful inferno match he had with Kane.

[Viazon]

I have to say, Wyatt really impressed me tonight. I have been on the fence with him for a while now but he did well. It's a shame he will now most likely get squashed by Cena.