What is Triple H's announcement?

[Locke]

Since Rock interfered and helped Reigns knock out Kane and Big Show, I wouldn't be shocked if they had Reigns vs Bryan at Fast Lane. Maybe have a battle royal that Bryan wins to face Reigns.

That would only make sense if Bryan was the last eliminated. He got tossed out like a bitch about 3 minutes into his run. It would make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER from a "kayfabe" standpoint.

[Hanley!]

Yeah, lets face it guys. There's no good way to get Bryan back into the main event at Wrestlemania. The reason it's such a silly prospect is the same reason that the Rumble was so offensive in the first place: Bryan was easily dumped out of the ring clean within a few minutes. He lost. He lost fairly. He lost decisively. He looked nothing like a main eventer in the process. And there's absolutely no kayfabe justification for letting him anywhere near the title now.

It's absolutely absurd, I know. But it's the situation that WWE have put themselves in. That was by far the worst aspect of the Royal Rumble in my mind. It wasn't that Roman Reigns won, or that Bryan lost. It was that a genuine star and WWE main eventer was dumped out that quickly and to that little fan fare. That's never happened in Royal Rumble history. Nothing even close to that has happened before to a real star.

[DBSoT]

The problem with putting Bryan into the title picture in any fashion is that it doesn't make any sense in kayfabe. Reigns won fair and square. Also the problem isn't totally that Bryan lost, its that the WWE basically ignored the fact that Ziggler, Ambrose, Bray, and Rusev carried the company when Bryan and Reigns were injured. I could add Rollins too, but he was not in the rumble. They took a guy who wasn't at all ready for the Main Event and tried to push him over better overall talents who fans spent all year rooting for.

[Messiah]

It was that a genuine star and WWE main eventer was dumped out that quickly and to that little fan fare. That's never happened in Royal Rumble history. Nothing even close to that has happened before to a real star.

Kurt Angle was eliminated in 37 seconds in 2005.

Granted that was after delivering multiple Angle Slams and German Suplexes to everyone and it led to Angle/Michaels at WrestleMania 21 so nevermind.

[Kyle]

It was that a genuine star and WWE main eventer was dumped out that quickly and to that little fan fare. That's never happened in Royal Rumble history. Nothing even close to that has happened before to a real star.

Kurt Angle was eliminated in 37 seconds in 2005.

Granted that was after delivering multiple Angle Slams and German Suplexes to everyone and it led to Angle/Michaels at WrestleMania 21 so nevermind.

If the elimination was at least controversial and they could build a feud between Bryan and another guy, like they did with Angle/Michaels, then that would have been just fine.

[Racing Guy]

Batista will be named new #1 Contender.