Keith said:

Am with deezy and Chris on Bryan not being in the rumble not being a terrible thing, and agree that it then added to the drama when he was thrown back into the title picture. But I agree with Twitchy that Batista never should have won the rumble for reasons already mentioned. But the idea that WWE jobbed Bryan in 18 seconds at a Mania just to start building him back up is a little too far fetched, if that was the case why didn't just keep him out of the title picture altogether until they felt he was ready?

And deezy what makes you think it wasn't a work???5:

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Nevermore Arcanum said:

Remember that watered down version of ECW that Vince put back on the air? What if it was run just like the original with Heyman at it's head, and Vince keeping the fact that he owns it on the down low?
Sure, the IWC would take all of five minutes to find out that it's now a WWE product, but the majority of wrestling fans would see it as the alternative they've been clamoring for.

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Nevermore Arcanum said:

Remember that watered down version of ECW that Vince put back on the air? What if it was run just like the original with Heyman at it's head, and Vince keeping the fact that he owns it on the down low?
Sure, the IWC would take all of five minutes to find out that it's now a WWE product, but the majority of wrestling fans would see it as the alternative they've been clamoring for.

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Dale said:

I mean the landscape wouldn't have changed really but it would have been interesting to see what would have happened if the "original plans" for this years WrestleMania would have come to light. Punk being the guy to take down HHH and the authority, Bryan taking on a heel Sheamus and then Orton losing the WWEWHC to the supposed big babyface we all wanted in Batista.

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