Backstage News On Daniel Bryan Not Being In The Rumble, SmackDown Viewership Up, More
- WWE officials did not plan on the negative fan reaction at the Royal Rumble but Daniel Bryan not being in the Rumble main event played into the storyline that he's having to overcome "the machine" wanting to hold him down. WWE is behind the idea of wanting the fans to be outraged that Bryan isn't being pushed more.
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- Big Show will likely be held off tonight's RAW to sell the chair shots from Brock Lesnar at the Royal Rumble.
- Speaking of tonight's RAW, a lot of the show is being re-written but word is that it's par for the course.
- Friday's episode of WWE SmackDown averaged 3.03 million viewers, up from the 2.916 million viewers the previous week.