Was Roman Reigns supposed to win the recently held Royal Rumble 2020 match?

WWE sprung some last-minute surprises on fans as Drew McIntyre and Charlotte Flair won  Rumble matches over favourites Roman Reigns and Shayna Baszler. According to Dave Meltzer, changes were me by Paul Heyman who decided to push Drew McIntyre for win. It was earlier believed that Roman Reigns would win his second rumble. Meanwhile, whoever eliminated Brock Lesnar would face Beast at WrestleMania 36.

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Meltzer speculated that Paul Heyman’s decision could have been based on giving more importance to WrestleMania match. main event of WrestleMania 36 is expected to be between Brock Lesnar and Drew McIntyre for WWE Championship.

Brock Lesnar vs Drew Mclntyre at WrestleMania 36

Meltzer explained that WWE went all way to hype Brock Lesnar vs Drew McIntyre clash. He said that entire purpose of Rumble was to position Lesnar as a monster and Drew McIntyre was hero who defeated Beast. Meltzer said that while that task was accomplished when McIntyre eliminated Brock Lesnar with a Claymore Kick at Rumble, Paul Heyman must have convinced Vince McMahon that magnitude of WrestleMania event merited a change in victors. Hence, inste of Roman Reigns, Drew McIntyre went all way and won Rumble. He eliminated  Big Dog on his way to victory.  

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Industry experts also stated that by allowing McIntyre to win Rumble, WWE avoided getting unnecessary criticism over Roman Reigns winning his second Rumble. Roman Reigns h pissed off fans when he dumped Edge during Rumble. Meltzer also said that Edge eliminating Randy Orton has set up st for a match between two veterans at WrestleMania 36.

On women’s side, re are reports that a large sum of money was placed on Queen. It led WWE to switch its decision to go with Charlotte Flair inste of Shayna Baszler. Sources say decision was me around January 14, before which, most of money was placed on Baszler. 

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