Basically, if the WWE/World Champion are still champion by the time the Royal Rumble event ends, they might as well stay champion up to WrestleMania. And this is for both heel and faces. Last year, Drew McIntyre lost the WWE Championship to Cody Rhodes on a SmackDown, and I think it was like a week or two after he (Cody) lost the Elimination Chamber #1 contender match to Randy Orton. Drew then moved on to have a match against Jacob Fatu at WrestleMania. John Cena won the WWE Championship from AJ Styles at the Royal Rumble, and then two weeks later (I think) lost it in the Elimination Chambers as the second to last person eliminated by the eventual winner Bray Wyatt (it was a great moment, btw, but still). He then moved on to have a feud with Miz and Maryse into WrestleMania. Imo, it just feels weird to have someone be champion so close to WrestleMania, WWE's biggest event, just to have them lose the title, and then put them in another thing that seems "lesser" than a world title match. Like, if you wanted a certain match to happen at WrestleMania, and it doesn't involve the present champion whatsoever, you shouldn't have given them the title or hold the title so close to it in the first place. Plus, it also would suck to not walk into WrestleMania as world champion after almost getting close to there. Only exception to this, imo, is Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. That had a great build up and story, and quite frankly, didn't need a world title in the match.   submitted by   /u/72_733 [link]   [comments]