Partial Source: The Wrestling Observer
— As noted earlier, there was much criticism amongst WWE officials regarding the quality of the commentary by Michael Cole, Jerry Lawler and Matt Striker during last night’s Royal Rumble broadcast. We’ll have more on this shortly.
— Jennifer Hudson, John Cena’s father and cousin/rapper Trademarc were at the Royal Rumble last night.
— Alex Riley was eliminated early from the Rumble match last night. That is why the commentary team started to ask where he went during the match. This was said to have been a major mistake on Riley’s part.
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