Report: Riddle Was Never Slated To Win The Men's Royal Rumble Match

PWInsider.com reported earlier that The original plan for the Men's Rumble winner was Riddle, but Plans were changed over the course of the week a ton of times with the final decision to have Brock Lesnar enter and win as a surprise.

Now, Fightful Select has come out to update the report stating that Brock Lesnar has been penciled in to be the winner at least two weeks prior.



Riddle was never told that he'd be winning the match, and another person wouldn't reveal who a previously discussed winner was, but said only one was heard about before Lesnar, and it wasn't Riddle.

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As far as PWInsider's report that Riddle was set to win the Royal Rumble until a last-minute change, top talent and longtime names in the company claim that isn't true, with multiple noting that they've been hearing that Brock Lesnar has been penciled in to be the winner at least two weeks prior.

People close to Riddle say that he was never told that he'd be winning the match, and another person wouldn't reveal who a previously discussed winner was, but said only one was heard about before Lesnar, and it wasn't Riddle.

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