Simply put, they were worried about the fans booing
Any fan who was dumb enough to cheer louder for Sami Zayn then they did for Rhodes the past 4 months, blew it for themselves. Everyone loved Zayn and the WWE creative freaked out thinking anything but a Zayn title win at Mania, wouldn’t get over. I don’t think they were counting on Rhodes getting the white-hot response he did last night. Dumb, just dumb, if Rhodes is your guy, stick with it.
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