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Daniel Bryan's insufferable fanbase will remain salty as continued to stay the course with Randy Orton as World Heavyweight champion at Elimination Chamber.
Once again, ultimate underdog Bryan was hosed out of a world title victory as outside interference from Director of Operations Kane clinched the win for Orton.
The final scenes of Elimination Chamber featured shots of upset fans throughout the Target Center. The images were a telling message from to its eternally angry Bryan supporters, who were hoping the Yes Movement would be enough to change 's mind of its current WrestleMania main event.
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Coming out of the 2014 Elimination Chamber match, Orton retained the World Heavyweight Championship. If fan treatment of Batista, during his match against Alberto Del Rio, is any indication, the Batista-Orton match will not be well received by a live audience.
As of this writing, WrestleMania XXX tickets are nearly sold out, according to (via ).
Casual fans, who are not as prone to Bryan outrage, will be drawn to WrestleMania by the likes of household names like Hulk Hogan and John . Hardcore fans, in all their incompetent protesting, will be the very demographic that will unconditionally consume WrestleMania live, on pay-per-view or via Network.
has shown, through its insistence on staying with Orton-Batista at , it will not be intimidated by paying customers. In fact, it will only be encouraged, as evidenced by booking yet another close-but-no-cigar performance from Bryan.
A potential fan takeover of the World Heavyweight match at WrestleMania will do little to phase . The promotion has already collected money from those fans through ticket sales, and the WrestleMania brand itself is too strong to be compromised by Bryan's otherwise significant cult following. Listen to Episode 48 of the Kings of Sport. Like us on Facebook!
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