How many times can Edge and Booker T be surprise entrants in a Royal Rumble before people stop caring?
Honestly in the past few years there has been way too much of muh heckin surprise return / debuterino not just in WWE but in wrestling in general (especially AEW) so any cool surprise that could have happened in this year's Rumble would have lessened by that. Then add to the mix the fact that the wymyn have a rumble now too and the men went on first - we all knew before the match started it wasn't going to be that great, and it wasn't.