PWInsider.com is reporting there were pushes by some WWE officials to have more ECW Originals in this year’s Royal Rumble, including Tommy Dreamer.
We previously reported The Blue Meanie‘s name was brought up; his appearance would have been welcomed by the Philadelphia crowd, in addition to giving WWE a chance to promote the upcoming “ECW Unreleased Volume 3″ DVD that Meanie is hosting. The most surprising thing about Meanie’s name coming up is that RAW commentator JBL was one person actually pushing for Meanie to be added, which was odd considering their past relationship.
Alex Riley was talked about being used as an entrant in the Rumble match, which we reported is the reason he wasn’t on the preshow. Plans changed for some reason and Riley was obviously not used, and he has been active on Twitter talking about not being used, as well as retweeting fans’ comments about his omission.
Riley has been using the hashtag #Rileywalks, indicating he may not be happy about the snub, but it may likely just be another ploy to work the internet fans.
