Daniel Bryan was stripped of his WWE title after a neck injury forced him away from the sport for months, and Sunday’s first Royal Rumble was his first pay-per-view since returning. The winner of the 30-man Royal Rumble earns a title shot in the main event of WrestleMania (against Brock Lesnar), and many fans expected Bryan to emerge as the winner and reclaim his belt in a few months.

Bryan was entrant number 10, battled with Bray Wyatt for a few minutes and avoided being eliminated by Rusev while on the apron… but then Wyatt simply walked over and shoved him to the floor. Just like that, Bryan was out.

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Fans were outraged on Twitter, but the reaction inside the arena was even more extreme. Fans chanted Bryan’s name for minutes after he was eliminated, and booed every other entrant as they came to the ring (including fan favorite and eventual winner Roman Reigns).

Dolph Ziggler drew huge cheers as the final entrant, but he was knocked out and eliminated by the duo of Kane and The Big Show, drawing even more boos.

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Even The Rock, who made a surprise appearance to help Roman Reigns fend off Kane and The Big Show, got booed by the crowd. It was a truly surreal scene in Philadelphia.

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