WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley's New Year's resolution didn't last long.
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The Hardcore Legend vowed to stay off of Facebook in order to keep himself from critiquing the WWE, which he's done in the past and has put a strain on his relationship with the company.
Foley, however, was back on Facebook Wednesday morning with some advice for the WWE as he wants Daniel Bryan to win the 30-man Rumble Match this Sunday night at the Royal Rumble live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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"MY RUMBLE WISH," Foley wrote. "It was two weeks [ago] that I said I was going to be taking a break from Facebook until after the #RoyalRumble. After all, it was my comments surrounding the Rumble last year that altered my relationship with WWE in a not so positive way. But it's the Rumble man - in my opinion, the second biggest event of the year, and in some ways the most fun and most meaningful. Of course, Wrestlemania is bigger - but if Mania is Christmas Day, the Rumble is like the beginning to that countdown to the most awesome day of the year, and depending on how well this event goes, many of us start thinking that #Mania/Christmas is either going to rule... or suck, depending on the outcome of the Rumble."
Foley, who wanted to see Bryan in the WrestleMania XXX main event last year -- and eventually got his wish despite Bryan being kept out of the Rumble Match to his chagrin -- has never been shy about sharing his opinion.
Bryan won the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at the "Show of Shows" last year, but he had to relinquish the gold without ever losing it in mid-May as he underwent surgery.
Bryan suffered complications after the initial procedure and it led to questions of the possible need for a second surgery and put his career up in the air. Bryan eventually was able to return and came back this month, announcing he will be in the Rumble Match.
Foley is hopeful that the WWE gives Bryan the Rumble Match win come Sunday.
"This, then, is my Rumble wish for you. Quite simply, I want to see Daniel Bryan win the Rumble, so that Paul Heyman can take the [reins] and dazzle us with promos which will make Bryan vs Lesnar the greatest David vs Goliath story in recent memory," Foley wrote. "The Authority can put their stamp on some other match on the card but I would love to see the WWE World Heavyweight championship be about the GUYS IN THE MATCH- and not about who is in power in the company. Besides, despite my sincere wish not to burn my bridge with WWE, making control of the company a central theme in this Mania is kind of like the boy crying wolf - given the magnitude of the stipulation at Survivor Series and the whopping five weeks for which it meant something."
It has been rumored for months that Roman Reigns will win the Rumble Match, but Bryan's return could cause the WWE to flip the script like it did last year.
Lastly, Foley said he believed a Lesnar vs. Bryan match at WrestleMania 31 at Levi's Stadium in California would be a great story.
"During Daniel's nine month in ring absence, I think many of us have forgotten just how good he is from what we in wrestling refer to as 'fighting from underneath,'" he wrote. "For all the knocks on Brock's infrequent television appearances, WWE, Brock and Heyman have done an amazing job turning Lesnar into the most imposing unbreakable wall that WWE has ever constructed. At wrestlemania, I would like to see Daniel Bryan systematically chip away at that wall, knock it down, and give the WWE universe a victory they can savor...and more importantly, look forward to. The best present is the one that sits under the tree, neatly wrapped, ready to be torn into on Christmas Day. There's no need to overthink it. Tie it up in a bow with a Bryan victory at the Rumble, and let us all start counting down the days until we get to open it.
Tell me what you think.
Have a nice day."
The WWE presents the 28th annual Royal Rumble live this Sunday night from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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