at the event before WM, so essentially you have a 1 in 6 chance to get that same Mania spot AND the title. plus your pod can open up last and you don't have to do much work cause everyone who's left has been through the ringer.

>I also like that it can help get things where we need for
>Mania. Last year Wyatt winning helped us avoid Cena vs Orton
>again (as bad as the match wound up being with Wyatt/Orton)

saving themselves from problems they've created is not much of a feather in their cap lol.

>It helps keep the Rumble a little less predictable too when
>you know the title will be on the line in Elimination
>chamber.

I do like that element, but there's been a million ways they've switched Mania plans before EC existed though. Not all of them made sense of course, but I still think EC is very unfair to the champ and slightly unfair to the Rumble winner.