In recent weeks, Nakamura had emerged as the clear betting favorite to win the match, thus spoiling his victory to a certain extent. Nonetheless, Nakamura's victory was the smartest booking decision WWE could have made and certainly a far better one than seeing a superstar who's already been world champion multiple times win it again. That had been the pattern in recent years, when Randy Orton (20
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