It's called being in the Main Event
Nope. It was because of the Rumble. They even had Bryan get defeated by Roman in the #1 contender match and it still didn't work to quell the beards. They were already pissed off by the Rumble and Bryan's short reign (no pun) a year earlier.
This is a myth because as Leakee he disproved this. Try again.
When the fukk did you become a Roman fanboy? LOL