5 Worst WWE Royal Rumble Winners of All-Time
By Tim Sherry
Royal Rumble, Credit: WWE.com
A look back at the worst five WWE superstars to win the Royal Rumble match.
With the 2017 Royal Rumble just weeks away, the company is gearing up for their march towards Wrestlemania 33. The WWE normally runs this same simple formula at the turn of each year as they produce a title contender at the Rumble match, wet their fans appetites with a February show, and then bring it all together at Wrestlemania.
So suffice to say, the Royal Rumble is an extremely important show. A deserving Rumble winner combined with a thrilling title feud throughout the first quarter of the year can set the tone for the last 9 months of the calendar. On the flip side, however, if a Rumble winner does absolutely nothing to excite the WWE Universe it can make the future very difficult to navigate, essentially making Wrestlemania an event that nobody wants to see.
This idea hasn’t been any more apparent for 3 of the last 4 years. The winners of the 2013, 2014, and 2015 Royal Rumble were soundly booed and the fans outright refused to accept the victor as the No. 1 contender to the biggest championship in American professional wrestling. With a plethora of potential winners in this year’s match, it’s anyone’s guess who’ll survive and get the automatic title shot. Let’s hope they don’t make the same mistake 4 out of 5 times.
Speaking of mistakes, ahead we break down the 5 worst Royal Rumble winners.