WWE Royal Rumble 2017: Ranking All 30 Match Winners

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28. Vince McMahon – 1999

Vince McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austin’s feud helped WWE defeat WCW in the ratings war of the late 1990’s, propelling them into the spot as the top wrestling company in the world. These two had classic battles on the microphone and even fought each other in the ring.

However, there was a blip on the radar amidst this landmark program: the 1999 Royal Rumble match. This would see Austin and McMahon enter at No. 1 and 2, respectively, and proceed to last the entire time.

Austin and McMahon being the final two left isn’t the bad part about this, though. They were the focus of the match for the entire hour it lasted, making just about everything else that went on with the other 28 competitors irrelevant. This included the action spilling out of the ring with the Rattlesnake having to overcome the Chairman’s attacks, before eventually going to the ring to finish things off.

In the end, it wouldn’t be Austin, but Mr. McMahon winning the Royal Rumble match. Someone who’s not even supposed to be wrestling. Better yet, McMahon decided to pass up his title shot at WrestleMania, leaving Austin as the new No. 1 contender at WrestleMania in 1999. It made the Man You Have No Chance in Hell Against’s win and the entire Royal Rumble match irrelevant. If anything, we should be talking about Austin having four over-the-top-rope bout wins.