10 Amazing Small WWE Royal Rumble Moments You May Have Missed

10. The Three Faces Of Foley - Royal Rumble 1998

While 1998 would shape up to be a pretty good year for WWE, the Royal Rumble isn’t exactly a great start. There are obvious highlights, notably Stone Cold Steve Austin’s performance, especially when locking horns with The Rock, but the line up is one of the worst. The 30 man field is filled out with the likes of the Godwins, Chainz, and someone called “8-Ball”.

Necessity is the mother of invention, though, and the thin roster leads to the best part of the event: Mick Foley pulling triple duty. He opens the show in his Cactus Jack guise, and puts on a raucous exhibition with #2, longtime rival Terry Funk (here playing the role of Chainsaw Charlie). The uncontrollable Jack doesn’t make it to the 10 minute mark.

The fans hadn’t seen the last of Foley, though. A while down the road, Mankind stomps down to the ring to cause more chaos - for a little bit, anyway: he’s quickly eliminated by Goldust. Then, in a moment of delightful silliness, we’re treated to Dude Love, who puts in a more impressive shift, making it to the final four.

There are few wrestlers for whom more is always more, but Foley is one of them. Without doing altogether that much, he makes this Rumble simply by being there, and being there, and being there.