10 Dumbest Royal Rumble Participants In WWE History

10. Mil Mascaras

WWE’s bloated roster means they’ll have no trouble filling the Royal Rumble when they return to the San Antonio Alamodome, but this certainly wasn’t the case at building’s last Rumble in 1997. WWE struggled to populate the 30-man match with their own stars, and thus, they leaned-on their working relationship with Mexico’s AAA promotion to bring a number of high-flying luchadores in for the night.

Among them was Mil Mascaras. One of his country’s most popular wrestlers, Mascaras was a huge star with genuine crossover appeal, and had starred in over 30 movies in his homeland. He was competing in his very first Royal Rumble at the ripe old age of 54, and while fellow guest stars Pierroth and Cibernetico didn’t exactly set the match alight, Mil’s run was inconceivably stupid.

Mascaras entered the match at number 11. Steve Austin and the British Bulldog were on the verge of eliminating The Sultan, but Mil decided he wasn’t going to let that happen and ran over to stop them. Minutes later, Mascaras prevented another elimination by attacking Austin as he, Triple H, and Pierroth were trying to throw Goldust out, but the worst was yet to him.

Shortly after Pierroth’s elimination, Mascaras scaled the turnbuckles and flew to the outside. He took-out his fellow luchador, but eliminated himself in the process. Mil tried to protest to the officials, but there was no sympathy for his colossal mistake, and The Man of A Thousand Masks was sent to the back.