10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2007 Facts

10. The Lashley/Test Match Was The Second Of Three Matches Between Them In Seven Days

The 2007 Royal Rumble wasn't perfect, and the consensus would be that Bobby Lashley and Test's ECW Championship bout was the worst of the night. The ECW brand had been all but stripped of its alternative feel, and having an overly-jacked up Test challenge for the belt didn't seem appetizing. That sentiment was confirmed when Test took an intentional countout loss after seven minutes, for reasons that weren't exactly clear.

If that weren't enough, the match was the second between them in a week's stretch. Lashley had already beaten Test clean in a ten-minute match on ECW five nights earlier, thus rendering a PPV match between them kinda moot. Two nights after the Rumble, Lashley beat Test again, clean as a sheet after seven minutes.

That means the only unconvincing finish was the one that fans paid to see, while two clean finishes were given away on free TV. Go figure.