10 Great Wrestlers Who Were Only In One WWE Royal Rumble

10. Tully Blanchard (1989)

One of the most notorious and detestable wrestling villains of the 1980s, Tully Blanchard made his way from Jim Crockett Promotions to the then-WWF alongside fellow Horseman Arn Anderson in late 1988.

It didn't work out.

As The Brain Busters, Blanchard and Anderson were Tag Team Champions for just shy of three months after ending Demolition's legendary 478-day reign, before dropping them back to Ax and Smash in the winter of '89. This was the beginning of the end. A breakup storyline with manager Bobby Heenan kicked off amid talk of Anderson and Blanchard heading back to the WCW, before Tully was cut loose completely for failing a drug test. This stung him in more ways than one, as Georgia rescinded its contract offer, leaving Blanchard to drift around wrestling's smaller stages pretty much for the duration of his career, returning to WCW only for a one-night-only appearance in 1994.

1989 was Blanchard's only Rumble appearance. He lasted eight minutes in the bout, eliminating Marty Jannetty as part of the growing Brain Busters vs. Rockers feud, and was eventually put out by Hulk Hogan.