10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About Rey Mysterio

10. The Royal Rumble 2014 Debacle

The 2014 Royal Rumble is generally remembered as a colossal failure, and this is why.

Daniel Bryan's "Yes!" Movement was peaking at the time. Fans were desperate to see WWE's biggest folk hero elevated, and though he lost to Bray Wyatt earlier in the night, the stars seemed perfectly aligned for a Rumble victory. Tensions rose when 29 passed without DB's appearance, but that was fine. Surely the company would have him enter as a dramatic number 30 anyway, right?!

Wrong.

The buzzer rang, but it was "BOOYAKA! BOOYAKA!" that came through the speakers, not "Flight Of The Valkyries," and the crowd were apoplectic. They showered poor old Rey with hatred and bile, purely because he wasn't Daniel Bryan. Batista, the eventual winner, was given similar treatment, and both should be fortunate for Roman Reigns' collapse the following year: if not, 2014 would rank as the Rumble's greatest modern disaster.

The worst thing is that none of this was Rey's fault. WWE hung him out to dry, as anyone would've failed in that spot, and the company should've known better than to hand it to a once beloved babyface hero.