11 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2018
6. Bad Luck Slater
Sometimes a running gag during the Royal Rumble is horribly unfunny. And sometimes it hits just the right notes.
Kudos to WWE for a great ongoing joke during the early stages of the Rumble, with Heath Slater drawing #5 and taking about 10 minutes to enter the ring. Baron Corbin leveled him on the entrance ramp, where he laid until Elias kicked him at #6. That started a trend, as everyone got in on the gag and took swings (or in Big E’s case, offered pancakes) at Heath on the floor.
The payoff was perfect, with Sheamus coming in at #11 and tossing Slater into the ring, only to enter himself and immediately get clotheslined out by Heath. Of course, Slater was quickly tossed by Bray Wyatt, but it was a perfectly amusing joke for fans that didn’t distract from the match itself.