20 WWE Royal Rumble Undercard Nightmares

20. The Big Show Vs. Brock Lesnar (2014)

Much is made of Brock Lesnar's WWE contract, which apparently stipulates a specific number of appearance dates over the contracted period. But it's pointless uses of 'The Beast's time in matches such as these that leave fans questioning if he can remotely be worth the money to the organisation.

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Big Show and Brock had worked together at the Royal Rumble in 2003, but back then the two actually had a real reason to fight and a story most fans took at least a passing interest in.

Back in 2014, Show simply got in Brock's business once, then the two had two virtually identical pull-aparts on Raw to set up a match with no stakes and little anticipation.

The contest itself generated similar apathy. Brock decked Big Show before the bell, dismantling him with a steel chair in a laboured assault before nailing an academic F5 for the win after only two minutes of an actual match.

Just two months later, Brock ended the Undertaker's WrestleMania streak in an era-defining scene. It came not a moment too soon when watching here how little momentum 'The Beast' had less than two years into his WWE comeback.

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