10 Amazing Small WWE Royal Rumble Moments You May Have Missed
5. Heath Slater Gets The Last Laugh - Royal Rumble 2018
WWE enjoys a quickfire elimination, and Sheamus’ in 2018 might just be the pick of the bunch. The whole longrunning sequence is that rarest of beasts: a wrestling comedy spot that’s actually, genuinely funny.
The ever-game Heath Slater is the butt of the joke for much of the match. The former 3MB man is attacked by Baron Corbin after the Lone Wolf’s elimination. The upcoming entrants must have been watching in Gorilla position and thought it looked a laugh, as the majority of the next tranche of superstars sticking the boot in to the prone Slater en route to the ring.
It was down to Sheamus, entering at #11, to take pity on the NXT graduate, chucking Heath into the squared circle at last - only for Heath to immediately knock the Irishman over the top rope.
While goofy moments in the Rumble are a dime a dozen, this one could be the pick of the bunch, built up patiently and paid off expertly. Props to Sheamus for making himself look such a goon; as for Slater, it might just be his finest moment with the company.