10 Best Performances From Number 1 In WWE Royal Rumble Match

The number one spot in the Royal Rumble match isn't actually that special, despite what WWE tell us.

The number one entrant in the Rumble starts the match at EXACTLY the same time as the number two entrant, but for some reason WWE put way more emphasis on the former.

So much is made of the two people who have won the Rumble match from number one, but the two people who have won the Rumble from the number two spot don't get the same level of prestige.

However, it is the number one spot that is once again under the spotlight in the 2020 rumble match, as this is the position that WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar, will be entering.

Lesnar - the winner of the 2003 Rumble match - will not be defending his championship à la Roman Reigns in 2016, but he will be attempting to go the distance and win the match for a second time, thus fulfilling most of his contractually obligated hours in one night.

Since the number one spot is making headlines once again, let's take a look at some of the men (and women) to follow in Brock's footsteps and enter the 30-person brawl first.

Here are the ten performances that Lesnar will need to outdo if he wants to be remembered among the best number one Rumble entrants in history.

This is cheating slightly, but we couldn't miss out one of the best performances in the history of the Rumble match.

Mick Foley kicked off the 1998 Rumble when he entered number one opposite Chainsaw Charlie, portrayed by the legendary Terry Funk.

Foley (in character as Cactus Jack) lasted just under ten minutes before being thrown out by Charlie. However, whilst Jack's night was over, Mick's was not.

About twenty minutes later, Foley entered the Rumble match for a second time, this time as Mankind. He got his revenge on Charlie by dumping him out, before he himself was eliminated by Goldust.

Yet, Mick's night still wasn't over.

The Three Faces of Foley wouldn't be complete without Dude Love, who entered the Rumble match at number 28. This makes Foley the only person in history to officially enter the same Rumble match multiple times.

Foley's "Three Faces" gimmick was one of the highlights of the Attitude Era and the decision to put all three of his gimmicks into the same Rumble was genius. Cactus Jack starting at number one and being eliminated early gave Foley the time to prepare himself for his other appearances and his scuffle with Chainsaw Charlie was extremely entertaining.

Nice job, Mick.