10 Best WWE Pay-Per-Views Of The Decade
3. Royal Rumble 2018
Ronda Rousey's show-closing arrival at the conclusion of the pay-per-view and first ever Women's Royal Rumble caused a the sort of earthquake WWE had been waiting for for years. Yet on reflection, it was was just one of the moments that shook audiences to the core following a spectacularly-booked supercard.
Shinsuke Nakamura survived the collected onslaughts of John Cena, Roman Reigns and the WWE writers in clawing his way to Royal Rumble glory in a battle royal that also made great use of Finn Bálor, Rusev and even Heath Slater. In fact, virtually nobody in the match was wasted, just as they weren't in the well-paced and furnished Women's equivalent later in the show.
Playing smartly on the historic occasion, the match was flooded with several nostalgic reminders of divisions gone by before Asuka took her rightful place atop the pile with the match-winning elimination of Nikki Bella. Each legend felt welcome whilst each regular felt special - the chemistry betwixt the two opposing forces hadn't ever felt better.
The undercard - as with most Rumbles - wasn't the hottest since records began, but was loaded with AJ Styles, Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman and others before they'd all had their usefulness entirely drained later that year.