10 Biggest WWE Royal Rumble Falls From Grace
5. The Iron Man Of 2012 Lands On The Pre-Show Of 2013 - The Miz
The 2013 Royal Rumble PPV was a fall from grace for the Miz, although there is a slight caveat to all of this.
At the 2012 event, the Miz was the standout iron man of the Rumble match. At 45 minutes, the Awesome One spent more time than anyone else in that 54-minute contest. Along with Cody Rhodes, Miz was key to keeping the Royal Rumble contest ticking along nicely as Sheamus went onto emerge victorious.
From being the workhorse star of the show, the 2013 Royal Rumble PPV saw the Miz reduced to working a swift seven-minute match on the event's pre-show, followed by a lame duck five-minute appearance in the Rumble itself.
That aforementioned caveat? Well, the silver lining in 2013 was that said pre-show match did show WWE's resident A-lister challenging for a title - although that challenge was a losing effort as the Miz went after the United States Championship held by Cesaro.
To think, the 2013 Royal Rumble took place two years after the Miz retained the WWE Championship against Randy Orton at the 2011 Royal Rumble PPV, before then going onto successfully retain the gold against John Cena at WrestleMania XXVII.