10 Cringeworthy Moments From WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

1. Titus O'Neil Falls

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Almost an hour of in-ring action had taken place by the time Titus O'Neil made his entrance into the Greatest Royal Rumble at number 39. The crowd's energy was beginning to flag after more than four hours of wrestling and Michael Cole was desperate to talk about anything other than what was happening in the ring.

O'Neil's entrance changed everything. He ran at full speed down the entrance ramp and then attempted to slide elegantly into the ring. Unfortunately, he appeared to trip on the join between the metal of the ramp and the ringside mats, falling flat on his face and disappearing under the ring for a few seconds. Cole completely lost his mind on commentary and couldn't compose himself for several minutes, while the video truck treated the audience to at least half a dozen replays of a moment that will almost certainly go down in infamy.

A tweet from O'Neil following the event seemed to imply the spot was staged, but nobody is buying that. It's simply a beautiful moment of organic silliness that will stick out as not just the most memorable thing that happened in Jeddah, but the most memorable botch of 2018 to date and a truly iconic Royal Rumble moment.

 
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