10 Dumbest Royal Rumble Participants In WWE History
9. Lex Luger
Lex Luger may have been one of the early ‘90s biggest stars, but apparently, nobody ever sat down to explain the Royal Rumble’s rules to win.
He and Bret Hart were crowned co-winners in 1994, but Luger actually prevented Hart’s elimination on a number of occasions. Crush had The Hitman held overhead at one point, but just as he was about to throw Hart out, Luger ran over for the save. Later, Shawn Michaels was on the verge of eliminating Bret himself, but Luger attacked him, kept Hart in the match, and essentially prevented himself from winning outright.
Luger’s poor decision-making didn’t have the same consequences in 1995, but he was still intolerably stupid. Lex decided to stop not one, but four separate eliminations throughout the match, with the worst coming late on. Dick Murdoch was about to throw Michaels, the eventual winner, out of the ring, when Lex literally sprinted across the ring to stop him.
Lex jumped ship to WCW later that year, and it was probably for the best. Once considered Hulk Hogan’s heir apparent, Luger’s Rumble performances were those of a man who’d never even watched and over-the-top battle royal before.