100 Greatest WWE Royal Rumble Moments Ever

85. Scotty 2 Hotty Comes Between Brothers (2001)

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There was a look of dread and fear across the usually-upbeat Scotty 2 Hotty's face when his number came up in the 2001 Rumble. Poor Scotty knew he was in for the kicking of a lifetime if he dared enter the ring as The Undertaker and Kane locked the match down. The Too Cool member was booked to gamely try his luck anyway.

The bucket hat wasn't on for long, put it that way.

Hotty was handed just 47 seconds of involvement on the night, and most of those saw him soil himself as he walked nervously down the aisle. A menacing Brothers Of Destruction awaited him. They'd punt Scotty from the match without breaking sweat, then the arena came unglued as Steve Austin entered the match. Suddenly, Hotty was old news.

His moment is immortalised here though. Scotty did a bang-up job of showing how scared he was. He acted as an excellent lead-in to the mania of Stone Cold, and that shouldn't be forgotten. Hotty wouldn't be seen again until returning as a zombie in 2021. OK, only joking.

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