11 Ups And 8 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2018

9. Power Of Pancakes

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Every year, fans wonder how Kofi Kingston will tease an elimination or stave off being tossed from the Royal Rumble. Through the years, we’ve seen him walk on his hands, use a chair as a pogo stick, and jump all the way from the guardrail back to the ring.

Sunday, Kingston was about to become the third member of New Day to get tossed by Jinder Mahal, but one of his feet landed on Xavier Woods. Big E promptly got a plate of pancakes, which prevented Kofi’s foot from touching the floor.

But with Mahal blocking his access to the ring, Kingston turned to his buddies to provide an assist – and an alley-oop, as they launched Kofi from the floor over Jinder in the ring. And then Kingston eliminated Mahal with a Trouble in Paradise.

Kofi isn’t going to win a Rumble, but his ongoing run of crazy moments avoiding elimination is a great tradition each year.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.