12 Best WWE Royal Rumble Performances Ever
7. Brock Lesnar (2020)
For everything bad we could say about the latter days of
Brock Lesnar’s most recent run in WWE, you have to give it up to him for his
2020 Royal Rumble performance.
The reigning WWE Champion, Brock voluntarily entered the Rumble at #1 and proceeded to go on a run never seen before in history. Lesnar eliminated four straight men just seconds after they entered. He cleared a mini-pileup of three wrestlers (Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio and Big E), and then went on to toss six more men before finally being eliminated himself by eventual winner (and the man who would defeat him at WrestleMania 36), Drew McIntyre.
To be clear, Brock eliminated 13 men in 26 minutes of work at the Rumble, clearing nearly half the entire field by himself. It was an insane performance that set a new standard for traditional Rumble eliminations. And by building him up as this dominant heel in the match, it made it even bigger when McIntyre booted him out.
That makes for one of the best performances in Rumble history.