20 Greatest WWE Royal Rumble Undercard Matches
5. John Cena Vs. Umaga (2007)
One of the last great barbaric struggles before WWE began their 2008 move back to PG content, this herculean effort was the late Umaga's finest moment in WWE and remains one of John Cena's too.
An energetic brawl from start to finish, the WWE Title match fought under Last Man Standing rules was designed to find a conclusive winner between 'The Champ' and 'The Samoan Bulldozer' following Cena's fluke roll-up the previous month controversially ending Umaga's impressive undefeated streak.
At the conclusion of the epic bloodbath, the equally brutal finish came as Cena strangled the Samoan with the top rope, subduing him just long enough to squeeze the winning ten-count.
A turning point in Cena's second WWE Title run (which celebrated one full year at this very event), it forced a large portion of the audience to take a step back from the vitriol they'd directed at company-man John, and accept he was extremely capable of producing fantastic matches befitting his position at the top of the tree.
And though this would mark Umaga's last significant headline push, it would not be his final moment in the sun, as he would represent Vince McMahon just two months later in his record-setting 'Battle of the Billionaires' clash at WrestleMania 23 with Donald Trump.