20 WWE Royal Rumble Facts You Didn't Know

8. Shawn Counts The Benjamins

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Sometimes, you get the feeling someone just doesn't like you. That must have been going through Shelton Benjamin's mind about Shawn Michaels during his first WWE run in the early 2000s, after the Showstopper stopped his show on three consecutive occasions between 2006 and 2008.

Even when one half of the World's Greatest Tag Team ended the HBK curse, his luck didn't fare much better: he was unceremoniously flung by The Undertaker in 2009, and lasted a measly 48 seconds in 2010, a victim of John Cena on a tear.

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Benjamin was born in 1987, and is still not dead. He variously enjoys classical music, old-school adventure games (they're not dead), and walks on the beach (albeit short - asthma, you know). He's currently trying to compile a comprehensive history of video game music, yet denies accusations that he purposefully targets niche audiences. He's often wrong about these things.