7 Things You Should Know About WWE Royal Rumble 2005

2. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon Got Hurt Entering The Ring

This moment deserves its own point because it was one of the most surreal moments in the life of WWE's Chairman Vince McMahon. Following the mistake at the end of the Rumble match (more on that on the next page), Vince was forced to come out to try to put an end to the match. Vince was angry when he walked out from the back and even tossed his jacket to the ground. Why was he so mad? Was it legit anger that they botched the finish or just the character freaking it? Probably a little of both, but mostly a character thing. Vince tried to slide into the ring by going under the bottom rope, but his foot jammed against the side of the ring. He went to stand up to address what was happening in the ring and then he just collapsed. It turned out that he tore his quadriceps muscle. He ended up sitting against the ropes. No promo from him. He just sat there. The match was restarted from there while Vince was helped to the back although that part of it wasn't shown on camera. When Vince went backstage, he was trying to sell the idea that he wasn't hurt that much and he ended up tearing his other quad muscle as well. In typical Vince fashion, he recovered pretty quickly and was back on television within a few months. It's still something that people are going to remember forever about him.