7 Times Vince McMahon Thought WWE's Royal Rumble Sucked

3. A Winner Has To Be Erased From History

If you study the blurb text for 2004's Rumble on the WWE Network, don't expect to see any mention of the man who won it. That's understandable due to real-life atrocities, of course, but it still feels weird that Chris Benoit went from #1 to the end, worked for 1:01:35 and it's almost like it never happened.

Vince McMahon probably wishes it hadn't.

By 2007, when distressing reports crept out about the reality of Benoit's demise, WWE made the call to erase the Canadian from their history books. He was never to be mentioned on programming, and couldn't even show up in text format on DVDs or, later, the Network. At that moment, Vince again could've been forgiven for thinking the '04 Rumble sucked.

He had a historic, fondly-remembered event on his hands that was now tarnished goods. Benoit's marathon efforts in the 30-man match could never be used as hype for the pay-per-view's magical feel again, and that made 2004 a complete waste.