8 Burning Questions For WWE Greatest Royal Rumble

5. How Will Largest Rumble Go?

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Seven years ago, WWE held a 40-participant Royal Rumble. It was not kindly received.

At 40 entrants, the Rumble was long. There were too many dead spots, and it was difficult to maintain momentum for such a long match.

Now, add 10 more men.

Keep in mind that some of the recent 30-man Rumbles have been lackluster, and you have to worry that this could be a trainwreck of epic proportions. However, there is the possible saving grace of star power: Several big names have been announced for the match, including Kurt Angle, Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton and Chris Jericho.

That could help power this Rumble through such a long event. Also, we could see shorter intervals, maybe 60 seconds instead of 90. But we’ll see…

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.