8 WWE Royal Rumble Winners Who Put Their Title Shot On The Line

6. Mr. McMahon (1999)

Among the elite few to win the Royal Rumble from the No. 2 seed is none other than Mr. McMahon, who inevitably had some help from his allies in The Corporation. After surviving for a whopping 56 minutes, he eliminated Stone Cold last to be named the victor of the 1999 Royal Rumble. As a non-wrestler, he chose to relinquish his Championship shot at WrestleMania 15, though when informed it'd be awarded to the runner-up (Austin), the Chairman of the Board changed his mind, but not before he was put in a match with his arch nemesis with his title shot on the line. Following a near year of feuding, McMahon and Stone Cold clashed in a Steel Cage match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre where the winner would earn a WWF title match against The Rock. Despite McMahon enlisting help from a pre-Big Show Paul Wight, The Texas Rattlesnake still found a way to emerge victorious, cementing his place in the main event of WrestleMania. Could it be, perhaps, that this was WWE's way of making it up to Austin after he was screwed out of his title shot two years prior?