9 Wrestlers Who Didn't Learn From WWE Royal Rumble Mistakes

8. Scotty 2 Hotty - A Pissed Off Undertaker Is Not Your Friend

Scotty 2 Hotty Royal Rumble 2001 Royal Rumble 2002
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Poor Scotty 2 Hotty never stood a chance in either of the 2001 or 2002 Royal Rumble matches.

On the left there, you'll see a nervous, sh*tting his pants Scotty, for he was entering the ring when the Brothers of Destruction duo of the Undertaker and Kane were calmly waiting for him - with those two behemoths having already tossed plentiful bodies over the top rope.

Of course, the Too Cool alumnus would get brutalised by both 'Taker and his 'brother', although it was technically classed as Kane who ultimately got the elimination on Scotty 2 Hotty here.

In the 2002 Royal Rumble match, Scotty had the misfortune of heading to the ring just as the Big Evil incarnation of the Undertaker was laying a whooping on Maven; this coming after Maven had famously shocked the world by eliminating 'Taker.

As Big Evil brutalised Maven around the ringside area, there's a brilliant moment where the legendary Undertaker spies Scotty 2 Hotty, gives him the most ominous of looks, and lays out Scotty precisely as his turns around in the middle of one of his dance moves.

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