Every Babyface WWE Royal Rumble Winner Ranked From Worst To Best
13. Batista (2005, 2014)

Batista's Royal Rumble winner's legacy is fascinating.
Though technically a heel for his first win in 2005, he was cheered vociferously as audiences anointed him and John Cena as the company's next two top stars. The opposite occurred despite a babyface return in 2014 because, put simply, he wasn't Daniel Bryan.
One cancels the other out, though that maiden victory was genuinely star-making before a quad-tearing Vince McMahon accidentally sat down and stole all the headlines.