Every Babyface WWE Royal Rumble Winner Ranked From Worst To Best
10. Chris Benoit (2004)
Impossible to appreciate in its original context, Chris Benoit's 61:30 in the Royal Rumble earned him an enormous response when he secured his first ever WrestleMania main event, not least when he hauled over The Big Show after 'The World's Largest Athlete' had flattened every attempt to eliminate him.
Ahead of Benoit's best mate Eddie Guerrero winning the WWE Championship the next month, 2004 looked like the start of a philosophical shift towards cult technical favourites. It wasn't, of course. It never is.