The first Royal Rumble of the new millennium was another full of memories and interest, kicking off one of the best years in the history of WWE (then WWF). The Rock would come out on top in controversial fashion, outlasting Big Show despite replays showing Show as the true winner of the match. The roster was pretty stacked at the time, making for little in the way of irrelevant entries. Sure, names like Gangrel, Mosh and Crash Holly aren't legendary, but they all had a place of relevance on the roster at the time. Rikishi put in an impressive early performance, entering at number five and being responsible for the first seven eliminations before being dumped by six men. The match also featured Road Dogg using the most logical Royal Rumble strategy in history, lying on the apron and wrapping himself around the bottom rope. As a young wrestling fan I could never understand why more wrestlers didn't try this. It didn't work of course, as the D-O-Double G eventually getting dumped by Billy Gunn for a little too much gloating.
Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.
