One WWE Match You MUST Watch From Every Year 1984-2024
9. 2015 - Brock Lesnar Vs John Cena Vs Seth Rollins, Royal Rumble
Historically, WWE permit themselves to experiment a little with title shots on the Royal Rumble undercard. Not least because, again historically, it's not typically what fans have bought their tickets for.
That shifted somewhat in the mid-2010s, partly due to the thirst fans had developed to see Champions defend their titles on monthly pay-per-views at all costs, and also due to the mess WWE kept making with the Royal Rumble itself. In the face of a potentially disappointing battle royal, the title matches needed to be more than just added value.
Case in point.
On any show at any time in any city, 2015's triple threat between Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Seth Rollins would have been the talking point on every fans' lips as they exited the building. On this particular show in this era in Philadelphia, this match was the only saving grace.
Deviating between escape and adventure plotting depending on who stole focus, Cena and Rollins were fantastic trying to stop rampaging beast Lesnar just enough to concentrate on each other and try and get the win. They ultimately both fail, but when viewed alongside the runs of matches they'd have in their belt-swapped roles between January and October, the performances were effectively mission statements for the months ahead.