WrestleMania title shot: N/A The winner of the first 30-man Royal Rumble, Big John Studd was not a world title contender, nor was he an up-and-comer. Rather, Studd was on the downswing of his wrestling career, retiring just five months after winning the Rumble. Its viewed that this was more of a reward for Studds career and contributions to WWFs boom period in the 80s than anything else. Seeing how the Rumble was only in its second year and hadnt yet been established as a major event, its understandable that WWF would choose to give Studd a nice sendoff into retirement.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.
