Ranking Every Men's WWE Royal Rumble Match Of The 2010s

It's a shame how terribly Shinsuke Nakamura was booked in the months that followed after this match, because he was on top of the world on this one night, and deservedly so.

This match was brilliant from start to finish. It says a lot about it that WWE literally couldn't have done anything to make it more memorable, and it provided us with amazing moments from start to finish.

NXT debuts were perfect, with Adam Cole and Andrade Almas both making their main roster bows in this match, the latter especially impressive given that he had just wrestled WWE's first 5* match in seven years the night before. If that wasn't enough, fellow NXT alumni Finn Bálor was given the iron man spot, going 57 minutes and stealing our hearts in the process.

We also got to see a standoff for the ages when Randy Orton, John Cena and a returning Rey Mysterio stood across the ring from Bálor, Roman Reigns and winner Shinsuke Nakamura in a final six that brought the notoriously fickle Philly crowd off their feet.

There's nothing more to say about this match other than that it was perfectly booked with the right people given the spotlight and the right person being put over. Truly a match for the ages.