Ranking EVERY Royal Rumble WWE Championship Match From Worst To Best

4. John Cena Vs Umaga - 2007 (WWE Championship)

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A turning point for WWE Champion John Cena four months in to a 13-month reign, this mesmerising bloody brawl with the underrated Umaga put a lid on one of the company's best rivalries at the time and foreshadowed what some still consider to be the best year of Cena's career.

Rare before or after would 'Big Match John' look quite so desperate in his defences. Exhausted and exasperated, Cena's goal wasn't particularly to win, but merely survive.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett