Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Match - From Worst To Best

43. Greatest Royal Rumble

Titus O'Neil Greatest Royal Rumble
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Remember that green and gold belt WWE handed Braun Strowman for winning the so-called Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018? It's cool if you don't. They don't either! The company didn't bring it back from Saudi Arabia with them. Or, if they did, creative couldn't find a spot for it on mainline TV. It was almost like nothing had happened over in Saudi at all.

"Greatest", eh?

The 50-man Rumble was forgettable for the most part. Daniel Bryan going chop-crazy with Roderick Strong did stand out, but that's clutching at straws. It perhaps says everything about the bout that all anyone could talk about afterward was poor Titus O'Neil clowning himself by slipping and sliding underneath the ring during his entrance. 'Titus Worldslide' memes were born that night.

Forgotten entrants include sumo wrestler Hiroki Sumi, Babatunde, and Dan Matha. WWE blatantly tried everything they could think of to fill up the full 50 slots, but the main priority was making Braun look like a monster with a bright future. Fair enough, but that's hard to do when downplaying his win on programming back in the States.

Godspeed anybody who dares to re-watch this event from start to finish now. You have our respect!

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