Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Match From Worst To Best

25. 2020 (Women)

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Used as an extension of WWE's attempt to elevate NXT in the early days of the Wednesday Night War, the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble carried on where the 2019 Survivor Series left off - do everything possible to make the black-and-gold brand feel like WWE's third one.

The match featured 12 competitors from the show, compared to the seven from SmackDown, eight from Raw and three guest surprises. Winner Charlotte Flair had alluded to possibly challenging for that title before she'd even scored the Rumble victory, and followed through too. Only Naomi's incredible pop (which the company subsequently did nothing with) served as a distraction from the obvious plan.

The work within the match, subsequently was quite strong - NXT's Women's Division then was comfortably the best in mainstream professional wrestling - but WWE couldn't have their cake and eat it too. The show was still niche to a lot of the audience, and the contest suffered as a result. Especially when 'The Queen' breezed past the "competition" anyway.

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