Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best
22. 2012
The Good: CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler assembled a firecracker of an effort for the WWE Championship, outstripping everything on the undercard and the Royal Rumble match itself. Daniel Bryan was on a roll of his own in the opener, slithering past The Big Show and Mark Henry like the snake he was quickly becoming. Brodus Clay's squash win over Drew McIntyre sounds criminal on paper, but the 'Funkasaurus' gimmick was brand spanking new at the time - he was one of the show's genuine highlights.
The Bad: Kane and John Cena's match was a total piece of sh*t. The storyline building into it was an even bigger piece of sh*t. Zack Ryder somehow looked like the biggest piece of sh*t of all following the result, though Vince McMahon should really earn those honours for removing 'The Big Red Machine' from the Royal Rumble and hijacking a consecutive appearances run stretching back over a decade. Sh*t.
The Ugly: 2012's Royal Rumble match was obsessed with banter sequences. All three commentators wrestled, Mick Foley and Santino Marella took over the ring with sock puppets, and Kharma was - gasp - a woman!