Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best
4. 2011
The Good: A first and (to-date) last experimentation with a 40-man Royal Rumble was a riveting success, with ample time afforded to the additional entries and a host of very pleasant surprises. Booker T made commentator Matt Striker "mark out, bro", but Diesel's return created 1994-levels of euphoria for a man putting a hand in a glove and a boot up Rey Mysterio's mask. Edge's World Title clash with Dolph Ziggler was outstanding too, dwarfing its sister match later on the show.
The Bad: Eva Marie's Divas Title win is a reminder of the darker timeline for women's wrestling. Perfectly passable for the time, it's really really shoddy on rewatch and should serve as a useful reminder of how far the division has thankfully come in less than a decade.
The Ugly: For all WWE wanted fans to care about Randy Orton getting back in the Championship picture, they categorically didn't. His title rematch with The Miz bordered on inoffensive but ended up simply bad, particularly considering the cheap run-in finish transparently crafted to create an insta-feud for 'The Viper's WrestleMania stretch.