Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best
1. 2018
The Good: Swatting away recency bias, both battle royals were outstanding examples of how to pace and book the company's most treasured match, when such cases were needed most. In both cases, the winners worked against forces greater than heels - they had to overcome odds put up by the company itself. Rare had WWE had its finger so tightly on the nervous pulse of the audience. A good Rumble match carries a Royal Rumble pay-per-view - this show had two. Instant main eventer Ronda Rousey's end-of-show debut was a fitting way to conclude such an amazing edition.
The Bad: AJ Styles' WWE Championship match with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens was a total waste of time and talent. Foreshadowing the year Styles would have at the top of the card (and they year "Kami" would have circling the bottom), it damaged all of them despite not being the worst three-man match on the show...
The Ugly: Brock Lesnar's original Universal Title match in 2018 was allegedly supposed to be with Finn Bálor, but bigger wasn't better yet again as Braun Strowman and Kane lumbered through a worthless Triple Threat in the worst match on the show instead. Hopefully 2019's effort makes up for this midcard misstep...