Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best

29. 2015

Royal Rumble
WWE

The Good: Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Seth Rollins constructed one of the finest WWE triple threat matches ever over 'The Beast's WWE Championship. An intricate masterclass of timing and execution, it completely revived a sagging reign ahead of another surprising Seth-based outing for Brock at WrestleMania.

The Bad: Everything else before the wretched main event was awful enough that the Rumble match needed to deliver before the first even entrants arrived. A selection of sh*te tag matches didn't exactly help audiences warm up before the aforementioned amazing WWE Championship battle, even if it helped them forget what they'd endured.

The Ugly: The Royal Rumble as we once knew it died on January 25th 2015 as WWE broke a seemingly unbreakable gimmick for the good of a push that categorically would not take. Everything felt engineered to enrage, though the worst thing was that it probably wasn't. Daniel Bryan spent a criminally short time in the ring,

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation nearly 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett