Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble Pay-Per-View From Worst To Best
27. 2005
The Good: A half-decent Rumble match masked an ultra-lame undercard. John Cena and Dave Batista's accidental double elimination looked real enough to be intended, but inadvertently reflected just how close both were to the promised land. Loaded with mini-segments as good Rumbles should be, the battle royal whizzed by en route to the heavy favourites arriving late.
The Bad: Edge and Shawn Michaels' opener was a disappointment, but understandably so considering their roles in the Rumble later on. Edge in particular had a 40 minute stretch to save himself for. The novelty was already wearing off JBL's long WWE Championship run before another pay-per-view required another creative escape hatch.
The Ugly: Mohammad Hassan being turned on by the entire field during the Rumble felt more than a little icky. WWE had promised a new spin on the anti-American stereotype when the character debuted late the prior year, and they were already reneging on the deal. As far as WrestleMania feuds for The Undertaker go, a doubles affair alongside Kane versus Heidenreich and Gene Snitsky would have been an all-time worst based on his wretched singles match here.