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

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Royal Rumble
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The Good: The Rockers and The Orient Express were about a decade ahead of the rest of the product in an exhilarating opener, but from a wrestling perspective little else could touch them afterwards. Virgil's turn on Ted Dibiase brought the house down, after the incredible sh*tkicking Randy Savage dished out to The Ultimate Warrior en route to his WWE Championship loss.

The Bad: The Slaughter/Warrior match was awful when Randy Savage wasn't involved in it, whilst The Big Boss Man and The Barbarian should probably both have been in the Rumble instead of having a bang average singles match to further Bobby Heenan's feud with the former prison guard.

The Ugly: A dry Royal Rumble capped off a middling show made worse by the jingoism whipped up by Sgt Slaughter's victory over The Ultimate Warrior. WWE had steered into the worst case scenario and wouldn't be punished for it until a WrestleMania VII venue shift was finally confirmed.

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