Ranking EVERY WWE Royal Rumble's Biggest Surprise 1988-2022

23. 2005 - Mad King Vince

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Vince McMahon got lucky as f*ck when John Cena and Batista hit the floor at the exact same time following an elimination attempt gone very very wrong.

The stupid idiot pushed that luck sliding angrily into the ring seconds later.

Blowing out a quad on entry, he was forced to sit and talk the wrestlers and referees through an improvised finish, despite this whole thing - other than his bizarre interjection - looking like part of the show. He infamously blew his other quad out on the way to the back after stubbornly insisting he walk.

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