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

7. Women's 2019 - The Man Comes Around

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WWE were keen not to replicate the anger of 2014/15 but utilise the same anxiety five years later - Becky Lynch was not set to enter the Royal Rumble until she saw an opportunity when the injured Lana couldn't make it to the ring.

'The Man's Road to WrestleMania seemed assured with or without the battle royal, but her inclusion at all the nicest of surprises from the company that too often relishes pulling the rug.

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