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

34. 1994 - Two Winners?!

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A gripping - and excellently worked - finale to the 1994 battle royal saw battered heroes Bret Hart and Lex Luger sailing over the top together in an inseparable entanglement. In an era before rash restarts, a draw was deemed the only logical outcome by WWE President Jack Tunney making a rare pay-per-view cameo.

In reality, Vince McMahon rather cannily used the Rumble's rules to his own benefit. Luger and Hart sharing the honours allowed him to poll both babyfaces in the building that night. Overwhelming crowd favourite Hart got the nod, eventually regaining the WWE Championship at WrestleMania X after Luger fell short against Yokozuna.

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