The Deceased Dozen Of The 1990 Royal Rumble
4. The Ultimate Warrior (16 June 1959 – 8 April 2014)
The major, major star of the match with the exception perhaps of the winner himself, Ultimate Warrior was on his final stop to WWE title glory, and brought chaotic energy to a lethargic portion of the Royal Rumble match.
Entering at #21, Warrior racked up five eliminations in a fifteen minute stint in the battle royal, including the ejection of iron man Ted DiBiase, who had gone a record-breaking forty-four minutes at the time.
But his greatest moment in the match would come in an era-defining face-off with Hulk Hogan.
A first between the two, the crowd came absolutely unglued for such a mammoth battle of the titans, and when neither budged from a series of shoulderblocks, fans were similarly engrossed by a double clothesline which left both disadvantaged.
Though both were completely inseparable in individual competition, Hogan would outlast Warrior in the Rumble when his clothesline to The Barbarian and Rick Rude saw the Intercontinental Champion topple out.