WWE: 15 Notable Performers That Have Never Been In A Royal Rumble Match

1. Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2_CPsPnaIg For decades now, Dave Meltzer's reviews of wrestling matches (from 0 to 5 stars) for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter have been considered the 'holy grail' by many, including many performers themselves. Just 73 matches have received the coveted score, with the WWE being responsible for just five in its entire history (one being the aforementioned Hall/Michaels encounter), and just one in the last fifteen years (CM Punk vs John Cena at Money In The Bank 2011). As a result of this, very few wrestlers (including the Bushwhackers, of all people) have one five star match to their name, let alone two (with CM Punk, Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart and Steve Austin being amongst the few that do). Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat has four. Three of these were against Ric Flair, though none of these took part in the WWE, where Steamboat was employed during the mid to late eighties, taking part in a great match at Wrestlemania III against Randy Savage and in a bout at the inaugural Royal Rumble event against Rick Rude, though he wouldn't be part of the titular match. Steamboat left the WWE shortly afterwards, but would return in 1991, albeit billed as a new wrestler simply known as The Dragon. He would not remain with the company long enough to be around for another Rumble match, however, quitting just a few months into his run after refusing to lose in a squash match to the Undertaker. Though he returned to the company once again as a road agent in 2005 and has remained in the position ever since, Steamboat has never been a surprise entry in the Rumble despite still being in very good shape (as proven by the fact that he took on Chris Jericho in a match at Wrestlemania in 2009) for his age. Never say never, but the fact that the man is now sixty means that the chances get smaller with each passing year.
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