WWE Royal Rumble 2001 Roster: Where Are They Now?

1. Rikishi

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Then: Rikishi had been remodelled as a "Bad Man" by 2001. The weird thing is, he still wore the thong and looked exactly the same as he had when fans watched him tear the house down in dance routines alongside Too Cool as a babyface.

#30 or not, the big man was only in the Rumble for a few minutes before being tossed by The Rock. He took that bump...for The Rock.

Now: Ex-Headshrinker and underrated Hell In A Cell bump-taker Rikishi was inducted into WWE's Hall Of Fame in 2015. He's shown up a few times on WWE television over the past few years, usually with his sons Jimmy and Jey Uso.

Rikishi was also part of The Undertaker's farewell ceremony at the 2020 Survivor Series.

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