WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Men's Rumble: How Every Elimination Happened

8. Mustafa Ali

Kurt Angle Shinsuke Nakamura
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SmackDown's resident rising star looked great in the Royal Rumble. Eliminating Samoa Joe gives their feud a nice new wrinkle, and his performance was another step up the heavyweight ranks, though he was the only poor bastard to be dumped out by Nia Jax, who nailed him with a headbutt then sent him over with a Samoan Drop.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.