12 Wrestlers Who Had ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS Being In WWE Royal Rumble
8. Fake Razor Ramon & Diesel (1997)
The imposter Razor Ramon and Diesel characters had no business in a Royal Rumble, no business still appearing on pay-per-view, and no business still in WWE some four months after their ill-fated launch.
Misunderstood by many, the point of the imposters wasn't just total head loss by a Vince McMahon smarting at the successes of Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and the New World Order on the other side of the wrestling divide. Said head loss absolutely informed the idea, but the idea might have worked had disgruntled heel Jim Ross simply used them to embarrass the company he was enraged with, and then moved on to bigger or better things with the damage done. "Disgruntled heel Jim Ross" might itself sound like a stretch too far, but watch the promo and believe the hype - a Bad 'ol JR could have serviceably gotten over something even more significant than this one-night ratings ploy.
As it was, the Razor and Diesel knock-offs simply became part of the roster and part of the furniture, as if it was the most normal thing in the world. This pushed the idea miles beyond its limits, particularly when the two fought Davey Boy Smith and Owen Hart for the Tag Team Championships, and when both entered the 1997 Royal Rumble as - such is the point of the match - potential WrestleMania main eventers. "Diesel" even made into the final four, even though he was tactically ousted from the In Your House pay-per-view with the same name thanks to his elimination by Bret Hart being considered as legal.