12 Wrestlers Who Had ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESS Being In WWE Royal Rumble
7. JBL (2014)
Over a decade on from his last appearance in the match, and long removed from his full in-ring retirement, John Bradshaw Layfield's cameo in the 2014 Royal Rumble would have been substantially more annoying had it not taken place on a night that went down in infamy for entirely different reason.
That year's Rumble was less-than-fondly remembered for the omission of Daniel Bryan and the subsequent hatred pointed towards the likes of Batista and Rey Mysterio for the crime of not being Daniel Bryan. The eventual WrestleMania main event victor wasn't announced for the match, but enough people made enough assumptions that the most over wrestler in the company might enter a match that placed him in the prime spot for the biggest show of the year.
They were ultimately wrong, and they were infuriated. So much so that when Kane eliminated iron man CM Punk in a spot that teed up the argument that chased Phil Brooks out of wrestling, the audience raged too much with everything else going on
All of this is to say that if there was ever a year for JBL to enter the Rumble, do nothing, getting chucked out by Roman Reigns and go back to work like nothing happened and avoid some pelters for it, it was this one.