Some will squeeze value from Giant Gonzalez debuting to eliminate the Undertaker, but that's pushing it from a quality standpoint. Too much of this Rumble was just like Gonzalez - it lumbered along slowly, and seemed more obsessed with portraying Bob Backlund as a revived babyface hero for a new generation (ahem).

Even though these wrestling legends left their mark in WWE, they shockingly never competed in the Royal Rumble.