10 biggest surprise entrants in Royal Rumble history

#9 Drew Carey

In the 2001 Royal Rumble match, Drew Carey surprised everyone by participating in the Royal Rumble match. Surprisingly, he lasted longer than one minute. However, the comedian soon realized that the Royal Rumble match isn’t a sitcom when Kane’s music hit, and Carey was the only man left in the ring.

Carey, being the comedian he is, first tried to shake Kane’s hand, when that didn’t work, he offered Kane some money which ‘The Big Red Machine’ obviously refused. Just when Kane was about to Chokeslam the American actor, Raven’s music hit, and he came into the ring and attacked Kane. Drew Carey immediately climbed over the top rope and eliminated himself in comic fashion.

This was amusing to the fans who got to witness their comedian in a WWE ring for the first time. Needless to say, Drew Carey will never try to compete in the Royal Rumble match again.

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Sunil is a pro wrestling journalist, covering AEW and WWE news stories at Sportskeeda. He holds an MBA degree in Marketing, and has nearly 7 years of experience. A wrestling aficionado since childhood, Sunil used to imitate his favorite wrestlers as a young kid, and started writing professionally about the sport via Sportskeeda’s revenue-sharing opportunity.

Sunil admires former world champions AJ Styles, Will Ospreay, and Kenny Omega for their ability to consistently deliver great matches as well as entertain crowds with their mic skills.

If ever given a chance to change a storyline, Sunil would have booked Roman Reigns to end The Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak instead of Brock Lesnar. According to him, The Tribal Chief needed the victory more than Brock Lesnar, as the latter was already an established performer when he defeated ‘Taker. He would’ve also made that as Taker’s final match.

Always focused on making his work accurate and reliable, Sunil thoroughly checks his facts before writing his articles. When not writing for pro wrestling, he spends his time watching cricket.

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