15 Biggest Superstars To Have Never Won The Royal Rumble

#10 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper

Too late?

This one was a bit of a shame. I like to think that the only reason that the late great 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper never won a Royal Rumble match is because it just came a little late in his career.

By the time we had the very first Royal Rumble match, won by Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Hot Rod had actually 'retired' from wrestling and left WWE in search of a film career.

And while 1988 classic They Live, with Piper in the lead role, was very well received, his acting career just never reached the heights that it should have so he returned to wrestling and WWE in 1989.

Although Piper did enter the 1990 and 1992 Royal Rumbles matches, those had long been pegged to be won by Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair, respectively.

Had the Royal Rumble match been invented just a few years early, it would have played a great part in getting Piper some big Championship matches in his already legendary feud with Hulk Hogan.