3 Worst Royal Rumble Wins

The Royal Rumble match
The Royal Rumble match

1. 2015 Royal Rumble (Roman Reigns)

Reigns and the Rock
Reigns and the Rock

You would think after the colossal mistake from the previous year, WWE would not make the same mistake? As the saying goes, never say never, especially in the WWE.

The 2015 Rumble took place in Philadelphia. It's one of the most hostile wrestling fanbases in the world. The event featured a classic triple threat match for the WWE Championship between Brock Lesnar, John Cena, and Seth Rollins. The crowd was fired up after this one. The letdown, though, killed all the momentum they had going into this Rumble.

You would think WWE would not make the same mistake twice with Daniel Bryan. He was a clear fan favorite and after the debacle of 2014, they would need to give him a significant push. They did not see it that way.

Bryan entered at number 10 to a roaring ovation. The resident Yes Man still had the fire from last year where he went onto win the title in the main event of Wrestlemania. 10 minutes later he was eliminated. The crowd was stunned and quickly turned on the match.

With every entrant after that elimination, the crowd booed mercilessly. You could not hear a body slam on the mat. The fans had taken over the PPV and were not giving into anything. They kept chanting for Daniel Bryan and then CM Punk, who had walked out a year prior. It was 2014 all over again.

Roman Reigns at the time was getting the John Cena treatment. He was a massive star who was billed as a fan favorite but had a mixed reaction every time he came out. He was being shoved down the throats of fans as the next star. The fans did not want to accept that.

Remember, it was only a year prior that fans were cheering for him to overtake Batista and win the Rumble. Talk about a difference a year makes.

Towards the end, Kane and the Big Show took over. Both men, who at the time were with the Authority, were throwing man after man over the top rope. The fans were unsettled at this point and a few 4 letter words were being spewed throughout the arena.

This brought out the Rock to calm the crowd down a little to settle the score and help out his Samoan family member Roman Reigns. When fans saw this, those cheers were quickly rescinded.

The fans knew what was about to happen and did not want anything to do with the result. When it came down to Roman Reigns and Rusev, the fans simultaneously chanted "Let's Go Rusev." It was the same Rusev whose whole character was built around his hatred for America.

Here, in the birthplace of America, were fans cheering for an anti-American. If that does not tell you something I do not know what can.

As Roman Reigns eliminated Rusev to win the Rumble, the Philadelphia faithful were uneasy, to say the least. The image of the Rock raising Roman's arm and the puzzled look on his face tells the story.

They knew they had to deliver after 2014 and somehow managed to repeat itself. #cancelwwenetwork started trending and "bull****" chants filled the arena. WWE did it again two years in a row.

The fact that even the Rock's return could not help save the show speaks volumes of what a bad booking it was.

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