Royal Rumble 2018: Ranking all final Rumble entrants (Part 1)

The final spot in the Rumble has led to three winners, all of them former world champions before the win!

#27 Bombing from a favored position

Adam Bomb, Royal Rumble 1994 (Duration: 04:55, Elimination Order: 20, No. of Eliminations: 0)

More often than not, in order to add to the shock value of the advantageous position that is the final entry in the Royal Rumble; the WWE will hand the spot to an unexpected wrestler who carries no favour to win the match. Unfortunately for them the crowd can always see through this thinly veiled attempt at a surprise and realize the guy coming in (as Vince McMahon eloquently puts it) has no chance in hell.

However, sometimes it just isn't managements fault entirely, in fact in 1994 WWE was at its darkest period. As the steroid scandal took hold of the company, a new direction was sought and that would take a bit off time. Of course, McMahon being McMahon, was still stubborn enough to want a muscle-bound incompetent wrestler like Lex Luger to be the face of the company despite having a ready-made star in Bret Hart.

Regardless that indecision is what made the 1994 Royal Rumble such an interesting one for fans, they knew the future was coming; they just didn't know which one. One thing they knew with guarantee was that Adam Bomb regardless of his favourable entry was definitely not that future.

The Nuclear superstar was another outdated element that just didn't fit any longer in the changing New Generation, but alas he did stay on long enough like much of the hokey elements that eventually caused WWE to lose out to WCW in initial days of the Monday Night Wars.

Thankfully on the night of the Rumble, he lasted fairly short and did no damage.

Eliminated by Lex Luger.