5 Best No. 26 Entries in the Royal Rumble

#2 Kurt Angle (2002) - Eliminated 29th - 2 Eliminations

Kurt Angle is another wrestler with the WWE that enjoyed a long career at the top of the promotion, winning many titles without ever claiming victory at the Royal Rumble. Angle's best performance at the Royal Rumble was saved for the 2002 Royal Rumble when the Olympic gold medalist would finish second after being eliminated by the eventual winner Triple H.

Kurt Angle would enter the 2002 Royal Rumble as the 26th entry and would eliminate main event talents in Kane and Stone Cold Steve Austin, leaving himself in the final two against Triple H.

Angle believed he had won after he vaulted the Game over the top rope. Unfortunately for Kurt Angle, Triple H managed to hold on to the ropes and landed on the ring apron instead. Triple H would then clothesline Kurt Angle over the top rope to claim victory.

Kurt Angle would go on to face Kane at Wrestlemania XVIII that year while Triple H would defeat Chris Jericho for the WWF Undisputed title.