5 Changes WWE should make to the Royal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble

#3 Change WWE should make to the Royal Rumble match - Once someone is eliminated, anything they do after elimination doesn't count

Hogan helped pull Sid Justice out of the ring after the Hulkster was already eliminated.
Hogan helped pull Sid Justice out of the ring after the Hulkster was already eliminated.

This is hand-in-hand with the first point. Over the course of Royal Rumble history, there have been many instances of a star being eliminated. That star then comes back and has a hand in the elimination of a current participant still in the Royal Rumble match.

The most glaring example from history has to be the 1992 Royal Rumble. The final three competitors were Ric Flair, Sid Justice and Hulk Hogan. Hogan was eliminated by Justice as the match is always billed as "every man/woman for him/herself." Hogan couldn't take not winning and proceeded to grab Justice's arm.

As things played out, Flair would get up and both he and Hogan would cause the elimination of Sid Justice. The elimination technically went to Flair since he was still a legal participant and Hogan was not.

In the 2002 Royal Rumble match, Maven eliminated the Undertaker. Immediately following that moment, Taker pulled Maven out of the ring, beat the tar out of him and then tossed him over the top rope.

If someone is officially no longer a part of the match, then whatever they do following their elimination should not count. Once again, this tactic is used to further or start storylines, but if someone is "officially" no longer in the match, their actions following elimination should not be valid.

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