Introduced all the way back in 1988, it didn’t take long for WWE’s Royal Rumble Match to become one of the most exciting matches in all of pro wrestling. The Golden Era saw Hulk Hogan win the Royal Rumble twice. Shawn Michaels did the same in the New Generation Era. In the Attitude Era, Stone Cold Steve Austin set the bar by becoming the first (and so far, the only) wrestler to win the Rumble three times.
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By the time the Ruthless Aggression Era arrived, the Royal Rumble match was well-established as arguably WWE’s most important match of the year. Some of the best Royal Rumble matches ever took place during the mid-2000s. The question is: which one was the greatest? In this article, we’ll rank every Rumble from the Ruthless Aggression Era.