{"id":150491,"date":"2026-01-13T07:00:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=150491"},"modified":"2026-01-12T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T04:36:04","slug":"wwe-legends-bad-royal-rumble-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/13\/wwe-legends-bad-royal-rumble-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"5 WWE Legends with Shockingly Bad Royal Rumble Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE&#8217;s Royal Rumble Match works because of several factors. A legend making a surprise return, an established star getting shockingly eliminated by a rookie, the anticipation of who starts the Royal Rumble &#8211; all important things that make the Royal Rumble great. But at the end of the day, everyone knows it will all come down to the biggest stars on the roster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"8izO12IXCb\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/08\/royal-rumble-2001-final-four-wrestlemania-17\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE 2001 Royal Rumble Final Four and What Each Man Did at WrestleMania 17<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WWE 2001 Royal Rumble Final Four and What Each Man Did at WrestleMania 17&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/08\/royal-rumble-2001-final-four-wrestlemania-17\/embed\/#?secret=3zTAJLC5q4#?secret=8izO12IXCb\" data-secret=\"8izO12IXCb\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The multiple-time world champions and WrestleMania headliners are usually expected to win the Royal Rumble, but that doesn&#8217;t mean their success is guaranteed. Some WWE legends have had truly awful showings in the Rumble over the years. Here are some of the most notable examples. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<h2>Kurt Angle<\/h2>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2005<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>0:37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>1 (Shawn Michaels)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Shawn Michaels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/13\/kurt-angle-heartwarming-message-john-cena-before-wwe-retirement\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Kurt Angle<\/a> was an absolute wrestling machine in his prime. A five-time WWE world champion at the time, Angle was one of the favorites to win the 2005 Royal Rumble Match. But the company had other plans for the Olympic Gold Medalist at that year&#8217;s WrestleMania: a dream match for the ages against Shawn Michaels.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH: Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels: WrestleMania 21\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zSC0we1MxkY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Because of the brand extension, their feud began during the annual Royal Rumble Match, with HBK shockingly eliminating Angle just 37 seconds after the latter had entered the ring. Angle would come back to the ring and return the favor by eliminating Michaels as well. That explains Kurt Angle&#8217;s poor performance at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/royalrumble\/history\/2005\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Royal Rumble 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Booker T<\/h2>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2002<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>0:33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>1 (Rob Van Dam)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Stone Cold Steve Austin<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cagematch.net\/?id=2&amp;nr=642&amp;view=&amp;page=4&amp;gimmick=&amp;year=&amp;promotion=1&amp;region=&amp;location=&amp;arena=&amp;showtype=Pay+Per+View%7CPremium+Live+Event&amp;constellationType=&amp;worker=#:~:text=20.01.2002-,Royal%20Rumble,-%3A%20Triple%20H\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booker T made his Royal Rumble Match debut in 2002<\/a>. While he wasn&#8217;t the biggest name in the match, one would assume Booker would have a good showing especially since he&#8217;d been an essential member of The Alliance the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3dIBhRmKdy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/05\/wwe-attitude-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Attitude Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WWE Attitude Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/05\/wwe-attitude-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/embed\/#?secret=UZgHpIDOCI#?secret=3dIBhRmKdy\" data-secret=\"3dIBhRmKdy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The luck of the draw was on Booker&#8217;s side, as he was the last man to enter the 2002 Royal Rumble. Booker came in like a house of fire &#8211; eliminating Rob Van Dam, doing the Spinaroonie and&#8230; that was it. Once Booker got up, he ate a Stone Cold Stunner from Steve Austin that sent\u00a0<em>The Book<\/em>\u00a0flying over the top rope to the floor.<\/p>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2006<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>0:18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Chris Benoit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Somehow, Booker T had an even worse showing four years later, at Royal Rumble 2006. Despite holding the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/03\/did-carmelo-hayes-retain-his-united-states-championship-on-1-2-wwe-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">WWE United States Championship<\/a> at the time, Booker was thrown out by Chris Benoit &#8211; his US Title challenger &#8211; in just 18 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, Booker had been injured heading into this show (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JzDC-qXI7SQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Randy Orton even won the US Title\u00a0<em>for<\/em> the injured Booker weeks earlier<\/a>) which explains his quick elimination.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Owen Hart<\/h2>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 1995<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>0:03<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>The British Bulldog<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Owen Hart was one of WWF&#8217;s top heels heading into Royal Rumble 1995. After all, The King of Harts had spent most of 1994 feuding with his brother Bret, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rsY_MaBuzeY\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">beating The Hitman at\u00a0<em>WrestleMania X<\/em><\/a> before losing a Steel Cage Match for the WWF Championship at SummerSlam. Surely, Owen would have one of the strongest showings in the 1995 Royal Rumble Match, right?<\/p>\n<p>No. Instead, Owen Hart lasted only\u00a0<em>three seconds<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smarkdownsblog.com\/home-video-classics-review-bret-hit-man-hart\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bret Hart<\/a> attacked Owen during his entrance (as payback for Owen costing him the WWF Title match against Diesel earlier) and The King of Harts was eliminated by The British Bulldog as soon as he entered the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the legendary Eli Blu was in the match for 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Read that again&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve officially spent more time reading that sentence than Owen Hart did in the &#8217;95 Royal Rumble Match.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Kane<\/h2>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2004<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>1:40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Booker T<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The 2004 Royal Rumble was one of the best of all time. Chris Benoit came out first and won the entire thing, Big Show dominated the second half of the match, Randy Orton had an incredible performance, Mick Foley made his return and the Final Four was fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"4suk6bYjVq\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/09\/royal-rumble-2004-final-four-wrestlemania-20\/\" target=\"_self\">The Royal Rumble 2004 Final Four and What Each Man Did at WrestleMania XX<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Royal Rumble 2004 Final Four and What Each Man Did at WrestleMania XX&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/09\/royal-rumble-2004-final-four-wrestlemania-20\/embed\/#?secret=XWGdYb8hgm#?secret=4suk6bYjVq\" data-secret=\"4suk6bYjVq\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Someone who didn&#8217;t get to spend a lot of time in the ring was Kane, who had essentially killed the American Badass gimmick by burying The Undertaker at Survivor Series 2003. Now, The Deadman&#8217;s &#8220;spirit&#8221; was back to torment his brother, as Undertaker&#8217;s gong distracted Kane and allowed Booker T to eliminate him.<\/p>\n<p>Kane took his anger out on poor Spike Dudley, who didn&#8217;t even make it to the ring!<\/p>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2013<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>1:46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>2<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Great Khali<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Bryan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Daniel Bryan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Speaking of Kane&#8217;s anger issues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ul8vdBXmKY0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he finally worked on it a decade later with the help of Dr. Shelby<\/a>. Shelby thought he had things under control with Kane and his tag team partner Daniel Bryan, the reigning WWE Tag Team Champions at the time. Team Hell No retained their belts against Team Rhodes Scholars at Royal Rumble 2013, and they were both scheduled to appear in the Rumble Match later that night.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Bryan came out at #21 while Kane joined the match a few moments later, at #24. Less than two minutes after Kane entered the ring, his own tag team partner had already eliminated him! While the two argued, Cesaro knocked Bryan off the apron, who landed right on Kane&#8217;s arms. The Big Red Machine had the chance to save his tag team partner, but he decided to return the favor and eliminate Bryan instead.<\/p>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2014<\/h3>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>1:10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>1 (CM Punk)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>CM Punk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>One year later, the fun was over for Kane &#8211; literally and figuratively &#8211; as he was now The Authority&#8217;s Director of Operations. The mask and the iconic attire were gone and had been replaced by a suit and tie. It was as entertaining and visually impressive as it sounds. The same can be said about Kane&#8217;s performance in the 2014 Royal Rumble Match.<\/p>\n<p>For the third time in his career, Kane didn&#8217;t even last two minutes in the Rumble. This time, it wasn&#8217;t to set up a WrestleMania match or because he was in a super entertaining tag team with Daniel Bryan. Kane&#8217;s one-minute elimination was used to set up a Triple H\/CM Punk <em>WrestleMania XXX<\/em> clash that never happened because <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesportster.com\/cm-punk-wwe-departure-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Punk left WWE<\/a> the next night.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, Kane was no longer a main eventer, but he was still one of the biggest names that competed in that match. He deserved better than this.<\/p>\n<p><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<h2>Shawn Michaels<\/h2>\n<h3>Royal Rumble 2003<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"FULL MATCH: 2003 Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2003\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KJ5Zj-HiNGU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<table class=\"stats-table\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Entrant Number<\/th>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Time In The Match<\/th>\n<td>2:05<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Number Of Eliminations<\/th>\n<td>None<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Eliminated By<\/th>\n<td>Chris Jericho<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>In 2003, Shawn Michaels competed in his first match at the Royal Rumble PPV in five years, and entered the Royal Rumble Match for the first time in seven years. When people knew Shawn Michaels would be #1, his victory from that spot at Royal Rumble 1995 immediately came to mind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0waUpHFKL9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/10\/wwe-ruthless-aggression-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Ruthless Aggression Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WWE Ruthless Aggression Era: Every Royal Rumble Match, Ranked&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2026\/01\/10\/wwe-ruthless-aggression-era-every-royal-rumble-match-ranked\/embed\/#?secret=xHOW4o9P4Y#?secret=0waUpHFKL9\" data-secret=\"0waUpHFKL9\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>After seeing him perform in late 2002, Shawn could definitely have another amazing &#8220;iron man&#8221; performance in &#8217;03. No one thought he&#8217;d be the first man eliminated, but that is exactly what happened. Chris Jericho, the second wrestler to enter the Royal Rumble, appeared from behind and attacked HBK with a steel chair.<\/p>\n<p>Michaels was eliminated before the likes of Christopher Nowinski, but that wasn&#8217;t the end of his night. 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But at the end of the day, everyone knows it will all come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5694,"featured_media":150571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[397],"class_list":["post-150491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-royal-rumble"],"modified_by":"Laci Schlatz","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5694"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150491"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":150576,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150491\/revisions\/150576"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}