The Ultimate Royal Rumble

One of the hi-lites of the WWE's calender of events is the Royal Rumble. The annual event, held every January since 1988, (it started as a non-televised event; went to ppv in 1989) is arguably my favorite ppv; well, maybe slightly behind WrestleMania. Anyways, one of the reasons I love the Rumble is because of the "unpredictability" of it. I say "unpredictability" because, ironically, its wrestling and its always predetermined who's going to win. Back in "the day", years ago when good guys and bad guys were defined as such, it was fantstic to see two good guys fight each other or two heels go at one another. Back then you really didn't see too much of that going on.
It's always been a dream of mine to write a storyline for the WWE or even work as a writer in pro wrestling. So with that, and to tie into the Rumble theme I've started, here is my "Ultimate Royal Rumble", with 60, not 30, competeters.
I've decided to take the best wrestlers of all-time, in my opinion, and put them in this match. I've also decided to take them at their peak, so beside each name you'll see a year. What I mean is taking that wrestler at that time (year) and putting him in the ring with others from different eras or years. Here's my Rumble match and how I see it unfolding.
Order of entry:
1-NIKOLAI VOLKOFF ('83) 31-TRIPLE H ('08)
2-THE BRITISH BULLDOG ('96) 32-TED DIBIASE ('92)
3-"SUPERFLY" JIMMY SNUKA ('80) 33-BIG JOHN STUDD ('84)
4-PEDRO MORALES ('80) 34-"MACHO MAN" RANDY SAVAGE ('88)
5-KERRY VON ERICH ('86) 35-THE HONKYTONK MAN ('87)
6-BOB BACKLUND ('82) 36-TERRY FUNK ('83)
7-OWEN HART ('97) 37-SGT. SLAUGHTER ('91)
8-CHYNA ('99) 38-THE IRON SHIEK ('83)
9-SHAWN MICHAELS ('96) 39-GREG "THE HAMMER" VALENTINE ('84)
10-KEN PATERA ('80) 40-"SUPERSTAR" BILLY GRAHAM ('77)
11-TITO SANTANA ('85) 41-GEORGE "THE ANIMAL" STEELE ('87)
12-"ROAD WARRIOR" HAWK ('86) 42-KANE ('97)
13-THE DYNAMITE KID ('86) 43-THE UNDERTAKER ('90)
14-HAYSTACKS CALHOUN ('77) 44-MR. PERFECT ('91)
15-"MAGNIFICENT" MURACO ('80) 45-JUNKYARD DOG ('86)
16-"RAVISHING" RICK RUDE ('93) 46-CACTUS JACK ('89)
17-JERRY "THE KING" LAWLER ('95) 47-ANDRE THE GIANT ('80)
18-MIKE ROTUNDO ('86) 48-THE ROCK ('00)
19-"ROAD WARRIOR" ANIMAL ('88) 49-SID VICIOUS ('90)
20-RANDY ORTON ('08) 50-"AMERICAN DREAM" DUSTY RHODES ('84)
21-BRUTUS "THE BARBER" BEEFCAKE ('88)51-AX ('89)
22-"ROWDY" RODDY PIPER ('84) 52-HULK HOGAN ('87)
23-"STONE COLD" STEVE AUSTIN ('97) 53-HARLEY RACE ('79)
24-YOKOZUNA ('94) 54-STING ('99)
25-RICKY "THE DRAGON" STEAMBOAT ('83)55-SMASH ('89)
26-RON SIMMONS ('91) 56-"NATURE BOY" RIC FLAIR ('85)
27-KING KONG BUNDY ('86) 57-GORILLA MONSOON ('64)
28-CHRIS JERICHO ('08) 58-JAKE "THE SNAKE" ROBERTS ('86)
29-"HACKSAW" JIM DUGGAN ('88) 59-BRET "THE HITMAN" HART ('92)
30-EDGE ('08) 60-BRUNO SAMMARTINO ('75)

WINNER: ANDRE THE GIANT ('80)
TIL NEXT TIME.
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