History Funny / RoyalRumble

* 2000: Kaientai's repeated interference. One instance led to Gangrel throwing Wrestling/TakaMichinoku out of the ring, causing Taka to land on his face. Jerry Lawler repeatedly requested to watch the replay throughout the rest of the Rumble.[[note]][[FunnyAneurysmMoment Taka was very seriously injured by that fall]], with reports varying on whether he received a concussion, broke his collarbone, separated his shoulder, or ''all three.''[[/note]]

** Eddie and Chris Benoit began the rumble with an exhibition of mat wrestling, when ''[[Wrestling/WWEToughEnough Tough Enough]]'' winner Daniel Puder comes down at #3, grabs a mic and boasts that he'll be the first Tough Enough winner to win the Royal Rumble, to Eddie and Benoit's consternation. As soon as he enters the ring, the two veterans immediately begin laying into him with ''stiff'' [[Wrestling/RicFlair Whooooooooo! chops]], taking turns abusing the rookie. Just as they begin throwing him around, notorious rookie hazer Wrestling/BobHolly enters next and right away begins laying the chops himself. This eventually devolves into the three taking turns holding Puder's arms behind while the others chop him up. This is made funnier by Eddie's reactions the entire time, and even the famously stoic Benoit starts playing it up. Puder is mercifully eliminated after an Alabama Slam from Holly.
*** Considerably less-funny [[FridgeHorror when you stop and think about it a second]] and realise that what you're actually watching is ''real-life bullying'' going on right before your eyes. Puder was being publicly punished by three of the biggest backstage enforcers for the heat he'd earned in his infamous shoot fight on Tough Enough with Wrestling/KurtAngle (which, in case you forgot, was all Kurt's fault) so Eddie, Chris and Holly were actually beating the shit out of him in front of the entire world to "teach him a lesson". Nothing makes more of a mockery of WWE's later anti-bullying campaign than this ugly public scene, and WebVideo/WhatcultureWrestling highlighted it on their [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwG2NnlwpYk '10 Things WWE Want You To Forget About The Royal Rumble']] video as being really uncomfortable to watch.

* 2000: Kaientai's repeated interference. One instance led to Gangrel throwing Wrestling/TakaMichinoku out of the ring, causing Taka to land on his face. Jerry Lawler repeatedly requested to watch the replay throughout the rest of the Rumble.
** [[FunnyAneurysmMoment Taka was very seriously injured by that fall]], with reports varying on whether he received a concussion, broke his collarbone, separated his shoulder, or ''all three.''

** Lesnar dancing to MVP's theme song.

** Billie Kay and Peyton Royce briefly reunite and are about to do their "ICONIC" pose...until Billie sees Ruby Riott (who she'd been trying to suck up to for weeks) glaring and seems unsure of going through with it.
** Having landed on her back but feet not hitting the floor, Naomi is seemingly stuck. Her solution? Grab Bianca Belair's infamous ponytail and use it to haul herself back up on the apron!
*** Belair and Naomi spend a few minutes pounding each other...before realizing they're both barely holding onto the bottom rope by their feet so agree to work together to get back into the ring. Then they go back to hitting each other.
** Alicia Fox actually makes a return in the Rumble, only for R-Truth to get involved, running away from people who were after his 24/7 Championship. Fox takes advantages of this and pins R-Truth to win it, making her the first win a title during a Royal Rumble. Sure she gets eliminated shortly after, and R-Truth won it back as well, but still, history.
** When Alexa Bliss enters, everyone realizes what it could mean and attempt to beat her up. This only fuels her into her [[TransformationIsAFreeAction "Fiend" like powers]], but Rhea Ripley was not taking any chances and wisely dumps her out while she still could. As an avid Manga/DragonBall Fan, [[FridgeBrilliance Ripley being the one to stop this is all the more fitting]].

** During the Rumble, AJ Styles' Bodyguard, Omos, kept getting involved with eliminated competitors and saving Styles from elimination. Come one Braun Strowman, after failing to eliminate Styles because of Omos, wised up and simply tossed Styles of to another side of the ring where Omos wasn't, eliminating him and pissing Omos off.

** Mike Kanellis was eliminated ''very'' quickly by Mark Henry. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQg7RIJmpnY After the show, he was still in disbelief of being eliminated so much]]... he ends up [[OhCrap realizing he might have broken Santino's record in shortest time]]. He spends the period between post-GRR and Raw being anxious about breaking the record... until he found out he was actually eliminated in less then '''2.49''' seconds instead of 1 like Santino. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZr6aZzZCVE That he is relieved]] is in {{Understatement}}.

** When Alexa Bliss enters, everyone realizes what it could mean and attempt to beat her up. This only fuels her into her [[TransformationIsAFreeAction "Fiend" like powers]], but Rhea Ripley was not taking any chances and wisely dumps her out while she still could.

** In the same Rumble, three Superstars eliminate themselves: Wrestling/AhmedJohnson leaves the ring [[RevengeBeforeReason to attack Farooq]], Mil Mascaras jumps to the outside, and Farooq is forced to flee from Ahmed after he interferes with a 2x4.

** When Alexa Bliss enters, everyone realizes what it could mean and attempt to beat her up. This only fuels her into her "Fiend" like powers, but Rhea Ripley was not taking any chances and dumps her out.

** '''[[Wrestling/SantinoMarella The Cobra]] vs. [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mr Socko]]'''. After the elimination of Ricardo Rodriguez, these two have a standoff and decide to take out their own 'weapons' and go at it. It's more funnier that once Epico enters the ring and interrupts their battle, he gets Santino's Cobra and eliminated by Foley's Mr Socko in just 11 seconds.

** Before the Big Show enters the ring, he helps Sheamus eliminate Wrestling/JackSwagger. [[TooDumbToLive Swagger complains and shoves him]] and Big Show responds by punching him out cold.

** Both Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/Batista were the final two of the Rumble, and when Batista seemingly went for a Batista Bomb, Cena's weight caused Batista to tumble over the ropes, causing a double elimination. An amazing angle for sure, had it been planned. What made it even more incredible is that they hit the ground at the same time, so it really was a draw. Knowing they had to stall for time, the Referees around them started playing up the Brand supremacy and have each Raw and Smackdown ref declare their respective representative as the winner, all while Cena and Batista threw each other over the ropes. It got to the point where Vince [=McMahon=] came in with a power walk of all power walks, ready to take control of the situation, and then tears both his quads while trying to enter the ring. One of WWE's greatest accidents can be summed up with a photo of Batista, Cena and all the officials looking down on a sitting angry Vince, who is in large amount of pain.

** [[UnexpectedCharacter Drew Carey]] enters the ''Royal Rumble'' just as Wrestling/MattHardy and Wrestling/JeffHardy eliminate each other. Drew celebrates while he's alone in the ring, but then the timer runs out, and Kane makes his entrance. Drew desperately tries to get out of it, first by [[AintTooProudToBeg begging the referees for help]], then offering a handshake to Kane, then trying to bribe him. Just as Kane is setting him up for a chokeslam, however, Raven enters, saving him from certain doom by smacking Kane with a pool cue. While Kane's distracted by Raven, Drew quickly [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere climbs over the ropes and eliminates himself]].

** Both Wrestling/JohnCena and Wrestling/Batista were the final two of the Rumble, and when Batista seemingly went for a Batista Bomb, Cena's weight caused Batista to tumble over the ropes, causing a double elimination. An amazing angle for sure, had it been planned. What made it even more incredible is that they hit the ground at the same time, so it really was a draw. Knowing they had to stall for time, the Referees around them started playing up the Brand supremacy and have each Raw and Smackdown ref declare their respective representative as the winner, all while Cena and Batista threw each other over the ropes. It got to the point where Vince McMahon came in with a power walk of all power walks, ready to take control of the situation, and then tears both his quads while trying to enter the ring. One of WWE's greatest accidents can be summed up with a photo of Batista, Cena and all the officials looking down on a sitting angry Vince, who is in large amount of pain.

** Mike Kanellis breaks Santino Marella's record of spending the shortest time in a Royal Rumble match, coming in at less than 1 second.

** Tossed out of the ring, it looks like Mandy Rose has been eliminated...until it turns out she landed on ''Otis'' lying on the ring floor to get back into it!
** #29 turns out to be...''SANTINA!'' Yes, Santino Marella returning in his alter ego, complete with the the recycled Billy and Chuck theme from "her" first run, with Beth Phoenix just glaring at him. He finds himself between her and Natayla, breaking out the Cobra...then thinks better of it to just toss himself over the top rope.

** #29 turns out to be...''SANTINA!'' Yes, Santino Marella returning in his alter ego with Beth Phoenix just glaring at him. He finds himself between her and Natayla, breaking out the Cobra...then thinks better of it to just toss himself over the top rope.

** Wrestling/ReyMysterio, when we went to pull his number, told [[Wrestling/VinceMcMahon Mr. McMahon]] that he was sure Eddie Guerrero would have a hand in which number he would pick. When he made his pick, he laughed, and made it look like Eddie had pulled a prank on him from beyond the grave. [[spoiler:Rey pulled #2. Naturally, [[Awesome/RoyalRumble he would end up winning the whole thing]].]]

** When Shelton Benjamin came in the Rumble, remember that he's good friend with Heyman and Brock, hell he even trained with the latter. He came in hugging with Brock like old friends, and Lesnar played along, or was really genuine, but The Beast took no pity in eliminating him.
** When Edge eliminated Randy Orton, a former Tag Team partner, the commentators see that Randy is rightfully upset and come to the conclusion saying that Randy really should have known better from someone known as the ''Ultimate Opportunist''.
*** Before that, Orton had been slowly heading toward Edge as if ready to hit an RKO. When Edge turned around to glare at him, Orton just gave a shrug as if saying "Hey, what do you expect?" with Edge nodding back as if agreeing "yeah, I'd do the same thing."

** When Wrestling/JohnnyGargano did a Splash on Wrestling/SamoaJoe in the men's Royal Rumble match, Joe stood up to his feet and just casually walked away from Gargano. Naturally, Gargano missed it.