Best Royal Rumble Field Ever

2008 is still to this day one of my favorite Rumbles.

You had guys who were big name stars (Triple H, Batista, Undertaker, Michaels, Kane)
You had guys who had big time potential futures (Morrison, Punk, Kennedy, Rhodes)
You had big names from the past (Foley, Piper)
and you had a big time surprise return (Cena)


as far as star power 1992 is up there, I think 2009 was a big year as well — Kane, Undertaker, Triple H, Orton, RVD, Jericho, Big Show, Punk, Mysterio, etc..

2003 was big too — HBK, Jericho, Lesnar, Batista, Undertaker, Kane, RVD, Edge, Mysterio, Guerrero, Hardy, a rookie Cena.

Idk too tough to call.

92 for me

-8 past or future world champions (WWF/WCW/NWA)
-15 WWE Hall of Famers
-1 full time tag team wrestler (wasnt littered with tag wrestlers as filler. It was the top singles stars)

Most importantly I cant count anything past around 96-97 Rumble as they all became entirely way too predictable. The older Rumbles still had a suspense to them.

1989 - 1992 is stacked. From the under card to the Rumble match itself.

The 1996 and 1997 ones had some big stars in it for that time period.

2001, 2002, and 2004 were pretty solid with stars.

2007 definitely was. As was 2010. And I would even say that 2014 had a lot of huge stars in the Rumble match.

This is why its THE one. If this Rumble had Jerry Lawler, Ultimate Warrior, Lex Luger and one or two others? You would have had nearly all the active World Champs from the 80s/ Early 90s in there.

RR'90 advantage: Bret, Dusty, Andre, Demolition, Warrior, Rude, Perfect

RR '92 advantage: Bulldog, Flair, singles HBK, Kerry, Undertaker, Slaughter, Sid

Yeah... I always considered '92 stronger, but you might have a point about 1990 having the better spread. Out of 1990's participants, the only guys you might consider jobbers were Koko and Rooster. '92 had a lot more guys who were jobbers or just dead end crap gimmicks: Volkoff, Berzerker, Virgil, Mustafa, Skinner, Repo.

So yeah, you've converted me.

There's a few reasons why '90 has always felt like less of a Rumble to me. First, because it peaked with the Warrior-Hogan collision and the last third of the match was predictable and boring. '92 was executed better, saving most of the big guns for the last third of the match. There was also the timeless Monsoon-Heenan commentary and the fact that Hogan didn't win that made it so much more interesting than '90.

1990 is my fav rumble because of a stacked roster, but I'll admit 1992 is the better match. 1990 is pretty good tho & underrated

early rumbles were stacked!

my favs were always ones where they really made it seem like a few possibilities of winners.

92-hogan,flair,sid,piper,savage,taker
90-hogan,savage,andre,warrior,piper,macho king,perfect,rude,dibiase
89-hogan,savage,andre,studd,dibiase,twin towers