If you want to talk about great Royal Rumble wins, you should probably include the largest Rumble of all time, the 2011 forty man Royal Rumble. The issue with this Rumble, however, was that it was in many ways wasted as an attempt to prop up Alberto Del Rio. At the time, the choice of Del Rio to win the Rumble was a well informed choice. He was a skilled in-ring performer, and he was bolstered by his status as a Hispanic performer. For those unaware, the WWE has a large Hispanic fan base both inside and outside the U.S. so the company tries very hard to push through Hispanic superstars. However, over the next few years in the main event is was revealed that Del Rio wasn’t at quite the status of other young wrestlers. Then backstage issues would lead to his suspension and eventual release, meaning there is no way we could leave him off our list here of bad Royal Rumble winners.
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