Talk:Royal Rumble/Archives/2015/January

"Questionable" finishes

I removed the following text from the main Royal Rumble page. However, after looking over it, I will admit that it has some truth to it. SOME being the pivotal word. For all purposes, WWE has officially closed the results of the Royal Rumble's matches questioned below. However Ranze and several others feel there is a controversy regarding the official results of the match or at least the "proper billing" of them. If this should indeed be included in the article, it should be included as a table BELOW the winners table of Royal Rumble. retched (talk) 06:17, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Non-eliminated wrestlers

In several events, wrestlers drawn to compete in the Rumble were not eliminated by going over the top rope, drawing into question the legitimacy of the presumed winner of the match or whether the match still qualifies as 30 man when only 29 men were allowed to compete in it. In these cases only 28 men were eliminated rather than the normal 29. The situations are:

• The 2004 Royal Rumble where Spike Dudley was drawn 13th and never eliminated. When called he was attacked by Kane and did not enter the ring and thus did not exit over the top rope. This calls into question the legitimacy of the supposed victory of Chris Benoit.

• The 2015 Royal Rumble where Curtis Axel was drawn 6th and never eliminated. When called he was attacked by Erick Rowan and did not enter the ring and thus did not exit over the top rope. This calls into question the legitimacy of the supposed victory of Roman Reigns.