Ranking every WWE Royal Rumble match in history

4. Royal Rumble 2007 – The Undertaker

So I’m watching the 2007 Royal Rumble just the other day and before I get to the actual Rumble match itself, I just have to say that I’d forgotten how amazing the Last Man Standing Match between John Cena and Umaga for the WWE title was. Do yourself a favor and go back and watch that. Quite impressive. But that’s not why we’re here, is it?

I always found it a little strange that in all the years he had been in WWE, The Undertaker had never won a Royal Rumble match. He had certainly been in position to on numerous occasions but just hadn’t closed one out. That all changed in 2007 with arguably the best finish in Royal Rumble history. The first half of the match was a bit different, wasn’t it? The inclusion of all the old ECW guys gave it a different feel but it ended up working out. And you just knew that when Sabu pulled out that table from underneath the ring that he’d be the one to go through it, which is exactly what happened. And The Sandman didn’t last long, did he?

The second half of the match was very well done and the final four featured four of the all-time greats. You had Randy Orton and Edge, who were teaming together at the time as Rated RKO, and then you had Shawn Michaels and The Undertaker. Edge and Orton rid the ring of HBK and began to beat down ‘Taker until Shawn got back in the ring and eliminated both men, setting up a classic encounter. Since Michaels’ return to WWE in 2002, these two former rivals really hadn’t done anything together and the crowd knew they were in for something special when they figured out what was happening. And the 10-minute battle between the two legends was something special, which ended with The Undertaker finally getting his Royal Rumble win. These two would open the Rumble the following year.