Through almost three decades, the WWE Royal Rumble remains one of the promotion's most powerful tools in creating new stars.
Most Royal Rumble winners read like an almanac of pro wrestling greats. Unfortunately for some, this is also a glory prone to backfire.
In a perfect world, every Royal Rumble winner goes on to WrestleMania to begin a Hall of Fame career by unseating the incumbent star. More times than not, that very scenario plays out successfully, but when it doesn't it sets the wrestler in question back multiple years at the very least.
Worst case scenario, it can cripple a career.
Given today's era of instant gratification and comp...
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