10 Best entrants to start the Royal Rumble match in WWE history

#9 CM Punk(1) vs Daniel Bryan(2) (2011)

Two superstars who broke all the boundaries in WWE

There are some Royal Rumble showdowns that don't manage to generate as much animosity at that very time, but with time, it gains more and more value among the hearts and minds of wrestling fan. One such showdown happened back in 2011, when CM Punk and Daniel Bryan started the Rumble match opposite each other.

Back in 2011, neither of them were the bona fide Megastars they ended up being. Bryan was still trying to make a name in the mid-card, whereas Punk was slotted in a weird role as the leader of The Nexus. Yet, for the hardcore wrestling fans, this was something special, something that they had never witnessed in a WWE ring before.

This was the clash between two of the biggest stars of the independent circuits. Two Superstars who made a name for themselves in the Indies and broke all the boundaries in WWE. Just a year later, both of them entered Royal Rumble as World Champions, and the rest, as we all know, is history.