10 Unbelievable Royal Rumble Moments

#1 A Phenomenal, and long overdue, arrival

As the saying goes, never say never: AJ Styles in the Royal Rumble Match in 2016.

"AJ Styles will NEVER sign with WWE!"

"AJ Styles? He's too small for the WWE! No way will he ever be under contract."

"Even if AJ Styles ended up in WWE, he'd just be stuck on NXT. No way will they let him be a star."

"I doubt they'll even let him call himself AJ Styles!"

These were the kind of quotes flying around the pro wrestling world back in 2016. AJ Styles had long been a fixture of the TNA promotion, but became unsatisfied there and wound up in Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling. He became the leader of the Bullet Club and was a major star, but it looked like the Phenomenal One was going to retire before ever working a match for WWE.

Then the unthinkable happened. At the 2016 Royal Rumble, the words "I am Phenomenal" scrolled across the screen, and the fans exploded into happy cheers as AJ Styles made his debut. Not only had he bypassed NXT completely, he had been kept just as he was and was clearly being groomed as a major star. ALL of the predictions by the naysayers turned out to be wrong!

There you have it; Ten unbelievable Royal Rumble moments. Questions or comments? Please put them after the article, and as always thanks for reading!