5 Best Royal Rumbles ranked by surprise entrants

BEST: 2008 Royal Rumble

There are some places in the world that special moments just seem to find. To wrestling fans, that place is Madison Square Garden. The World's Most Famous Arena has been a staple for WWE for decades. The first WrestleMania took place at MSG. The first time Stone Cold stunned Vince McMahon was at MSG. Moments like these are cemented in wrestling history. The 2008 Royal Rumble was no different.

The beginning of the match was a surprise in itself because entries 1 and 2 were The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels. Talk about two legends who have put on some of arguably the best matches in history starting and lasting over 30 minutes.

Unlike past Rumbles, we had to wait until entry 18 for our first surprise entrant. This brought out Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka. The Garden crowd came to its feet as the WWE Hall of Famer returned to MSG. Remember, it was at the Garden where he famously leaped off the top of a cage onto Don Muraco.

The very next entrant was "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. If the roof was not blown off the building yet, it was about to be. The two Hall of Famers started trading blows that brought fans back to the 1980s. It was Piper who famously hit Jimmy Snuka over the head with a coconut on an episode of Piper's Pit.

If you have seen a theme developing while reading this, the last spot, entry 30 has been used for big name surprises. While some have been just normal roster guys, others have been superstars that shake the foundation of the wrestling world. This Rumble was one of those that made every fan's jaw drop. One man, who was loved and hated at the same time. His name was John Cena.

At the beginning of October, John Cena was involved in a match where he felt a tear in his pectoral. He was rushed into immediate surgery where it was revealed he had completely torn the muscle off the bone. A seven-month rehabilitation was planned for Cena. This certainly put his Road to WrestleMania on hiatus.

The sudden explosion of emotion when his music hit was mesmerizing to hear and witness. The look on Triple H's face said it all. He stormed into the ring with the New York crowd in a frenzy eliminating 4 men. To cap it all off he threw Triple H over the top rope and won the Royal Rumble. It was a storybook scenario at Madison Square Garden.