5 most important Royal Rumble matches in history

#4: 2015

A bigger disaster couldn't be imagined.

The 2015 edition of the Royal Rumble is often regarded as the worst match in the event's history. After a terrible setup that saw Daniel Bryan eliminated early on and other fan favourites like Dean Ambrose dumped out unceremoniously, Roman Reigns stood tall at the end, receiving a tsunami of boos that even The Rock couldn't abate.

The match was a disaster, but it was important nonetheless. Roman Reigns was to be the next big project for the WWE and this was the moment that was supposed to catapult him into superstardom. The fact that it didn't has left long-term booking implications that still haven't been resolved.

The shadow cast by this match over Roman Reigns' career has been enormously influential in WWE programming for the last three years. Case in point, this year's upcoming WrestleMania main event, a rerun of Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns from that year's WrestleMania, wouldn't be happening had it not been for this match.