5 times WWE changed the Royal Rumble winner

CM Punk made an interesting revelation about the 2008 Royal Rumble on WWE Backstage last night
CM Punk made an interesting revelation about the 2008 Royal Rumble on WWE Backstage last night

#3 WWE Women's Royal Rumble 2020

Shayna Baszler was slated to win the WWE Women's Royal Rumble match in 2020
Shayna Baszler was slated to win the WWE Women's Royal Rumble match in 2020

Original choice: Shayna Baszler, Ultimate winner: Charlotte Flair

Another entry from the 2020 WWE Royal Rumble event to feature on this list is the multi-woman match that happened at the Minute Maid Park. As per the rumor mill, WWE had earlier planned to give Shayna Baszler a massive push by booking her to win the Royal Rumble.

But, they later altered those plans and had Charlotte Flair win the Rumble. Instead, Shayna Baszler later won the #1 Contender's Elimination Chamber match and went on to challenge Becky Lynch for the RAW Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36.

Here's what Dave Meltzer stated about this change:

I think it was on the 14th, would have been the day of the change because there was a lot of money being bet on Charlotte Flair on the 14th because originally all the money was coming in on Shayna Baszler.

Like Roman Reigns, Shayna Baszler stayed in the match till the very end until Charlotte eliminated her to win the match.

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