Ranking the top 5 WWE Championship matches in Royal Rumble history

#1 Triple H vs Cactus Jack - Street Fight (2000)

This match made the Game

There have been many great WWE Championship matches at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, but none of them was as good as the ultra-violent Street Fight between Triple H and Mick Foley. Under the Cactus Jack persona, Foley channelled his violent and extreme self for this match against the Game.

Triple H had been doing great as a fresh main eventer but was yet to receive any run of a high profile nature. That came here, at Madison Square Garden, in the craziest way possible. Triple H and Cactus Jack went into war.

It was brutal and tons of weapons were involved, it was not one for the faint of heart. Steel chairs, barbed wire two-by-fours and thumbtacks were all in use, as both Hunter and Foley tried to kill each other. We even got a run-in from The Rock. However, the winner of the match was Triple H. He pinned Foley after a painful to watch Pedigree onto the thumbtacks.

This match and performance turned the Game from a boy to a man. This made his career. This was every bit as violent, brutal and exciting as one would want from a WWF Championship street fight in the Attitude Era. It was top notch.