Royal Rumble

Although, recognized by everyone else, WWE will not hold any claim to the Royal Rumble match, or it's eventual winner itself. Due to the tragic events of June 24, 2007, WWE made the decision, and as a result, this Royal Rumble and Benoit's victory is often ignored in official publications. When referring to the #1 entrant, WWE personalities will occasionally state, for instance, "two people have won from the number one position, including Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels in 1995", as commentator JBL did in 2015. WWE coverage of the Rumble has been very selective; no photos of Benoit exist on WWE's webpage for the event, focusing rather on the Last Man Standing match between Triple H and Shawn Michaels, and Benoit is only mentioned on the results page as the winner of the event. Only a few WWE video features include footage from the Royal Rumble match, but those that do use careful shot selection so that Benoit is not seen on screen. WWE's website has also posted photo galleries dedicated to the number one entrants and winners in the Royal Rumble history, both of which completely ignore Chris Benoit and the year of 2004.The pay-per-view and the Royal Rumble match exist in their entirety on the WWE Network and now Netflix unedited.

Jim Ross stated that this was the first Royal Rumble since its inception (1988) to not have a former winner in the match, but the 1989, 1990, 1994 and 2000 Royal Rumbles were also without former winners.

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