5 Royal Rumble eliminations that were not supposed to happen

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The Royal Rumble PPV is upon us

January is the month of WWE's yearly PPV, Royal Rumble, where thrills and spills and surprises aplenty hit our screens. Winners of the match go on to challenge for a World title at that year's WrestleMania, with legendary careers built on performances and surprise comebacks.

Weeks of planning can go into these matches to intertwine multiple stories and create new ones, and always provides a spectacle.

Throughout the years, however, there has been some unplanned mishaps which have either been covered up or played out live on air.

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#5 Mil Mascaras

The man of 1000 masks

Mil Mascaras is the uncle of Alberto Del Rio (Patron) and one of the most famous Mexican luchadores to ever wrestle. 1997 was Mil's first and only WWE American PPV appearance, having wrestled in the early 90's for WWF in Madison Square Garden.

Mil had the reputation of being reasonably difficult to work with and so did not want to be eliminated by whomever WWF at the time had wanted.

So, Mil took it into his own hands, climbed the top turnbuckle and leapt to the outside onto two of his AAA colleagues and eliminated himself. Not something Vince would have signed up for.

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