5 Royal Rumble winners who never headlined WrestleMania
Headlining WrestleMania is one of the most coveted accolades a WWE Superstar can achieve. That is one of the reasons why being the Royal Rumble winner is special. According to WWE commentators, the winner of the Royal Rumble match gets to the main event of WrestleMania for the championship match of his choice.
However, most of the times, this phrase by the commentators turned out to be nothing but a blatant lie. There has been plenty of occasions where the winner of the Royal Rumble match was conveniently pushed down the cards during WrestleMania. In 2011 and 2012, the Royal Rumble winner kicked off the Show of Shows.
This list would focus on five Royal Rumble winning superstar could not headline the Showcase of Immortals in their lifetime. So without further adieu, let us begin.
#5 Sheamus
Sheamus is one of the most decorated superstars in WWE. The Celtic Warrior is a former multiple world champion, United States Champion, RAW tag team champion, and has won the 2011 Royal Rumble match, Money in the Bank briefcase and the King of the Ring tournament.
He is currently one-half of the Smackdown Live tag team champions along with Cesaro. It is safe to say that Sheamus has won every possible title in WWE except the Intercontinental championship.
However, Sheamus has never main-evented a WrestleMania, and in this stage of his career, it is doubtful if he would ever close out the showcase of the Immortals. He has been the part of a 'Mania world title match just once - in 2012.
After winning the 2012 Rumble match, Sheamus challenged the World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan. The match got the dubious honour of kicking off the show and ended in just 18 seconds.