Before his return in the 2000 Royal Rumble match, Backlund last appeared ... and began working a full-time schedule towards the end of the year. WWE's Ruthless Aggression Era was one of the ...

Since 1988, the Royal Rumble has become the premier match for WWE to start the new year. The event, a WWE original, and the bout itself means that the road to WrestleMania has arrived. On the line ...