Title match went last in both 96 and 97. I also remember the rumble not going last the year Undertaker threw a lightning bolt at Kurt Angle to end the show (2005?). Just nitpicking, it obv goes last in nowadays.
Couldn't care less about the current product, but RR is always the one match in the year I get excited for. It amazes me with the way they've over-saturated every gimmick match that they still manage to keep the RR concept to just once per year, even if they have completely devalued what winning the RR means (esp last year).
Here's a potential spoiler that an ESPN reporter accidentally stumbled upon while on her flight today: