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Bob Backland and Zack Ryder both share the same record for WWE Championship match losses. Backlund lost the title to Diesel to have the quickest title loss, while Ryder was beaten by the defending champion Sheamus to have the quickest failed attempt. Both of these matches lasted 8 seconds.

Even though Triple H has a reputation for refusing to put opponents over, he has lost by being pinned at WrestleMania 10 times.

R-Truth was the first person to be eliminated in all four of his Elimination Chamber appearances.

William Regal lost the European Championship to Spike Dudley in just 1 second. The referee started counting the pin attempt before the match had officially started.

Shawn Stasiak may be an 18 time Hardcore Champion, but his total combined time as champion lasted less than an hour.

Bastion Booger and Spike Dudley both have a total Royal Rumble survival time of 0 seconds. Neither man made it to the ring for their only appearances.

Lex Luger is the only person to have won the Royal Rumble since 1993 that has never held the WWE Championship.

Shawn Michaels holds the record for most forfeited or vacated championships. He surrendered 3 different titles, voluntarily or otherwise, a total of 8 times.

Marty Jannetty has been released from 9 WWE contracts.

Crash Holly is one of the most prolific title holders in WWE history, having held 25 championships. However, none of his title reigns lasted more than 3 weeks.

Fourteen people who had matches at WrestleMania IV (1990) have since passed away.

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Kamala was the first scheduled match to be cancelled from a WrestleMania event. The match was dropped from WrestleMania IX due to time constraints.

Diamond Dallas Page has been struck by the ‘Curse of #14’ twice. There is a urban legend that anyone who enters the Royal Rumble at number 14 will suffer a professional or physical misfortune. DDP’s career was almost ended after suffering a broken neck and a concussion in the same match a few months after his first Rumble. Then he was rushed to hospital days after his second Rumble appearance this year with heart complications.

Mark Henry had his first WWE match on September 22nd, 1996. He won the World Heavyweight Championship on September 18th, 2011. Since his debut, it took Henry 14 years, 11 months and 27 days to win a major title. This is the slowest climb of any major title holder in the WWE.

Tensai has been in 6 Royal Rumbles but has never eliminated a single opponent.

The first televised match to be interrupted by fans doing a ‘Mexican wave’ was the Jake Roberts vs Ted DiBiase match at WrestleMania IV.

The Intercontinental Championship changed hands 12 times in 2001 alone.

Randy Savage was the first ‘non-entrant’ in a Royal Rumble. He forgot to go to the ring when his number was called in 1991, and thus lost his spot.

John Cena lost the WWE Championship to Money In The Bank cash-ins twice.

Goldust and Jeff Hardy both hold the record for most matches at WrestleMania without achieving a single win, with 6 losses each.

Andre the Giant has the shortest WWE Championship reign. He was stripped off the WWF Heavyweight Championship inside 2 minutes of winning it because he had attempted to sell it to Ted DiBiase. A special extra-large title belt was made for Andre in case he ever won the title, but he would never get to wear it.
 
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