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The title says it all. How many of these will still be true this weekend?
•Shawn Michaels has actually eliminated 42 people overall, not 39.
•Both of Batista's wins came from entering at #28. Batista also has a unsuccessful attempt after entering at #28 too.
•Kane is credited with making 15 Rumble appearances. If you account his appearances as Diesel and Dr. Yankem, he has actually made 17 appearances.
•Six Rumbles have had less than 30 entrants. The first Rumble only had 20 participants. In 1998, Mick Foley took up 3 places (as Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love), and both Owen Hart and Skull were attacked before making it to the ring and never officially entered. The four other Rumbles have featured a superstar not making it to the ring for various reasons.
•Every female entrant eliminated one opponent, and lasted less than a minute. Kharma is the only one that eliminated someone lighter than her, and she is also the only one who did not eliminate a past/future world champion.
•Jason Alberts has had 6 Rumble appearances as Albert or Tensai, but he has never eliminated a single opponent.
•The final entry number is considered to have the biggest advantage. It took 20 years for someone to turn this advantage into a victory. That said, exactly as many people have won at #1 as have people who drew #30. The same applies to the #2 spot, as it has also seen 2 winners.
•Half of all Rumbles so far saw the #3 entrant get eliminated first.
•The rule that a Royal Rumble winner would get a major title shot at WrestleMania was introduced in 1993. It was meant to be a one-time thing. But it proved to be so popular that they kept it.
•Since 1993, Steve Austin was the first person to win a Rumble and then not get a title match at the following WrestleMania.
•Shawn Michaels eliminated Shelton Benjamin in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
•Bob Backlund holds the record for longest survival time without winning. He lasted 1 hour and 1 minute in 1993.
•Backlund, Rey Mysterio, Triple H and Chris Benoit are the only people to have lasted a full hour in one Rumble.
•The quickest Rumble victory went to Edge in 2010. After entering the match, it took him only 7 minutes and 19 seconds to be declared the winner.
•Brock Lesnar is the youngest person to win a Rumble at age 25.
•Undertaker has entered last 3 times.
•Shawn Michaels, CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler have all entered at #1 twice.
•It took Yokozuna just 86 days to make his WWE debut and then win a Rumble.
•It is no surprise that the 2011 Rumble (which had 40 entrants) was the longest. But it was less than a minute longer than the 2002 event. Both of them lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
•A "Title Campaign" is the total survival time in a Royal Rumble plus the match duration for the WrestleMania title shot, assuming that the superstar wins both. The shortest campaign belongs to Sheamus (22 minutes and 39 seconds) while Chris Benoit had the longest (1 hour, 42 minutes and 19 seconds).
•The 2002 Rumble was supposed to be the first Tough Enough winner Maven's final WWE appearance. The script called for Undertaker to eliminate Maven and then beat him senseless for ALMOST eliminating 'Taker. However, 'Taker intentionally fell out of the ring, and then intentionally threw Maven between the ropes. Undertaker pretended that these two moments were accidental. But they bought the rookie a few more years in the company.
•Mr. Perfect's return in 2002 was supposed to be a one-match appearance. However, he was so impressive that he was offered a new contract. Also, Perfect was never meant to make it into the final four. The person who was meant to eliminate him (it is not clear who) got eliminated before getting to Perfect. The spot with Kurt Angle eliminating Perfect was improvised.
•Triple H has spent a total of 3 hours, 51 minutes and 32 seconds in Rumble matches.
•Lex Luger is the only Rumble winner since 1993 that never won a title in the WWE. Worse still, he is also the only one that never won a major title in the WWE.
•Jake 'The Snake' Roberts scored the first ever elimination by throwing Butch Reed out of the ring.
•Not only does Santino Marella hold the record for shortest survival time (1.9 seconds), but he is the only person to be first eliminated twice in the Rumble.
•It once took 11 men working together to eliminate Big Daddy V.
•The #1 entrant has survived long enough to meet the #30 entrant at least 8 times.
•The interval between new entrants is normally 90 seconds. In 1995, it was reduced to just 1 minute.
•In 1995 and 2011, someone was declared the winner while there was more than 1 participant left in the match.
•The most people to have been in the ring when the #30 entrant joined the match is 15. This happened in 2009, and this match is often referred to as being one of most uneventful Rumbles ever.
•Six Rumble winners have also been King of the Ring: Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Triple H, Edge, Sheamus and Brock Lesnar.
•Tito Santana was in all of the first 6 Rumbles.
•Both Michaels and Jim Duggan have appeared in at least one Rumble over the last four decades ('80's, '90's, '00s and '10's).
•Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley have competed in tag team matches at Royal Rumble events, but have never been in a single Rumble.
•Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) has appeared in title matches at four different Rumbles, but has never been in a Rumble himself.
•Bastion Booger and Spike Dudley have both amassed a total survival time of 0 seconds. In their only appearances, both men failed to make it to the ring.
•Finlay is the only person to have been officially disqualified from a Rumble match. At the time, it was announced that he was disqualified for entering the match before his number was called. This was later changed to a disqualification because he had used a weapon.
•Nine men have won the Rumble in their first attempt. Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Lesnar and Del Rio all did it within their first year in the WWE.
•The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) were the first people to work together to score a single elimination.
•Big Show is the only person to make it to the final 2 twice and has never won.
•The shortest survival time for a superstar who scored an elimination is only 7 seconds. MVP once took himself out of the ring in the same moment he put The Miz out.
•Bo Dallas is the only Rumble entrant who wasn't born before the first one happened.
•Mr. McMahon only eliminated 1 person in order to win a Rumble.
•The most opponents eliminated without interruption is 7.
•'Rowdy' Roddy Piper is the first man to compete in a separate match before entering a Rumble later that night.
•Both Hornswoggle and El Torito hold the records for being the shortest and lightest ever entrants.
•Edge has entered 3 Rumbles at #5, while Jake Roberts has also entered 3 Rumbles at #7.
•Entry #13 is considered unlucky because it is #13. The first ever Rumble winner drew this number.
•Randy Orton has made it to the final four more than any other superstar.
•Batista and Sheamus have made it into the final four in every Rumble that they have ever competed in.
•Dino Bravo's attempt at breaking the bench press world record at the 1988 event was not genuine. But if he had of done it unassisted, he would broken the record.
•'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase went to the ring wearing the Million Dollar Championship belt. This broke a story line in which Jake Roberts stole the title belt on a televised show the night before.
•The only time that Big John Studd, Mr. McMahon and Brock Lesnar have each been in the Rumble was the years that they had won the match. So technically, they are undefeated in Rumble matches and have never been eliminated.
•Jerry Lawler was the first announcer to commentate a Rumble that he was also an active participant in. JBL, Booker T and Michael Cole have all competed in Rumbles that they were all announcing. In most cases, they were each eliminated within 2 minutes.
•Randy Savage eliminated himself from the 1992 Rumble and simply climbed back in to the ring. The Referees couldn't get his attention, so they just let him be.
•Also during the 1992 match, Sid did a powerful Irish Whip that sent Sargent Slaughter across the ring and over the top rope. Sarge botched the spot and crashed face first onto the exposed ring post before tumbling to the floor.
•During the 1998 Rumble, Owen Hart can be clearly seen falling face first off the entrance ramp.
•Jeff Jarrett is the only wrestler to be signed with a company other than WWE to compete in a Rumble. Jarrett was officially with the NWA when he competed in 1998.
•The "shove" between Kama and Ahmed Johnson was not in the script. Ahmed just happened to be walking out of the arena as Nation of Domination member Kama's number was called. Remembering that the NOD were feuding with Ahmed, Kama aggressively shoved Ahmed. Ahmed was not paying attention and was caught by surprise. Ahmed thought that Kama was genuinely picking a fight and even challenged him backstage over the "incident".
•The 2000 Royal Rumble featured the first ever Tables match in WWE history.
•If you have a widescreen or HD TV, you can see Hardcore Holly get eliminated twice in the 2000 Rumble. After being thrown out at the corner, Holly struggles to climb back into the ring. He loses his footing and clearly places both feet on the floor in full-view of the Referee. He then simply climbs back onto the ring apron.
•Also if you have a widescreen or HD TV, watch 2008 Rumble after both Shawn Michaels and Undertaker are eliminated. Michaels tries to escape the Undertaker by running the whole way around the ring. A cameraman takes a step back, and accidentally smacks Michaels in the head with his camera.
•During the 2001 Rumble, Jeff Hardy fell over the top rope as comedian Drew Carey stood in the ring. For the next 2 years, this was counted as an official elimination by Carey, even though there was no physical contact between the pair. This was later ruled out as it created too many questions about other accidental and self-eliminations, including Carey's own.
•Haku was WCW Hardcore Champion when he entered the 2001 Rumble. WCW had no idea that he had signed with the company and disbanded the title the next morning to prevent the WWE mocking it.
•The 2003 Rumble is considered the most dangerous because of the number of performers that suffered injuries. Among them was Christopher Nowinski, who suffered a head injury that later resulted in his career ending a few months later.
•Scotty 2 Hotty was attacked on the entrance ramp as he made his entrance in both 2002 and 2005. As a general rule, a superstar must enter the ring once his number is called. If the next entrant is called and enters the ring first, then the first superstar is automatically eliminated. This was waived for Scotty in 2002.
•Cena botched the finish to the 2005 Rumble, accidentally causing Batista to fall backwards out of the ring, resulting in a draw. Vince McMahon had to order the match to continue to do the scripted finish.
•Michaels was eliminated from both the 2005 and 2006 Rumbles by non-participants. Kurt Angle had already been eliminated when he threw Michaels out of the 2005 match. Shane McMahon wasn't in the match at all when he threw Michaels from the ring in 2006.
•The Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry match at the 2006 Rumble was the first time two Olympians had ever competed for a major professional wrestling title.
•Bad News Brown is the first ever superstar to eliminate someone after being eliminated himself.
•A major spot was ruined in 2011. Alex Riley accidentally fell over the top rope, eliminating himself from the match. Cena can later be heard asking a Referee where he is, and then instructing the Referee to tell Riley to interfere so that they may do the planned spot.
•There is a long standing rule that the entire Rumble match may be restarted if there is no clear winner, or there is some kind of dispute. As a full Rumble match needs at least 42 minutes, it has never happened before, and is not likely to happen.
•Shawn Michaels has actually eliminated 42 people overall, not 39.
•Both of Batista's wins came from entering at #28. Batista also has a unsuccessful attempt after entering at #28 too.
•Kane is credited with making 15 Rumble appearances. If you account his appearances as Diesel and Dr. Yankem, he has actually made 17 appearances.
•Six Rumbles have had less than 30 entrants. The first Rumble only had 20 participants. In 1998, Mick Foley took up 3 places (as Cactus Jack, Mankind and Dude Love), and both Owen Hart and Skull were attacked before making it to the ring and never officially entered. The four other Rumbles have featured a superstar not making it to the ring for various reasons.
•Every female entrant eliminated one opponent, and lasted less than a minute. Kharma is the only one that eliminated someone lighter than her, and she is also the only one who did not eliminate a past/future world champion.
•Jason Alberts has had 6 Rumble appearances as Albert or Tensai, but he has never eliminated a single opponent.
•The final entry number is considered to have the biggest advantage. It took 20 years for someone to turn this advantage into a victory. That said, exactly as many people have won at #1 as have people who drew #30. The same applies to the #2 spot, as it has also seen 2 winners.
•Half of all Rumbles so far saw the #3 entrant get eliminated first.
•The rule that a Royal Rumble winner would get a major title shot at WrestleMania was introduced in 1993. It was meant to be a one-time thing. But it proved to be so popular that they kept it.
•Since 1993, Steve Austin was the first person to win a Rumble and then not get a title match at the following WrestleMania.
•Shawn Michaels eliminated Shelton Benjamin in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
•Bob Backlund holds the record for longest survival time without winning. He lasted 1 hour and 1 minute in 1993.
•Backlund, Rey Mysterio, Triple H and Chris Benoit are the only people to have lasted a full hour in one Rumble.
•The quickest Rumble victory went to Edge in 2010. After entering the match, it took him only 7 minutes and 19 seconds to be declared the winner.
•Brock Lesnar is the youngest person to win a Rumble at age 25.
•Undertaker has entered last 3 times.
•Shawn Michaels, CM Punk and Dolph Ziggler have all entered at #1 twice.
•It took Yokozuna just 86 days to make his WWE debut and then win a Rumble.
•It is no surprise that the 2011 Rumble (which had 40 entrants) was the longest. But it was less than a minute longer than the 2002 event. Both of them lasted 1 hour and 9 minutes.
•A "Title Campaign" is the total survival time in a Royal Rumble plus the match duration for the WrestleMania title shot, assuming that the superstar wins both. The shortest campaign belongs to Sheamus (22 minutes and 39 seconds) while Chris Benoit had the longest (1 hour, 42 minutes and 19 seconds).
•The 2002 Rumble was supposed to be the first Tough Enough winner Maven's final WWE appearance. The script called for Undertaker to eliminate Maven and then beat him senseless for ALMOST eliminating 'Taker. However, 'Taker intentionally fell out of the ring, and then intentionally threw Maven between the ropes. Undertaker pretended that these two moments were accidental. But they bought the rookie a few more years in the company.
•Mr. Perfect's return in 2002 was supposed to be a one-match appearance. However, he was so impressive that he was offered a new contract. Also, Perfect was never meant to make it into the final four. The person who was meant to eliminate him (it is not clear who) got eliminated before getting to Perfect. The spot with Kurt Angle eliminating Perfect was improvised.
•Triple H has spent a total of 3 hours, 51 minutes and 32 seconds in Rumble matches.
•Lex Luger is the only Rumble winner since 1993 that never won a title in the WWE. Worse still, he is also the only one that never won a major title in the WWE.
•Jake 'The Snake' Roberts scored the first ever elimination by throwing Butch Reed out of the ring.
•Not only does Santino Marella hold the record for shortest survival time (1.9 seconds), but he is the only person to be first eliminated twice in the Rumble.
•It once took 11 men working together to eliminate Big Daddy V.
•The #1 entrant has survived long enough to meet the #30 entrant at least 8 times.
•The interval between new entrants is normally 90 seconds. In 1995, it was reduced to just 1 minute.
•In 1995 and 2011, someone was declared the winner while there was more than 1 participant left in the match.
•The most people to have been in the ring when the #30 entrant joined the match is 15. This happened in 2009, and this match is often referred to as being one of most uneventful Rumbles ever.
•Six Rumble winners have also been King of the Ring: Bret Hart, Steve Austin, Triple H, Edge, Sheamus and Brock Lesnar.
•Tito Santana was in all of the first 6 Rumbles.
•Both Michaels and Jim Duggan have appeared in at least one Rumble over the last four decades ('80's, '90's, '00s and '10's).
•Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley have competed in tag team matches at Royal Rumble events, but have never been in a single Rumble.
•Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) has appeared in title matches at four different Rumbles, but has never been in a Rumble himself.
•Bastion Booger and Spike Dudley have both amassed a total survival time of 0 seconds. In their only appearances, both men failed to make it to the ring.
•Finlay is the only person to have been officially disqualified from a Rumble match. At the time, it was announced that he was disqualified for entering the match before his number was called. This was later changed to a disqualification because he had used a weapon.
•Nine men have won the Rumble in their first attempt. Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Lesnar and Del Rio all did it within their first year in the WWE.
•The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart) were the first people to work together to score a single elimination.
•Big Show is the only person to make it to the final 2 twice and has never won.
•The shortest survival time for a superstar who scored an elimination is only 7 seconds. MVP once took himself out of the ring in the same moment he put The Miz out.
•Bo Dallas is the only Rumble entrant who wasn't born before the first one happened.
•Mr. McMahon only eliminated 1 person in order to win a Rumble.
•The most opponents eliminated without interruption is 7.
•'Rowdy' Roddy Piper is the first man to compete in a separate match before entering a Rumble later that night.
•Both Hornswoggle and El Torito hold the records for being the shortest and lightest ever entrants.
•Edge has entered 3 Rumbles at #5, while Jake Roberts has also entered 3 Rumbles at #7.
•Entry #13 is considered unlucky because it is #13. The first ever Rumble winner drew this number.
•Randy Orton has made it to the final four more than any other superstar.
•Batista and Sheamus have made it into the final four in every Rumble that they have ever competed in.
•Dino Bravo's attempt at breaking the bench press world record at the 1988 event was not genuine. But if he had of done it unassisted, he would broken the record.
•'Million Dollar Man' Ted DiBiase went to the ring wearing the Million Dollar Championship belt. This broke a story line in which Jake Roberts stole the title belt on a televised show the night before.
•The only time that Big John Studd, Mr. McMahon and Brock Lesnar have each been in the Rumble was the years that they had won the match. So technically, they are undefeated in Rumble matches and have never been eliminated.
•Jerry Lawler was the first announcer to commentate a Rumble that he was also an active participant in. JBL, Booker T and Michael Cole have all competed in Rumbles that they were all announcing. In most cases, they were each eliminated within 2 minutes.
•Randy Savage eliminated himself from the 1992 Rumble and simply climbed back in to the ring. The Referees couldn't get his attention, so they just let him be.
•Also during the 1992 match, Sid did a powerful Irish Whip that sent Sargent Slaughter across the ring and over the top rope. Sarge botched the spot and crashed face first onto the exposed ring post before tumbling to the floor.
•During the 1998 Rumble, Owen Hart can be clearly seen falling face first off the entrance ramp.
•Jeff Jarrett is the only wrestler to be signed with a company other than WWE to compete in a Rumble. Jarrett was officially with the NWA when he competed in 1998.
•The "shove" between Kama and Ahmed Johnson was not in the script. Ahmed just happened to be walking out of the arena as Nation of Domination member Kama's number was called. Remembering that the NOD were feuding with Ahmed, Kama aggressively shoved Ahmed. Ahmed was not paying attention and was caught by surprise. Ahmed thought that Kama was genuinely picking a fight and even challenged him backstage over the "incident".
•The 2000 Royal Rumble featured the first ever Tables match in WWE history.
•If you have a widescreen or HD TV, you can see Hardcore Holly get eliminated twice in the 2000 Rumble. After being thrown out at the corner, Holly struggles to climb back into the ring. He loses his footing and clearly places both feet on the floor in full-view of the Referee. He then simply climbs back onto the ring apron.
•Also if you have a widescreen or HD TV, watch 2008 Rumble after both Shawn Michaels and Undertaker are eliminated. Michaels tries to escape the Undertaker by running the whole way around the ring. A cameraman takes a step back, and accidentally smacks Michaels in the head with his camera.
•During the 2001 Rumble, Jeff Hardy fell over the top rope as comedian Drew Carey stood in the ring. For the next 2 years, this was counted as an official elimination by Carey, even though there was no physical contact between the pair. This was later ruled out as it created too many questions about other accidental and self-eliminations, including Carey's own.
•Haku was WCW Hardcore Champion when he entered the 2001 Rumble. WCW had no idea that he had signed with the company and disbanded the title the next morning to prevent the WWE mocking it.
•The 2003 Rumble is considered the most dangerous because of the number of performers that suffered injuries. Among them was Christopher Nowinski, who suffered a head injury that later resulted in his career ending a few months later.
•Scotty 2 Hotty was attacked on the entrance ramp as he made his entrance in both 2002 and 2005. As a general rule, a superstar must enter the ring once his number is called. If the next entrant is called and enters the ring first, then the first superstar is automatically eliminated. This was waived for Scotty in 2002.
•Cena botched the finish to the 2005 Rumble, accidentally causing Batista to fall backwards out of the ring, resulting in a draw. Vince McMahon had to order the match to continue to do the scripted finish.
•Michaels was eliminated from both the 2005 and 2006 Rumbles by non-participants. Kurt Angle had already been eliminated when he threw Michaels out of the 2005 match. Shane McMahon wasn't in the match at all when he threw Michaels from the ring in 2006.
•The Kurt Angle vs Mark Henry match at the 2006 Rumble was the first time two Olympians had ever competed for a major professional wrestling title.
•Bad News Brown is the first ever superstar to eliminate someone after being eliminated himself.
•A major spot was ruined in 2011. Alex Riley accidentally fell over the top rope, eliminating himself from the match. Cena can later be heard asking a Referee where he is, and then instructing the Referee to tell Riley to interfere so that they may do the planned spot.
•There is a long standing rule that the entire Rumble match may be restarted if there is no clear winner, or there is some kind of dispute. As a full Rumble match needs at least 42 minutes, it has never happened before, and is not likely to happen.
