7 key numbers from the men's 2018 Royal Rumble Match
The Road To WrestleMania is officially underway and we know which title the Royal Rumble winner, Shinsuke Nakamura, will go after in New Orleans. He will compete for the WWE Championship against either AJ Styles, Kevin Owens or Sami Zayn.
As always, the Royal Rumble Match had surprises such as The Hurricane and Rey Mysterio to go along with NXT cameos from Andrade Cien Almas and Adam Cole. Another surprise was this turned out to be one of the best Rumble matches in a decade. The action and pacing were great, and it ended with a classic final four showdown.
As you know, with the Royal Rumble Match, it's all about the numbers. After the 2018 match, a total of 930 WWE superstars have set foot with the hopes of winning this prestigious event. This article will look at seven key numbers associated with last Sunday's Royal Rumble Match.
Continue on to see the anti-ironman of the 2018 Royal Rumble Match
2 or 20 - the shortest time spent in the 2018 Royal Rumble Match is up for debate
In a way, Sheamus was a surprising entrant of this year's Royal Rumble Match because of the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship match between Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan vs The Bar hadn't happened yet. The good news is Sheamus remained fresh for that tag title match because he ended up with the shortest time spent in the ring.
One of the more hilarious moments of the match was Heath Slater being the doormat for every new entry. He was entrant #5 when the eliminated Baron Corbin attacked him. He'd try to crawl down to the ring, but everyone that came out after attacked him.
Sheamus came in at #11 and threw Slater in the ring and to everyone's surprise, Slater woke up and eliminated Sheamus immediately with a clothesline. The official time is up for debate though as it appears the WWE is saying 2 seconds but Wikipedia lists the time in the ring as 20 seconds, either way, it was not a good showing for the Celtic Warrior, but he'd regain his gold later.