WATCH: Incredible stats and facts for WWE Royal Rumble
Who doesn’t love the Royal Rumble? Whenever the countdown begins for a superstar to come out, the excitement level of the audience goes over the roof. This year will be the 36th edition of the match, which began in 1988. But you might not know that the first ever Royal Rumble match happened in 1987 for an untelevised event. It didn't draw much attention, but the show served as a litmus test for one of the most important matches in pro wrestling history.
There are many more facts about WWE Royal Rumble that you might not know about. Click on the video below to check out the full list and subscribe to Sportskeeda Wrestling for more such content.
Facts about WWE Royal Rumble
These are the facts about Royal Rumble
- Non-PPV Royal Rumble
- 4-decade club
- 3 times empty
- The Longest time between Rumble appearances
- Premature music celebrations
- The Women of the (Men’s) Rumble
- Double Duty
- Choosing #1
- The first team elimination
- Four times unlucky
- Shortest time with an elimination
- A 100% record
- Bo Dallas’ two records in one
- Scott Hall/Razor Ramon never entered the Royal Rumble
- The only Royal Rumble disqualification
- Most superstars to eliminate one
- The most continuous eliminations without interruption
- Money in the Rumble
- The Royal Rumble match didn’t even headline the first event
- Batista’s lucky #28
- Rumble Royalty
- Superstars who have eliminated themselves
- The music of the Rumble
- The most appearances
- Winners with the least eliminations
- Like father, like son
- ALMOST every Rumble winner has become a WWE Champion
- Ten lucky first-timers
- Entering the Royal Rumble match as WWE Champion
- Back-to-back numbers
- The Rumble before the Rumble
- Brock Lesnar’s 2 records in 2022
- The longest cumulative time spent inside the Rumble match
- The walk of shame
- Standing above the rest
- The road to WrestleMania only began in 1993