The Royal Rumble is just a few days away. I thought I would expand on the list of statistics from this week's ECW broadcast.
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The shortest time that a wrestler lasted in the Royal Rumble (Warlord).
62:12
The longest time spent by a wrestler in a Royal Rumble match. (Rey Mysterio--2006)
1
The number of females that have competed in the Royal Rumble (Chyna)
1
The number of wrestlers that have refused to enter the Royal Rumble match. (Randy Savage at the 1991 Royal Rumble. Savage had cost the Ultimate Warrior the WWE World Title earlier in the evening, and then fled the arena to avoid Warrior's fury).
2
The number of winners of the 2004 Royal Rumble. (Bret Hart and Lex Luger)
2
The number of feet that have to hit the floor before a competitor is eliminated from the Royal Rumble match.
3
The number of Royal Rumble matches won by "Stone Cold" Steve Austin.
3
The number of men who have won more than one Royal Rumble match. (Shawn Michaels, Hulk Hogan and Steve Austin).
3
The number of Mick Foley characters that entered the 1998 Royal Rumble
(Cactus Jack [1], Mankind [16] and Dude Love [28])
3
The number of non-wrestlers to enter the Royal Rumble.
Drew Carey [2001],
Vince McMahon [1991],
Jonathan Coachman [2005 and 2006]
3
The number of times that Undertaker has entered the Royal Rumble in the number 30 position (1997, 2003, and 2007).
(2007 was the first time that Undertaker had won the Rumble, and it was the first time that the final entrant had won the Rumble).
10
The record number of "in-a-row" Royal Rumble matches that Kane has competed in.
11
The number of Royal Rumbles that Shawn Michaels has competed in. (The most of any competitor.)
11
The record number of wrestlers eliminated by one wrestler in a single Royal Rumble match. (Kane at the 2001 Royal Rumble)
19th
The most popular date in January to hold a Royal Rumble (4 times)
20
The number of entrants in the initial Royal Rumble.
21
The total number of Royal Rumble as of 2008.
27
The luckiest position to draw for the Royal Rumble. (4 winners have drawn this spot and then won).
30
The number of entrants in every Royal Rumble since 1989.
36
The most combined Royal Rumble eliminations by a single competitor. (Steve Austin).
73%
The percentage of Royal Rumble winners, since 1993, that have gone on to Wrestlemania and won championship gold in the main event.
569
Number of wrestlers that have competed in the Royal Rumble.
1988
The year of the first Royal Rumble.
and one final bit of trivia:
Butch Reed
The very first person ever eliminated in a Royal Rumble Match
Jay Shannon
