Over on the Reddit Squared Circle, they had a great list of Royal Rumble facts from last year.
Bob Backlund holds the record for longest time in a single Rumble match without winning it. (1:01:10 in 1993)
The record for most superstars eliminating a single competitor from a Rumble match is 8. (Edge, Shelton Benjamin, CM Punk, Chris Benoit, Rob Van Dam, Johnny Nitro, Kevin Thorn, and Hardcore Holly eliminated Viscera in 2007)
Goldust was the first competitor to enter a Rumble match whose father (Dusty Rhodes) had also entered one.
Shawn Michaels has eliminated either a current or former tag team partner from a Royal Rumble match 3 times. [Diesel (1994 and 1996), Marty Jannetty (1994), and Triple H (2010)]
Shawn Michaels Rumble win in 1995 from the #1 position only lasted just under 39 minutes.
In 2005, Kurt Angle became the first competitor to appear in a world title match and a Royal Rumble match in the same night.
Goldust has been a surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble match 3 times. (2002, 2006, 2013)
Big John Studd (1989), Mr. McMahon (1999), Brock Lesnar (2003), and Alberto Del Rio (2011) have all won the only Rumble match they’ve competed in.
Shawn Michaels was thrown over the top rope in 1996 by Vader, but was allowed to reenter the match. Michaels would go on to win.
Sabu is the only competitor to be eliminated from the Rumble match by going through a table. (Eliminated by Kane in 2007.)
Vader put his singlet on backwards during the 1996 Royal Rumble match. Seriously, go watch it. His name is on his back.
Finlay is the only competitor to be disqualified by coming out before his number. (2008)
The Nation of Domination (1998) and The New Nexus (2011) both had 5 representatives in a single Rumble match. (The Rock, D’Lo Brown, Mark Henry, Kama Mustafa, and Faarooq for NOD. CM Punk, Husky Harris, Michael McGillicutty, David Otunga, and Mason Ryan for NN.)
“Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Rikishi, and The Undertaker all drew #30 one year, and then drew #1 the very next year. (DiBiase in 1989 and 1990, Rikishi in 2001 and 2002, and The Undertaker in 2007 and 2008.)
“Macho Man” Randy Savage was the first competitor to no-show his entrant in a Rumble match. (1991)
The Undertaker (2003) is the only man to eliminate John Cena from a Rumble match to never face him at Wrestlemania. Big Show (2004) at WM XX and WM XXV, Batista (2005) at WM XXVI, Edge (2010) at XXV, and The Miz (2011) at WM XXVII.
In the 1995 and 1999 Rumble matches, the two competitors that drew #1 and #2 survived the whole match and were the final two. (Shawn Michaels and The British Bulldog in 1995, and Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon in 1999.)
Bret Hart (1994) was the first man born outside the United States to win the Rumble match. Yokozuna (1993) was billed from outside the US, but was born in California.
Nobody has ever won the Rumble match in their hometown.
The last time the #1 entrant was a babyface was in 2009. (Rey Mysterio)
CM Punk joins the dubious club of having drawn the #1 entrant more than one. (2011 and 2014) He joins Bret Hart (1988 and 1991), Ric Flair (1993 and 2007), Shawn Michaels (1995 and 2003), Triple H
(1996 and 2006), and Dolph Ziggler (2010 and 2013).
The first longevity record in a Rumble match belongs to Bret Hart in the 1988 Rumble at 25:42. Just to put it into perspective, John Cena spent 26:39 in the ring before winning in 2013.
Stone Cold Steve Austin (2001, 9:43), Brock Lesnar (2003, 8:59), John Cena (2008, 8:27), Edge (2010, 7:19), and Alberto Del Rio (2011, 9:33) all won a Rumble match while spending less than 10 minutes
in the ring. Edge holds the record for Rumble winner spending the least amount of time in the match.
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan (1988), Big John Studd (1989), Ric Flair (1992), Yokozuna (1993), Lex Luger (1994), Mr. McMahon (1999), Brock Lesnar (2003), Chris Benoit (2004), and Alberto Del Rio (2011) all
won the first Rumble match they’ve competed in.
1993 was the first year the Royal Rumble winner earned a championship match at Wrestlemania.
Shawn Michaels once spent a whopping 12 seconds in a Rumble match. (1990)
The Undertaker has drawn #30 on 3 separate occasions. (1997, 2003, 2007)
Billed at 589 lbs., Yokozuna is the heaviest superstar to ever compete in a Rumble match.
The Undertaker was the first competitor to be eliminated by someone that was not in the Rumble match. (Eliminated by Giant Gonzalez in 1993)
Shelton Benjamin was eliminated by Shawn Michaels in 3 straight Rumbles. (2006, 2007, 2008)
Notable superstars that have never competed in a Rumble match: Scott Hall, JBL, The Dudleys, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat.
40 WWE Hall of Famers have competed in the Rumble match. (Andre the Giant, “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, Big John Studd, Don Muraco, Greg “The Hammer” Valentine, Harley Race, Junkyard Dog, Sgt. Slaughter, Tito Santana, Hulk Hogan, “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Nikolai Volkoff, The Iron Sheik, Bret Hart, Eddie Guerrero, Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Perfect, Jerry Lawler, Ric Flair, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Koko B. Ware, “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, Shawn Michaels, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Drew Carey, Edge, Ron Simmons, Yokozuna, Mil Mascaras, Mick Foley, Bob Backlund, Booker T, The Ultimate Warrior, The Road Warriors, Kerry Von Erich, Terry Funk, Tony Atlas, Tully Blanchard, and Arn Anderson)
9 WWE Hall of Famers have won the Rumble match. (“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, Big John Studd, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and Edge)
4 winners (Big John Studd in 1989, Yokozuna in 1993, Bret Hart in 1994, and Stone Cold Steve Austin in 2001) have drawn #27. 3 winners (Hulk Hogan in 1991, Stone Cold Steve Austin in 1998, and The Rock in 2000) have drawn #24.
The #1 (Shawn Michaels in 1995 and Chris Benoit in 2004), #2 (Mr. McMahon in 1999 and Rey Mysterio in 2006), #29 (Brock Lesnar in 2003 and Edge in 2010), and #30 (The Undertaker in 2007 and John Cena in 2008) entrants have all won the Rumble match twice.
Charles Wright has entered the Rumble as The Godfather, Papa Shango, Kama, Kama Mustafa, and The Goodfather.
“Hacksaw” Jim Duggan has competed in a Rumble in 4 decades. (1980’s, 1990’s, 2000’s, 2010’s)
In 1996, Hunter Hearst Helmsley lasted 48:01 without eliminating a single competitor.
The first ever elimination during a Royal Rumble match was Jake “The Snake” Roberts eliminating Butch Reed in 1988.
The following numbers have never produced a Rumble winner: 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, 26, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39 & 40.
The Undertaker (#30 in 1997, 2003, 2007), Shawn Michaels (#18 in 1994, 1996, and 2010), Edge (#5 in 1999, 2003, 2007), and Jake “The Snake” Roberts (#7 in 1989, 1996, and 1997) have all drawn the same numbers 3 times.
Mark Henry (Chyna in 1999), Chris Jericho (Chyna in 2000), The Great Khali (Beth Phoenix in 2010), and Hunico (Kharma in 2012) have all been eliminated by a woman.
At 25, Brock Lesnar is the youngest Royal Rumble match winner ever. (2003)
Bob Backlund (1993), Shawn Michaels (1995), The British Bulldog (1995), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1999), Mr. McMahon (1999), Chris Benoit (2004), Chris Benoit (2005), Triple H (2006), Rey Mysterio (2006), Rey Mysterio (2009), The Miz (2012), Dolph Ziggler (2013), and Chris Jericho (2013) have all drawn #1 or #2 in a Rumble match all survived until the #30 entrant entered the match.
No ECW superstar has ever won the Royal Rumble. Yoshi Tatsu was the final ECW Rumble entrant, lasting 29 seconds in 2010.
6 superstars have won a Royal Rumble match and King of the Ring: Bret Hart (1994), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1997, 1998, 2001), Triple H (2002), Brock Lesnar (2003), Edge (2010), and Sheamus (2012).John Cena (2008), Randy Orton (2009), Edge (2010), and Alberto Del Rio (2011) have all won a Rumble match and a Money in the Bank ladder match.
Since his debut in 1995, Kane has competed in every Royal Rumble match except 1998 and 2012.
Triple H holds the record for total time spent in a Royal Rumble match. (3:51:32)
Since 1988, 774 competitors have entered the Royal Rumble match.
