10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2003 Facts

1. Brock Lesnar Became The Youngest Rumble Winner Ever

Brock Lesnar The Undertaker Royal Rumble 2003
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Lesnar remains the youngest WWE Champion (not World Heavyweight Champion) of all time upon his SummerSlam 2002 victory, and that wasn't his only age-related accomplishment in that era.

As part of the first-year uber-push, Lesnar was booked to win the Rumble at the same young age, 25, that he won the WWE Championship at. His win broke the ten-year-old mark set by Yokozuna, who won the 1993 Royal Rumble match at age 26.

Since Lesnar's victory, only twice has the Royal Rumble match been won by a man in their twenties: Randy Orton in 2009 (28) and Roman Reigns in 2015 (29). Meanwhile, in that same stretch of time, the match has been won by men in their forties on three occasions: Undertaker in 2007 (41), Batista in 2014 (45), and Triple H in 2016 (46).

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Justin has been a wrestling fan since 1989, and has been writing about it since 2009. Since 2014, Justin has been a features writer and interviewer for Fighting Spirit Magazine. Justin also writes for History of Wrestling, and is a contributing author to James Dixon's Titan series.