10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2010 Facts
1. It's The Second Shortest 30-Man Rumble Ever
As far as 30-man Rumbles go, nothing will top the brevity of the 1995 match (38:41), with its one-minute intervals. Before 2010, the second-shortest 30-man Rumble ever was the 1997 version, in which Stone Cold dispatched bodies at a hastened clip. That match went 50:29.
The accelerated 2010 match trumped 1997, lasting just 49 minutes and 24 seconds. It's one of only three Rumbles ever that was shorter than 50 minutes. Aside from 1995, the other was obviously 1988's 20-man match, which went 33 minutes.
The only chance that the 2010 match will ever be leapfrogged by another Rumble is if the intervals are 90 seconds, and the finishing sequence is quicker than a hiccup. That was the formula that made the 2010 match one of the quickest ever.