10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2012 Facts

10. It Featured The First Cage Match In Royal Rumble History

The 2012 Royal Rumble was definitely notable for one thing, that being that it was the first WWE pay-per-view in which former ROH Champions both defended World Championships. WWE Champion CM Punk was matched up with Dolph Ziggler, while World Heavyweight Champion Daniel Bryan would be matched up in a triple threat cage match with Big Show and Mark Henry.

It took until the 25th Royal Rumble for the cornerstone pay-per-view to have its first steel cage match. The Rumble had previously boasted casket matches, ladder matches, street fights, last man standing matches, and I Quit matches. Yet it took until 2012 for the steel cage to make its Rumble debut.

It was also the last of the Big Four events to finally hold a cage match. WrestleMania was first in 1986, followed by SummerSlam in 1990, and Survivor Series in 2001.