15 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble Facts You Need To Know
Unusual occurrences and factoids you must know!
In the weekly run-up to every single Royal Rumble pay-per-view in recent years, WWE has aired a 'By the Numbers' video package to highlight the history of the long-popular Rumble match. The factoids therein have included the combined weight of every entrant in history, as well as the tally of eliminations made by Kane (almost matching Jason Voorhees' kill count throughout the Friday the 13th series). There's also the awkward reminder that two men have won the Royal Rumble match after entering in the number one slot, with only Shawn Michaels' name getting mentioned specifically. That's the annual cue for dry-witted cynics to smugly yell, "Who was the other one?" at their TVs, when they already know the answer. The problem with WWE's video is that it doesn't exactly promote new facts. Granted, they have no real reason to change up their By the Numbers montage, but that's where internet historians come in. After almost three decades of memorable occurrences, it stands to reason that the Royal Rumble would produce some incredible facts, and it certainly has. Listed here are fifteen such statistics, all of which are more fascinating than, "Santino Marella lasted only one second in the 2009 Rumble, ya know."