7 Records Broken At WWE Royal Rumble 2025

6. Most Years, Most Eliminations

Previous Record: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, 4 (1997-1999, 2002) New Record: Tie, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, 4 (1997-1999, 2002) and Roman Reigns, 4 (2014, 2016, 2018, 2025)

If you can’t win the Royal Rumble, you might as well toss as many poor souls as possible. Eliminations are the lifeblood of the Rumble match, something that wrestlers tout and that can spark feuds between superstars.

Heading into Saturday, only one wrestler had led the pack in eliminations in four separate Rumbles: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, who paced four Rumbles in his career, including two that he won (1997-98). That changed this past weekend, when Roman Reigns joined the Rattlesnake atop the list.

Reigns tied cousin Jacob Fatu with four eliminations, a record for this year’s men’s Rumble. It also was his fourth time leading the pack, putting him in a position where he could easily take over that spot on his own in the next couple years.

What’s interesting about Reigns is that he has tied Stone Cold despite being off the Rumble market for 2021-24 because he was the WWE Universal Champion and defended his world title at the Royal Rumble PLE during each of those four years.