With the results of the 2015 Royal Rumble starting to pour in, fans now start to analyse the wreckage (which is perhaps a fitting description for this year) to discover new facts about their favourite match, and to find a pattern among the chaos. Even though the booking decisions, fan reactions and general quality of the Royal Rumble varies year to year, one constant is that the performances of each of the 30 entrants has an effect on the facts, statistics and overall history of the match itself; and 2015 is no exception.
This year saw solid efforts from those relatively new to the Rumble, such as Bray Wyatt, Rusev, and eventual winner Roman Reigns, alongside similarly strong appearances from veterans, a number of new records have been made in different aspects of the match. One surprise entrant managed to create a record that might go unbroken forever, while one legend of the match got to be the all-time best in one regard.
While fans won't consider 2015 as a vintage Rumble, personal bests have been bettered, long-standing records have been smashed and entirely new ones have been made. There's plenty of new facts to take away from this year's effort; and here are 10 of them.
10. Heartbroken Kid
Fortunately for Kane he can now bask in the fact that he has eliminated more people from the Royal Rumble than anyone before.
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By being involved in the eliminations of Bray Wyatt, Ryback, Dean Ambrose and Dolph Ziggler, he surpassed former record holder Shawn Michaels to reach a career total of 41 eliminations.