10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2010 Facts

3. Nobody From Number 20 Onward Lasted Eight Minutes Or More

Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble 2010
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Continuing with the theme of the "Express Rumble", it should be noted that the frenetic pace wasn't truly evident until the latter stages of the match. In the final third of the contest, there was rarely a point where five or six wrestlers populated the ring.

After John Cena (27:11, and eventual runner-up) entered 19th, the eleven wrestlers who came after him didn't stay long. Edge had the longest run of the final group at that aforementioned 7:37.

Here's how everyone else from 20 through 30 shook out: Benjamin (48 seconds), Tatsu (29 seconds), Big Show (5:04), Mark Henry (3:09), Chris Masters (29 seconds), R-Truth (4:22), Jack Swagger (2:06), Kofi Kingston (3:09), Chris Jericho (2:24), and Batista (5:24). Maybe Vince McMahon had somewhere he needed to be that night?

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