10 Fascinating WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Facts

3. The First Person To Have Eliminations In The Men's And Women's Rumbles

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While she's likely most thought of right now as a dangerous, scary in-ring presence in all the wrong ways, Nia Jax has a unique place in Royal Rumble history.

Nia isn't the first female to appear in the men's Royal Rumble bout, and she's not the first woman to get an elimination in the men's Rumble, but she does have the honour of being the first person to have eliminations to her name in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble contests.

That record was set at the 2019 Royal Rumble PPV, with Jax laying out R-Truth and taking his #30 spot in the 2019 men's Rumble - and there, she'd eliminate Mustafa Ali before herself being eliminated by Rey Mysterio.

On the other side of this, Nia threw out four opponents in the 2018 women's Rumble, and scored a further three eliminations in the women's bout in 2019 as a precursor to entering the men's match.

Beth Phoenix has actually picked up eliminations in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches, but Nia Jax was the first to do it - with the Glamazon eliminating the Great Khali in 2010, then dispatching of Natalya in the 2020 women's Rumble.

Special mention to Chyna and Kharma, too, for Chyna got rid of Owen Hart in 1998, Mark Henry in 1999 and Chris Jericho in 2000, while Kharma eliminated Hunico during her appearance in the 2012 Royal Rumble.

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