The biggest and most important number when it comes to the Royal Rumble match is the number of wins. One man stands alone on top of this list, and it is no other than Stone Cold Steve Austin with 3. He was the last wrestler to go back to back in the Rumble in 1997 and 1998, and then he followed that up with one last win in 2001. There is a 99% chance that Austin will remain the only 3-time winner of the Rumble as John Cena has a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match, and Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, and Batista are pretty much not going to win it in 2015. Austin's three wins for the Royal Rumble have a lot of interesting stats. The final person he eliminated in all of his wins include two WWE Hall of Famers (Bret Hart & The Rock), and someone who will most definitely be in the WWE Hall of Fame someday in Kane. Two of Austin's wins were fairly short appearances of 10 and 16 minutes; while he spent just over 45 minutes to win his first Rumble match. Finally in his first two wins he was a workhorse eliminating 10 and 7 wrestlers respectively, but his final win in 2001 only took eliminating 3 men. As always, thank you for reading my articles! If there is something you'd like me to cover or discuss with previous articles, just let me know! You can reach me on Twitter - @JBHuskers, and you can also check out my article archive here: http://whatculture.com/author/jeremy-bennett
Jeremy Bennett has been a wrestling fan since he was a Little Stinger watching Saturdays at 5:05 at his Grandma's house. His past, present, and future favorites in the business are Ric Flair / Dean Ambrose / Finn Balor. He is a co-owner of the gaming website TheGamingTailgate.com. You can also find him on Twitter - @JBHuskers
