10 Undeniable Wrestling Truths That Don't Make Any Sense

The drawing of Royal Rumble numbers isn't the spectacle it used to be. They don’t even use a bingo cage and brightly coloured numbered balls anymore!

In the 30-participant match, the logical limitations of the human body would play a factor in assessing a challenger’s likelihood of winning the Rumble, facing the champion of their choice, and justifying their gurning and pointing towards the skyward ‘Mania sign. The natural conclusion is that the later a wrestler enters the better their odds.

Although a look at the statistics shows, of the 38 recognised Rumble matches, #30 has only produced three winners. The exact same success rate as #1. Further, a participant has almost as much chance of winning from entering in the first three as the final three (#1-#3 has produced seven winners, #28-#30 includes eight victors).

Trying to apply real-world reasoning to the chaos that takes place every January is a pointless endeavour. The glaring truth is that entrance number has little effect on a Rumble performance. But every year #30 receives the rub from every wrestling analyst from the pre-show hype to the in-match commentary.