11 WWE Royal Rumble Statistics You Need To Know
2. Success At Mania(?)
Since 1993, the winner of the Royal Rumble has won a world
title match at WrestleMania that year (with the exception of last year). It’s
been a great hook for fans, tying the two events together and helping to create
the Road to WrestleMania that WWE has pushed through the years to build to the
big event.
In that time, 24 men have won the 23 Rumbles (counting co-winners Lex Luger and Bret Hart in 1994). Two, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin in 1997 and Vince McMahon in 1999, never got their world title match at Mania due to different circumstances. But winning the Rumble and having momentum behind you has not been enough for some.
Of the 22 men who have fought for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania, only 13 have won the title -- a surprisingly low average of 59%. Recent winners have had far less luck, with six of the last eight Rumble winners losing their title match at Mania. That’s a pretty bad run of luck.