Longevity in the Royal Rumble is part luck of the draw, part flat-out luck. If you draw a low number and manage to hang around until the end of the match, then youre going to log a good, lengthy time. In 28 Royal Rumbles, five men have logged more than an hour in the match, with three of them winning: Ric Flair (60:02 in 1992), Chris Benoit (61:31 in 2004) and Rey Mysterio (62:12 in 2006) for the record. Bob Backlund (61:10 in 1993) and Triple H (60:09 in 2006) have lasted an hour, but ultimately were knocked out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4DY8XNZu1M If youre adding up the cumulative time spent in the Rumble, then Triple H has that record sewn up, logging three hours, 51 minutes in his eight Rumbles. The next closest active wrestler, Kane, is 31 minutes behind Helmsley.
Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fortunately became a fan in time for WrestleMania III and came back as a fan after a long high school hiatus before WM XIV. Monday nights in the Carlson household are reserved for viewing Raw -- for better or worse.
