12 WWE Royal Rumble Statistics You Need To Know

9. First And Last

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Interestingly, several superstars have drawn both #1 and #30 in their careers. It almost seems like a running gag in some cases, with a wrestler drawing #30 one year, only to enter first the following year.

Ted DiBiase was the first to pull off this “honor,” in 1989-90. Rikishi also went #30-#1 in back-to-back years, 2001-02. And Undertaker did the same in 2007-08. Additionally, Crush drew #30 in 1995 and then pulled #1 in 1997.

Dolph Ziggler drew #1 twice (2010 and 2013) and then pulled #30 in 2015 and 2018, making him the only person to pull off that feat twice. Rey Mysterio was the first entrant in 2009 and then the last man in the 2014 Rumble. (He also drew #2 the year he won the Rumble, in 2006.) And Ric Flair sandwiched a #30 entry (in 2005) in between his two #1 entrances (1993 and 2007).

WWE has added two members to this group in recent two years. Triple H entered #1 in 2006 and snuck in at #30 in 2016, while Roman Reigns entered #1 in 2016 and pulled #30 in 2017.

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