12 WWE Royal Rumble Stats You Need To Know

9. First And Last

Austin Royal Rumble 2001
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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. 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 the past 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 last year.

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