12 WWE Royal Rumble Stats You Need To Know
8. Most Time Spent In Rumble
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 you’re going to log a good, lengthy time.
In 30 Royal Rumbles, six 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), Triple H (60:16 in 2006) and Chris Jericho (60:13 last year) have lasted an hour, but ultimately were knocked out.
Roman Reigns missed the century mark by about 10 seconds in 2016, but his addition would have been suspect considering he was “knocked out” and spent nearly half the match in the back recuperating.
If you’re adding up the cumulative time spent in the Rumble, then Chris Jericho has run away with that title, logging four hours, 56 minutes in his 10 Rumbles. Triple H is second with four hours to his name. Kane is about 20 minutes behind Triple H.