12 WWE Royal Rumble Stats You Need To Know

5. Futility

Austin Royal Rumble 2001
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No one has entered more Royal Rumbles than Kane, with 19. Unfortunately for him, the three-plus hours he’s spent in Rumbles have not yielded a single victory. Far and away, he’s the poster child for futility in the Rumble when it comes to winning.

The next closest wrestler in terms of entries into the Rumble without winning is Big Show, with 12 winless Rumbles. Show could add to that before he hangs up his boots, but he might have another example of futility that puts him in a different category.

Big Show has been the last man eliminated in two Rumbles (2000, 2004), the second-to-last person eliminated (2015) and the third-to-last person out (2012). That’s a pretty remarkable run of bad luck.

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