8 New Records Set At WWE Royal Rumble 2022

7. Most Late Entries

Ronda Rousey
WWE.com

As mentioned in an article earlier, a late entry into the Royal Rumble greatly increases your chances of winning. In fact, of the 35 previous men’s Rumbles, 12 winners had entered the match at one of the last five slots.

Three men were tied going into Saturday having drawn one of those last five slots (#26-#30 in a traditional 30-man Rumble) with five entries each: Kane, Big Show and Randy Orton. On Saturday, Orton drew #29, giving him a sixth late entry into the Rumble.

It turns out that pulling that number wasn’t so lucky for him, as he was tossed in less than three minutes – in his hometown. Gotta love WWE’s clever booking…

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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 fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.