1130 Entrants, 30 Winners: Interesting Stats You Must Know Before WWE Royal Rumble 2021

Published 01/30/2021, 12:57 AM EST

WWE Royal Rumble is a part of the original big four pay-per-views and is one of the most important ones till now. The 2021 edition will be the 34th event under the Royal Rumble chronology.

Since then, Royal Rumble has developed an aura of its own. Under its itinerary, Royal Rumble has some mind-blowing records! Since its inception in 1988, 1130 entrants have entered the match, hoping to get their hands on a unique opportunity.

Out of those 1,130 contestants, only 30 individuals have won the match. After winning the match, they challenge a world champion of their choice at WrestleMania.

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Out of the 30, 18 (including the last four Royal Rumble winners) have won their title at the greatest show of them all. Hall of Famer ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin is the only superstar to win the Rumble thrice.

When it comes to personal records, Shawn Michaels holds the rare record of winning the match from the number 1 spot. Although he is not the only one, as WWE’s forgotten superstar Chris Benoit also achieved the same when he won the match in 2004.

Daniel Bryan lasted the longest in a Royal Rumble match during the Greatest Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia that featured 50 participants as he lasted 1:16:06. On American soil and in the traditional 30-men Rumble, Rey Mysterio holds the accolade with 1:02:12.

Kane holds the record for most WWE Royal Rumble appearances and eliminations

The ‘Big Red Machine‘ has appeared in Rumble matches 17 times and holds the record for the most combined eliminations with 43. On a single night, Brock Lesnar and Braun Strowman hold the record with 13 eliminations.

Last year, Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler made headlines with their Royal Rumble when they debuted and eliminated eight entrants in a single night.

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Back in 2019, Nia Jax became one of the four women to enter the Men’s, Royal Rumble. She is also the only one to enter two different Rumbles on the same night.

This year, Charlotte Flair looks forward to winning her second consecutive Royal Rumble, a feat that hasn’t been achieved for 23 years. On the other hand, Randy Orton will fight to win his third Royal Rumble and get equal with Austin.

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Royal Rumble 2021 will be the first one to have a virtual audience inside the WWE Thunderdome. Also, it is the first one where most of the entrants have announced their entry beforehand.

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Angana Roy is a WWE and AEW author for EssentiallySports, having published more than 800 professional wrestling articles. She is currently pursuing higher studies in English language and literature from the University of Calcutta and has over three years of experience in journalism. As a life-long fan of the sports entertainment brand of pro-wrestling, her work consists of live coverage of weekly shows, PPVs, speculating the future course of storylines and everything in between.

1130 Entrants, 30 Winners: Interesting Stats You Must Know Before WWE Royal Rumble 2021

Kane holds the record for most WWE Royal Rumble appearances and eliminations

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