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Royal Rumble stuff

posted 16 years ago by andycool24
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Ehhhh I'm bored (and a dork).... lol. Well, no one's posting here anyway. This is a topic for interesting facts about the 20-year history of the Royal Rumble ppv.

Let's start with the winners of the Royal Rumble for each year, and after it will be a number meaning what # royal rumble match it was for them. Quite a few have won in their debuts.

1988-Jim Duggan (1)
1989-John Studd (1)
1990-Hulk Hogan (2)
1991-Hulk Hogan (3)
1992-Ric Flair (1)
1993-Yokozuna (1)
1994-Bret Hart (4) Lex Luger (1)
1995-Shawn Michaels (5)
1996-Shawn Michaels (6)
1997-Steve Austin (2)
1998-Steve Austin (3)
1999-Vince McMahon (1)
2000-The Rock (3)
2001-Steve Austin (5)
2002-Triple H (4)
2003-Brock Lesnar (1)
2004-Chris Benoit (1)
2005-Batista (2)
2006-Rey Mysterio (3)
2007-Undertaker (8)

And a list of all the runners-up, last men eliminated:

1988-One Man Gang
1989-Ted Dibiase
1990-Mr. Perfect
1991-Earthquake
1992-Sid Justice
1993-Randy Savage
1994-Shawn Michaels
1995-British Bulldog
1996-Diesel
1997-Bret Hart
1998-The Rock
1999-Steve Austin
2000-Big Show
2001-Kane
2002-Kurt Angle
2003-Undertaker
2004-Big Show
2005-John Cena
2006-Randy Orton
2007-Shawn Michaels

[–] andycool24 16 years ago

Well the 2008 Royal Rumble is just around the corner, but I thought I'd just post more stuff through 2007.

Here's a list of the guys participating in the most Royal Rumble matches through 2007:

1. Kane (11) will be 12 this year, and his 10th consecutive, extending his own record. He's had 3 different gimmicks.

2. Shawn Michaels & Rikishi (10 each) Rikishi had 3 different gimmicks over his 10 matches, HBK I think is in the rumble this year, his first was 1989, and he'd still have the longest gap from first to most recent rumble appearance, 19 years.

3. Viscera & Undertaker (8 each) I'm surprised Mabel/Viscera didn't fare as well in these matches as everyone though he could have. But big men like that tire easily. Undertaker's first rumble was 1991, and it took him until 2007 to finally win. If he hadn't have missed those years he did, I'm sure he'd have participated in the rumbles & won a couple.

4. Jake Roberts, Rick Martel, The Godfather, Owen Hart, Billy Gunn (7 each) Both Rick Martel and Owen Hart's rumbles were all consecutive. The Godfather had about four different gimmicks/names!

5. Tito Santana, Davey Boy Smith, Hardcore Holly, Steve Austin, Goldust, Matt Hardy, Booker T (6 each)

Both Tito Santana's and Booker T's appearances were all consecutive.

6. (There are quite alot that have had 5 showings, I'll stop here)!