Since there were too many interesting facts about the Royal Rumble, I decided to make it a separate post. Enjoy. For the entire History of the Royal Rumble, you can go here. Thanks.
The Women’s Rumble lasted 58:49. The Men’s Rumble lasted 58:28.
TOTAL ELIMINATIONS:
(Instead of 2 separate lists, I combined both the Men’s & Women’s Matches.)
Rhea Ripley 7 (Alexa Bliss, Dana Brooke, Charlotte Flair (w/Bianca Belair), Santana Garrett, Dakota Kai, Mandy Rose, Toni Storm)
Shayna Baszler 6 (Shotzi Blackheart, Lacey Evans, Naomi (w/Nia Jax, Tamina (w/Nia Jax), Victoria, Torrie Wilson)
Bianca Belair 4 (Bayley, Charlotte Flair (w/Rhea Ripley), Natalya, Rhea Ripley)
Big E 4 (Mustafa Ali, Hurricane Helms (w/Bobby Lashley), Bobby Lashley (w/Daniel Bryan, Christian, & Riddle), Sami Zayn (w/Xavier Woods)
Nia Jax 4 (Shayna Baszler, Ember Moon, Naomi (w/Shanya Baszler), Tamina (w/Shayna Baszler))
Damian Priest 4 (Elias, Kane, The Miz, John Morrison)
Edge 3 (Randy Orton, Seth Rollins, Braun Strowman)
Bobby Lashley 3 (Hurricane Helms (w/Big E), Dominik Mysterio, Damian Priest)
Seth Rollins 3 (Christian, Daniel Bryan, Riddle)
Braun Strowman 3 (Cesaro, Sheamus, AJ Styles)
King Corbin 2 (Shinsuke Nakamura, Otis)
Kane 2 (Ricochet, Dolph Ziggler)
Omos (Not An Active Participant) 2 (Big E, Rey Mysterio)
Mustafa Ali 1 (Xavier Woods)
Bayley 1 (Ruby Riott)
Daniel Bryan 1 (Bobby Lashley (w/Christian, Big E, & Riddle)
Carmella 1 (Nikki Cross)
Christian 1 (Bobby Lashley (w/Daniel Bryan, Big E, & Riddle))
Elias 1 (Carlito)
Lacey Evans 1 (Mickie James)
Charlotte Flair 1 (Peyton Royce)
Billie Kay 1 (Jillian Hall)
Lana 1 (Nia Jax)
Liv Morgan 1 (Billie Kay (w/Ruby Riott))
Dominik Mysterio 1 (King Corbin)
Natalya 1 (Lana)
Riddle 1 (Bobby Lashley (w/Daniel Bryan, Christian, & Big E))
Ruby Riot 1 (Billie Kay (w/Liv Morgan))
Mandy Rose 1 (Alicia Fox)
Peyton Royce 1 (Liv Morgan)
Tamina 1 (Carmella)
Xavier Woods 1 (Sami Zayn (w/Big E))
Dolph Ziggler 1 (Jeff Hardy)
LONGEST TIME IN THE MATCH
(Again, combined with both matches)
Edge 58:28
Randy Orton 58:28
Bianca Belair 56:53
Naomi 47:41
Shayna Baszler 41:48
Rhea Ripley 39:06
Charlotte Flair 33:49
Riddle 31:21
Big E 29:46
Bayley 29:07
Daniel Bryan 28:50
Shinsuke Nakamura 22:02
Dolph Ziggler 21:03
Lacey Evans 19:23
Lana 10:06
Christian 18:32
Damian Priest 15:37
Billie Kay 15:05
Peyton Royce 13:41
Mustafa Ali 13:19
Sami Zayn 13:05
Ricochet 11:38
Toni Storm 11:22
Ruby Riott 10:55
AJ Styles 10:27
Tamina 8:56
Seth Rollins 8:50
Carlito 8:29
John Morrison 8:13
Jillian Hall 8:02
Xavier Woods 7:42
Nikki Cross 7:38
Braun Strowman 7:26
Mickie James 7:21
Liv Morgan 7:19
Victoria 7:16
Sheamus 6:22
Santana Garrett 4:33
Cesaro 4:09
Bobby Lashley 4:03
Torrie Wilson 3:59
Shotzi Blackheart 3:51
Mandy Rose 3:51
Rey Mysterio 3:47
King Corbin 3:33
Jeff Hardy 3:25
Dana Brooke 3:03
Natalya 2:52
Nia Jax 2:49
Elias 2:31
Dakota Kai 2:06
Dominik Mysterio 2:01
Ember Moon 1:56
Kane 1:49
Alicia Fox 1:48
Carmella 1:04
The Miz 1:02
Alexa Bliss 1:01
Otis 0:53
Hurricane Helms 0:27
ROYAL RUMBLE RETURNS:
This was Victoria’s 1st Rumble PPV since 2004, putting her in 4th place for longest gap between matches, tying her with Roddy Piper (1992-2008), Jimmy Snuka (1992-2008), & Trish Stratus (2002-2018)
This was Carlito, Christian, & Jillian Hall’s 1st Rumble PPV since 2010, putting them in 8th place for longest gap between matches, tying them with Bubba Ray Dudley (2004-2015), The Hurricane (2007-2018), & The Rock (2002-2013)
ROYAL RUMBLE RELATIONS:
This was the 1st year since the 1st Women’s Royal Rumble in 2018 that there were no married couples in the Royal Rumble
Dominik & Rey Mysterio are the 1st father & son to be in the same Royal Rumble Match
Natalya now has wrestled in more Royal Rumbles (4) than her father Jim Neidhart (3)
MISCELLANEOUS FACTS:
Counting each Rumble as separate participants, Nikki Cross was the 1100th Participant in Rumble History
28 People who were in the 2020 Royal Rumble were not in the 2021 Royal Rumble
6 People made their Royal Rumble Match debut in 2021, while 15 made their debut in 2020
This was the 3rd time that Charlotte Flair was in the Final 4 (2019, 2020, & 2021)
This was the 3rd time that Seth Rollins was in the Final 4 (2019, 2020, 2021)
This was the 5th time that Edge was in the Final 4 (2005, 2007, 2010, 2020, 2021)
This was the 9th time that Randy Orton was in the Final 4, which is a Rumble Record (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021)
This was the 1st Royal Rumble since 2008 that Kofi Kingston didn’t wrestle & the 1st since 2013 that Brock Lesnar didn’t wrestle
Charlotte Flair was the 1st time ever that a previous Women’s Royal Rumble Winner was in a Royal Rumble Match
Omos was the 6th Non-Participant to eliminate someone one from the Royal Rumble, the 1st since The Miz eliminated John Cena in 2011, & he was the 1st to do it multiple times
This was the 2nd time that Shayna Baszler eliminated Shotzi Blackheart (2020 & 2021) & Naomi (2020 & 2021), Bayley eliminated Ruby Riott (2019 & 2021), Edge eliminated Randy Orton (2020 & 2021), Nia Jax eliminated Naomi (2018 & 2021), & Rhea Ripley eliminated Dana Brooke (2019 & 2021), making it the 22nd to 26th time that someone eliminated someone multiple times, with Baszler being the 11th person to do it to multiple people, & Baszler & Edge are the 24th & 25th people to do in consecutive Rumble Matches
Kane is the only wrestler to eliminate the same 2 people 3 times, Albert (2000, 2001,2003) & Dolph Ziggler (2009, 2015, 2021)
DOUBLE DUTY FACTS:
Shayna Baszler, Carmella, & Charlotte Flair were the 53rd, 54th, & 55th time that someone competed twice in the Royal Rumble & the 11th year in a row, as Nia Jax already did it in 2019, making her the 10th wrestler to compete multiple times twice or more
REPEAT ENTRANCE FACTS:
This was the 2nd time that Randy Orton entered at #2, the 1st time since 2004, & was the 1st time since Chris Jericho, who entered at #2 3 times (2003, 2013, 2017)
This was the 2nd time that The Miz entered at #15, the 1st time since 2017, making him the 3rd wrestler to enter the same number 3 times, as he was #1 in 2012 & 2015 & #16 in 2008 & 2010, & was the 2nd time someone was #15 more than once after Repo Man/Demolition Smash (1990, 1991)
This was the 2nd time that Kane entered at #18, the 1st time since 1999, making him the 1st wrestler to be the same number 4 times, after being #24 (2013, 2015, #27 (1996, 2005, & #28 (2000, 2002), & was the 3rd time someone was #18 more than once after Irwin R. Schyster (1992, 1993) & Shawn Michaels (1994, 1996, 2010)
This was the 2nd time that Hurricane Helms entered at #23, the 1st time since 2002, making him the 1st wrestler to be #23 twice
This was the 2nd time that Cesaro entered at #28, the 1st time since 2015, & was the 2nd time someone was #28 more than once after Batista who did it 3 times (2003, 2005, 2014)
This was the 2nd time that Nia Jax entered at #29, & the 1st since 2019, making her the 2nd woman after Sonya Deville at #10 (2018 & 2020) to enter at the same number twice
This brought the Total Count to 38 wrestlers who have entered multiple Rumbles at the same number
REPEAT ELIMINATION FACTS:
This was the 2nd time that The Miz was the 8th elimination & the 1st time since 2010
This was the 2nd time that Alicia Fox was the 13th elimination & the 1st time since 2019
This was the 2nd time that Cesaro was the 22nd elimination & the 1st time since 2015
This was the 2nd time that Charlotte Flair was eliminated by the winner, as she was eliminated by Becky Lynch in 2019
This was the 2nd year in a row that Seth Rollins was eliminated by the winner, as he was eliminated by Drew McIntyre in 2020
Sami Zayn was the 2nd year in a row that the #3 Entrant was the 2nd eliminated after Erick Rowan in 2020
Billie Kay was the 2nd year in a row that the #4 Entrant was the 3rd eliminated after Robert Roode in 2020
Carlito was the 2nd year in a row that the #8 Entrant was the 6th eliminated after both Mandy Rose & Big E in 2020
John Morrison was the 2nd year in a row that the #11 Entrant was the 9th eliminated after Kairi Sane in 2020
Ricochet was the 2nd year in a row that the #12 Entrant was the 11th eliminated after MVP in 2020
Hurricane Helms was the 2nd year in a row that the #23 Entrant was the 18th eliminated after Riddle in 2020
Ember Moon was the 2nd year in a row that the #28 Entrant was the 21st eliminated after Tegan Nox in 2020
Nia Jax was the 2nd year in a row that the #29 Entrant was the 25th eliminated after Samoa Joe in 2020
Both the #5 Entrants (Shotzi Blackheart & Jeff Hardy) were the 1st eliminated from their matches & was the 2nd year in a row after Lana in 2020 that the #5 Entrant was the 1st eliminated
Both the #30 Entrants (Natalya & Braun Strowman) were the 27th eliminated from their matches
TIME RECORDS:
Bianca Belair’s 56:53 was the longest time for a Woman in Royal Rumble History
WINNER FACTS:
Bianca Belair was the 3rd person in a row to win the Rumble on their 2nd try, & the 8th in History after Hulk Hogan (90), Steve Austin (97), Batista (05), Sheamus (12), Roman Reigns (15), Becky Lynch (19), & Charlotte Flair (20)
Bianca Belair was the 9th wrestler in History & 2nd year in a row after Charlotte Flair to win the Rumble by eliminating 4 wrestlers, which is the most for a Women
Bianca Belair was the 2nd wrestler in History to win the Rumble as Entrant #3 after Ric Flair in 1992
Bianca Belair was the earliest entrant to ever win a Women’s Rumble & the 1st ever to win from the 1st half
Bianca Belair’s 56:53 was the longest length for a woman in Rumble History
Edge was the 8th Multi-Time Royal Rumble Winner & 1st since Randy Orton in 2017
Edge was the 3rd Entrant #1 to win the Rumble after Shawn Michaels in 1995 & Chris Benoit in 2004
Edge was the 7th wrestler in History & 1st since Seth Rollins in 2019 to win the Rumble by eliminating 3 wrestlers
Edge’s 58:28 was the longest length for a male since Shinsuke Nakamura (44: 26, in 2018)
Both Bianca Belair & Edge are the 4th & 5th to win the Rumble after lasting over 55 minutes after Ric Flair (1:00:02, 1992), Chris Benoit (1:02:12) & Rey Mysterio (1:02:12), & was the 8th & 10th Longest Time of All-Time
Their #1 & #3 entrants were the 1st time that someone won a Rumble from the 1st 10 Entrants since Seth Rollins (#10 in 2019), the 1st from 9 or less since Randy Orton (#8 in 2009), & the 1st from the 1st 5 since Rey Mysterio (#2 in 2006)
ALL-TIME FACTS:
This was Kane’s 20th Rumble, which is the most of All-Time
This was The Miz & Dolph Ziggler’s 13th Rimble, which ties them for the 2nd most Rumbles & was Ziggler’s 13th straight, tying him with Kane for most Consecutive Rumbles
This was Rey Mysterio & Randy Orton’s 11th Rumble, tying them with The Undertaker for 4th most Rumbles
This was Edge, John Morrison, & Sheamus 8th Rumble, putting them in 7th place for most Rumbles
This was Cesaro & Big E’s 7th Rumble, tying them in 8th place for most Rumbles
This was Carlito, Christian, Jeff Hardy, & Hurricane Helms’s 6th Rumble, tying them in 9th place for most Rumbles
This was King Corbin, Seth Rollins, & Braun Strowman’s 5th Rumble, tying them in 10th place for most Rumbles
Kane’s 2 eliminations brought his total elimination count to 47, which is the most eliminations in history
Edge’s 3 eliminations brought his total elimination count to 23, which ties Randy Orton for 9th most eliminations in history
Braun Strowman’s 3 eliminations brought his total elimination count to 20, which is the 10th most eliminations in history
Shayna Baszler’s 6 eliminations brought her total elimination count to 14, which is the most for a woman in history
Bianca Belair’s 4 eliminations brought her total elimination count to 12, which is the 2nd most eliminations for a woman in history
Nia Jax’s 4 eliminations brought her total elimination count to 11, which is the 3rd most eliminations for a woman in history
Charlotte Flair’s 1 elimination & Rhea Ripley’s 7 eliminations brought their total elimination counts to 10, which is the 4th most eliminations for a woman in history
Randy Orton’s time of 58:28 brought his total time to 4:20:19 putting him in 2nd place for most cumulative time in history
Rey Mysterio’s time of 3:47 brought his total time to 3:46:14 putting him in 4th place for most cumulative time in history
Kane’s time of 1:49 brought his total time to 3:38:33 putting him in 6th place for most cumulative time in history
Edge’s time of 58:28 brought his total time to 3:31:33 putting him in 7th place for most cumulative time in history
Natalya’s time of 2:52 brought her total time to 1:38:50 giving her the most cumulative time for a woman in history
Bianca Belair’s time of 56:53 brought her total time to 1:30:16 giving her the 2nd most cumulative time for a woman in history
Naomi’s time of 47:41 brought her total time to 1:17:43 giving her the 3rd most cumulative time for a woman in history
Charlotte Flair’s time of 33:49 brought her total time to 1:15:25 giving her the 4th most cumulative time for a woman in history
Ember Moon’s time of 1:56 brough her total time to 1:00:33 giving her the 5th most cumulative time for a woman in history
14 of the 30 Women’s Participants & 14 out of the 30 Men’s Participants didn’t record an elimination, compared to 20 Women & 23 Men in 2020
ALL 60 RUMBLE PARTICIPANT RECORDS:
(If a wrestler has competed in a previous Rumble, their All-Time Record is listed next to their 2021 Record)
Mustafa Ali 13:19 1 Elimination ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances 16:43 w/3 Eliminations
Shayna Baszler 41:48 6 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances 46:28 w/14 Eliminations
Bayley 29:07 1 Elimination ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances 48:12 w/5 Eliminations
Bianca Belair 56:53 4 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances 1:30:16 w/12 Eliminations
Shotzi Blackheart 3:51 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances 11:49 w/0 Eliminations
Alexa Bliss 1:01 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 40:34 w/5 Eliminations
Dana Brooke 3:03 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 18:37 w/1 Eliminations
Daniel Bryan 28:50 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 1:07:51 w/6 Eliminations
Carlito 8:29 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 6 Appearances in 1:19:09 w/2 Eliminations
Carmella 1:04 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 33:12 w/2 Eliminations
Cesaro 4:09 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 7 Appearances in 46:57 w/5 Eliminations
Christian 18:32 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 6 Appearances in 51:45 w/5 Eliminations
King Corbin 3:33 2 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 5 Appearances in 48:43 w/7 Eliminations
Nikki Cross 7:38 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 31:44 w/0 Eliminations
Big E 29:46 4 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 7 Appearances in 1:17:42 w/4 Eliminations
Edge 58:28 3 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 8 Appearances in 3:31:33 w/23 Eliminations
Elias 2:31 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 43:33 w/2 Eliminations
Lacey Evans 19:23 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 48:45 w/3 Eliminations
Charlotte Flair 33:49 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 1:49:14 w/10 Eliminations
Alicia Fox 1:48 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 08:43 w/1 Eliminations
Santana Garrett 4:33 0 Eliminations
Jillian Hall 8:02 0 Eliminations
Jeff Hardy 3:25 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 6 Appearances in 29:40 w/3 Eliminations
Hurricane Helms 0:27 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 6 Appearances in 09:40 w/0 Eliminations
Mickie James 7:21 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 27:04 w/0 Eliminations
Nia Jax 2:49 4 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 27:42 w/11 Eliminations
Dakota Kai 2:06 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 03:28 w/0 Eliminations
Kane 1:49 2 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 20 Appearances in 3:38:33 w/47 Eliminations
Billie Kay 15:05 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 27:12 w/2 Eliminations
Lana 10:06 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 15:08 w/2 Eliminations
Bobby Lashley 4:03 3 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 08:33 w/4 Eliminations
The Miz 1:02 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 13 Appearances in 2:09:15 w/2 Eliminations
Ember Moon 1:56 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 1:00:33 w/0 Eliminations
Liv Morgan 7:19 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 13:07 w/2 Eliminations
John Morrison 8:13 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 8 Appearances in 1:22:18 w/3 Eliminations
Dominik Mysterio 2:01 1 Eliminations
Rey Mysterio 3:47 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 11 Appearances in 3:46:14 w/11 Eliminations
Shinsuke Nakamura 22:02 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 1:24:31 w/4 Eliminations
Naomi 47:41 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 1:17:43 w/1 Eliminations
Natalya 2:52 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 1:38:50 w/5 Eliminations
Randy Orton 58:28 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 11 Appearances in 4:20:19 w/23 Eliminations
Otis 0:53 0 Eliminations
Damian Priest 15:37 4 Eliminations
Ricochet 11:38 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances 0:14:47 w/0 Eliminations
Riddle 31:21 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 32:04 w/1 Eliminations
Ruby Riott 10:55 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 35:29 w/6 Eliminations
Rhea Ripley 39:06 7 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 47:04 w/10 Eliminations
Seth Rollins 8:50 3 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 5 Appearances in 2:04:03 w/14 Eliminations
Mandy Rose 3:51 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 42:01 w/3 Eliminations
Peyton Royce 13:41 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 22:17 w/2 Eliminations
Sheamus 6:22 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 8 Appearances in 2:17:10 w/13 Eliminations
Storm 11:22 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 30:05 w/0 Eliminations
Braun Strowman 7:26 3 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 5 Appearances in 53:47 w/20 Eliminations
AJ Styles 10:27 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 46:13 w/2 Eliminations
Tamina 8:56 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 18:56 w/2 Eliminations
Victoria 7:16 0 Eliminations
Torrie Wilson 3:59 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 2 Appearances in 06:40 w/1 Eliminations
Xavier Woods 7:42 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 4 Appearances in 21:34 w/1 Eliminations
Sami Zayn 13:05 0 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 3 Appearances in 1:11:18 w/1 Eliminations
Dolph Ziggler 21:03 1 Eliminations ALL-TIME: 13 Appearances in 2:25:47 w/10 Eliminations
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