WWE 13 Royal Rumble History

[Big Bad Brad]

Like MasonK565 this will be my Hall of Records for the Royal Rumbles I redo with WWE 13 & WWE 2K14 down the road.

Royal Rumble Winners:

1988:

Don Muraco-#17

Eliminations: 2

Other Facts or Records:

• Don Muraco is the first and so far only person from Hawaii to win a Royal Rumble.
• This was a 20 Man Royal Rumble.

1989:
Akeem-#29

Eliminations: 2

• Akeem entered the 1988 Royal Rumble under the One Man Gang gimmick.

1990:
Mr. Perfect-#27

Eliminations: 2

• Mr. Perfect was undefeated in the World Wrestling Federation when he won this match.
• Like the previous two years the winner only eliminated two people to get the win.

1991:
Shane Douglas-#30

Eliminations: 3

• Shane Douglas was the first person to win the Rumble from the last spot.
• Unlike Previous years, Shane Douglas Eliminated 3 people to win the match instead of 2.

1992:
Jimmy Snuka-#27

Eliminations: 1

• Jimmy Snuka is the first Samoan to win the Royal Rumble.
• Jimmy Snuka eliminated only one person to win the Royal Rumble.
• Jimmy Snuka became WWF Champion for winning this Rumble.

1993:
IRS-#28

Eliminations: 2

• IRS was the first Rumble winner to challenge for the title at Wrestlemania which he lost the match against Bret Hart.

1994:
Diesel-#20

Eliminations: 10

• Diesel had the most dominating performance of any Royal Rumble winner to date with 10 eliminations.
• Diesel did not win the WWF Championship from Yokozuna at Wrestlemania X

1995:
King Kong Bundy-#30

Eliminations: 1

• King Kong Bundy was the second superstar to win the Royal Rumble at the last spot the first was Shane Douglas in 1991.
• King Kong Bundy had the shortest time in a Rumble to win it.

1996:
Vader-#24

Eliminations: 5

• This was Vader's WWF Debut.
• Vader was the first Superstar to win the title at Wrestlemania after winning a Royal Rumble.

1997:
Mil Mascaras-#30

Eliminations: 2

• Mil Mascaras was the 3rd Superstar to win the Royal Rumble from the last spot.
• Mil Mascaras was the first Masked Luchador to win the Royal Rumble.
• Mil Mascaras was the smallest Royal Rumble winner.

1998:
Cactus Jack-#26

Eliminations: 5

• Mick Foley entered this Royal Rumble as three separate people.

1999:
Ken Shamrock-#28

Eliminations: 4

• Ken Shamrock was the second person to win at number 28 the first was IRS in 1993.

2000:
Billy Gunn-#29

Eliminations: 3

• Billy Gunn is the second person to win at number 29.

2001:
Stone Cold Steve Austin-#30

Eliminations: 4

• This is so far the only Royal Rumble that had the same result in real life and WWE 13.

2002:
Diamond Dallas Page-#29

Eliminations: 3

• DDP did not win the Undisputed Title at Wrestlemania 18.

Elimination Top 5 (Single Rumble):

1st: Diesel with 10 eliminations (1994)
2nd: Undertaker with 8 eliminations (2001)
3rd: The Berzerker with 6 eliminations (1993)
4th (T): Arn Anderson with 5 eliminations (1989)
4th (T): Undertaker with 5 eliminations (1991)

Elimination Top 5 (Rumble Career):

1st: Undertaker with 20 (5 Rumbles)
2nd: Test with 11 (4 Rumbles)
3rd (T): Diesel with 10 (1 Rumble)
3rd (T): Triple H with 10 (4 Rumbles)
4th: British Bulldog with 8 (4 Rumbles)

Longest Time in Each Rumble:
1988: Hillbilly Jim (Entry 4 through Entry 10)
1989: Hacksaw Jim Duggan (Entry 4 through Entry 13)
1990: Demolition Smash (Entry 1 through Entry 11)
1991: Undertaker (Entry 9 through Entry 21)
1992: The Texas Tornado (Entry 9 through Entry 17)
1993: The Berzerker (Entry 17 through 26)
1994: Diesel (Entry 20 through 30)
1995: Jacob Blu (Entry 9 through 21)
1996: Squat Team #2 (Entry 9 through 20)
1997: Savio Vega (Entry 17 through 26)
1998: Henry Godwinn (Entry 3 through 14)
1999: Triple H (Entry 20 through the Final Three)
2000: Big Show (Entry 1 through 12)
2001: The Undertaker (Entry 18 through 30)
2002: Chuck Palumbo (Entry 11 through 22)

Final Four:
1988: Don Muraco, Ricky Steamboat, JYD, Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart
1989: Akeem, Red Rooster, The Barbarian & Greg "The Hammer" Valentine
1990: Mr. Perfect, The Barbarian, Tito Santana & Dusty Rhodes
1991: Shane Douglas, Paul Roma, Tito Santana & Animal
1992: Jimmy Snuka, Sid Justice, Warlord & Hacksaw Jim Duggan
1993: IRS, Typhoon, Repo Man & Jerry Lawler
1994: Diesel, Kwang, Randy Savage, Rick Steiner
1995: King Kong Bundy, Bob Backlund, Dick Murdoch & Lex Luger
1996: Vader, Owen Hart, Squat Team #1 & Hakushi
1997: Mil Mascaras, Mankind, Triple H, British Bulldog
1998: Cactus Jack, Goldust, Faarooq & Chainsaw Charlie
1999: Ken Shamrock, Vince McMahon, Triple H & Steve Blackman
2000: Billy Gunn, Big Boss Man, Edge & Bob Backlund
2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin, Kane, Tazz & Goodfather
2002: DDP, RVD, Kane & Godfather

Users:
1988: nickcave
1989: Spider2024
1990: DragonMasterP
1991: nickcave
1992: MasonK565
1993: @wordlifeecw
1994: cageking666
1995: DragonMasterP
1996: Spider2024
1997: Spider2024
1998: cageking666
1999: MrBRulzOK
2000: Wolf Hurricane
2001: Drillbit Taylor
2002: MrBRulzOK

[MasonK565]

I am loving this. Glad my polls make at least one person happy!

[Big Bad Brad]

I made some changes I'm going to add the Final Four for each Rumble and I added a User's category which will be the user that picked the winner for each Rumble.

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I was gonna do a final four category but I was going to add the number of final fours wrestlers have taken part in. I like this.

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