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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 27, 2015 13:54:04 GMT -5
This is a ranking of every wrestler that has participated in the Royal Rumble match. All the wrestlers will be ranked on the same point system as the last countdown.
1 point: Every minute the wrestler was in the match 3 points: Assisted elimination-Helping with someone else or in a group to score an elimination 5 points: Eliminating someone by themself without help 25 points: Winning the match
Also wrestlers will not be credited for eliminations when they came back in after being eliminated and eliminated someone else.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 27, 2015 14:05:07 GMT -5
0 Points
300. Bastion Booger Booger was supposed to be in 94 Rumble but ended up not showing up due to being "sick". Really he was just used to build suspense for Bret Hart's entrance. Hart had been injured earlier in the night and the announcers thought it was him that no showed at the number 25 spot. However, Hart would end up entering a few spots later with the announcers then saying that it was Booger who was the one who didn't show up.
299. Spike Dudley Spike was supposed to enter the 2004 Rumble but ended up not making it to the match due to being attacked by the departing Kane who chokeslammed him on the ramp leaving him unable to compete.
298. Gillberg The man they call Gillberg participated in the 99 Rumble. After he entered the ring, he started posing on the ropes and was dumped by Edge in just 7 seconds.
297. Tazz Tazz made his lone Rumble appearance in 2001. He rushed the ring and was immeadiately grabbed by Kane, who put him on the top turnbuckle before knocking him off and out after just 10 seconds.
296. Epico Epico had a pretty crappy showing in the 2012 Rumble as Mick Foley eliminated him with Mr. Socko after 11 seconds.
295. Tom Brandi The former Sal Sincere was in the 98 Rumble. At the time he was actually getting a mild push and was involved in a mini feud with Marc Mero. Whatever push he had was gone after his poor showing in the Rumble as he was eliminated by Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie in just 12 seconds.
294. The Sandman Sandman was in the 07 Rumble. He starting hitting everybody with his singapore cane before King Booker got the better of him and tossed him out after just 15 seconds.
293. Fake Razor Ramon The fake Razor only lasted 17 seconds in the 97 Rumble before Ahmed Johnson easily eliminated him.
292. Sylvan Sylvan was in the 06 Rumble. He tried to sucker Bobby Lashley but it ended up backfiring as Lashley heaved him out in 19 seconds
291. Timothy Well Well was in 95 Rumble as one half of the horrible Well Dunn tag team. Bulldog eliminated him in 23 seconds.
290. Squat Team #2 Was eliminated in 24 seconds by Vader despite help from his already eliminated twin partner.
289. Adam Rose Rose was in this years Royal Rumble, getting tossed by Rusev in 24 seconds
288. Jamie Noble Noble was in the 08 Rumble. Going in to the match he was involved in a love triangle angle with Chuck Palumbo and Michelle McCool. He was going into the match with injured ribs which he suffered at the hands of Palumbo. Noble would immeadiately go after Palumbo but was quickly overwhelmed and eliminated after 28 seconds.
287. Tyler Reks Reks was in the 2011 Rumble. He had the misfortune of entering when there was just 4 members of Nexus in the ring. Not surprisingly, he was beat down and eliminated after 34 seconds.
286. The Boogeyman Boogeyman made his Royal Rumble debut this year as a surprise entrant, as he never competed one during his run in the mid 2000's. He only lasted 47 seconds, getting clotheslined and easily tossed by Bray Wyatt.
285. Muhammad Hassan One of the more controvorsial characters that's been in the WWE, Hassan hadn't made too many friends in the federation with his anti America rants. After entering the match everbody in the ring, both heel and face, ganged up on him and tossed him out after 54 seconds. Hassan didn't take it too well and decided to take his frusturations out on the entering Scotty 2 Hotty, attacking him in the aisle and putting him the dreaded camel clutch.
284. Ernest "The Cat" Miller The Cat had a cup of coffee in the WWE. He still managed to get in the 04 Rumble. He entered with Benoit and Orton both down. Instead of taking advantage of this situation he just decided to dance which resulted in Orton throwing him out in 56 seconds.
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Post by RI Richmark on Jan 27, 2015 14:54:17 GMT -5
DUDE!!!
Where were you last year? I missed this!
Welcome back!
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 27, 2015 15:44:04 GMT -5
Thanks. I thought it would be better to just wait another year before starting it again, as I figured there would be more changes in the rankings. It was hard for me to get into doing another one last year as there wasn't many differences from last year and two years ago, other then a couple of guys moving up a few spots and all of the Shield placing high after their first appearance.
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Jan 27, 2015 16:35:52 GMT -5
Look forward to reading more of this
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 28, 2015 0:51:06 GMT -5
1 point
283. Simon Dean Dean was in the 05 and 06 Rumbles. In 05 he spent his whole interval doing exercises outside the ring before the next entrant Shawn Michaels came out and beat him up before quickly eliminating him. 06 was another short stay as he was eliminated by Rey Mysterio and Triple H who he had foolishly tried to form a partnership with. His total ring time for 2 rumbles is only 1:05.
282. Rico Rico was in the 04 Rumble. He actually got a decent amount of offense on Orton in his time in. Orton however would use an RKO to put a stop to it before dumping him out after 1:06.
281. Squat Team 1 Competed in 96 Rumble with his partner. Was eliminated by Yokozuna in 1:11.
280. Psicosis Competed in the 06 Rumble as a member of the Mexicools. He would have a mini match with Mysterio, who he had history with from their WCW and ECW days, before Mysterio eliminated him with a headscissors after 1:15.
279. Michael Cole I know with the roster being so depleted by injuries that they were desperate for guys to fill out the Rumble in 2012, but did they really have to waste a spot on this guy. Cole would get up from his commentary position to enter at #21. After avoiding everybody he would get confronted by the next entrant, Kharma. The intimated Cole would jump over the top to the apron to avoid her, but then was pulled off and eliminated by his brodcast partners for the night Booker T and Jerry Lawler after he lasted for 1:23.
278. Cibernetico One of the AAA wrestlers in the 97 Rumble. He lasted 1:25 before Mis Mascaras eliminated him.
277. Jimmy Del Rey Del Rey was in the 95 Rumble as part of the Heavenly Bodies. He was the first elimination that night as Bulldog got rid of him after 1:25.
276. Latin Lover Latin Lover was another of the AAA guys in the 97 Rumble. He was backdropped out by Faaroog after 1:47.
275. Hakushi Hakushi started off as a promising heel. By the time his of lone Rumble appearance in 96 he was turned face for some reason and ended up playing second fiddle in a team with Barry Horowitz. Pretty sad. Hakushi just lasted just under 2 minutes before Owen Hart dumped him out.
274. Max Moon Moon was in the 93 Rumble. Lawler eliminated him in 1:56 after he missed a spin kick in the corner.
273. Primo Despite being in the company since 2008, Primo has only made in one Rumble appearance with that being in 2012. In 2009 he was one half of the Tag Team Champs with his brother Carlito, but only Carlito participated in the Rumble match while Primo was left out for some reason. In 2011 he was so low on the card that he couldn't even make the cut for the 40 man Rumble match. After being on Superstars jobber duty for two years, Primo would finally catch a break when his cousin Epico was called up to the main roster to team with him in late 2011. The duo would quickly win the Tag Titles leading to both getting spots in the 2012 Rumble match. Primo would last a little under 2 minutes before getting backdropped out by Mick Foley.
2 points
272. Junkyard Dog JYD was in the first Rumble in 1988 which had 20 men. Despite getting the best position by drawing number 20, he only lasted 2:08 before getting dumped out by Outlaw Ron Bass.
271. Elijah Burke The future Pope had a brief appearance in the 08 Rumble. He entered the match late and was eliminated in 2:10 when Triple H threw Mick Foley into him causing both him and Foley to tumble out.
270. Bill DeMott DeMott got a decent push in late 02/early 03 which led to him getting a spot in the 03 Rumble. He was pretty dominant in his short stay before Tommy Dreamer entered with kendo sticks. Dreamer and Edge would attack DeMott with the sticks before he went out after a shot from Edge. While going out he would injure his wrist after it got tangled in the ropes. DeMott would end up retiring shortly afterwards and would serve as a commentator on Velocity for a little while.
269. Evan Bourne Bourne made his only Rumble appearance in 2010. Like most that year his stay was short and unmemorable although he did get to do his shooting star press on Dolph Ziggler. He was eliminated by CM Punk in 2:26.
268. Saba Simba Saba Simba was played by Tony Atlas who was a fairly big star in the company in the early/mid 80's. By the time he came back in 1990 he was in the twighlight of his career and was saddled with the horrible Saba Simba gimmick. Simba would appear in the 91 Rumble, lasting 2:27 before being outsmarted and eliminated by Rick Martel.
267. Bull Buchanan/B-2 Bull was in the 01 and 03 Rumbles. In 01, as a member of the Right to Censor, he was in for a little over 2 minutes before getting double teamed out by the Hardyz. Going into the 03 Rumble he had been teaming with John Cena as B-2. However on the Smackdown before the show Cena turned on him after a loss, injuring his shoulder in the process. In the match the injured B-2 would be easy prey for Edge who tossed him in 24 seconds. This would end up being Bull's last appearance as he was released shortly afterwards which makes me wonder why they even had him in the match to begin with.
266. Boris Zhukov Zhukov was in the first Rumble in 88. He was eliminated by Jake Roberts and Jim Brunzell in 2:33.
265. Col. Mustafa Much better known as the Iron Sheik, he appeared in 92 Rumble for the vacant WWF Title. The way past his prime Sheik was dumped out fairly easily by Macho Man after 2:36.
264. "Rugged" Ronnie Garvin A former NWA World Champion, Garvin didn't too much in his WWF run. In his lone Rumble appearance in 89 he was eliminated by Andre the Giant with a hiplock after 2:39.
263. Omori Omori was one of many non roster nobodies that the WWF called upon to be in the 96 Rumble due to the lack of depth on their roster. Omori was in for 2:48 before getting eliminated by Jake Roberts.
262. Drew Carey Carey was in the 01 Rumble. He wasn't supposed to be in the match. He was at the show hoping to get advice from Mr. McMahon on how to do a good ppv as was about do one in the coming weeks. McMahon duped him into entering the Rumble just to be a jerk. Drew quickly ended up getting in a confrontation with Kane. After refusing a bribe from Carey, Kane was about to chokelslam him. Fortuantely for Drew, Raven showed up as the next guy and saved him by hitting Kane with a kendo stick. Drew used this to wisely climb over the top rope and eliminate himself after 2:54.
261. Doug Gilbert Gilbert apparently won a tournament for the USWA to get a spot in the 96 Rumble. He spent about his entire time in the match getting his ass handed to him by Vader who ended up eliminating with press slam after 2:59.
260. The Blue Meanie Blue Meanie was in the 99 Rumble. He was one of the many that was eliminated by Mabel that year. He was in for 2:59
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Post by darthobiwan on Jan 28, 2015 13:45:17 GMT -5
funny how there has been exactly 300 who competed in the rumble now
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 28, 2015 18:29:04 GMT -5
3 points
259. Paul London London was in the 05 Rumble. He has probaly had the nastiest elimination in the history of the match when Snitsky clotheslined him when he was on the apron into a back flip sell with London landing face first on the floor. It was so brutal that London had to be taken out on a stretcher.
258. "The Natural" Butch Reed Reed was one of the original 20 in first Royal Rumble in 88. He has the distinction of being the first elimination in the history of the match when Jake Roberts dumped him as he was trying to help the Hart Foundation eliminate Tito Santana.
257. Tyson Kidd Competed in the 2011 and 2015 Rumbles. 011 was a pretty embarrassing performance as he entered with Cena and Hornswoggle in the ring and spent almost his whole time in the match taking moves and selling for the little guy. After taking an attitude adjustment and a mini attitude adjustment he was tossed by Cena in a little under a minute. This year wasn't anything to write home about either, as he was dumped by Daniel Bryan after just a little over 2 minutes.
256. Bushwhacker Luke Luke is one of the worst Rumble competiors in the history of the match as he only has a total time of 3:24 in three appearances. Most of it is from his first Rumble in 89 when went 3:08. In 91 he had one of the more funnier eliminations. He went into the ring doing his Bushwhacker march but was tossed by Earthquake in 4 seconds. He really didn't seem to care as he just continued doing his march back to locker room as if nothing happened. 95 was another real short run as Shawn Michaels tossed him in 12 seconds.
255. Sin Cara Competed in the 2013 Royal Rumble. He lasted for 3:27 before getting press slammed out by Ryback.
254. Jinder Mahal Competed in the 2012 and 2013 Rumbles. In 2012 he got quite possibly the biggest non reaction in the history of the match. He would last 1:17 before getting tossed by his "brother in law" the Great Khali. In 2013 as part of 3MB, he was in for a little over 2 minutes before getting kneelifted out by Sheamus.
253. Kenzo Suzuki Kenzo was in the 05 Rumble. He was eliminated by Mysterio with a headscissors in 3:31.
252. "The Funkasaurus" Brodus Clay Brodus was in the 2013 Rumble. He was in for 3:47 before getting ganged up on and dumped out by five other wrestlers.
251. Nunzio Nunzio was in the 04 Rumble. He refused to get in the ring after his number was called and spent a lot of time sitting on the outside. Eventually he was forced in by John Cena. He then fell victim to the spear of Goldberg who then him press slammed out after 3:48. Nunzio was supposed to be in the 05 Rumble but didn't make it as he was bullied into giving up his number by Kurt Angle in a backstage segment.
250. Rick Steiner The Dog Faced Gremlin competed in the 94 Rumble along with his brother Scott. The Steiners would get a big break when Rick drew #3 after Scott had drawn #1. They would double team #2 entrant Samu who was eventually eliminated by Scott. Unlike like other teams (Demolition, Hardy Boyz) in this situation the Steiners, who were never known for their intelligence, actually played it smart by just waiting for the next guy to double team instead of fighting each other. Unfortunately Kwang would screw this strategy up by spraying Rick with his green mist. The blinded Rick was easy prey for the next entrant Owen Hart who eliminated him after 3:57.
4 points
249. Tiger Ali Singh Tiger was in the 99 Rumble. He lasted 4:02 doing not much of note before getting tossed by Mabel.
248. Kenny Dykstra Dykstra competed in the 07 Rumble at just the age of 20. At the time he was in a feud with Ric Flair which included him actually gaining a couple of wins over Flair. After Flair had been eliminated from the match by Edge, Dykstra stupidly decided to mock him by doing Flair's strut and ended up getting tossed by Edge as well after 4:05.
247. Alex Riley The Miz's former apprentice made his Rumble debut in 2011. A-Ri was in for 2:50 before getting eliminated by Cena and Kofi in a botched spot. A few months later, Riley would turn face after splitting up with Miz. In the 2012 Rumble, Riley drew #2 and would conveniently start the match against Miz who had been forced into entering at #1. Riley would nearly eliminate his former boss, but would get too overzealous and was lowbridged out after 1:15.
246. Daniel Puder Puder earned a spot in the 05 Rumble by winning the Tough Enough competion. He spent his entire 4:09 getting chopped and beat up by Benoit, Eddie Guerrero, and Hardcore Holly before Holly eventually eliminated him. This was his only wrestling appearance after winning the contest as he released shortly after.
245. Barry Horowitz Horowitz is finishing high on the countdown for someone who spent almost his whole career looking up the lights. Horowitz was in the 96 Rumble. He was in the midst of the biggest push of his career after scoring a couple of upset wins over Skip the Bodydonna. Horowitz would go for 4:15 before Owen Hart eliminated him.
244. Zack Ryder Despite doing surprisingly well in standard battle royals throughout his career, the Long Island Iced Z hasn't had nowhere near as much luck in Royal Rumbles. All of his four appearances were short stays, with three of them being under a minute. 2010 was pretty much a burial for Ryder who up until that point was getting a fair push on ECW. He was tricked by CM Punk who hit him with a microphone then beat him up and eliminated him after 32 seconds. 011 was a little better as he surprisingly got a decent ammount of offense on both Punk and Bryan but still only lasted 43 seconds before Bryan eliminated him with a hiptoss. Ryder would turn face later in the year and would become real over with the fans, thanks largely in part to his popular youtube show Z True Long Island Story. Ryder would get rewarded with a push, culminating in a US Title victory in December. Unfortuately for Ryder, the bottom would quickly fall out on his push as he would become a mere pawn in the crappy Cena/Kane feud leading to Kane "injuring" him and causing him to lose his title to Jack Swagger. As a result of the injury angle he couldn't compete in the Rumble match. With them being so desperate for guys in the Rumble that year due to the large amount of legit injuries to their roster I have no clue why they felt it was so necessary to do this injury angle, especially with a popular babyface. He was in the Rumble in 2013, getting RKOed and tossed by Orton after 2:34. He was in again this year in a comeback match after being out for a few months due to injury. He was tossed by Bray Wyatt in just a little over 30 seconds.
243. Scotty 2 Hotty Scott was in the Rumbles from 2000 through 2002 as well as 2005. In 2000 did his dance number with his Too Cool buddies before Rikishi clotheslined him and Grandmaster Sexay then eliminated them. In 2001 he had the bad luck of coming in when just the Undertaker and Kane were in the ring. He was eliminated in under a minute after taking a double chokelslam. In 02 he was eliminated by DDP as he was attempting to do the worm on Christian. In 05 he never even made it to the ring as he was attacked in the aisle by the already eliminated Muhammad Hassan who put him in the camel clutch. His total ring time is 4:24.
242. Steven Dunn The other half of the Well Dunn. Dunn was in for 4:29 before getting eliminated by Aldo Montoya.
241. Christopher Nowinski Nowinski was in the 03 Rumble. He spent a lot of time on the outside as he just watched Jericho beat the crap of HBK. He would eventually get in and lasted 4:37 before Mysterio eliminated him. Mysterio used a headscissors to eliminate him. Yeah, shocker I know. During his time in Nowinski was hit with a botched dropkick by Edge and suffered one of many concussions that would lead to his premature retirement later in the year.
240. Sgt. Slaughter Sarge only competed in one Rumble in his long career. It was the 92 Rumble for the vacant WWF title. Slaughter had the sickest elimination of the night as he went out after a hard irish whip into the corner from Sid Justice after 4:37.
239. Lance Storm Storm was in the 02 Rumble. He was in 4:46 before being eliminated by Al Snow after a battle on the apron.
238. Erick Rowan Rowan was in the 2014 Royal Rumble as part of the Wyatt Family. He was in for 4:47 before getting clotheslined out by Batista. This year he attacked Curtis Axel during his entrance and ran to the ring to fight his former Wyatt Family partners, Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt. Rowan was denied entry into the match due to getting fired by Authority along with all the other memebers of John Cena's Survivor Series team, and then losing a qualifying match to Harper when he was rehired. Rowan and Harper were both dumped by Wyatt although Rowan was not officially counted as an active member in the match which is weird, as other guys who have attacked guys to take their spot (Mabel in 99, Foley in 04 etc.) were still counted as legal participants.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 28, 2015 21:09:34 GMT -5
5 points
237. The Brian Kendrick Kendrick was in the 09 Rumble. He would immeadiately eliminate Kofi Kingston by pushing him as he was on the second rope. He would then do his stupid dance and was tossed by Triple H in 15 seconds.
236. Ricardo Rodriguez With Alberto Del Rio out with a groin injury, his personal ring announcer Ricardo would step up to the plate and enter the 2012 Rumble. Coming down in a crappy beat up car, Ricardo would suprisingly eliminate Justin Gabriel in an assist with Mick Foley before getting tossed by Santino after 2:19.
235. The Great Kabuki Kabuki was in the 94 Rumble in a one shot deat. He was one Mr. Fuji's hired guns to take out Lex Luger. Kabuki would help in the group elimination of Mabel but was then tossed by Luger after 2:46.
234. Darren Young Competed in the 2013 Rumble as part of the Prime Time Players tag team with Titus O'Neil. Darren helped in the group elimination of Brodus Clay before getting lowbridged out by Kofi after 2:51.
233. Skinner Skinner was in the 92 and 93 Rumbles. In 92 he was duped and eliminated by Rick Martel. In 93 he would actually survive getting eliminated by Mr. Perfect by skinning the cat but Perfect then dropkicked him and eliminated him anyway when he got back in. His total time for two rumbles is 5:18.
232. Sabu Sabu was in the 07 Rumble. He was eliminated in 5:27 by Kane who chokeslammed him through a table, that Sabu had set up during his entrance, from the apron.
231. Tom Pritchard Pritchard was in the 95 Rumble as a member of the Heavenly Bodies. He was eliminated in 5:30 by Shawn Michaels.
230. Dan "the Beast" Severn Severn was in the 99 Rumble. He spent the majority of his 5:43 fighting Steve Blackman before both him and Blackman were eliminated by Mabel.
229. B. Brian Blair Blair was in the first Rumble in 1988 as a member of the Killer Bees. Blair was in for 5:50 before getting eliminated by the One Man Gang.
6 points
228. Kharma Kharma became the third woman to enter a Royal Rumble, when she took part in the 2012 match. She was quite impressive in her short time in as she hit a implant buster on Dolph Ziggler and eliminated Hunico before Ziggler dumped her out from behind after 1 minute exactly.
227. El Torito Los Matadores mascot was in the 2014 Rumble as a lame comedy entrant. He actually managed to eliminate Fandango with a springboard dropkick before Roman Reigns press slammed him out of the ring onto Fandango.
226. Beth Phoenix Phoenix became the second woman to be in a Royal Rumble when entered the 2010 match. She would actually eliminate the Great Khali by kissing him and then easing him over the top. She would then attempt to eliminate CM Punk as well but Punk would hit her with the GTS before eliminating her after 1:37.
225. "Double J" Jeff Jarrett Jarrett might be the biggest underachiever when it comes to performances in Rumbles. Despite being a good wrestler who was always pushed decently, all three of the Rumbles he was in were short stays. He was pretty new to the federation when he made his Rumble debut in 94. You would think since that since he was such a new act that they had built up for weeks with vignettes, that they would give him a good showing to put him over. Instead he was eliminated by Randy Savage in just 1:19. Jarrett wouldn't appear in another Rumble until 1998. For some reason him and his manager at the time Jim Cornette attacked Owen Hart when he was making his entrance. This would prove to be a mistake as Owen, who had been taken to the back, would return the favor on Jarrett before tossing him out in just 1:05. Jarrett would have another short outing in the 99 Rumble, getting eliminated by Triple H in 3:39.
224. Yoshi Tatsu Tatsu was in the 2010 and 2011 Rumbles. In 010 he was eliminated in only 29 seconds by Cena. He did much better in 011, going 5:35 before getting clotheslined out by Mark Henry.
223. Flash Funk Funk was in the 97 Rumble. He had pretty cool elimination as Vader caught him then tossed him over his head with Funk clearing the top rope and plummeting all the way down to the floor without even touching the apron or anything to break his fall.
222. Doink the Clown Doink was in the 94 and 95 Rumbles. In 94 he was eliminated by Bam Bam Bigelow, his rival at the time, after a press slam to the floor in which it looked like he hurt his knee on the landing. In 95 he was eliminated by Kwang after a superkick as he was on the apron after 4:50.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 29, 2015 14:08:10 GMT -5
7 points
221. Justin Gabriel Gabriel was in the 2011 and 2012 Rumbles. In 011 he was eliminated by Danial Bryan in just 58 seconds after missing a 450 splash. In 012 he lasted 6:12 before getting eliminated by the unlikely combination of Mick Foley and Ricardo Rodriguez.
220. Titus O'Neil Titus competed in 2013 and 2015 Rumbles. He was eliminated by Sheamus after 7:30 in 2013. In 2015 he was eliminated by Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose in 4 seconds. He was supposed to actually tie Santino's record and go out in one second but botched going over the top on the initial double clothesline.
219. Tugboat/Typhoon Competed in the 91 and 93 Rumbles. In 91 as Tugboat he drew #30. Suprisingly he would go after his friend Hulk Hogan and nearly eliminated him. The Hulkster however would land on the apron then come back in and eliminate Tugboat after a little over 2 and a half minutes. In 93 he was Typhoon and was teaming with Earthquake as the Natural Disasters. The two partners would end up going at it with Typhoon once again getting the short end as Quake eliminated him after a little over 5 minutes after Typhoon missed a charge in the corner.
218. Jimmy Uso Jimmy was in the 2014 Rumble along with his brother Jey. Jimmy was in for 7:46 before stupidly climbing the top rope and getting ensiguried by Seth Rollins, then pushed off and eliminated by Dean Ambrose.
217. Perry Saturn Saturn was in the 01 and 02 Rumbles. In 01 he was eliminated by Kane while in 02 he was eliminated by Stone Cold. His total time for two Rumbles is 7:59.
8 points
216. King Kong Bundy Bundy was in the 95 Rumble. He scored one of the quickest eliminations in the history of the match when he backdropped Mo of Men on a Mission out in just 4 seconds. He would then get in a big man showdown with Mo's partner, the 500 pound Mabel. Mabel would get the better of the exchange, eliminating Bundy in 3 minutes even.
215. Headshrinker Samu Samu was in the 93 and 94 Rumbles. In 93 he was grabbed by the throat by the Undertaker who then threw the Headshrinker out in a nice elimination. In 94 he was double teamed by the Steiners and was eventually eliminated. His total time his 8:02.
214. Mark Jindrak Jindrak was in the 05 Rumble as one of Kurt Angle's goons along with Luther Reigns. Jindrak did alright lasting 8:15 before Kane threw him out.
213. Grandmaster Sexay Grandmaster was in the 2000 and 2001 Rumbles. In 2000 he lasted 7:42 before getting eliminated by his fellow member of Too Cool, Rikishi. In 2001 he only lasted 1:03 before Kane eliminated him by hitting him in the head with a trash can.
212. Mantaur Considered by most as one of the worst characters ever in wrestling, Mantaur competed in the 95 Rumble. He lasted 8:51 which isn't bad at all when you take into account that the match only lasted about a half hour that year.
211. Raven Raven was in the 01 Rumble. He went a decent 8:51 before Kane tossed him out.
210. The Hurricane/Gregory Helms The Hurricane pretty much sucked at Rumbles. His first 3 Rumbles (02, 04, 05) were all short stays with his best time being just 1:04 in 05. In 02 he tried to double chokeslam Stone Cold and Triple H in a funny spot. He ended up getting tossed by the both of them in just 39 seconds. In 04 he was tossed in about 20 seconds by Matt Morgan and looked to nearly tear his ACL in the process. In 05 he was eliminated by Eddie Guerrero. In 07, as just Gregory Helms, he had his best showing going 6:50 before being eliminated by King Booker.
9 points
209. Bobby Lashley "The Great" Bobby Lashley made his only Rumble appearance in 06. He only lasted a little over 4 minutes but was pretty impressive in his short stay. He eliminated Sylvan and got a lot of offense in on both Kane and the Big Show, including an impressive dominator on Kane. Eventaully though the two giants would get him with a double chokeslam before tossing him.
208. Chainz Chainz of the DOA (Disciples of Appocalypse) was in the 98 Rumble. He lasted 4:56 and eliminated Goldust. He also had a cool elimination as Austin backdropped him out from one of the corners of the ring and he hit the steps face first on the way down.
207. Kevin Thorn Thorn was in the 07 Rumble. He was in for 6:15 and took part in the group elimination of Viscera before getting eliminated by Benoit.
206. Bart Gunn Gunn was in the 94, 95, and 97 Rumbles. He really didn't do much of note in any of them. In 94 he was eliminated by Diesel. In 95 he went at it a bit with his partner and "brother" Billy before both were eliminated by Crush. In 97 he was clotheslined out by Austin. His total time is 9:15.
205. Tajiri Tajiri was in the 03 and 04 Rumbles. In 03 he was eliminated by Jericho after attempting to put him in the tarantula. In 04 actually managed to apply it on Mark Henry but Rhyno the hit Henry with the gore which broke it loose and caused Tajiri to fall to the floor. His total time is 9:20
204. Duke "the Dumpster" Drosse Another Wrestlecrap inductee, Duke was in the 95 and 96 Rumbles. He did alright in 95, going for 8:13. 96 wasn't as good. Earlier in the night he won the right to be #30 after getting a fluke DQ win over Hunter Hearst Helmsley. His great position wouldn't help him much as he was eliminated in just 1:10 by Diesel and Kama.
203. Tommy Dreamer Dreamer was in the 03, 07 and 08 Rumbles. He didn't last too long in any of them. In 03 he brought with him a bunch of weapons that ended up being used against him, as Jericho and Christian hit him with a conchairto with trashcan lids before tossing him. In 07 he was eliminated by Kane. In 08 he was eliminated by Batista. His total time is 9:37.
202. Hunico/Sin Cara II Competed in the 2011 Rumble. Hunico did alright, lasting a solid 9 minutes exactly before getting launched out of the ring by Kharma. This year as Sin Cara he was tossed by Bray Wyatt in under a minute.
201. Hornswoggle Hornswoggle was in 2008 and 2011 Rumbles. At least in 08 he part an angle as his "father" Mr. McMahon put him in the match as a act of "tough love". Hornswoggle would hide under the ring for about 26 minutes, although he did come out briefly to pull out the Miz, before Mark Henry and Big Daddy V eventually got a hold of him. Finlay, who later was revealed to be Hornswoggle's real father, jumped the gun of his entrance to come save him with his shillelagh. Finlay was disqualified as a result and Hornwoggle despite never being eliminated just decided to leave with him. He was in the 2011 Rumble too for god knows what reason. Even more inexplicably he was allowed to stay in longer then most, lasting 9:39 before Sheamus finally eliminated him with a brogue kick as he was on the top rope.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 30, 2015 19:49:54 GMT -5
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200. Hilbilly Jim Hilbilly was in the first Rumble in 88. He eliminated Jim Neidhart and lasted just under 6 minutes before getting dumped by the One Man Gang
199. Luther Reigns Reigns was in the 05 Rumble. He was in for 7:13 and took part in the group elimination of Muhammad Hassan.
198. "The King" Harley Race Race was in the Rumble in 88. He went a little over 10 minutes before getting knocked out by Don Muraco. He would then get into confrontation with his then rival "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan on his way out.
197. Adam Bomb Bomb was in the 94 and 95 Rumbles. Both weren't anything special. In 94, after drawing #30, he was eliminated by Luger. In 95 he was eliminated by future Kronik partner Crush. His total time is 10:15.
196. Rosey Rosey competed in the 03 Rumble as a member of 3 Minute Warning along with his cousin Jamal. Rosey would do alright, going for 10:16 before getting backdropped out by Kane.
195. Fandango Fandango was in the last two Rumbles. In 2014 he was in for 2:45 before getting embarrassingly eliminated by El Torito. This year he was in for 7:36 before getting tossed by Rusev.
194. Pierroth Pierroth was one of the AAA wrestlers in 97 Rumble. He would last 10:32 before getting eliminated by Mil Mascaras.
193. William Regal Regal has only been in three Rumbles in his long career in WWE. He never really did much in any of them. In 01 he surprisingly only lasted 2:01 before getting tossed by Test. He wouldn't be in another until 09 where he was eliminated by CM Punk in 4:32. He was then in the 2011 Rumble and it had looked like he had eliminated John Morrison. However, Morrison would survive by using his awesome parkour spot. The baffled Regal was then dumped from behind by Ted Dibiase after 4:10.
192. Dory Funk Jr. A legend in pro wrestling, Funk was in the 96 Rumble. He was eliminated in 10:53 by Savio Vega after a battle on the apron.
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191. Chyna Chyna was the first woman to be in a Rumble match. She was in the 99 and 2000 Rumbles. In 99 she eliminated Mark Henry but was then clotheslined out by Austin in just 35 seconds. In 2000 she eliminated Jericho, who she was feuding with at the time over the IC title, with a suplex as she was on the apron but then was knocked off the apron and eliminated right after by Big Bossman after 37 seconds.
190. Dick Murdock Murdock was in the 95 Rumble in a one shot deal. He did surprisingly well, as he helped Crush eliminate both the Smoking Gunns while lasting over 5 minutes.
189. Ahmed Johnson Ahmed was in the 97 and 98 Rumbles. In 97 he was still a big deal and was looked as one the companys top future stars. That year he eliminated the Fake Razor Ramon before eliminating himself after 3:02 to go after Faarooq, his rival, who he had spotted in the aisle. By 98 injuries had really put a big damper on Ahmed's career. He would show up for the 98 Rumble looking in pretty rough shape. The poor guy was in such poor shape that he had a tough time just getting into the ring. He would get eliminated by Mark Henry and D'Lo Brown after just 3:18. This would end up being one of his final appearances for the company as he left shortly after, wrestling his last match for them at the February No Way Out of Texas ppv.
188. Tully Blanchard Blanchard was in the 89 Rumble as one Bobby Heenan's Brain Busters along with Arn Anderson. The Busters would team up to dump Marty Jannetty but then were then both taken out by a double clothesline from Hulk Hogan.
187. Jey Uso Jey competed in the 2012 and 2014 Rumbles. His inclusion in 2012 was kind of surprising as the Usos were used pretty sparingly and were very low on the card back then. Even more surprising was the fact that he actually hung around awhile, getting tossed by Orton after 7:03, which was more then most that year. The Usos were getting pushed much more by the 2014 Rumble, as both of them were included in the match. Jey was in for 4:21 before getting double teamed by the Wyatt Family and eliminated by a big boot from Luke Harper.
186. The Warlord Warlord just flat out sucked at Royal Rumbles. There's really no generous way to put it. Despite being a big guy that was always pushed decently he almost always did poorly in the match. In 1989 he would set the shortest time in the ring record that would stand for 20 years, when he was clotheslined out by Hulk Hogan in 2 seconds. 1990 actually wasn't too bad as he went a decent 8:16 but 91 and 92 were crappy showings too. Despite getting excellent draws in both, 29 and 30 respectively, he only lasted under 2 minutes in both. In both he was eliminated by Hogan again, although in 92 it was in a double team effort with Sid Justice.
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185. Carlos Colon Colon was in the 93 Rumble in a one shot deal. Gorilla Monsoon called him a youngster despite the fact he was well into his 40's at the time. He lasted 7:25 and eliminated Damien Damento before becoming one of Yokozuna's many victims.
184. Road Warrior Animal Animal made his Rumble debut in 91 as one half the legendary Legion of Doom with his partner Hawk. Animal teamed with Hawk to double clothesline the Undertaker out before getting backdropped out by Earthquake after 6:39. Animal wouldn't make another Rumble appearance until 06 where he was eliminated by RVD after 2:49.
183. Diamond Dallas Page DDP was in the 02 Rumble. At the time they were trying to push him as a face with a positive speaker gimmick after his heel run where he was feuding with Undertaker, due to the fact he was stalking Undertaker's wife, flopped. DDP eliminated Scotty 2 Hotty and lasted a little over 5 minutes before being backdropped out by Christian off camera. He was in this years Rumble as a surprise and hit everyone in the ring with Diamond Cutters before the next entrant, Rusev, tossed him out after 2:28
182. Super Crazy Super Crazy was in the 06 and 07 Rumbles. In 06 he was in for 7:40. His elimination was missed completely by the camera crew. In 07 he was in for 4:32 before Rated RKO got rid of him.
181. Damien Damento Damento had a suprisingly half way decent run in the 93 Rumble, lasting 12:27.
180. Droz Droz was in the 99 Rumble, lasting a solid 12:30.
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179. Terry Taylor/The Red Rooster One of the more underrated talents that's been in wrestling, Taylor just never recovered after he was given the horrible Red Rooster gimmick. As the Rooster he was in the the 89 Rumble and lasted a solid 11:17 although he spent almost all of it getting his ass kicked by everybody. The Rooster would be back for the 90 Rumble as an alternate for the "The Widowmaker" Barry Windham who left the federation. Rooster would only last 1:58, with the majority of it spent getting beat up by Andre the Giant who easily tossed him out. After spending the next couple of years in WCW he would return to the WWF in late 92 as "Terrific" Terry Taylor. Taylor was in the 93 Rumble but only lasted 24 seconds when both him and Koko B. Ware were dumped out by Ted Dibiase as they were fighting on the ropes.
178. Trevor Murdoch Murdoch was in the 06 Rumble. He was in for a solid 13:41 before HBK eliminated him.
177. Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake The Barber lasted a solid 13:56 in his only Rumble appearance in 1989.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Jan 31, 2015 18:41:16 GMT -5
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176. Mason Ryan Welsh Batista was in the 2011 Rumble as a member of the New Nexus. He eliminated the Great Khali and the returning Booker T before Cena lowbridged him out after 4:32.
175. Bubba Ray Dudley Bubba made his first Rumble appearance this year as a surprise entrant, as he never participated in one during his entire run in the 2000's due to the Dudley Boyz always being in other matches from 2000 through 2004. Bubba eliminated both Miz and R-Truth before getting double teamed by Luke Harper and Bray Wyatt, with the latter tossing him after 4:44
174. "Ravishing" Rick Rude Rude made his only Rumble appearance in 1990. He would jump the gun of his entrance to help the Barbarian beat down Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior. While Rude and Barbarian were attempting to dump Warrior, Hogan would come barging in with double clothsiline on the two which caused Warrior to fall out and get eliminated. Later on Rude would clothesline Hercules out after Herc had been knocked off balance by a Mr. Perfect dropkick. That left just Rude, Perfect, and Hogan. Rude and Perfect would double team Hogan but it would end up backfiring as Rude would accidently hit Perfect and knocked him to the apron. Then after Hogan irish whipped Rude into the ropes, Perfect pulled the rope down trying to get back into the ring which caused Rude to spill out after 6:29.
173. Road Warrior Hawk Hawk was in the 91 Rumble. He eliminated Jimmy Snuka and teamed with Animal to double clothesline the Undertaker out but then was knocked out immeadiately after by Rick Martel and Hercules after 6:37
172. "The Birdman" Koko B. Ware Koko was in the 89, 90 and 93 Rumbles. 89 and 90 sucked but 93 was decent. He was in for 8:31 and helped in the elimination of Mr. Perfect before Dibiase dumped him and Terry Taylor out as they were fighting by the ropes.
171. Paul Roma Roma was in the 91 Rumble as part of the Power and Glory tag team with Hercules. He would stay for 14:05 before foolishly lunging at Jake "the Snake" Roberts with a high crossbody. The Snake would just casually duck and Roma went sailing over the tope rope.
170. JTG JTG was in the 09, 010, and 011 Rumbles. In 09 he got in by beating Cryme Tyme partner Shad Gaspard in a coin toss thanks to double headed coin. I don't know why they couldn't just have both of them in as Cryme Tyme was pretty over at the time but whatever. JTG would hang in longer then most would think going just shy of 12 minutes before the Undertaker tossed him. He would once again get the nod over Gaspard to represent Cryme Tyme for the 010 Rumble. He wouldn't have as much luck this time around as Punk got rid of him in just 25 seconds. In 011 he was dropkicked out by McGillicutty in under 2 minutes.
169. Jonathan Coachman Despite never being a full time wrestler, Coach was in two Royal Rumbles. In 05 he acutally managed to last 13:48 by hiding and holding onto the bottom rope for dear life, which actually isn't bad strategy. 06 wouldn't be as good as Big Show got rid of him in 30 seconds.
168. Sam Houston Another guy finishing surprisingly high on the countdown. Houston was in the 88 Rumble and went a surprising 14:39 before getting eliminated in a nasty fall off the shoulders of Ron Bass.
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167. Skull/Eli Blue As Eli Blue he went for 10 minutes exactly in 95 and eliminated Sionne (The Barbarian) but ended up taking himself out in the process. He was scheduled to be in the 98 Rumble as Skull of the DOA but ended up not making it due to getting attacked by Los Boriquas who mistook him for Stone Cold.
166. "Jumpin" Jim Brunzell Brunzell was in the 88 Rumble. He lasted 12:05 and helped Jake Roberts eliminate Boris Zhukov.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 1, 2015 13:59:37 GMT -5
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165. MVP MVP was in the 07, 09 and 010 Rumbles. In 07 he was one of few to survive the onslaught of the Great Khali and was among the final 5 men in the ring before Undertaker took him out after 7:31. 09 wasn't anything special as Kozlov eliminated him in 4:02. In 010 he was attacked on his way to the ring by The Miz and had to be taken to the back. He would later return and eliminate Miz as well as himself in only 8 seconds.
164. Ezekiel Jackson Big Zeke was in the 2011 and 2012 Rumbles. In 011 he would immeadiately make an impact by single handedly eliminating the Big Show. He would go on to last 7:14 before getting eliminated by Kane in the finals. 012 wasn't anything special as Khali tossed him after 3:46.
163. Maven Maven was in the 02 and 03 Rumbles. In 02 he scored one of the biggest upsets in the historiy of the Rumble when he eliminated The Undertaker with a dropkick to the back as Taker was fighting off the already eliminated Hardy Boyz. Maven would end up paying badly for it though as Undertkaker proceeded to beat him up all over the arena and ended up leaving him unable to compete. In 03 he would try to eliminate Undertaker again with the same dropkick from behind. This time though Taker would hang on and then chokeslam Maven before tossing him after 8:19.
162. "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters Masters made his Rumble debut in 2006. At the time he was getting a pretty big push and had formed a bit of an alliance with Carlito. Masters and Carlito would team up to dump Viscera but then Carlito would "accidentally" eliminate Masters immeadiately after. Masters would be back for the 07 Rumble but was eliminated in just 3:32 by Rob Van Dam. This would be his last Rumble for a few years as he was released later in the year. He would return in 2009 and participated in the 2010 Rumble but now as a face. He would get eliminated in just 29 seconds after stupidly trying to put the masterlock on Big Show who easily tossed him out. In the 2011 Rumble he was eliminated in just under 2 minutes by CM Punk.
161. Eugene Eugene was in the 06 Rumble. He surprisingly lasted for over 16 minutes before Benoit eliminated him.
160. Headbanger Mosh Mosh was in the 98 and 2000 Rumbles. In 98 he was in for 13:09 before getting eliminated by Kurrgan. In 2000 he was eliminated by Rikishi in 3:37. He was scheduled for the 99 Rumble too but was beat up backstage by Mabel who took his spot.
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159. Goldberg Goldberg made his lone Rumble appearance in 2004. He earned the #30 spot that year by winning a mini battle royal on a Raw leading up to the show. Goldberg would come in like a house of fire, eliminating Charlie Haas, Billy Gunn, and Nunzio. He was then preparing to give Big Show the jackhammer before Brock Lesnar, who wasn't even in the match, ran in and gave him a F5. When Goldberg got up he was eliminated by Kurt Angle in just 2:07.
158. Mil Mascaras The Mexican legend was in the 97 Rumble in a one shot deal. He would eliminate Cibernetico and Pierroth before eliminating himself with a dive off the top to outside on them because he apparently didn't know the rules though after reading Mick Foley's book it was probably because he was such a ego maniac that he wouldn't let anyone throw him out.
157. Rene Dupree Dupree was in the 04 and 05 Rumbles. In 04 he eliminated Matt Hardy in a upset then did his french tickler dance and was superkicked out by Rikishi in just 33 seconds. He was in much longer for 05, lasting 11:32 before he decided to do his dance again and was tossed out by Jericho.
156. Matt Morgan Morgan wasn't in the WWE for too long but he did get a spot in the 2004 Rumble. He seemed to be pretty green at the time as he looked to be pretty lost and unsure of what to do next in his time in. Nontheless he would fare pretty well, eliminating the Hurricane before straddling himself on the top rope on a missed big boot which left him easy prey for Benoit to dump out after 12:14.
155. Nikolai Volkoff Nikolai was in the first Rumble in 88. He was in for 11+ minutes and eliminated Jim Brunzell. He also was in the 92 Rumble for the vacant WWF Title as an alternate for the "injured" Marty Jannetty. Volkoff would get eliminated by Repo Man in just a little over a minute.
154. Ken Shamrock The World's Most Dangerous Man was in the 98 and 99 Rumbles. In 98 he had been screwed over by The Rock in the two's IC title match earlier in the night. He would return for the Rumble match and led the charge in the group elimination of Kurrgan before Rock would get the better of again by low blowing him and tossing him. In 99 he was eliminated by Stone Cold. His total time for two Rumbles is a disappointing 14:05.
153. "The Lethal Weapon" Steve Blackman Blackman competed in the Rumble match from 98 through 01. He didn't really do much in any of them. His total time is 17:25.
152. Crash Holly Crash was in the 2000 and 2001 Rumbles. In 2000 he was surprisingly in for nearly 15 minutes before Rock DDTed him and tossed him. 2001 wasn't as good as the Brother of Destruction would team up not long after he entered.
151. Big E. Langston Big E. was in the last two Rumbles. 2014 was a disappointing showing. Even though he was getting a good push at the time as Intercontinental Champion, he was eliminated by Sheamus in just 2:41 after drawing #29. He had one of the longer stays this year, lasting for close to 15 minutes before getting kicked out by Rusev.
150. "Dangerous" Danny Davis The corrupt former referee was in the 88 Rumble. He would suprisingly last for nearly 18 minutes although Vince McMahon on commentary stated that the other guys probaly just kept him in to beat him up some more. He was eliminated by eventual winner "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan after a 3 point stance clothesline in a nice elimination.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 2, 2015 18:14:54 GMT -5
149. Vladamir Kozlov-18 points The Moscow Mauler was in the 09 and 011 Rumbles. In 09 he was in the midst of his monster heel push on Smackdown where he was undefeated for almost a year. Kozlov would single handedly eliminate the Great Khali before taking out MVP and Carlito as well. His dominance would be short lived though as Triple H came in next and tossed him without too much trouble after stunning him with a facebuster after 2:40. In 011 he was in a comedy face role, a big difference from his serious heel character from a couple years before. Unfortunately for Kozlov he would enter with just the Nexus in the ring and was beat down and eliminated in just 40 seconds.
148. Mr. Kennedy-18 points Kennedy made his lone Rumble appearance in 2008. In the most shocking elimination of the night, he eliminated Shawn Michaels just a few seconds after Michaels had eliminated the Undertaker. Later on Kennedy would end up on the receiving end of Umaga's samoan spike. He never really recoverd from this and ended up getting eliminated by Batista after 13:32.
147. Damien Sandow-18 points Sandow has been in the last three Rumbles. 2013 was a solid showing, as he was in for 16:26 before getting clotheslined out by Ryback in the finals. In 2014 he was the first man eliminated after getting backdropped out by CM Punk in 2:08 This year as the Miz's stunt double, Damien Mizdow, he was only in for 18 seconds before getting tossed by Rusev.
146. Arn Anderson-19 points The Enforcer was in the 89 Rumble as a member of the Brainbusters with Tully Blanchard. Arn assisted in the eliminations of Shawn Michaels, Marty Jannetty, and Tito Santana before both him Blanchard were eliminated by Hulk Hogan after Anderson had been in for 10 minutes exactly.
145. Rhyno-19 points The Man Beast was in the 2004 Rumble. He eliminated Tajiri before Benoit backdropped him out after 14 minutes even.
144. The Berzerker-19 points For a guy whose specialty was throwing people over the top rope, the Berzerker didn't really do as much in Rumbles as he should have. He was in the 92 and 93 editions. In 92 he was backdropped out by Hogan in 9 minutes exactly. In 93 he was in for 5:21 and eliminated Virgil (off camera) before Undertaker took him out.
143. Heath Slater-19 points Competed in the 2011 and 2013 Rumbles. In 011 he fell victim to the Cena/Hornwoggle partnership, getting tossed by Cena in under a minute after taking the tadpole splash. He had a suprisingly solid showing in 013 though, assisting in the group elimination of Brodus Clay and lasting for nearly 16 minutes before getting tossed by Cena again.
142. Orlando Jordan-19 points Jordan was in the 05 and 06 Rumbles. He was only in for 3:36 in 05 before Booker T eliminated him. 06 was a better showing as he was in for 16:09 before Orton backdropped him out.
141. Kurrgan-20 points Kurrgan was in the 98 and 99 Rumbles. In 98 he was getting the monster heel push. He eliminated Headbanger Mosh and Steve Blackman before Ken Shamrock entered and knocked him down with a spin kick, which was the first time that the big man had been knocked off his feet. A bunch of people then would gang up him and dump him after 3:38. Like Vladamir Kozlov, after his heel push failed he was turned into a comedy face. In 99 as member of the Oddities he was in for 6:54 before Kane eliminated him.
140. "The Portuguese Man O' War" Aldo Montoya-20 points I was pretty surprised that Aldo finished this high when I was figuring out the ranking. He had a solid showing in the 95 Rumble lasting 13:21 and eliminating Steven Dunn. 96 wasn't nearly as good as he was eliminated by Tatanka in under 2 minutes.
139. "Big Poppa Pump" Scott Steiner-20 points Competed in the 94 and 04 Rumbles. In 94 after drawing #1, he eliminated Samu and was in for 9 minutes even before becoming one of Diesel's victims. The Steiners would leave the federation a couple months later to return to WCW where Scott woiuld eventually develop his Big Poppa Pump persona. After the buyout of WCW Scott would eventually return to the WWE in late 02 and would have his infamous match with Triple H in the 2003 Royal Rumble. Steiner would be in the actual Rumble match for 2004 though. Steiner really didn't too much in what ended up being his last appearance for the company. He was in for 6:49 before getting eliminated by long time nemesis Booker T.
138. Snitsky-21 points Snitsky was in the 05 and 08 Rumbles. In 05 he brutally eliminated Paul London before Batista clotheslined him out after 3:38. In 08 he was eliminated by Undertaker after 12:26.
137. Santino Marella-20 points Accomplishments: 2011 Runner-up Santino was in the 08, 09, 011, 012, and 013 Rumbles. In 08 he entered at #3 with the Undertaker and Shawn Michaels in the ring. He was nailed by Michaels sweet chin music and then was tossed by Taker after just 25 seconds. In 09 he broke the Warlord's 20 year long record as he was eliminated by Kane in 1 second. He was scheduled for the Rumble yet again for 2010 but was pulled less then a week before due to an injury angle on the Raw before the ppv where he was roughed up by Jack Swagger, who Santino was in a mini feud with at the time due to him embarrassing Swagger by beating him in his own All American American over the top rope challenge. I really don't know what the reasoning for this was although I guess it could have been done to make room for the returning Edge. Santino would make it to the 2011 Rumble and shockingly would finish runner up. He's credited with a time of 12:54 although he spent almost all of it, with the exception of about a minute or so, knocked out outside the ring after getting hit with a Sheamus brogue kick which knocked him under the bottom rope. After Alberto Del Rio had seemingly won the match, Santino would reappear and strike Del Rio with the cobra. He would spend too much time celebrating though before his attempt to eliminate him which allowed Del Rio to turn the tables on him and dump him out to win the match for real. In 2012 Santino lasted 2:31 and actually eliminated someone, as he tossed out Ricardo Rodriguez. He fell back to earth in 013 as he was eliminated first by Cody Rhodes in just 40 seconds.
136. Drew McIntyre-22 points The chosen one was in the 2010, 2011, and 2013 Rumbles. In 2010 he was one of the few non main eventers that was allowed stay a while, going 14+ minutes before getting double teamed out by D-X. 2011 wasn't anything special as Big Show dumped him out in under 5 minutes. In 2013 as a member of 3MB, he was in for 2:50 before getting dropkicked out by Jericho.
135. Mo-22 points Mo was in the 94 and 95 Rumbles. He did surprisingly well in 94, lasting for over 22 minutes. In 95 he was eliminated by King Kong Bundy in only 4 seconds.
134. Jerry Sags-22 points Sags was in the 92 and 93 Rumbles. Despite his Nasty Boy partner Brian Knobbs being in the Rumble, Saggs was left out for some reason in 91. He wrestled in the dark match that year instead. In 92 it was Knobbs who was left out due to injury with Sags competing. Sags would only last a little over a minute before Bulldog eliminated him with a dropkick as he was standing on the apron. 93 was a good showing as he lasted nearly 22 minutes before getting knocked out by a Owen Hart dropkick.
133. Dino Bravo-23 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1988) Bravo was in the 88, 90, and 91 Rumbles. In 88 he teamed with the One Man Gang to eliminate the Ultimate Warrior and Don Muraco and was among the final 3 before Gang accidentally eliminated him with a clothesline. In 90 he was in for a little over 6 minutes before Warrior backdropped him out. In 91 he was in for just a little over 3 minutes before getting dumped by former partner Greg Valentine.
132. Marty Jannetty-23 points Jannetty was in a handful of Rumble matches during his career. He made his Rumble debut in 89 as a member of the Rockers with Shawn Michaels. This was his best showing of his Rumble appearances as was in for 7:52 and teamed with Michaels to eliminate Ron Bass. 90 sucked as he was eliminated by Dibiase in under 2 minutes. Jannetty was scheduled for 92 Rumble for the vacant WWF Title. He would end up not making it though as a couple of weeks before the event he would have a bad falling out with Michaels who turned on him and attacked him. Jannetty would suffer a numerous amount of injuries because of this attack and as a result was unable to compete. Jannetty was released shortly after due a altercation he was involved in at a nightclub but was rehired in the fall of that year. He would resume his feud with Michaels who had by that point won the IC Title. The two former partners would face each other at the 93 Rumble for the title with Michaels coming out victorious. Jannetty would be part of the Rumble match for 94 and he would immediately go after Michaels as soon as he hit the ring. Michaels however would once again get the better of him, dumping him after 8:18. He was fired again shortly after but returned in late 95, just in time for the 96 Rumble. He would go at it with Michaels again before Bulldog eliminated him in just 2:35.
131. Marc Mero-23 points Mero was in the 97 and 98 Rumbles. In 97 as the "Wildman" he was in for just 3:53 before both him and Owen Hart were dumped by Stone Cold as they were tussling in the corner. In 98 as "Marvelous" Marc he was in for nearly 20 minutes before becoming Stone Cold's first victim.
130. Chuck Palumbo-24 points Palumbo was in the 02 and 08 Rumbles. In 02 was in for over 9 minutes and teamed with Christian to eliminate Albert and the Godfather before Austin eliminated him. In 08 he was doing a biker gimmick and was feuding with Jamie Noble. He eliminated Noble but then was out manuevered and put out by CM Punk in 4 minutes.
129. David Otunga-25 points Otunga was in the Rumble from 011 through 013. In 011 he was a member of New Nexus. He was in for 11+ minutes and assisted his teamates in eliminating John Morrison and Mark Henry before Cena eliminated him along with everybody else in the group. In 2012 he only lasted a little over 3 minutes before Jericho easily tossed him out. In 013 he was brogue kicked out by Sheamus in 4:24.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 3, 2015 14:17:50 GMT -5
128. Brian Knobbs-26 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1991) Knobbs was in the 91 and 93 Rumbles. He was supposed to be in 92 too but missed it due to injury. In 91 he was a substitute for the Honky Tonk Man who had left the company just prior to the show. Knobbs would have a good showing as he eliminated Shane Douglas and Hercules and also helpled Earthquake eliminate British Bulldog. He was among the final 3 with Quake and Hulk Hogan. Knobbs and Quake, both managed by Jimmy Hart, double teamed Hogan until Hogan Hulked Up and knocked Knobbs out of the ring with a big boot in a nicely done elimination. In 93 he was in for only a little under 3 minutes before Dibiase lowbridged him out.
127. Bo Dallas-26 points Bo was the surprise showing of the 2013 Rumble. Qualifying by winning a eight man NXT tournament the day before the PPV at the Royal Rumble fanfest, Dallas lasted for over 21 minutes and scored an upset elimination of Wade Barrett. Unfortunately for Dallas, Barrett would then pull him out from the outside and then knock him out with the bull hammer elbow. This would lead to a very short lived feud that was quickly dropped due to Dallas clearly not being ready, as he was sent back down to NXT after not even a month on the main roster.
126. Gangrel-26 points Gangrel was in the 99 and 2000 Rumbles. In 99 he was eliminated by Road Dogg in just 26 seconds. In 2000 though he had one of the longer times, lasting for over 23 minutes. He also took part in the group elimination of Rikishi.
125. Shane Douglas-26 points Douglas was the surprise showing of the 91 Rumble as he lasted for an impressive 26+ minutes. It seemed like they had some plans for him as Piper and Monsoon put him over a lot on commentary but nothing really ever came of it and he was out of the company by the summer.
124. Bad News Brown-27 points Bad News competed in the 89 and 90 Rumbles. A street fighter from Harlem with a loner attitude, Bad News was tailor made for the Royal Rumble. 89 was a good showing for him as he was in for over 16 minutes and eliminated Bushwhacker Butch. 90 wasn't as good as Piper backdropped him out after a little over 6 minutes. Bad News would then pull Piper out from the outside to eliminate him with the two then brawling to the back. This kickstarted the two's lame feud that ended with a double countout at Wrestlemania that year.
123. "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes-28 points Dusty made his lone Rumble appearance in 90. He had one of the stronger performances in that match eliminating rival Randy Savage in a mild upset, as well as Bret Hart before Earthquake eliminated him after 18+ minutes.
122. Headbanger Thrasher-28 points Thrasher was in the 98 Rumble. He was one of many lower card wrestlers (Bradshaw, 8-Ball, Phinneas Godwinn etc.) that lasted a long time for some reason that year. He was in for over 28 minutes before Austin eliminated him. He was scheduled for the 2000 Rumble but was replaced by Bob Backlund. I don't know if he was legitamately injured or if they just wanted Backlund in there instead. They did a segment on the Sunday Night Heat countdown show to write him out of the match as the Headbangers were attacked by Kaientai and the Mean Street Posse when they were drawing their numbers. Mosh would end up making the match, Thrasher wasn't as lucky.
121. Curtis Axel/Michael McGillicutty-29 points As McGillicutty he had a good showing in the 2011 Rumble. He eliminated JTG and also helped his Nexus teammates eliminate Ted Dibiase, John Morrison, and Mark Henry. He was in for over 15 minutes before Cena took both him and David Otunga out with a double clothesline. He was in this years Rumble as Curtis Axel but never even made it to the ring as Erick Rowan attacked from behind during his entrance, leaving him unable to compete.
120. Luke Harper-29 points Harper was in the last two Rumbles. 2014 was a good showing as he eliminated the Miz and Jey Uso and was in for 15:02 before getting eliminated by Roman Reigns. This year wasn't anything special as he was in for just a little over four minutes before both him and former Wyatt Family partner Erick Rowan, who wasn't officially in the match, were both dumped by former leader Bray Wyatt.
119. Chavo Guerrero-29 points Chavo was in the 03, 06, 07, 08, and 011 Rumbles. 08 was his best showing as he went for 7:33 and eliminated rival CM Punk which was his only elimination in is 5 appearances.
118. X-Pac/1-2-3 Kid-29 points Accomplishments: Final Four (2000) Was in the the 96, 99 and 2000 Rumbles. He was supposed to in 94 too but missed it due to injury. In 96 as 1-2-3 Kid he was in for over 15 minutes before Shawn Michaels press slammed him out. In 99 as X-Pac he was in for 5:44 before Bossman tossed him. In 2000 he was basically given #30 on a silver platter thanks to his association with Triple H and Stephanie McMahon Helmsley who were in charge of the company at the time. X-Pac would get tossed by the Rock and took a nasty bump as he did a flip over the top and landed flat on his back on the floor. Fortuanately for him though the referees were busy trying to break up the New Age Outlaws and Kane who the Outlaws had pulled under the bottom rope after they had been eliminated which allowed him to sneak back in. He would manage to eliminate Kane with a spin kick then did his bronco buster on Big Show. All this would do though was piss the big man off as he then proceeded to press slam X-Pac out to officially eliminate him.
117. Honky Tonk Man-29 points Honky Tonk was in the Rumble in 89 and 90 as well as 98 and 01 in surprise appearances. He was supposed to be in 91 too but left the company shortly before the event. His runs in 89 and 90 weren't anything special as he was only in about 4 minutes in both. Oddly he would have his best run in 98 when he was way past his prime. As an alternate for the injured Triple H, he somehow lasted for nearly 20 minutes before Vader tossed him. In 01 he entered with just Kane in the ring. Honky would then sing his theme song before Kane hit him in the head with his own guitar and tossed him in a little over a minute.
116. Jeff Hardy-30 points Competed in the 01, 02, 03 and 07 Rumbles. 01 was his best showing. He drew #1 that year with his brother Matt "coincidentally" drawing #3. The brothers would team up to eliminate Bull Buchanan and Faarooq before deciding to fight each other. They would then eventually eliminate each other after a fight on the top turnbuckle. Going into 02 the Hardyz were feuding with the Undertaker after Taker had attempted to end both of their careers. They would "coincidentally" draw back to back numbers when Taker was standing tall as the only man in the ring. The Dead Man would fight off their double team attempts and would eliminate both of them. Jeff was only in for 1:30. By the 03 Rumble Jeff had split up with Matt and ended up fighting him for most of his time in the match. After 7:26 he would decide to climb to the top rope like a moron and was promptly pushed off by RVD. This would be his last Rumble for a while as he was let go that spring for drug issues. He would return in late 06 and was immediately pushed as a singles star, winning the IC Title shortly after his comeback. He was in the 07 Rumble but only lasted a disappointing 3:38 before getting dumped by Edge after trying to stop Edge and Orton from eliminating his brother Matt who was then dumped out right after anyways. Despite being in the company for over two years after, this would end up being his last appearance in the match as he was tied up in title matches for 08 and 09.
115. Virgil-30 points The Wrestling Superstar was in the Rumble from 92 through 94. In 92 he was for 7:29 before going out with Jim Duggan in a double elimination spot. In 93 he lasted 17:08 before getting eliminated off camera by the Berzerker. In 94 he was an alternate for Kamala. Virgil would enter with just Diesel in the ring. Virgil would then bust Diesel's lip with a stiff punch to the face, severely pissing him off in the process. Diesel would then give him some really stiff forearms to the face before tossing him out after just 32 seconds.
114. Demolition Ax-30 points Ax was in the 89 and 90 Rumbles. After drawing #1, his partner Smash came out as #2. The two would hold nothing back as the proceeded to beat the crap out of each other for two minutes before deciding to team up against Andre the Giant who came out as #3. Ax would stay in for 14+ minutes before getting backdropped out by Mr. Perfect. 90 was another solid outing as he teamed up with Smash to take Andre out which got a big pop, before Earthquake lifted him out after nearly 13 minutes.
113. Genichiro Tenryu-30 points Competed in the 93 and 94 Rumbles, both one shot deals. In 93 he was eliminated by Undertaker after 13:17. In 94 he was one of Mr. Fuji's hired guns to take out Lex Luger. Tenryu was in for over 17 minutes and was in the last 5 before getting double teamed out by Luger and Bret Hart.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 4, 2015 18:20:00 GMT -5
112. Sid Justice-31 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (1992), 1992 Runner-up Sid made his only Rumble appearance in the 92 edition for the World Title. He really made it count though with six eliminations (two assisted). It was a comeback match for him as he had been out a few months with a torn bicep. Coming in late at #29, Sid would quickly begin to dominate the competion. He eliminated Slaughter, Warlord in a double team effort with Hogan, Piper and Martel at the same time as they were fighting on the ropes, and Savage with some inadvertant help from Ric Flair. It would come down to Sid, Flair, and Hogan. In a shocker Sid would then toss Hogan out. Then Hogan, the number one babyface in the company and supposed nice guy, would throw a fit about it despite being eliminated fair and square. Hogan would grab Sid's arm and distract him long enough for Flair to dump out from behind to win the match. Somehow Sid was turned heel out of this.
111. "The Rock" Don Muraco-31 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1988) The original Rock, Muraco was in the first Rumble in 88. He had one of the stronger performances in the match. He eliminated Harley Race, Bret Hart, and Ron Bass while making to final 4. Muraco would get eliminated by One Man Gang and Dino Bravo when Bravo held him and Gang clotheslined him in what was probaly the only time I've seen that spot work.
110. Bushwhacker Butch-31 points Butch definitely had a lot more success in Rumbles then his partner Luke. He had a surprisingly good showing in the 89 Rumble as he was in for over 18 minutes and helped Tito Santana eliminate the Honky Tonk Man. In 91 he was in for 10:07 before getting tossed by the Undertaker. Bushwhackers wouldn't be in another Rumble until 95. Both had real short stays that year with Butch only lasting 19 seconds.
109. "Outlaw" Ron Bass-32 points Bass was in the 88 and 89 Rumbles. He had one of the stronger showings in 88, going for 10:14 while eliminating Sam Houson and the Junkyard Dog. He would show up for the 89 Rumble with a shaved head thanks to Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake. Bass would last 12:36 before getting knocked out by a double dropkick from the Rockers.
108. Joey Mercury-32 points Mercury was in the 06 Rumble as a member of the MNM tag team with Johnny Nitro. He lasted an impressive 29:14 and helped Nitro eliminate Tatanka while making it to the finals. There MNM would try to double team Shawn Michaels out but it ended up backfiring as both members of the team would get eliminated with Mercury getting knocked out of the ring by Nitro on accident.
107. Mike Knox-32 points "Monstrous" Mike Knox fought in the 09 Rumble. He was in the midst of his epic two month push at the time where he was feuding with Rey Mysterio due to the fact that he kept attacking Rey all the time for no reason. Surprisingly, Knox would last for 32:41 although he really didn't do much of note in his time in before getting dumped in a heap with Mysterio by Big Show.
106. "Texas Tornado" Kerry Von Erich-33 points Competed in the 91 and 92 Rumbles. 91 was a good showing as he was in for 24+ minutes before Undertaker backdropped him out after ducking his Tornado Punch. In 92 he was in for 9:20 before getting eliminated by Ric Flair, the same man he had defeated to win his only World Title (NWA) 8 years earlier.
105. Faarooq-34 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1998) Faarooq was in the 97, 98, 2000, 01 and 02 Rumbles. Other then 98 all of his other runs were crap showings of about a minute or less. In 97 he eliminated Latin Lover but then Ahmed Johnson, who had eliminated himself earlier to go after Faarooq in the aisle, returned and knocked him out of the ring with a giant 2x4. 98 was his best showing by far. That year he eliminated his own Nation of Domination stabemates D'Lo Brown and Mark Henry as well as Dude Love. He would be in the last 3 with Stone Cold and another stablemate of his the Rock. As Faarooq was trying to get Austin out, he would get dumped from behind by Rock. In 2000 he was only in for 18 seconds as he was attacked during his entrance by the Mean Street Posse, who the APA were feuding with for reasons I don't remember or really care about, before getting dumped by Bossman. In 2001 he was double teamed out by the Hardyz in about a minute. In 2002 he was eliminated by Triple H in just 36 seconds.
104. Antonio Cesaro-34 points The Swiss Superman has been in the last three Rumbles. In 2013 he eliminated Daniel Bryan, but kind of had a disappointing showing overall as he was backdropped out by Cena after a modest 7:50. 2014 was a good showing as he was in for close to 17 minutes and made the finals while getting to do the Cesaro Swing a few times. This year wasn't anything special as he entered late and was superkicked out by Dolph Ziggler in just 4:55.
103. 8-Ball/Jacob Blue-34 points Was in the 95 and 98 Rumbles. In 95 as Jacob Blue he was eliminated in just 17 seconds by Shawn Michaels. In 98 though as DOA member 8-Ball, he lasted an impressive 30:43 and helped in the group elimination of Kurrgan.
102. Charlie Haas-36 points Haas was in the Rumble from 03 through 05. In 03 as a member of Team Angle with Shelton Benjamin he was in for 17:17 and helped Benjamin in eliminating Goldust and Booker T before Brock Lesnar simutaneously tossed both of them. In 04 he was eliminated by Goldberg in 6:53. In 05 he was eliminated by Shawn Michaels in 6:20
101. "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka-38 points The Superfly was in the Rumble from 90 through 92. He also was in 08 as a suprise entrant. In 90 he was in for 17:03 while single handedly eliminating Akeem and taking part in the group elimination of Earthquake. In 91 he was in for 8:06 before Hawk tossed him. In 92 he was only in for a little over 2 minutes before Undertaker eliminated him. In 08 he went at it with old foe Roddy Piper before Kane eliminated both of them.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 5, 2015 2:15:12 GMT -5
100. Phinneas Godwinn-39 points Phinneas was in the 97 and 98 Rumbles. In 97 he eliminated Crush but then turned around into a stunner from Stone Cold who then tossed him after 2:52. He had a long stay in 98, lasting for nearly 29 minutes before getting backdropped out by Mark Henry and nearly killing a referee on the way down. He also was involved in the group elimination of Kurrgan that year.
99. The Godfather/The Goodfather/Papa Shango/Kama Mustafa-39 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1996) I don't think anybody has been in as many Rumbles with as many different characters as this guy. He was in his first Rumble in 93 as Papa Shango. He only lasted 28 seconds before getting dumped from behind by Flair. He would have his best showing in 96 as "The Supreme Fighting Machine" Kama. He was in for nearly 16 minutes and helped Diesel eliminate Duke Drosse before getting eliminated by Diesel. He was the second to last man eliminated that year. In 98 as a member of the Nation he lasted nearly 14 minutes before Austin backdropped him out. By the 99 Rumble he was using his most popular persona the Godfather. He was eliminated by Kane in under 2 minutes. In 2000 he was only in for about a minute and a half spending almost his entire time getting beat up by Big Show who tossed him. In 2001 as Right to Censor member the Goodfather he lasted for only 14 seconds before the Rock checked him into the smackdown hotel and put him out with the spit punch. For 2002 he was back as the Godfather. He was in for around 2 minutes before missing the ho train and getting double clotheslined out by Christian and Chuck Palumbo. He was in the 2013 Rumble as a surprise entrant and almost broke the record for shortest time as he was dropkicked out by Dolph Ziggler in about 3 seconds.
98. "The All American American" Jack Swagger-39 points A Rumble main stay over the last several years although he's been a non factor in every one he's been in, as he's yet to score an elimination despite appearing in five matches. In 2010 he was eliminated by Kofi in just a little over 2 minutes. Shockingly he would win the World Title just a few months later. However, by the time of the 2011 Rumble his title push had fizzled out and he wasn't even that much higher on the card then he was the previous year. Swagger was eliminated in under 5 minutes by Mysterio after the 619 as Swagger on the apron. In 012 he lasted 7:59 before getting eliminated by Big Show and Sheamus. His elimination was pretty creative as Big Show pulled him out from the outside as he was making his entrance, as Swagger was close to being eliminated by Sheamus on the side of the ring by the entrance. Swagger would get in Big Show's face about it which would result in Show giving him the KO punch to the face. In 2014 he was in for a solid 12:07 although he didn't really do much other then getting into a confrontation with future nemesis Alexander Rusev in a foreshadowing of their feud later in the year, before getting dumped out by 55 year old Kevin Nash. This year was pretty similar to the year before, a solid but uneventful stay in which he lasted for close to 13 minutes.
97. Val Venis-40 points Val was a regular in the Rumble in the attitude era. He was in the match from 99 through 02. In 99 he was in for a solid 12:41 before Triple H eliminated him. In 2000 he lasted for 11:47 and teamed with Al Snow to eliminate Edge before Kane grabbed him by the throat and threw him out. By the 2001 Rumble he had dropped his porn star gimmick and had become a member of the Right to Censor. He had another solid but unspectacular run, lasting 10:22 before Undertaker eliminated him. Like Godfather, Venis would go back to his old gimmick for the 02 Rumble. He would team up with Test against Stone Cold but it would end up backfiring as Test would accidentally hit him with a big boot leaving him easy pickings for Austin who eliminated him after just 2:58.
96. Savio Vega/Kwang the Ninja-42 points Competed in the match from 94 through 98. In 94 he made his WWF debut as Kwang, filling in for the injured Ludvig Borga. He was eliminated by Diesel. In 95 he eliminated Doink with super kick but then was eliminated by Sionne. By 96 the Kwang gimmick had been dropped and he was wrestling as a face as Savio Vega, a friend of Razor Ramon. Vega would last 12:28 while eliminating Dory Funk. In 97 he was eliminated by Austin in under a minute. In 98 he was eliminated by Austin again in 9:29. His total time is 32:24 with two eliminations.
95. Al Snow-43 points Another regular from the attitude era. Snow was in the match from 99 through 02. 99 sucked as he was eliminated by Road Dogg in just 47 seconds. 2000 was a good showing though as he was in for 17:17 and eliminated former J.O.B. Squad teammate Hardcore Holly and teamed with Val Venis to eliminate Edge. In 2001 he jumped the gun of his entrance to get at Raven who he was feuding with at the time. He would also start the hardcore portion of the match when he started bringing weapons into the ring. Kane would end up eliminating him along with everyone else in the ring after a little over 7 minutes. In 02 he eliminated Lance Storm before Undertaker tossed him after a little over 5 minutes.
94. Irwin R. Schyster-43 points I.R.S. was in the 92 and 93 Rumbles. He didn't eliminate anyone in either but he did manage to rack up the minutes. In 92 he was in for an impressive 27:01 before Piper pulled him out by the tie from the apron in a cool spot. In 93 he was in for 16 minutes exactly before missing a flying clothesline on Earthquake and going out.
93. The Ultimate Warrior-44 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (1990) Warrior was in the 88 and 90 Rumbles. In 88 he was still pretty new and was yet to get his mega push that he would start to get later in the year. He was eliminated in just 3:51 by One Man Gang and Dino Bravo. By the 90 Rumble Warrior was a huge star who's popularity rivaled even Hulk Hogan. Warrior eliminated Dino Bravo, Ted Dibiase, Shawn Michaels, and Rick Martel. He also teamed with Martel to eliminate Jim Neidhart and Tito Santana which was kind of odd. Eventually it would just be Warrior and Hogan in the ring in a never before seen matchup and a prelude to their great Wrestlemania VI title for title match. Needless to say the crowd was pretty pshyched for this. The two would end up knocking each other down with clotheslines. The Barbarian and Rick Rude would then enter and go after both Hogan and the Warrior. As Rude and Barbarian were trying to put Warrior out, Hogan would rush in with a double clothesline which ended up putting Warrior out in the process after 14:29.
92. R-Truth/K-Kwik-44 points Made his Rumble debut as K-Kwik in 2001. He was in for a decent 7:53 even though he spent almost all of it getting beat up. He was eliminated by Big Show with a press slam out of the ring. He was released later in the year and would end up spending a lot of time in TNA. He returned to WWE in late 2008 as R-Truth and would partcipate in the 09 Rumble. He lasted over 12 minutes before getting press slammed out again by Big Show in duplicate of his elimination from 8 years earlier. Truth would be back for the 010 Rumble. That year he would shock everybody when he eliminated Mark Henry and Big Show simutaneously when they were fighting on the ropes. Truth would go on to last 4:10 before getting head scissored out by Kofi Kingston. 2011 was a wash as he came in with just the Nexus. Despite what had happened to the last couple of guys who entered the ring against Nexus, Truth would sprint to the ring like a idiot. He was beat down and eliminated in about a minute. Truth's career was rejuvinated a few months later when he turned heel and became a crazy character who talked to himself while referring to the fans as little Jimmy's. Truth would also form an alliance with the Miz. Unfortunately Truth's heel run would be short lived as he was turned face again towards the end of the year after Miz turned on him. Why they would turn him back so quickly after his heel stint had been so successful is beyond me. Anyways, in the 2012 Rumble Truth would last just a little under 5 minutes before Miz tossed him out. Truth would end up getting the last laugh though as he pulled Miz under the bottom rope and gave him his finishing move on the floor. 2014 was a short stay as the Shield got the jump on him and eliminated him in just 28 seconds after a Dean Ambrose dropkick. This year he drew #2 and teamed with Bubba Ray Duldey to hit several of the Dudley Boyz double team moves on Miz, before Bubba tossed both of them out.
91. Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart-44 points The Anvil was in the 88, 90 and 91 Rumbles. 88 was a good showing as he went for over 19 minutes and teamed with Hart Foundation partner Bret Hart to eliminate Tito Santana. In 90 he was in for 8:42 and helped in the group elimination of Earthquake. In 91 he was in for 11:11 and was in the finals before Martel dumped him out.
90. A-Train/Albert/Tensai-46 points Was a regular in the Rumble in the first half of the 2000's, competing in the match from 2000 through 2004. He was also in the 2013 Rumble during his second run as Tensai. He really didn't do much in any of them, not recording a single elimination in his six appearances which is a record for most appearances without an elimination. 01 and 03 were his best showings. In 01 he lasted 15:53 which was one the higher times that year. In 03 as A-Train he went for over 11 minutes and was in the last 6.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 5, 2015 19:30:38 GMT -5
89. Christian-47 points Captain Charisma was in the Rumble in 2000, 02, 03, 04, and 05. 2000 sucked as he was eliminated by Rikishi in under 2 minutes. 02 was probably his best outing. He was in for 12:14 and eliminated Diamond Dallas Page. He also teamed with Chuck Palumbo to eliminate Albert and the Godfather. 03 was another decent showing. He went for 9:03 and teamed with his partner at the time Chris Jericho to eliminate Tommy Dreamer before Jericho eliminated both him and Edge when they were fighting on the ropes. Going into 04 there was a little bit of tension between Christian and Jericho due a love triangle storyline with Trish Stratus. The two would work together at first but would eventually end up fighting each other with Jericho getting the better of Christian as he eliminated him with a backdrop after 7:39. 05 sucked pretty bad as he was in for just a little over 2 minutes, most of which was spent getting his ass handed to him by Batista who then press slammed him out of the ring onto his problem solver Tyson Tomko who was at ringside. Unfortunatley this would be his last Rumble match as he left the company later in the year and despite coming back in 09 he hasn't never made it back to the match as he was either been involved in another match (010) or was out with injury (011 through 014).
88. Umaga/Jamal-47 points The Samoan Bulldozer was in the 03 and 08 Rumbles. In 03 he was Jamal of the 3 Minute Warning tag team. Jamal wouldn't do too much but he did last a good 16:07 and was among the finalists before getting eliminated by Undertaker. He would get released later in the year but would return in 2006 and get a big push as the savage Umaga. Umaga was involved in the WWE Title match in 07 but would participate in the Rumble match for 08. He eliminated Hardcore Holly with his samoan spike and was among the last 5 before Batista eliminated him after 26:07.
87. Alberto Del Rio-47 points Accomplishments: 2011 Royal Rumble Winner The first Rumble winner on the countdown, Del Rio won the first and only 40 man Rumble in 2011. After getting an excellent draw with #38, Del Rio would spend his whole interval on the outside taunting the guys in the ring before Randy Orton showed up as the next entrant and beat the crap out of him before giving him his RKO. Despite this rocky start Del Rio would manage to hang in there and would eventually eliminate Orton who had just finished dumping Wade Barrett to seemingly win the match. However Santino, who had been knocked out outside the ring for several minutes while not being eliminated, would resurface and drop Del Rio with his cobra. Fortunately for Del Rio, Santino would take too much time celebrating which allowed him to get his bearings. When Santino would attempt to eliminate him, Del Rio would reverse it and put Santino out to officially win the match after 9:33 in the ring. Del Rio would fail to win the World Title at Wrestlemania, but would win the WWE Title twice later in the year. 2014 would be his only other Rumble appearance. He had a surprisingly short run in that as he made the mistake of calling out and picking a fight with the returning Batista, who dumped him in under three minutes.
86. Big John Studd-47 points Accomplishments: 1989 Royal Rumble Winner Our second winner on the countdown. After a two year hiatus from the WWF Studd would come back with a bang in 1989 by winning the first 30 man Royal Rumble. Coming in at #27 it would take him 12:21 to win it, putting out Akeem and Ted Dibiase in succession for the victory. There definitely were big plans for Studd but unforunately his body began to break down not long after and he would leave the company by the summer.
85. Ryback-48 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2013), 2013 Runner-up Da Big Guy was in the last three Rumbles. In 2013 he was in the midst of his monster face push. After drawing #30 he eliminated Damien Sandow, Sin Cara, Miz, Orton, and Sheamus. Despite his dominating showing, Ryback would end up finishing runner up to John Cena. By the 2014 Rumble he had turned heel and fallen down the card quite bit. He was eliminated in just 3:49 by Batista. This year he was back to being a face and getting pushed again although nowhere near on the level he was in 2013. He had a disappointing showing as even though he lasted a decent 11 minutes exactly, he didn't eliminate anyone and was wasted at the expense of the incredibly dull duo of Big Show and Kane, like pretty much every other over babyface in the match.
84. Haku-48 points Haku was in the 90, 91 and 92 Rumbles. He also made a surprise apperance in the 01 Rumble. In 90 he was one half of the tag champions the Colossal Connection with Andre the Giant. Haku would have a good showing going for 22:31 and eliminating Demolition Smash. He also helped in the group elimintion of Earthquake. In 91 he was in for 13:12 and was in the finals before Bulldog backdropped him out. In 92 he was a substitute for the injured Brian Knobbs. He was eliminated by Bulldog again in under two minutes. In 01 he was a surprise as he had been wrestling for WCW as their Hardcore Champion. Haku was only in for 2:51 before Austin knocked him over the top rope and out.
83. Terry Funk/Chainsaw Charlie-48 points The man from the double cross ranch was in the 97 and 98 Rumbles. In 97 he was in for 15 minutes and was among the finalists before getting suplexed out from the apron by Mankind. He had a good showing in 98 as Chainsaw Charlie. Funk, who was well into his 50's at the time, lasted an impressive 25:19 while actually doing a bunch of near elimination spots. He teamed with sometime partner sometime enemy Cactus Jack to eliminate Tom Brandi before eliminating Jack later. However another Mick Foley alter ego Mankind would enter and eliminate Funk.
82. Bam Bam Bigelow-49 points Accomplishments: 1994 Ironman The Beast from the East was quite impressive in his only Rumble appearance in 1994. After wrestling a 10 minute match in a loss to Tatanka earlier in the night, Bigelow would return for the Rumble match and ended up having the longest time that year with 30:12. Bigelow eliminated rival Doink and then get some payback for his loss earlier by eliminating Tatanka. He also took part in the group eliminations of Diesel, Mabel, and Crush.
81. Andre the Giant-50 points Andre was in the 89 and 90 Rumbles. In 89 he eliminated Smash, Ronnie Garvin and Jake "the Snake" Roberts who Andre was feuding with at the time due to his fear of snakes. Andre looked to be the man to beat but then Jake would return with his snake Damien who he would throw in the ring, scaring the Giant who stepped over the top rope and eliminated himself in fear. In 90 he eliminated the Warlord and the Red Rooster before getting double teamed out by Demolition. His stats for two Rumbles are 25:11 in time with 5 eliminations.
80. D'Lo Brown-50 points Accomplishments: Final Four (1999) D'Lo was in the Rumble from 98 through 2000. In 98 as a member of the Nation of Domination he would last an impressive 32:21 while helping Mark Henry eliminate Ahmed Johnson. In 99 he was in the final 4 before getting tossed by Big Bossman after 9:11 as he was trash talking Stone Cold after giving him the Lo-Down. In 2000 he was eliminated by Rikish in 6:08. In 2001 him and his tag partner Chaz, better known as Headbanger Mosh, won a qualifying match on the Heat before the show over Kaientai in which the winning team would get to have one member of the team in the match. However neither one of them would get in as Mr. McMahon would give their spot to Drew Carey. Ouch.
79. The Barbarian/Headshrinker Sionne-52 points Barbarian was in the 89, 90, 92 and 95 Rumbles. In 89 he helped the Million Dollar Man dump Brutus Beefacke and Hercules as Beefcake had the sleeper on Hercurles. He would get eliminated not long after by Rick Martel after a dropkick after 11:15. In 90 he helped in the elimination of the Ultimate Warrior before getting backdropped out by Hercules in 5:47. In 92 he was eliminated again by Hercules in 12:55. He would leave the company not long after his 92 appearance but would return in late 94 to replace Samu as Fatu's new partner in the Headshrinkers. Going by the name Sionne, he was in the 95 Rumble. He eliminated Kwang and Rick Martel before going out with Eli Blue in a double elimination spot after 6:50
78. Vader-53 points IT's VADER TIME. Vader made his WWF debut at the 96 Rumble. He was quite impressive, eliminating Jake Roberts, Doug Gilbert, one of the Swat Team, and Savio Vega. He would get eliminated along with Yokozuna by Shawn Michaels as they were fighting on the ropes. Vader was in for 11:04. In 97 he eliminated Flash Funk in nasty fashion and was in the last 5 before Stone Cold, who had unbeknownst to the referees been tossed by Bret Hart, snuck back in the ring and eliminated both him and Undertaker as they were fighting on the ropes. Vader was in for 10:06. In 98 he drew #30 and eliminated the Honky Tonk Man before getting eliminated by Goldust, who Vader had defeated in the opener that night, in a letdown after just 2:15.
77. "Badd Ass" Billy Gunn-53 points Accomplishments: Final Four (2001) Gunn had a long career in the WWF so it's not surprising that he was in a quite a few Rumbles. He was in the match in 94, 95, 99, 2000, 01, 02, and 04. In 94 he was big booted and eliminated by Diesel in just 12 seconds. In 95 he fought with his kayfabe brother Bart before both were eliminated by Crush and Dick Murdock. Gunn wouldn't be in another Rumble until 99 as he was either injured or in another match from 96-98. By this point Gunn was part of the popular New Age Outlaw tag team. Earlier in the night his ankle was injured in a loss to Ken Shamrock. Gunn would return for the Rumble match later in the night and lasted 7:05 before Austin kicked him in his bad ankle and tossed him. In 2000 he would team with partner Road Dogg to dump Bradshaw but then would later eliminate him as Dogg was taunting the eliminated Al Snow. Gunn would get knocked out right after by Kane after 9:38. In 01 he was "The One" Billy Gunn. He would get a late draw at 28 and would make it to the final four before Austin eliminated him again after 7:22. In 02 he eliminated Bradshaw before getting eliminated by Undertaker after 3:37. His last Rumble would be 04. It was a comeback match for him as he got injured for the 18th millionth time in mid 03 after he just came back a couple months before from another injury. Gunn lasted 5:37 before getting clotheslined out by Goldberg.
76. Henry Godwinn-53 points Participated in the match from 95 through 98. All were solid performances. His longest time is 16:24 in 96 but his best all around performance was in 95. That year he had one of the longest times with 14:40, eliminated Dick Murdock and was in the last 5.
75. Brock Lesnar-53 points Accomplishments: 2003 Royal Rumble Winner Brock won the Rumble in his only Rumble match in 2003. It took him 8:59 to do it after entering at #29. He eliminated both members of Team Angle not long after he entered the ring then would eliminate Matt Hardy with an F5 out of the ring onto Team Angle who were still at ringside in a cool spot. Lesnar would end up sustaining the Undertaker's tombstone piledriver but would recover and eliminate Taker, who had just knocked the already eliminated Batista out of the ring with a chair, to win the match. He would go onto to win the WWE Title from Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 6, 2015 19:09:34 GMT -5
74. Eddie Guerrero-55 points Latino Heat competed in the 03 and 05 Rumbles. In 03 he was in for 16:29 before getting eliminated by Booker T. In 05 he drew #1 and lasted 28:11. He eliminated the Hurricane, Hardcore Holly with help from Benoit, and Booker T with help from Mysterio.
73. Jerry "the King" Lawler-56 points Lawler has spent most Royal Rumbles doing commentary, but would partcipate in the match in 93, 96, 97, and 012. In 93 he was in for 14:35 and eliminated Max Moon before getting backdropped out by Mr. Perfect. Lawler however would help eliminate Perfect from the outside. It looked like this would be the start of a feud but nothing ever came of it. In 96 he would have a rough going. Henry Godwinn threw pig slop on him and later Jake the Snake would throw his snake on him. The scared Lawler would go under the ring and would stay there for a long time. Eventually Shawn Michaels pulled him out and threw him back in the ring before punching him out after 36:02. He would have a funny run in 97. He was doing commentary for the show but would enter the match at #22. He then got punched out by Bret Hart after just 4 seconds. He then returned to the commentary table and just continued talking about what he was talking about before he left as if nothing happened. In 2012 he left his commentary positon again to participate in the Rumble. The King only lasted 43 seconds before getting dumped by Cody Rhodes.
72. "Rowdy" Roddy Piper-57 points Hot Rod was in the 90, 92, and 08 Rumbles. In 90 he was in for 12:20 and eliminated Bad News Brown. Unfortunately for him though, Bad News would pull him out from the outside with the two then brawling to the back. 92 was a good showing. After winning the IC Title from the Mountie earlier in the night, Piper would last for 34:06 in the Rumble. He eliminated I.R.S. before going out in a heap with Rick Martel thanks to Sid Justice. He would be a surprise entrant in the 08 Rumble. He fought with former rival Jimmy Snuka before Kane eliminated both of them.
71. "Road Dogg" Jesse James-58 points Road Dogg was in the 97, 99, 2000, and 2012 Rumbles. In 97 as the Real Double J, he was eliminated by Austin in just 29 seconds. In 99 as Road Dogg, he would have a good showing. He eliminated Edge, Gangrel, and Al Snow before Kane eliminated him after 10:41. In 2000 he lasted for 19:02 although he spent almost all of it clinging onto the bottom rope to avoid getting eliminated. He eliminated British Bulldog and teamed with New Age Outlaw partner Billy Gunn to eliminate Bradshaw before getting dumped from behind by Gunn. Road Dogg entered the 2012 Rumble as a suprise entrant. He lasted just a little under 5 minutes before getting eliminated by Wade Barrett.
70. Seth Rollins-59 points The architect of the Shield had a strong showing in last years Rumble, as he lasted 48:31 from the #2 position. He also assisted in the eliminations of Rusev and Great Khali, and eliminated the much fresher #30 entrant, Rey Mysterio, by himself
69. Kurt Angle-60 points Accomplishments: 2002 Runner-up, Final Four (2004) Angle was in the 02, 04, and 05 Rumbles. In 02 he was in for 16:09 while eliminating Kane and Steve Austin. He would get clotheslined out by Triple H in the final elimination of the match. In 04 he was in for 29:04 and eliminated Goldberg after Goldberg was reeling from the F5 of the interfering Brock Lesnar. Angle would end being in the last 3 with Big Show and Chris Benoit. Angle got his ankle lock on Big Show however Show would grab the top rope and lunge over the rope to the apron with the momentum taking Angle over and out. Angle wasn't supposed to be in the 05 match as he had lost a triple threat match for the WWE Title earlier in the night. He would get in by taking Nunzio's number in a backstage segment. Angle would enter like a house of fire, giving olymic slams and suplexes to everybody until Shawn Michaels nailed him with a superkick which eliminated him after just 37 seconds. Angle wouldn't take this too well as he returned later and tossed Michaels out before assulting him with the ring steps and putting him in ankle lock.
68. Hercules-60 points Herc was in the Rumble from 89 through 92. In 89 he was in for 6:11 before both him and Brutus Beefcake were dumped by Ted Dibiase and the Barbarian as Beefcake had him in the sleeper. In 90 he eliminated Barbarian and was in the final 4 before getting clotheslined out by Rick Rude. 91 was a real good showing as he lasted for 37:36 and helped Rick Martel eliminate Hawk. Not much was made of his long run though as he was kind of overshadowed by Martel and Greg Valentine who were both in even longer that year. 92 was quite the drop off from the previous year as he was only in for less then a minute, although he did eliminate Barbarian again.
67. The One Man Gang/Akeem "The African Dream"-61 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (1988), 1988 Runner-up, Final Four (1989) The big 747 was the first dominant big man in Royal Rumbles. In the first Rumble in 1988, the Gang eliminated 1/4 of the participants. He eliminated Jake Roberts, B. Brian Blair, Hilbilly Jim and Dino Bravo (on accident) as well as Ultimate Warrior and Don Muraco with help from Bravo. He would end up finishing runner up though as Jim Duggan eliminated him to win it by pulling the top rope down as Gang charged at him causing Gang to spill out. By the 89 Rumble, the Gang would go though a transformation at the insistance of his manager "The Doctor of Style" Slick. After discovering his "roots" he would become "The African Dream" Akeem. He also started teaming with another one of Slick's charges and another big man in the Big Bossman. Akeem and Bossman, collectively known as the Twin Towers, would score the most shocking elimination of the night when they eliminated Hulk Hogan. Hogan, always the sore loser, would then pull Bossman out from the outside to eliminate him. Akeem would stick around for 18:36 and would eliminate Rick Martel. He was in the last 3 with Million Dollar Man and Big John Studd. Akeem and Dibiase would team up on Studd but it would end up backfiring as Akeem would accidentally squash Dibiase in the corner. When Akeem went to check on Dibiase, Studd would nail him from behind and eliminate him. In 1990 he was eliminated by Jimmy Snuka in just 2:31 which was a bit of a shock due to how well he did in the previous years.
66. Danial Bryan-61 points Bryan was in the 2011, 2013, and 2015 Rumbles. In 2011 and had a good showing for himself, going 20+ minutes from the #2 position while eliminating Justin Gabriel and Zack Ryder. In 2013 he teamed with partner Kane to eliminate Great Khali, but then turned on Kane and dumped him out too. Bryan was then dumped out by Cesaro, but caught by Kane before he hit the floor. Bryan would then try to convince Kane to put him back in the ring but Kane would instead just drop him on the floor to eliminate him. 2015 was disappointing. Despite the fact that he was the most over guy in the match, had just returned after being out for eight months with a neck injury, and was one of the few guys in the match with a realistic chance to win, he was eliminated in about 10 minutes in ho hum fashion by Bray Wyatt about half way through the match. After his elimination the crowd completely lost interest in the match and booed eventual winner Roman Reigns, despite the fact that the company is trying to push him as their next big babyface. Despite his disappointing showing, he did manage to eliminate Tyson Kidd in what was the only highlight in his time in.
65. Finlay-62 points Finlay was in the 07, 08, and 09 Rumbles. In 08 he was disqualified for jumping the gun of his entrance and using his shilleglah on Mark Henry and Big Daddy V when they went after Hornswoggle. He had long times in 07 and 09 although he didn't score any eliminations in either. He was in for 32:32 in 07 and 29:57 in 09.
64. Dean Ambrose-63 points The lunatic fringe was in the last two Rumbles. He had a good showing in 2014 as he eliminated R-Truth and Jimmy Uso and assisted his Shield partners, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns, in eliminating Great Khali. He would make the mistake of trying to double cross Reigns though which would lead to him, Rollins, and Antonio Cesaro all getting dumped in a heap after 33:46. This year, now as a solo star, he was in for 13:31 and helped Reigns dump Titus O'Neil. He made it to the last 5 before getting dumped by Big Show and Kane, much to the dismay of the crowd.
63. Demolition Smash/Repo Man-64 points Was in the match from 89 through 93. In 89 he drew #2 and duked it out with partner Ax who drew #1. They would stop fighting though to go after #3 entrant Andre the Giant. Andre would eventually eliminate Smash after 4:55. In 90 he was in for over 15 minutes and helped Ax eliminate Andre. He also was inlvolved in the group elimination of Earthquake. In 91 he was in for over 18 minutes before Hogan big booted him and tossed him. By the 92 Rumble he had been repackaged as the Repo Man. Repo eliminated Nikolai Volkoff and Greg Valentine before getting tossed by Bossman after 6:23. In 93 he was tossed by Savage in 3:33.
62. Bradshaw-65 points Was in the match in 98, 2000, 01, 02 and 04. 98 was his best showing as he was in for an impressive 35+ minutes and helped in the group elimination of Kurrgan. In 2000 he was eliminated by the New Age Outlaws in just 25 seconds after getting distracted by the Mean Street Posse. 01 was a solid showing as he was in for 17:40, which was one the higher times that year. In 02 he was dumped by Billy Gunn in 7:17. 04 was a short run. He came in and started giving everybody clothselines from hell before Benoit countered it and eliminated him in just 38 seconds. Bradshaw would get repackaged shortly afterwards as main event heel, John Bradshaw Layfield. He unfortunatly would never appear in a Rumble match with this character when he was an active wrestler as he was involved in another match or was in a commentator capacity from 05 through 09. In 2014 though he would be in the Rumble as JBL after leaving the commentators table. He would make the mistake of turning his back to give his jacket to Michael Cole, leading to him getting dumped by Roman Reigns in 24 seconds.
61. Tatanka-68 points Tatanka was in the 93, 94, 96 and 06 Rumbles. In 93 he was in for 17+ minutes before Yokozuna threw him out. In 94 he was in for over 20 minutes and eliminated former nemesis Rick Martel before getting eliminated by Bam Bam Bigelow who he had defeated in the first match of the night. In 96 he eliminated Aldo Montoya before getting tossed by Diesel in just 4:09. Tatanka would pretty much disappear from the wrestling scene for several years before making a suprise appearance in the 06 Rumble. He lasted for over 14 minutes before getting eliminated by MNM. Tatanka ended up getting signed on full time shortly after and would wrestle on the active roster for about a year.
60. "Bad News" Wade Barrett-69 points Accomplishments: Final Four (2011) Barrett was in the 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015. 011 was a real good showing as he eliminated Rey Mysterio and the returning Diesel while making it to the final 4 where he was eliminated by Orton after 22:23. 012 was a big disappointment. Going into the Rumble match that year Barrett was getting a pretty good push and was in a heated rivalry with Orton, so you would think he would've got a strong showing. Nope. Barrett eliminated Road Dogg, but then was RKOed and tossed by Orton after just 3:55. He bounced back with a solid showing in 2013, going for over 17 minutes and eliminating Mysterio again before getting dumped out by rookie Bo Dallas in a surprise elimination. Barrett would get the last laugh though as he pulled Dallas out from the outside and then knocked him out with his bull hammer elbow. This year he didn't do much as Bad News Barrett, although that can be said for pretty much everyone in this years Rumble. He was in for 5:49 before Dolph Ziggler ducked the bull hammer and backdropped him out.
59. The Great Khali-70 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2007) Khali competed in 8 straight Rumbles from 07 to 014. He scored the majority of his points in his Rumble debut in 07. That year he eliminated seven men (Benoit, Holly, Punk, Chavo, Miz, Carlito, RVD) before Undertaker entered at #30 and eliminated him. Khali has been in every Rumble since and hasn't come close to matching this effort. In his next 4 Rumbles he failed to last over 2 minutes while only scoring one elimination. He was eliminated by Undertaker again in 08, Kozlov in 09, and Beth Phoenix in 010 after Phoenix kissed the Puhnjabi Playboy and eased him over the top from the apron. In 011 he entered with just the Nexus in the ring and was the first guy to give them trouble. He beat down every one of them and eliminated Husky Harris. Unfortunately another Nexus member, Mason Ryan, would enter next and eliminate Khali. 012 was a solid outing for Khali, and easily his best since 07. He eliminated his "brother in law" Jinder Mahal and Ezekiel Jackson before Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler dumped both him and Booker T as they were fighting on the ropes. Khali lasted a surprising 7:29, which was by far his longest time in all his Rumble appearances. In 013 he didn't do much, getting dumped by Kane and Daniel Bryan in under 3 minutes. 014 was his worst showing as he was superman punched by Roman Reigns and dumped by all the members of the Shield in just 21 seconds.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Feb 7, 2015 20:38:35 GMT -5
58. Alexander Rusev-71 points Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2015), 2015 Runner-up The Bulgarian Brute was in the last two Rumbles. The 2014 Rumble was his main roster debut. You would think with him being this new big guy that was in store for a big push, that they would give him a strong showing. He really didn't do much though, scoring no eliminations before getting dumped after 6:42 although they did protect him a bit as it took four guys in a group effort to get him out. This year was a really strong showing as he eliminated Diamond Dallas Page, Fandango, Adam Rose, Kofi Kingston, Damien Mizdow, and Big E. while lasting an impressive 35:17. Towards the end of the match he rolled outside and hid under the ring. Then after Roman Reigns had seemingly won the match, Rusev would reappear and try to sneak attack him. Reigns was ready for him though and gave him a spear before tossing him out to win the match.
57. Mark Henry-72 points A long time employee, Henry has competed in his share of Royal Rumbles over the years. He really hasn't had too much success in them despite the bs claims we would always get from the announcers going into the match every year about "how he's such a threat to win it" and "how is anybody going to get him over the rope". Henry has always had lower ring times for the most part which isn't suprising but what is suprising is his lack of eliminations. Until his 2011 appearance he only had two eliminations in six appearances. You would think with a guy billed as the World's Strongest Man that they would actually at least have him throw a few guys out. Anyways, Henry made his Rumble debut in 98 as the newest member of the Nation of Domination. This would be his best performance as he was in for 19:07 while eliminating Phinneas Godwinn and Ahmed Johnson in a double team effort with D'Lo Brown. He would be in the last 5 before getting eliminated by Faarooq in goofy looking elimination. By his next Rumble appearance in 99, he was using his Sexual Chocolate gimmick and had repeatedly attempted to put the moves on Chyna to not a lot of success. He lasted 7:57 before getting eliminated by Chyna in real phony fashion. Chyna was clotheslined out right after by Austin while Henry just stood there laughing his ass off at her which was pretty funny. In 2000 he appeared during the end of the Royal Rumble swimsuit contest to cover up Mae Young but was left out of the Rumble match for some reason. I guess he was injured or something. Henry wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2004 as he was either injured or down in the WWF's developmental league OVW to sharpen his skills. Henry was eliminated by Chris Benoit that year in 5:14 after he had been stunned from taking Tajiri's green mist and Rhyno's gore. Henry would once again be out of the match for a few years as he was injured for 05 and 07 and was involved in the World Title match in 06 against Kurt Angle in what was one of worst main events in WWE PPV history. He was in the 08 Rumble, getting eliminated by Cena in 9:12. In 09 he was eliminated by Undertaker and Mysterio in just 3:14. In 010 he would have a big man showdown with Big Show before both were eliminated by R-Truth of all people after 2:24 in the ring. 2011 was his best showing since his 98 run as he would actually eliminate a couple people, putting out Chavo Guerrero and Yoshi Tatsu before Nexus ganged up on him and put him out after 7:04. Despite enjoying the best years of his career after the 2011 Rumble, he hasn't made it back to the Rumble match has he was either injured, off TV, or in other matches from 2012 to 2015.
56. "The Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin-72 points Benjamin competed in 8 consecutive Royal Rumbles from 2003 to 2010. With the exception of a couple he usually underachived in most of them. In 03 he was in for 10:55 and teamed with Team Angle partner Charlie Haas to eliminate Goldust and Booker T before both were tossed by Brock Lesnar. 04 sucked pretty bad as Orton dumped him in just 37 seconds. Benjamin was getting the biggest push of his career going into the 05 Rumble as he was the IC champion and had even scored a couple of victories over Triple H. Benjamin would take part in the group elimination of Muhammad Hassan before Edge eliminated him after 14:35, which while not bad by any means was kind of disappointing considering the push he was getting and the momentum he had at the time. In 06 he was in for 6:51 before Shawn Michaels superkicked him while he was on the apron and knocked him about halfway up the aisle. 07 was his best year as he lasted 22:22 and helped in the group elimination of Viscera before Michaels eliminated him again. In 08 he came in like a house of fire but Michaels would quickly put out the flames with a superkick to eliminate him AGAIN after just 18 seconds. 09 was yet another disappointment. Going into the match he was the US Champ and was getting pushed as a heel as the Gold Standard. Benjamin was eliminated by Undertaker in just 4:17, in a year where almost everybody and their mother was doing at least 12 minutes. In his last Rumble in 2010 he actually got a lot of offense on both Michaels and Cena before Cena countered his pay dirt finish by catching him and putting him out after just 48 seconds.
55. Test-74 points Accomplishments: 2000 Ironman Test was in the Rumble from 99 through 03. In 99 as a member of the Corporation he was in for 12:48 before Austin eliminated him. In 2000 he had the longest time, going 26:17 while taking part in the group elimination of Rikishi before Big Show eliminated him. In 01 he eliminated William Regal before Show eliminated him again after just a little over 2 minutes. 02 sucked as Austin eliminated him in under 2 minutes. 03 was a good showing as he was in for 18:45 and eliminated iron man Chris Jericho after Jericho had been distracted by an interfering HBK who he had screwed over at the beginning match. This was supposed to lead to a big face push for Test but he ended up pissing off management and it was dropped. He was supposed to be in the 04 Rumble but was taken out backstage by Mick Foley, who took his spot in the match.
54. Carlito-75 points Carlito was in the Rumble match from 06 through 010. 06 was his best showing as he was in for 38:21 and helped Chris Masters eliminate Viscera before double crossing Masters and eliminating him too. Carlito would be in last 5 that year where he was eliminated by the returning Rob Van Dam who Carlito had put of action for several months. By 07 he was turned face. He only lasted for 3:19 before trying to springboard into the ring and getting chopped in the head by Khali and eliminated. He was back to being a heel for 08 and had a solid showing, going for 15+ minutes before Cena eliminated him. In 09 he was back to being a face and was Tag Team Champions with his brother Primo who was excluded from the match for some reason. Carlito was in for 6:10 before Kozlov spinebustered him and eliminated him. In 010 he was back as a heel again. Couldn't they just make up their mind? In a year where almost everybody in the match was made to look like total jobbers, Carlito who had been off TV for a while and was about to get released in a couple months was actually booked fairly strong giving everybody in the ring backstabbers. He would eventually get eliminated by Shawn Michaels after 4:34, which while not impressive was still more then most what got that year.
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