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Post by Shogun316 on Dec 30, 2009 7:01:44 GMT -5
-Highest winning % of a wrestler in the RR is 100% for Vince McMahon. -Two wrestlers have won the event after starting at #1: Shawn Michaels in 1996 and Chris Benoit in 2004. - Stone Cold Steve Austin (97, 98), Hulk Hogan (90, 91) and Shawn Michaels (95, 96) have each won back to back Royal Rumbles. - Starting in 2004, the Royal Rumble winner was given the option to challenge for either the WWE Title or World Heavyweight Title. In 2007, challenging for the ECW title was added as an option for the winner. - Chyna competed in the 1999 Royal Rumble and is the only woman to have ever competed in the event. -Kane has apeared in the RR as three characters (overall): Isac Yankem/Fake Diesel/Kane. -Everyone that has won the Rumble more than once, won it in back-to-back years. -First Rumble winner to fight for the world title at Wrestlemania, Yokozuna 1993. -HBK lasted the longest in his Rumble career with 2:49:59 (combined). -1991 was the shortest Rumble 38:41.
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Post by Schattenjager on Dec 30, 2009 7:27:17 GMT -5
Two wrestlers have One wrestler won the event after starting at #1: Shawn Michaels in 1996 and Chris Benoit in 2004.
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Post by randomranter on Dec 30, 2009 8:11:56 GMT -5
I cant believe you forgot this fact. Santino holds the record for fastest elimination from the Rumble with 2 seconds. Is that faster than the Warlord getting eliminated by Hogan immediately after stepping through the ropes?
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Post by randomranter on Dec 30, 2009 8:13:32 GMT -5
-Kane has apeared in the RR as three characters (overall): Isac Yankem/Fake Diesel/Kane. Don't forget that Foley appeared in a rumble as all 3 characters: Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack. It also gives him the distinction of being the only person to enter the same rumble multiple times.
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Post by RealMattKozza91 on Dec 30, 2009 8:18:25 GMT -5
Chavo Guerrero is the only ECW champion at the present time to have been in the rumble match...that being 2008. If Chavo had somehow won (lol) Chavo could have challenged himself @ WM24...He still would have lost in 8 seconds
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Post by Thrillho on Dec 30, 2009 8:43:45 GMT -5
Despite what they have said in the past and will likely tell you this year, #1 is not the worst possible number to draw. It's actually tied with #2 as the worst possible draw. There is no inherent advantage to having #2 over #1 since both start off the match on equal footing. The only way #1 would be the worst number is if #1 gets beaten with a sack of doorknobs before #2 enters. #1 DOES get beaten with a sack of doorknobs. However, most of the time they get around it by not supplying their own knobs. I cant believe you forgot this fact. Santino holds the record for fastest elimination from the Rumble with 2 seconds. Is that faster than the Warlord getting eliminated by Hogan immediately after stepping through the ropes? Considerably faster. (Well, as considerably faster as you can get)
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Post by randomranter on Dec 30, 2009 9:11:21 GMT -5
Despite what they have said in the past and will likely tell you this year, #1 is not the worst possible number to draw. It's actually tied with #2 as the worst possible draw. There is no inherent advantage to having #2 over #1 since both start off the match on equal footing. The only way #1 would be the worst number is if #1 gets beaten with a sack of doorknobs before #2 enters. #1 DOES get beaten with a sack of doorknobs. However, most of the time they get around it by not supplying their own knobs. So what you're saying is that #1 gets the honor of being knobbed by another man........
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Dec 30, 2009 12:45:52 GMT -5
-Two wrestlers have won the event after starting at #1: Shawn Michaels in 1996 and Chris Benoit in 2004. -1991 was the shortest Rumble 38:41. Michaels was #1 in 1995, not 1996. The 1995 Rumble was the shortest, not 1991.
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Post by Ryushinku on Dec 30, 2009 17:09:29 GMT -5
Not to mention 20,000 fans leaving the arena with tinnitus. Ha! Ya gotta do whatever it takes to win! ;D
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Post by Bobafett on Dec 30, 2009 17:15:15 GMT -5
Remember for years they maintained Bushwhacker Luke was the quickest guy eliminated, when did they change that to the Warlord
And, without being picky, but Austins 1997 victory,well didn't they aknowledge at the time he did cheat and the In Your House Final Four fatalFour Way was origionally (before HBK lost his smile ) to determine who'd get that honour? and yet they never bring that up anymore
I always prefered it when the Rumble would be the last match, made it more special
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Post by theshowstoppa on Dec 31, 2009 0:12:44 GMT -5
Big Show is the only man to make it to the final two more than once and lose to the Winner of the rumble (Rock, Benoit, and any others I may have forgot..)
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Post by hypnoticgenes on Dec 31, 2009 0:19:55 GMT -5
Remember for years they maintained Bushwhacker Luke was the quickest guy eliminated, when did they change that to the Warlord And, without being picky, but Austins 1997 victory,well didn't they aknowledge at the time he did cheat and the In Your House Final Four fatalFour Way was origionally (before HBK lost his smile ) to determine who'd get that honour? and yet they never bring that up anymore I always prefered it when the Rumble would be the last match, made it more special Well, Luke went in one side of the ring and got eliminated out of the other side. So the time to go from one side to the other put him out of contention.
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Post by Abadebe on Dec 31, 2009 0:24:33 GMT -5
Big Show is the only man to make it to the final two more than once and lose to the Winner of the rumble (Rock, Benoit, and any others I may have forgot..) Show's not the only one. HHH was runner up in both 2008 and 2009.
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Post by Mayonnaise on Dec 31, 2009 0:45:48 GMT -5
-Kane has apeared in the RR as three characters (overall): Isac Yankem/Fake Diesel/Kane. Don't forget that Foley appeared in a rumble as all 3 characters: Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack. It also gives him the distinction of being the only person to enter the same rumble multiple times. Foley was also in the 08 Rumble under his own name giving him the distinction of being in it under 4 different gimmicks/names. Rikishi also did the 3 gimmicks as Fatu, Sultan and Rikishi. Maybe 4, I don't know if he was in as man of streets Fatu, Headshrinker Fatu or both.
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Post by Lair of the Shadow MaDaBa on Dec 31, 2009 1:08:10 GMT -5
--Two wrestling zombies have won the Rumble: The Undertaker and Randy Orton. --Of all currently-living performers who have won the Royal Rumble, "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan is, as of this moment, just barely the most universally-respected. And yes, I'm counting Bret Hart. --Bob Backlund currently holds the record for Longest Time in a Royal Rumble by a Ginger for his stellar performance in 1993.
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Post by DiBiase is Good on Dec 31, 2009 1:17:05 GMT -5
Only 5 heels have won the Royal Rumble (Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Steve Austin(1997), Vince McMahon, Randy Orton) and since 1993 when a victory meant a Wrestlemania main event no heel that won left Wrestlemania as the champion. Shawn Michaels was a heel when he won in 1995.
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 31, 2009 10:46:39 GMT -5
[Rikishi also did the 3 gimmicks as Fatu, Sultan and Rikishi. Maybe 4, I don't know if he was in as man of streets Fatu, Headshrinker Fatu or both. Rikishi entered in 93, 94 and 95 as Headshrinker Fatu, 96 he was Make a Difference Fatu, 97 he was The Sultan, and from 2000 to 2005 he was Rikishi. However, the one with the most was The Godfather. -93 Papa Shango -96 Supreme Fighting Machine Kama -98 Kama Mustafa -99, 00, 02 The Godfather -01 The Goodfather
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Dec 31, 2009 11:05:30 GMT -5
First 2 Entries in the Rumble 1988. Bret Hart and Tito Santana 1989. "Demolition" Ax and "Demolition" Smash 1990. Ted Dibiase and Koko B Ware 1991. Bret Hart and Dino Bravo 1992. British Bulldog and Ted Dibiase 1993. Ric Flair and Bob Backlund 1994. Scott Steiner and "Headshrinker" Samu 1995. Shawn Michaels and British Bulldog 1996. Triple H and Henry Godwin 1997. Crush and Ahmed Johnson 1998. Cactus Jack and Chainsaw Charlie 1999. Steve Austin and Vince Mcmahon 2000. Dlo Brown and Grandmaster Sexay 2001. Jeff Hardy and Bull Buchanon 2002. Rikishi and Goldust 2003. Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho 2004. Chris Benoit and Randy Orton 2005. Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit 2006. Triple H and Rey Mysterio 2007. Ric Flair and Finlay 2008. Undertaker and Shawn Michaels 2009. Rey Mysterio and John Morrison
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Post by theshowstoppa on Dec 31, 2009 12:03:15 GMT -5
Shawn Michaels and the Undertaker are the only men to make it to the final two and then be the first two entrants in back to back royal rumbles (Made it to the final two in 2007 and started the 2008 rumble)
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Post by Eunös ✈ on Dec 31, 2009 16:22:31 GMT -5
Only 5 heels have won the Royal Rumble (Ric Flair, Yokozuna, Steve Austin(1997), Vince McMahon, Randy Orton) and since 1993 when a victory meant a Wrestlemania main event no heel that won left Wrestlemania as the champion. Shawn Michaels was a heel when he won in 1995. It could be argued that Batista was Technically still a Heel when he won the Rumble. I see him more as a Tweener at the time personally. Suppose it depends on peoples view.
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