Royal Rumble Participant Countdown

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50. Crush-88 points (48)
Stats
Ring Time: 58:45
Eliminations: 3
Assists: 5

Accomplishments
Final Four (1995)

Crush was in the 91, 94, 95, and 97 Rumbles. In 91 as a member of Demolition, he was in for 18:34 before Hogan lifted him out in the corner as he was punching him on the second rope. Crush took a pretty nasty bump on his way down, landing backfirst on the apron. Crush was scheduled for the 93 Rumble during his blonde mullet, orange and purple tights babyface Crush period but was pulled to sell an injury angle where he was attacked by the evil clown Doink. He was a heel again by the 94 Rumble after turning on his friend, Randy Savage. Crush eliminated Savage shortly after entering the match. He also assisted in the eliminations of Mabel and Diesel before getting ganged up on by Luger, Bret Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow and Sparky Plug and eliminated after 25:03. In 95 he drew #30 and with help from Dick Murdock quickly eliminated both Smoking Guns as they were fighting on the ropes. He also eliminated Fatu and Adam Bomb and was among the final 4 along with Luger, Michaels, and Bulldog. Michaels and Crush teamed up to eliminate Luger. After it looked they would try to do the same to Bulldog, Crush turned on Michaels and tried to press slam him out of the ring. Michaels however escaped with an eye rake with Bulldog then eliminating the stunned Crush with a clothesline after 8:51. In 97 as a member of the Nation of Domination, he was in for 6:17 before getting clotheslined out by Phinneas Godwinn.

49. Matt Hardy-88 points (47)
Stats
Ring Time: 77:29
Eliminatons: 1
Assists: 2

Hardy was a Rumble regular for most of the 2000's. In his Rumble debut in 01, he teamed with brother Jeff to eliminate Bull Buchanan and Faarooq before the two decided to fight one another. After a fight on the top turnbuckle, Jeff pushed Matt off to eliminate him. However as he was going down Matt grabbed Jeff's shirt and pulled him down to eliminate him too. In 02 the Hardyz would team up on the Undertaker who fought them off and eliminated both of them in succession with Matt lasting 4:16. 03 was his best showing. During this time he was a heel with his Mattitude Version 1 gimmick with his Mattitude follower Shannon Moore who was at ringside for the match and would constantly save Matt from getting eliminated. Matt lasted for over 27 minutes before getting manhandled and eliminated by Brock Lesnar with an F5 out of the ring onto Team Angle who were still on the outside after getting eliminated moments earlier. In 04 he was in for a solid 14+ minutes before getting eliminated by Rene Dupree of all people. 06 sucked as Hardy was embarrassed and eliminated by Viscera who gave him the Visagra before tossing him after 7:42. 07 was another solid showing as he was in for 18:55 before getting dumped by Orton. 010 sucked pretty bad as he was eliminated in just 21 seconds after stupidly climbing the second rope and getting knocked out by a Kane clothesline.

48. Bob Backlund-89 points (46)
Stats
Ring Time: 76:29
Eliminations: 2
Assists: 1

Accomplishments
1993 Ironman
Final Four (1993)

Backlund was in the Rumble in 93, 94, 95, 96, and 2000. He had just come back to the WWF prior to the 93 match after a 9 year absence. He set the duration record that year with 61:10 after drawing #2. He eliminated Fatu and Rick Martel, and was in the last 3 before Yokozuna backdropped him out. Backlund never came close to matching this performance. In 94 he was eliminated quickly by Diesel in just 41 seconds. In 95 he was jumped by Bret Hart on his was to the ring and was eliminated by Lex Luger in just 16 seconds. In 96 he was in for 12:22 before getting tossed by Yokozuna. In 2000 he helped in the group elimination of Rikishi before getting dropkicked out by Jericho in 2 minutes even.

47. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan-89 points (45)
Stats
Ring Time: 44:00
Eliminations: 4
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
1988 Royal Rumble Winner

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Hacksaw won the first Rumble in 1988. He was in for 14:43 and eliminated Nikolai Volkoff, Danny Davis and lastly the One Man Gang to win it. Hacksaw was in other matches for 89 and 90 but was back for the match in 91. Duggan was backdropped out by Mr.Perfect in just 4:44 which was kind of surprising as almost everybody did double digit times that year. 92 was much better as he was in for 20:45 before him and Virgil eliminated each other. This would be his last Rumble appearance for 17 years. He was a surprise appearance in the 09 Rumble and would go on offense on everybody with everyone, including Undertaker, selling for him. Big Show entered next and easily dumped Duggan in 2:50. Duggan made another surprise apperance in 2012, lasting only 56 seconds before getting eliminated by Cody Rhodes.

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46. Tito Santana-91 points (44)
Stats
Ring Time: 83:56
Eliminations: 1
Assists: 1

Tito was a regular in the early Rumble matches. He was in everyone from 88 to 93. In 88 as a member of the Tag Team Champions Strike Force he drew #2 against #1 entrant Bret Hart, who was a member of Strike Force's rivals the Hart Foundation. Santana lasted for 10:41 before getting tossed out by Hart and his Hart Foundation partner Jim Neidhart. In 89 he was in for 12:47 and helped Bushwhacker Butch toss the Honky Tonk Man. By 1990, Strike Force had split after Rick Martel turned on Santana. Santana immediately went after Martel after entering. Martel, with some help from Ultimate Warrior, managed to eliminate him though after 5:09. 91 was his longest stay as he was in for 30:23 before getting tossed by Earthquake. After a couple of tough losses, Tito would take some time off from the WWF shortly after Wrestlemania VII as he would return to to his home in Mexico to do some soul searching. He returned towards the end of the year as El Matador and would participate in the 92 Rumble for the World Title. He lasted for 13:55 before going out in a double elimination with Shawn Michaels, who ended up being his Wrestlemania opponent that year. In 93 he was in for 11:01 before getting tossed by Yokozuna.

45. Owen Hart-92 points (43)
Stats
Ring Time: 57:45
Eliminations: 7
Assists: 0

Owen was in every Rumble from 93 through 99. In 93 he was in the finals after getting a late number and eliminated Jerry Saggs with a dropkick before getting tossed by Yokozuna. In 94 he had turned heel on his brother Bret earlier in the night after they failed to win the Tag Titles before returning for the Rumble match later. Owen quickly eliminated Rick Steiner who had been blinded blinded by Kwang's green mist before getting tossed by Diesel in under 5 minutes. You would think with his heel turn and upcoming push that they would have had him last longer. In 95 he was attacked on the way to the ring by Bret and then backdropped out by Bulldog in just 3 seconds. 96 was his best showing as he was in for over 20 minutes while eliminating Hakushi and Barry Horowitz. In 97 he eliminated Goldust and his Tag Team Champion partner British Bulldog on "accident" as Bulldog was trying to eliminate Steve Austin. Owen ended up getting eliminated by Austin, along with Marc Mero as they were fighting in the corner. By 98 he was a babyface again due to the Montreal Screwjob at Survivor Series. He was attacked on his way to the ring by Jeff Jarrett and was taken to the back. He returnd later after Jarrett entered, and returned the favor on him before tossing him. Owen was eliminated not long after thanks to Triple H and Chyna, both of whom were not in the match. In his last appearance in 99, he was in the last 5 before getting backdropped out by Austin.

44. "Macho Man" Randy Savage-94 points (41)
Stats
Ring Time: 58:41
Eliminations: 6
Assists 2

Accomplishments
1993 Runner-up
Final Four (1992)

OH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHH! Macho Man was in the 89, 90, 92, 93, and 94 Rumbles. In 89 as WWF Champion and one half of the Mega Powers, he eliminated Greg Valentine and assisted in the eliminations of Shawn Michaels and Tito Santana. He lasted for 12:26 before his Mega Power partner Hulk Hogan dumped both him and Bad News Brown as were tussleing on the ropes. Savage didn't take it well and quickly got in Hogan's face to let him know about it. Miss Elizabeth would then step in to calm both down before any blows were exchanged. This was just another hint of dissension in the Mega Powers who would then explode the next month before facing each other for the title at Wrestlemania, which Hogan of course won. In 1990 as the Macho King he eliminated Jake Roberts and was in for over 10 minutes before getting eliminated on a sick backdrop from Dusty Rhodes, who he would he then end up spending the next 7 months feuding with. Savage was scheduled for the 91 Rumble but he didn't show up when his number was called. Apparently he had been run out of the building by the Ultimate Warrior, who he cost the WWF Title earlier in the night in his match with Sgt. Slaughter. By 92 he was a babyface and the Macho Man again. At the time he was involved in a very intense feud with Jake Roberts after Roberts had actually slapped Savage's wife Elizabeth in the face. Savage immediately went Roberts when he entered and eliminated him with a high knee. Savage then lept over the top rope to attack Roberts some more. It looked like he had eliminated himself however he was allowed to stay in the match which doesn't make sense as there has been plenty of instances of guys eliminating themselves and not being let back in. I guess it might have been a botch on Savage's part. Then in what could have been a cover for Savage's mistake, Monsoon and Heenan on commentary then explained that one of the rules is that you have to be physically thrown out by someone else to be eliminated. Savage went on to also elminate Colonel Mustafa and make it to the final 4 before getting eliminated after 22:26. In 93 he drew #30 and eliminated the Repo Man. It ended up coming down to him and Yokozuna. After he managed to get Yokozuna down, he climbed up top and dropped his patned elbow drop on him. Then in perhaps the dumbest move in the history of the match, he then decided to cover him. In a ridiculous looking spot Yoko then pressed him off over the top, although Savage clearly jumped over, to win the match. In 94 he was the first guy to stand up to Diesel, who had dominated everyone until that point. He then tossed Jeff Jarrett out before getting dumped by his arch nemesis Crush after just 4:38.

43. Alexander Rusev-96 points (58)
Stats
Ring Time: 66:00
Eliminations: 6
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
Most Eliminations (2015)
2015 Runner-up

The Bulgarian Brute was in the last four 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. 2015 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 reappeared and tried to sneak attack him. Reigns was ready for him though and gave him a spear before tossing him out to win the match. 2016 was crap and a total waste of him. After drawing #2 he was eliminated before #3 even entered, getting speared and tossed by Reigns again after just 1:30. This year was much better as he was in for 22:31 before getting eliminated by Goldberg.


42. Jake "The Snake" Roberts-96 points (40)
Stats
Ring Time: 73:45
Eliminations: 4
Assists: 1

The Snake competed in every Rumble from 88 through 92. He was also in the 96 and 97 Rumbles after making a comeback to the WWF. 88 was his best showing. He was in for 21:52 and scored the first elimination in the history of the match when he dumped Butch Reed. He also eliminated Boris Zhukov with help from Jim Brunzell. In 89 he was in a feud with Andre the Giant due to the fact Andre was afraid of snakes. Andre immeadiately attacked Jake after he had entered the match, not giving him a chance. Andre then tossed him in just a little over 2 minutes. Jake would end up getting the last laugh though as he returned later on and throw his pet snake Damien in the ring which scared Andre so much that he climbed over the top rope and eliminated himself. In 90 he was in a feud with Ted Dibiase and would immeadiately have a one on one showdown with him after entering at #4 with just Dibiase in the ring. Roberts ended up lasting 10:03 before getting clotheslined out by Randy Savage as he was attempting to give Dibiase the DDT. Going into the 91 match he was feuding with Rick Martel after Martel had blinded Roberts by spraying him the eyes with his arrogance perfume. Roberts eliminated Paul Roma and lasted 12:58 before Martel snapmared him out from the apron to eliminate him. Roberts ended up getting his revenge on him at Wrestlemania though, when he defeated him in the first ever blindfold match. By the 92 Rumble, Roberts had gone from a popular face to a hated heel. He was involved in a very heated feud with Randy Savage at the time after he had slapped Savage's wife Elizabeth in the face. During the match Roberts would always stand in the corner and look to the aisle waiting for Savage when another wrestler was about to come. When Savage did come out, Roberts slid outside the ring to hide. He came back in once he saw Undertaker giving Savage a hard time. Roberts attempted to give him a short arm clothesline but Savage ducked it and then eliminated him with a high knee. Roberts left the WWF right after Wrestlemania VIII that same year and wouldn't return until the 96 Rumble. He eliminated Omari and Henry Godwinn before Vader clotheslined him out in a poorly done elimination after 14:39. In 97 he was only in for a little over a minute before getting backdropped out by Austin as he was attempting the DDT.

41. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine-96 points (39)
Stats
Ring Time: 88:00
Eliminations: 1
Assists: 1

The Hammer was in the 89, 91, 92 and 94 Rumbles. In 89 he was in for almost 20 minutes before getting backdropped out by Savage. In 91 he eliminated Dino Bravo while lasting an impressive 44:03, which at that point was one of the highest times in the history of the match. 92 was an off night as Repo Man dumped him out in just a little over 4 minutes. Valentine left for WCW shortly after. He made an appearance in the 94 Rumble in a one time deal and would have another good showing, lasting for 20:39 and helping in the group elimination of Mabel before getting dumped out by Rick Martel in the finals.

40. Mick Foley (Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love)-97 points (38)
Stats
Ring Time: 51:12
Eliminations: 8
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
Final Four (1998)

As Mankind he made his Rumble debut in 97. He eliminated Rocky Maivia and Terry Funk before getting taken out by the Undertaker. In 98 Foley made history as he appeared in the match three seperate times with three different characters. As Cactus Jack he teamed with Terry Funk to eliminate Tom Brandi before getting eliminated by Funk later on. He returned though as Mankind and eliminated Funk before getting dumped out by Goldust. He returned for the final time as Dude Love and eliminated Bradshaw and Henry Godwinn. He also was in the final 4 along with Austin, Rock, and Faarooq. Dude applied the mandible claw on Austin but Stone Cold countered with a low blow which left him easy pickings for a Faarooq clothesline which eliminated him. Foley retired in 2000 but made a comeback to the ring in late 2003 while getting into a feud with Randy Orton. Foley wasn't scheduled to be in the 04 Rumble but would get in by attacking Test and taking his spot so he could get at Orton. He eliminated Orton as well as himself after a clothesline after 43 seconds. Foley wouldn't make another Rumble appearance until 2008. He was in for 11:29 before Triple H threw him into Elijah Burke which caused both Foley and Burke to tumble out to the floor. Foley was in the 2012 Rumble in a one shot deal. Foley did well, eliminating both Primo and Epico before getting dumped by Cody Rhodes after 6:34.

39. Mr. Perfect-100 points (36)
Stats
Ring Time: 72:17
Eliminations: 5
Assists: 1

Accomplishments
1989 Ironman
1990 Runner-up
Final Four (2002)

The flawless one fared well in every Rumble he was in. In his first Rumble in 89 he eliminated Demolition Ax and had the longest ring time with 27:58 before getting tossed by Hulk Hogan. In 90 he drew the perfect number in number 30. He accidentally assisted in the elimination of Rick Rude before getting tossed by Hogan again in the final elimination of the match. In 91 he eliminated Jim Duggan and was in for over 16 minutes before getting eliminated bv the British Bulldog. Perfect suffered a serious back injury that summer and would be sidelined for over a year. He began serving as the executive consultant of Ric Flair. However during the latter months of 1992, Perfect and Flair would have a falling out after Perfect decided to return to the ring to be Randy Savage's partner at Survivor Series against Flair and Razor Ramon. Perfect, now a babyface for the first time in his WWF career, entered the 93 Rumble as one of the favorites. Perfect quickly went after Flair and eventually eliminatef him to a big pop. He also eliminated Skinner and Jerry Lawler. However, the latter would screw him over by helping eliminate him from the outside. Perfect would not be in another Rumble until 2002. It was his first match in the federation in nearly nine years. Perfect surprisingly made it all the way to the last 3 before getting clotheslined out by Triple H after over 15 minutes in the ring. This was by far the highlight of his comeback as they did pretty much nothing with him for the rest of his stint before letting him go a couple months later after he got into a confrontation with Brock Lesnar on the infamous plane ride from hell.

38. Brock Lesnar-101 points (53)
Stats
Ring Time: 21:42
Eliminations: 11
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
2003 Royal Rumble Winner

Brock has been in three Rumbles in his career, those being 2003, 2016, and 2017. He won it in 2003 with it taking 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 eliminated Matt Hardy with an F5 out of the ring onto Team Angle who were still at ringside in a cool spot. Lesnar ended up sustaining the Undertaker's tombstone piledriver later on but recovered and eliminated Taker, who had just knocked the already eliminated Batista out of the ring with a chair, to win the match. He went onto to win the WWE Title from Kurt Angle at Wrestlemania. Lesnar wouldn't be in another Rumble for 13 years as he left the company in 2004 and then after he returned in 2012 he was either in another match or just wasn't on the card at all from 2013 to 2015. He was in the 2016 one versus all match for Roman Reigns' WWE Championship. Lesnar was dominant in his time as he pummeled all the other guys in the ring with suplexes and strikes while eliminating Jack Swagger and all three Wyatt Family followers. Unfortunately for Brock all the Wyatt followers came back into the ring to save their leader Bray Wyatt from getting F5ed, and then all teamed up to dump Brock out in a cheap bs elimination. Lesnar was in for 8:13. This year he laid waste to everyone in the ring and eliminated Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, and Enzo Amore. However Goldberg, who has always seemed to have Lesnar's number, would enter next and foil Brock again as he nailed him with a spear and then clotheslined him out in just 4:30.

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37. Kevin Nash ("Big Daddy Cool" Diesel)-102 points (35)
Stats
Ring Time: 39:46
Eliminations: 12
Assists: 1

Accomplishments
Most Eliminations (1994)
1996 Runner-up

Competed in the 94, 96, 2011, and 2014 Rumbles. In 94 Diesel had a dominating performance. After enteing the match he eliminated seven consecutive men. He eventually got eliminated in a group effort after 17:41. 96 was another strong showing. He eliminated Tatanka, Hunter Hearst Helmsley, Kama, Duke Droese with Kama, and Owen Hart as Hart was attempting to eliminate Diesel's buddy Shawn Michaels. Michaels would thank him with a sweet chin music to win the match after Diesel had just finished putting Kama out. Diesel was in for 17:51. Nash left for WCW a few months later. In 2011, Nash as Diesel would make his return in the Rumble as the 32nd entrant in the 40 man Rumble. He got a huge ovation from the Boston crowd who were quite disappointed when he was eliminated by Wade Barrett in 2:45. Nash made another surprise appearance in the 2014 Rumble and actually scored a elimination as he dumped out Jack Swagger before getting lowbridged out by Roman Reigns after 2:29.

36. Goldust-107 points (34)
Stats
Ring Time: 87:42
Eliminations: 4
Assists: 0

The bizarre one has competed in eleven Rumbles throughout his long career. In his first in 97 he eliminated Hunter Hearst Helmsley, who had defeated him in the opener that night, before getting eliminated by Owen Hart. 98 was the same story, as he was defeated by Vader in the opener but then got payback by eliminating Vader in the Rumble match. He also eliminated Mankind and lasted a good 26+ minutes that year. In 99 he was eliminated by Kane in 4:02 after a chokeslam out of the ring. This would be his last Rumble for a few years as he was let go a few months a later. He made his return at the 02 Rumble and lasted 13 minutes before getting eliminated by Undertaker. In 03 he was only in for 47 seconds before getting double teamed out by Team Angle. He was released again later in the year but would once again return for the Rumble in 06. He lasted 3:09 before getting eliminated by RVD in a horribly done elimination where RVD spin kicked him and Goldust pretty much jumped over the top rope. After spending a couple years in TNA he returned to WWE yet again in 2008 and was in the 09 Rumble. He had a confrontation with brother Cody before Orton stepped in and gave him an RKO. Orton then let Cody toss him after 1:11. He was then in the 2013 Rumble as a surprise entrant. He lasted for 9:41 before getting eliminated by Cody again. Goldust was hired back full time once again later in the year and formed a successful tag team with Cody, with the two quickly winning the tag titles. They were both in the 2014 Rumble with Goldust eliminating Cody this time, albeit on accident. Goldust was then eliminated immediately after by Roman Reigns after 11:55. In 2015 he was in for 6:22 before getting eliminated by Reigns again. In 2016 he was in for close to 6 minutes before getting eliminated by Titus O'Neil.

35. Yokozuna-109 points(33)
Stats
Ring Time: 34:07
Eliminations: 10
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
1993 Royal Rumble Winner
Most Eliminations (1993)

Yokozuna was the first Royal Rumble winner to earn a title shot at Wrestlemania when he won the 93 match. He had quite the domintaing performance as he eliminated 7 men most notably the mammoth Earthquake, iron man Bob Backlund, and Randy Savage, who he eliminated to win the match after 14:53 in the ring. Yoko made his second and last Rumble appearance in 96. He lasted 19:14 which is pretty impressive considering that he weighed over 600 pounds at the time. He eliminated Bob Backlund, Mabel, and a Swat Team member before getting into it with fellow Camp Cornette member Vader. Both Yoko and Vader were eliminated by Shawn Michaels as they were fighting by the ropes.

34. Lex Luger-111 points (32)
Stats
Ring Time: 40:49
Eliminations: 8
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
1994 Royal Rumble Co Winner
Final Four (1995)

Luger was in the 94 and 95 Rumbles. Both were good showings. In 94 he eliminated the Great Kabuki, Adam Bomb, Bam Bam Bigelow, and Shawn Michaels. He also assisted in the eliminations of Crush and Tenryu. Eventually it boiled down to him and Bret Hart, the two top faces in the company at the time. Luger would attempt to dump Hart, but Hart fought him off before both went over the top rope and hit at the exact same time. After a long discussion the officials called it a tie, with both Luger and Hart being declared co winners of the match. Luger was in the match for 21:58. In 95 he was in the final 4 and eliminated Mabel, Mantaur, Bob Backlund, and Henry Godwinn. He then stupidly started doing the 10 punches in the corner on Crush and was double axe handled from behind by Shawn Michaels and eliminated after 18:51.

33. John Morrison/Johnny Nitro-117 points (30)
Stats
Ring Time: 106:00
Eliminations: 1
Assists: 2

Morrison was in every Rumble from 2006 to 2011. Morrison didn't score many eliminations but did manage to have some longer stays in the match. In 06 as Johnny Nitro and a member of MNM he was in for 25:45 while teaming with partner Mercury to eliminate Tatanka before eliminating Mercury on an accident. Nitro was eliminated shortly after by Shawn Michaels. In 07 he helped in the group elimination of Viscera before getting eliminated by Benoit after a little over 6 minutes. In 08, now going by John Morrison, he lasted an impressive 29:23 before getting big booted out by Kane. 09 was another a good showing as was in for nearly 20 minutes. In 010 he was in for 11:36 before Michaels eliminated him again. In 2011 he had probably the most amazing spot in the history of the match when he saved himself from elimination with his amazing parkour move in which he clung to the barricade like Spider Man after getting knocked off the apron, and then walked along the barricade and jumped to the steps and walked back into the ring. Unfortunately, other then that he didn't do much. He eliminated nobody and was eliminated by Nexus in a bummer after 13:24. He definitely should have lasted longer with the push he was getting at the time, especially after the awesome spot he had just pulled off.

32. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase-119 points (29)
Stats
Ring Time: 77:27
Eliminations: 6
Assists: 4

Accomplishments
1990 Ironman
1989 Runner-up

Million Dollar Man was in the 89, 90, 92 and 93 Rumbles. Other then 92 all were good outings. His first in 89 caused a lot of controversy. Dibiase purchased the #30 spot after making a deal with Slick where he traded numbers with one of the Slick's Twin Towers in exchange for a bonus. Dibiase quickly eliminated the Red Rooster and then with help from the Barbarian put out both Brutus Beefcake and Hercules as Beefcake had Hercules in the sleeper near the ropes. It ended up coming down to Dibiase, Akeem, and Big John Studd. Dibiase and Akeem double teamed Studd with Akeem doing most of the work while Dibiase sat back and instructed. After some miscommunication Studd eliminated Akeem leaving just him and Dibiase. Studd then just beat Dibiase up for 2 minutes straight before tossing him. In 90, Jack Tunney had increased the security in the drawing room to prevent any number trading. Dibiase ended up getting the worst number in #1. He dominated the first 4 minutes of the match eliminating both Koko B. Ware and Marty Jannetty. However, his rival Jake Roberts entered next to put an end to his dominance. Dibiase took a beating for the rest of his time in but managed to hang in there. He later took part in the group elimination of Earthquake before getting taken out by a Ultimate Warrior clothesline after an impressive 44:47, which set a new endurance record. In 92 Dibiase got another bad draw with #2. In a huge shocker, he was clotheslined out by the British Bulldog within the first 2 minutes. 93 was much better as he was in for 24:55 while eliminating Brian Knobbs, Mr. Perfect with help, Koko B. Ware, and Terry Taylor before getting chokeslammed and then clotheslined out by Undertaker.

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31. Dean Ambrose-124 points (37)
Stats
Ring Time: 103:48
Eliminations: 3
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2016 Runner-up

The lunatic fringe was in the last four Rumbles. He had a good showings in all of them. 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. In 2015, 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. 2016 was a strong showing as he was in for 29:39 and eliminated Chris Jericho while finishing runner-up to Triple H. This year he was in for close to 27 minutes before getting steamrolled by Brock Lesnar who then easily tossed him out.

30. The Miz-125 points (42)
Stats
Ring Time: 115:55
Eliminations: 2
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
2012 Ironman

The Miz has been in ten Rumble matches as he made his Rumble debut back in 07. He had a very short stay that year, getting tossed by Great Khali in only 7 seconds. In 08 he lasted a solid 13:07 but then was embarrassingly eliminated by Hornswoggle from the outside. Going into the 09 Rumble the team of Miz and John Morrison were the tag champs and had been getting tons of TV time so you would think Miz would do good this time. Nope. Triple H took both him and Morrison out after Miz was in for just 1:18. By 010 he was being pushed as a singles star and was the US Champion. During that Rumble he jumped MVP, who he was feuding with at the time, as he was making his entrance causing MVP to be taken to the back. Like Jeff Jarrett 12 years previous this would backfire on Miz as MVP would return after Miz entered and eliminated him and himself in the process. Miz was in for just 17 seconds. Miz wasn't in the 2011 match as he was in the WWE title match, successfully defending his title against Randy Orton at the 2011 Rumble PPV. He was in the Rumble match in 2012 and had to enter first due to a loss to former partner R-Truth on the Raw before the PPV where the loser would have to enter at #1. Miz eliminated former partners Alex Riley and R-Truth and made it all the way to finals before another former partner of his, Big Show, tossed him out. Miz lasted for 45:39, which was the highest time that year. In 2013 he wrestled twice as he lost to US champion Antonio Cesaro on the pre show and then returned for the Rumble match. Unfortunately for Miz, he suffered a leg injury during his match with Cesaro. The injured Miz wouldn't last too long in the Rumble as he was tossed by Ryback after just a little over 5 minutes. In 2014 he was in for 12:01 before getting clotheslined out by Luke Harper. In 2015 he drew #1 again but was eliminated first after getting double teamed by the New Dudley Boyz, Bubba Ray and R-Truth, with Bubba then tossing him out. In 2016 he went to the announce booth and did commentary after he entered, so he could avoid Brock Lesnar. After Lesnar was eliminated Miz managed to get up enough nerve to enter but didn't last long as he Roman Reigns tossed him in pretty short order. This year he had one of his longer stays as he was in 32:39, although he spent pretty much all of it getting beat up and taking finishers from everyone.

29. Dolph Ziggler-130 points (27)
Stats
Ring Time: 99:14
Eliminations: 5
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2013 Ironman
Final Four (2013)

Ziggler has been in the last nine Rumbles. He was still a pretty new act when he made his Rumble debut in 09. At the time he was pretty much just a comedy character whose gimmick was that he liked introducing himself to people. Not long after he entered he tried do this to Kane who responded by tossing him out in 21 seconds. By the 010 Rumble Ziggler had been pushed as more of a threat and after drawing #1, which seems to usually be a spot reserved for iron man performances, it seemed like he would get a long run. However the Rumble that year wasn't too kind to non main eventers and Ziggler was no exception, going out in just 2:29 by CM Punk. At the 2011 PPV he unsuccessfully challenged Edge for the World Title in first match of the night then returned later for the Royal Rumble with no explaination for what he was allowed in it. I guess we were just supposed to assume that Vickie Guerrero, the Smackdown GM and Ziggler's on screen girlfriend at the time, let him in. Ziggler went for 7:12 before getting tossed out by Big Show. 2012 was a similar situation for Ziggler as he lost to CM Punk in a WWE Title match before returning for the Rumble match. Ziggler would put together a good showing this time around as he lasted for close to 20 minutes while eliminating Kharma and assisting Cody Rhodes in eliminating Booker T and the Great Khali. Dolph made it to the last 5 before Big Show eliminated him again. In 2013 he got #1 again although this time he was forced into it. Ziggler had a strong showing, lasting for close to 50 minutes while eliminating the Godfather and Chris Jericho. Ziggler made it to the final four before getting eliminated by Sheamus after taking a brogue kick while he was on the apron. In 2014, now a face for the first time, he was tossed by Roman Reigns after not doing much and only lasting about 6 minutes despite arguably being the most over guy in the match that year. 2015 was a big disappointment. Going into the match he was getting arguably the biggest push of his career and was considered by most fans a strong outside possibility and the third most likely guy to win after Roman Reigns and Daniel Bryan. After oddly entering #30 (not a position suited for his gritty underdog face character he was playing at the time), he was punched out by Big Show and then dumped out in just 2:20 in a huge letdown. Despite his disappointing performance, he did manage to eliminate both Bad News Barrett and Cesaro in his short time in the ring. In 2016 he once again drew another really good number in #28, although it again didn't help him much as Triple H eliminated him in the finals after 7 minutes exactly. This year the string of mediocre showings continued as he was tossed by Brock in just 4:21.

28. Bob "Hardcore" Holly-130 points (26)
Stats
Ring Time: 113:06
Eliminations: 1
Assists: 4

Holly competed in several Rumble matches in his long WWE career. He was in the match in 94, 96, 2000, 01, 05, 07, 08. As Sparky Plugg he made his WWF debut in 94 as an alternate for the injured 1-2-3 Kid. Holly did well as he lasted for over 21 minutes and assisted in the eliminations of Diesel, Mabel, and Crush. In 96 he had one of the longest times as was in for a impressive 39:45 which was pretty surprising considering how low on the card he was at the time. Holly wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2000. By this time he had ditched the Sparky Plugg gimmick and was now going by Hardcore Holly. Hardcore was in for 11:48 and was in the finals before getting eliminated by former J.O.B. Squad partner Al Snow. In 01 he was in for 14:04 before getting tossed by Undertaker. In 05 he spent his entire time beating the crap out Daniel Puder. After tossing him, Holly was then dumped by Benoit and Guerrero after just 2 minutes. He was in for 10:21 in 07 before becoming one of many casualties of the Great Khali. In 08 he was in for 13:46 before getting samoan spiked out by Umaga.

27. Kofi Kingston-135 points (28)
Stats
Ring Time: 109:42
Eliminations: 4
Assists: 2

Kofi has been a Rumble regular in recent years, as he's participated in the last nine. His debut in 09 wasn't anything special as he was in for a little under 7 minutes before getting eliminated by the Brian Kendrick of all people. In 010 he was only in for 2:51 but did eliminate both Jack Swagger and R-Truth in his short time in the ring. 2011 was a good showing as lasted for over 21 minutes and helped Cena put out Alex Riley in a botched elimination before Orton RKOed him and eliminated him towards the end of the match. 2012 was another good outing for him, as he lasted close to 18 minutes and had an awesome spot where he saved himself from elimination by doing a handstand. 2013 was another good run as he was in for 21:18 and eliminated Tensai and Darren Young. He also got another wacky spot where he saved himself from elimination as he landed on the eliminated Tensai's back after getting knocked off the apron, with Tensai then conveniently setting him down on the announce table to beat him, making Kofi still eligible in the match since his feet hadn't touched the floor. Kofi then used JBL's chair to pogo his way back to the apron where he lowbridged Young out before getting disaster kicked off by Cody Rhodes to get eliminated for good. In 2014 he was in for 12:32 and assisted in the group elimination of Rusev while also getting two more creative spots in which he saved himself from elimination. For the first one he got knocked off the apron and into the arms of Rusev, who set him down on the barricade to beat him up. Kofi then ran and jumped from the barricade to the apron, before stepping back into the ring to stay in the match. Then later he once again avoid elimination in creative fashion as he avoided a Jack Swagger big boot and ripped his boot off while hanging onto the bottom rope by his toes, before hitting Swagger in the face with his own boot and rolling back in. In 2015 he avoided elimination by getting caught by Adam Rose's Rosebuds who carried him back into the ring. It was all for naught though as Rusev eliminated him for good after 2:51. As part of the group New Day, Kofi was back again for the 2016 Rumble. Kofi was the only member of the group to be in the match most likely just so they could another wacky spot with him as it's now an annual thing. Kofi's partners Big E. and Xavier Woods were still allowed to come to ringside with him and managed to temporarily save him from elimination as Big E. caught him on his shoulders after he was knocked off the apron by Kane. New Day clowned around at ringside for the next several minutes before Jericho dropkicked Kofi off Big E's shoulders to completely eliminate him even though it was completely missed by the cameras as they were to busy focusing on Roman Reigns getting beat up by League of Nations outside the ring. Kofi was in for 8:15. This year he was in for 16:13 before getting taken out along with the rest of the New Day by Sheamus and Cesaro.

26. Bray Wyatt/Husky Harris-136 points (31)
Stats
Ring Time: 97:53
Eliminations: 6
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
Final Four (2017)
2015 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2015)

The leader of the Wyatt Family competed in the 2011, 2015, 2016, and 2017 Rumbles. In 2011 as New Nexus member, Husky Harris, he did pretty well as he was in for nearly 16 minutes and assisted his Nexus teammates in eliminating Ted Dibiase, John Morrison, and Mark Henry. The next night on Raw Husky was written off TV after getting punted in the head by Randy Orton. After over two years in developmental, he returned to the main roster as Bray Wyatt and was given a big push. Bray the ironman in the 2015 Rumble lasting an impressive 47 minutes while also scoring six eliminations, with the most notable one being Daniel Bryan who was among one of the few favorites to win that year. He also made it all the way to the final six from the #5 position, before becoming one of the many late match victims of Big Show and Kane. In 2016 he was in for 10:46 while surprisingly scoring no eliminations. Oddly for the second year in a row the heel Bray was eliminated near the end in a double team from the heel Authority, as Sheamus and Triple H dumped him out after Sheamus gave him a brogue kick to stop him from giving Triple H the Sister Abigail. This year he was in for 24:11 and was in the last three before getting tossed by Roman Reigns.

[2coldMack is even more baffled]

Wow, Holly's up WAY higher than I would have imagined. I guess that's what career longevity does for a guy.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

Feb 21, 2017 14:06:40 GMT -5 2coldMack is even more baffled said:

Wow, Holly's up WAY higher than I would have imagined. I guess that's what career longevity does for a guy.

It is a bit surprising but he was in a decent amount of him and he was also a minute eater which is really the main reason why he's as high as he is. He had a lot of double digit times and those add up a good amount of points.

[pegasuswarrior]

This could be an Internet wrestling site article. Impressed with the devotion to this thread. Nice.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

25. Rob Van Dam-136 points (25)
Stats
Ring Time: 102:07
Eliminations: 5
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
Final Four (2006)

RVD was in the 02, 03, 04, 06, 07, and 09 Rumbles. In his debut in 02 he used all his signature moves on everybody before Triple H stopped him dead in his tracks with a pedigree. RVD was tossed shortly after by Booker T after just 2:12. 03 was much better as he was in for 32:56 while eliminating Jeff Hardy and teaming with Kane to eliminate A-Train. He made it to the last 5 until Kane double crossed him and press slammed him out. In 04 he was eliminated in 6:44 after stupidly attempting a monkey flip on Big Show who easily tossed him out. RVD missed all of 2005 with a knee injury thanks to Carlito but returned at the 06 Rumble. He got some revenge on Carltio by eliminating him. He also eliminated Animal and Goldust and was in the final 4 while lasting 25:52. 07 was another good showing as he eliminated Chris Masters and took part in the group elimination of Viscera before getting eliminated by Khali after 15:27. RVD left the company later in the year but would make a one time appearance in the 09 Rumble. He didn't eliminate anyone but was in the finals before getting tossed out by Jericho after 13:56.

24. "The Model" Rick Martel-142 points (24)
Stats
Ring Time: 103:53
Eliminations: 6
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
1991 Ironman
Final Four (1989, 1993)

The Model was in seven consecutive Rumbles from 89 through 95. He wasn't in 88 for some reason even though his Strike Force Tag Team Championship partner Tito Santana was. Besides 95 Martel fared well in every Rumble he was in and was almost always in there at the end. In 89 he was in the final 4 and eliminated the Barbarian before getting caught on a crossbody attempt by Akeem who then dumped him out. By 90 he had turned heel on Santana and became the Model. Santana immeadiately went after Martel when he entered but Martel ended up getting the better of him as he eliminated him with some help from the Ultimate Warrior of all people. Martel and Warrior also eliminated Jim Neidhart, before Warrior tossed Martel after 8:14. Martel really cemented himself as one of the all time greats in Rumbles with his performance in the 91 edition. In what was arguably the highlight of his WWF career Martel lasted all the way to the last 5 after drawing #6. He eliminated Saba Simba, rival Jake Roberts, Hawk with help from Hercules, and Jim Neidhart. Then after slamming British Bulldog to the mat, he for whatever reason decided to climb up to the top rope. Bulldog shook the ropes to crotch him before hitting him with a clothesline to finally eliminate him after an incredible 52:17. After losing to Roberts in a blindfold match at Wrestlemania VII, Martel took a hiatus from the WWF but would return around December, just in time for the 92 Rumble for the vacant WWF Title. Martel eliminated Skinner and was in the last 6 before both him and Piper were dumped out by Sid Justice as they were fighting on the ropes. Martel was in for 12:39. In 93 he was in for 11:23 and was in the final 4 again before Bob Backlund eliminated him. In 94 he eliminated Greg Valentine and was once again in the finals before Tatanka eliminated him. 95 was a dropoff from his previous runs as he was eliminated in just 2:29.

23. Rikishi/Headshrinker Fatu/The Sultan-146 points (23)
Stats
Ring Time: 86:13
Eliminations: 12
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
Most Eliminations (2000)
Final Four (1994)

Appeared in ten Rumbles during his career. His first was in 93 as Fatu of the Headshrinkers. He was eliminated by Backlund after 6:32. 94 was a surprisingly strong showing for Fatu as he eliminated Mo and was in the final 4 before getting backdropped out by Bret Hart after a little over 13 minutes. In 95 he was eliminated by Crush in 5:32. For 96 he was "Making a Difference" Fatu, a babyface character that encouraged kids to stay in school and stay away from drugs. Fatu eliminated "The Ringmaster" Steve Austin" four years before he "did it fo the Rock" and ran him over with his car. Fatu was eliminated himself shortly after by Dr. Issac Yankem. By the 97 Rumble he had been repackaged again as the Sultan. British Bulldog eliminated him after just 3:23. He wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2000. By that time he was using his most popular gimmick in Rikishi. Rikishi had quite the showing that year. After entering the match he eliminated everybody in the ring except his Too Cool buddy Grandmaster Sexay. Then the third member of Too Cool Scotty 2 Hotty entered the match with them all doing their dance routine before Rikishi clotheslined both of them and tossed them. Rikishi then started picking off every one that entered until the Big Bossman arrived and decided to just wait on the outside. Rikishi would lose his momentum because of this strategy as the ring would slowly start to fill up again. Eventually he was eliminated in a group effort of six men. He was in the ring for 16:23 with 7 eliminations. By the 01 Rumble Rikishi had turned from a popular easy going babyface to a vicious heel after it was revealed that he was the man that ran over Stone Cold Steve Austin and put him on the shelf for a year. Rikishi entered at #30 that year after winning a four way match on Smackdown. He eliminated the Undertaker with a superkick in a bit of a shocker. He then tried give Rock a banzai drop but Rock would get up and lowblow him before dumping him out. In 02 he was back to be a popular dancing babyface. He eliminated Big Bossman before getting taken out by Undertaker along with everbody else in the ring after 13:39. In 03 he was in for 14:10 before Batista spinebustered and clotheslined him out. In his last appearance in 04 he eliminated Rene Dupree with a superkick before getting dumped by Orton after 3:48.

22. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair-148 points (22)
Stats
Ring Time: 87:02
Eliminations: 6
Assists 2

Accomplishments
1992 Royal Rumble Winner
1992 Ironman

The Nature Boy had arguably the greatest Rumble performance in the 92 Rumble where he won the World Title which is the only time someone has won the title in the Rumble match. Flair drew #3 that year. Up until that point it was unheard of for someone with such early number to win it as nobody who had drawn numbers 1-5 had even come close to winning. However Flair would hang in there for nearly an hour, shattering Martel's record from the previous year, to win the match. Along the way he eliminated British Bulldog, Kerry Von Erich, Big Bossman, inadvertantly helped Sid eliminate Savage, and then eliminated Sid to win with help from the eliminated Hulk Hogan on the outside. In 93 he drew #1 and eliminated Papa Shango before getting eliminated by his former executive consultant Mr. Pefect after 18:38. Flair would lose to Perfect the next night on Raw in a loser leaves town match and wouldn't be seen again in the WWF in 9 years. He wouldn't be in the Rumble until 05. He drew #30 that year and eliminated Jonathan Coachman and Chris Benoit after his Evolution teammate Batista did the damage. He then tried to double cross Batista by tossing him but failed miserably. Flair was then speared and tossed shortly after by Edge. Going into 06 he had a falling out with Evloution teammate and protoge Triple H. After entering at #5 Flair went straight after Triple H. Triple H would get the better of him though as he eliminated him with a backdrop after just 1:20. Flair drew #1 again in 07. He lasted for 5:40 before getting eliminated by Edge again.

21. Bret "Hitman" Hart-156 points (21)
Stats
Ring Time: 99:21
Eliminations: 4
Assists: 4

Accomplishments
1994 Royal Rumble Co Winner
1988 Ironman
1997 Runner-up

The Hitman was the first ever entrant in the history of the Royal Rumble when he entered at #1 in the first one in 1988. He also had the longest ring time that year as he was in for 25:42 while teaming with partner Jim Neidhart to eliminate Tito Santana. 90 and 91 (where he drew #1 again) were good showings as well as he posted ring times of 16:16 and 20:33 respectively. After 91 Hart's Rumble match appearances were few and far between as he always seemed to be tied up in title matches most years. His next appearance in the actual Rumble match wouldn't be until 94. 94 was also the first year where wrestlers who participated in other matches on the show could also participate in the Rumble match. Bret and his brother Owen got a Tag Title shot in the second match of the night against the Quebecers. However they ended up losing after the referee stopped the match due a knee injury Bret sustained. Owen, who was pissed at Bret for going for his sharpshooter instead of tagging him, would add more damage to his knee when he turned on him after the match and kicked his leg out from under his leg. Despite his injury Bret would tough it out and show up for the Rumble match at the end of the night. He assisted in the eliminations of Crush, Sparky Plugg and Tenryu before eliminating Fatu by himself in the final 4. It ended up coming down to him and Lex Luger. Bret managed to force Luger over the rope but ended up going over with him, with both hitting the floor at the exact same time. After a long discussion it was decided that it was a tie and that both Hart and Luger were co winners and would both get title shots at Wrestlemania against Yokozuna. At Wrestlemania after Luger failed in his attempt, Hart (who had lost to his younger brother Owen in the first match) defeated Yokozuna to win the title. Bret was in title matches for 95 and 96 but would be in the Rumble match for 97. After entering he would have a one on one showdown with nemesis Stone Cold Steve Austin who had dominated the match until that point. Hart was the first guy to really give the Rattlesnake a tough time as he got the better of him and put him in the sharpshooter. Hart however let go of it to punch the next entrant Jerry Lawler, who had been doing commentary, out of the ring after the King had only been in for 4 seconds. In the finals Hart tossed Austin out to seemingly eliminate him. However the referees were distracted trying to separate Mankind and Terry Funk which allowed Austin to sneak back in and dump Vader and the Undertaker. After Hart had just finished putting the Fake Diesel out, Austin would dump him to win the match. Afterwards an angry Hart roughed up the referees and even Vince McMahon. This was the start of his heel turn that was finalized after his classic submission match with Austin at Wrestlemania XIII. The 97 Rumble was his last as he left after the infamous Montreal screw job at the Survivor Series that year. His ring time for that year was 21:12

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

20. The Rock-188 points (19)
Stats
Ring Time: 118:02
Eliminations: 9
Assists: 0

Accomplishments
2000 Royal Rumble Winner
1998 Ironman
1998 Runner-up
Final Four (2001)

The great one made his Rumble debut in 1997 as Rocky Maivia. The rookie Maivia was in for 13:01 and was in the finals before Mankind used the mandible claw to eliminate him. By the 98 Rumble, Maivia had gone through an attitude change and joined the Nation of Domination. Now known as The Rock he lasted an impressive 51:32 while finishing runner up to Steve Austin. He also scored eliminations of rival Ken Shamrock and his leader in the Nation, Faarooq. By the 2000 Rumble, Rock had become a huge fan favorite and the company's second biggest star behind Austin. Rock eliminated Big Bossman, Crash Holly, Al Snow and lastly the Big Show to win the match after 14:47. 01 was another good showing. He eliminated the Goodfather in 14 seconds and later on eliminated the Big Show again after Show had wiped everybody out with chokeslams. However, Big Show then pulled Rock under the bottom rope and gave him a chokeslam through the announcers table. After spending several minutes outside recovering, he eventually got back into the ring and started fighting with the Undertaker and Kane. In the finals, Rock eliminated Rikishi and was among the last 3 guys in the ring along with Austin and Kane. Rock attempted to put Austin out but then Kane came up from behind and dumped both of them. Austin mananged to land safely on the apron but Rock however wasn't as lucky as he fell to the arena floor and was eliminated after 38:41.

19. "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith-189 points (18)
Stats
Ring Time: 126:02
Eliminations: 12
Assists: 1

Accomplishments
1995 Ironman
1995 Runner-up
Final Four (1991, 1996)

Bulldog is one of the greatest Rumble participants to never win the match. He competed in the match in 91, 92, 95, 96, 97, and 2000. He did well in every one. In 91 he was in the final 4 and lasted 36:43 while eliminating Mr. Perfect, Haku and Rick Martel who had been in over 52 minutes. 92 was another good showing. Drawing #1 he shockingly eliminated Ted Dibiase within the first 2 minutes. He also eliminated Jerry Sags and Haku again before Flair backdropped him out after 23:33. Bulldog left for WCW in late 92 but returned at Summerslam 94. He was in the 95 Rumble and drew #2 against #1 entrant Shawn Michaels. Bulldog was in for 38:41 and eliminated Jimmy Del Rey, Owen Hart, Timothy Well and Crush. It ended up coming down to him against Michaels, the two men who started the match. Bulldog had seemingly won the match after clotheslining Michaels out. He then started celebrating on the second rope as his music started playing but then Michaels would came back in and knocked him off and out to win it. The referees then said that Michaels hadn't been eliminated as only one his feet hit the floor. By the 96 Rumble he had turned heel for the first time in his career. He eliminated Marty Jannetty and was in the final 4 before Michaels eliminated him again. In 97 he eliminated the Sultan before his partner and brother in law Owen Hart "accidentally" dumped him out as the Bulldog was attempting to eliminate Steve Austin. This ended up being Davey Boy's last Rumble for a few years as he left the federation to follow another brother in law, Bret Hart to WCW after the Survivor Series that November. Bulldog returned to the WWF in the fall of 99 and participated in the 2000 Rumble, which ended up being the last of his career. He took part in the group elimination of Rikishi and was in for 15:22 before getting dumped out by the Road Dogg.

18. Batista-202 points (17)
Stats
Ring Time: 76:47
Eliminations: 14
Assists 2

Accomplishments
2005 Royal Rumble Winner
2014 Royal Rumble Winner
2008 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2005)
Final Four (2003, 2008, 2010)

One of only six men to win over one Rumble match, the Animal was in the 03, 05, 08, 010, and 014 Rumbles. In 03 he was still pretty new. He eliminated Test and Rikishi and was in the final 4 before Undertaker eliminated him in a little under 10 minutes. Going into 05 he was on the verge of a face turn against Triple H and Evolution and was over big time. It took him 10:54 to win the match. Along the way he took out Snitsky, Jericho, Christian, and Edge with an assist from John Cena before he tossed Cena to win it. He went on to defeat Triple H for the World Title two months later. In 08 he had the longest ring time with 37:40. He eliminated Tommy Dreamer, Mr. Kennedy, Umaga, and teamed with Triple H to eliminate Kane. He was in the last 3 before getting eliminated by Triple H. In 010 he entered at #30 with just Edge, Michaels and Cena in the ring. He eliminated Michaels but was then eliminated himself not long after by Cena which started their feud that ended up leading to a Wrestlemania match. Batista left the company later in the year and wouldn't return until just prior to the 2014 Royal Rumble, which was a comeback match. Entering at #28 for the third time he quickly eliminated Erick Rowan, Ryback, and Alberto Del Rio after only a minute and a half in the ring. After all thirty men entered the crowd started to turn on Batista who was being positioned as a face, as they were disappointed that Daniel Bryan wasn't in the match after just assuming he would be in it even though he had never been announced. Despite the crowd booing him, Batista ended up winnning the match after eliminating Roman Reigns. DEAL WITH IT!

17. "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus-205 points (20)
Stats
Ring Time: 122:31
Eliminations: 8
Assists: 6

Accomplishments
2012 Royal Rumble Winner
Most Eliminations (2013)
Final Four (2013, 2014, 2016)

Sheamus has been one of the more consistent performers in Rumbles in recent years. He's competed in 6 since 2011, lasting at least 18 minutes in four of them while making the final four on four occasions and winning it all in 2012. In 2011 he in for 18+ minutes and eliminated Hornswoggle before Orton RKOed him and eliminated him towards the end of the match. 2012 was his year. Coming in at #22, Sheamus eliminated Kofi Kingston and Jack Swagger with an assist from Big Show. In the end it came down to him and Chris Jericho. After a great back and forth exchange, ala Undertaker/HBK in 2007, that lasted about 7 minutes Sheamus won the match after hitting a brougue kick as Jericho was standing on the apron. Sheamus' ring time was 22:21, which was the third longest that year. 2013 was another strong showing as he was in for over 37 minutes while eliminating Titus O"Neil, David Otunga, Jinder Mahal, and Dolph Ziggler. He also took part in the group elimination of Brodus Clay. Sheamus made it the last three before Ryback dumped him out after a missed brogue kick. He made a surprise return in the 2014 Rumble after being out for six months due to injury. Sheamus eliminated Big E. Langston and made it to the last three again before getting dumped by Roman Reigns after 28:11. In 2016 his ring time dropped a good bit from previous years as he drew a late number with #29 and didn't officially get into the ring until after #30 entrant Triple H entered due to getting Superman Punched in the aisle during his entrance by Roman Reigns, who was making his way back to the ring after being attacked and injured earlier in the match by Sheamus and the rest of the League of Nations. He still had another good showing though as he teamed with Triple H to dump Bray Wyatt and made the final four again before getting eliminated by Reigns. This year he was in for 12:13 and teamed with partner Cesaro to eliminate all three members of New Day. However Sheamus would then try to sneakily dump Cesaro out which would just lead to them both getting dumped by Chris Jericho.

16. Hulk Hogan-216 points (15)
Stats
Ring Time: 55:44
Eliminations: 21
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
1990 Royal Rumble Winner
1991 Royal Rumble Winner
Most Eliminations (1989, 1990, 1991)
Final Four (1992)

The Hulkster was a big player in the early Rumbles. He was in the match from 89 through 92 while winning it back to back in 90 and 91 and scoring 23 eliminations in just 4 appearances. In 89 he scored a whopping 8 eliminations in just a 11 and a half minutes in the ring. He eliminated Mr. Perfect who had been in close to a half hour, Koko B. Ware, Bushwhacker Luke, both Brainbusters simutaneously, Warlord in 2 seconds which was a record for 20 years, and then his own Mega Power partner Randy Savage and Bad News Brown at the same time as they were fighting on the ropes to clear the ring. Savage didn't take it kindly and got in Hogan's face until Elizabeth came in to play peacemaker. The next entrant was Hogan nemesis the Big Bossman. Hogan and Bossman had a mini match for 2 minutes with Hogan in control. Unfortunately for him though Bossman's partner in the Twin Tower's Akeem was in next due to a deal the Tower's manager Slick made with The Million Dollar Man Ted Dibiase where he gave Dibiase the #30 spot that one of the Towers had drawn in exchange for Dibiase's number 22 or 23 so he could have his men come in back to back. Hogan put up a good fight but was eventually overwhelmed and tossed. Despite being eliminated Hogan would hang around at ringside and cause Bossman to be eliminated by pulling down the top rope when Bossman went to run off the ropes as him and Akeem were double teaming Brutus Beefcake. Going into 90, Hogan was the World Champ again and one of the odds on favorites along with Intercontinental Champion the Ultimate Warrior. Entering at #25, Hogan quickly eliminated Jimmy Snuka, Haku, and the Honky Tonk Man before having a showdown with the Warrior. The two superstars knocked each other down with a double clothesline. The Barbarian and Rick Rude were the next two entrants with both taking their shots at the two champions. When Rude and Barbarian were attempting to put Warrior out, Hogan rushed in with a double clothesline which inadvertently helped eliminate Warrior. It eventually came down Hogan, Rude, and the #30 entrant Mr. Perfect who had been a thorn in the Hulkster's side for the previous couple of months. Rude and Perfect double teamed Hogan until Rude accidentally nailed Perfect with a shot that knocked him to the apron. Then when Perfect was attempting to get back in the ring, he accidentally helped eliminate Rude by pulling down the top rope when Rude was irish whipped into the ropes by Hogan. This left just Perfect and Hogan. After shrugging off a perfect plex, Hogan easily tossed Perfect out to win the match. In 91 Hogan became the first back to back winner of the event. He also had his longest stay in the match that year as he was in for close to 20 minutes. He also scored 7 eliminations nearly matching his total from 2 years previous. His hit list for that year was Greg Valentine who had been in for close to 45 minutes, Smash and Crush from Demolition, Warlord, his friend Tugboat, Brian Knobbs, and then lastly the 400+ pound Earthquake who had been responsible for putting Hogan out of wrestling for a couple months in the summer with three of his Earthquake Splashes. Going into the 92 Rumble Hogan was stripped of the title due to the contorversy of his win over the Undertaker, with the belt being held up and rewarded to whoever won the Rumble match. Due to being the last two champions, both Hogan and Undertaker were given preferential treatment and allowed to draw numbers 20-30. Hogan ended up drawing #26 and quickly put out both Undertaker and the Berzerker within 10 seconds of each other. Later he teamed with Sid Justice to put out the Warlord. It ended up coming down to Hogan, Justice and Ric Flair who had been in for close to a hour. As Hogan was attempting to put Flair out, he was tossed out from behind by Justice. Although Sid did nothing wrong, Hogan was all pissed about it and caused Sid to be eliminated by Flair by pulling on his arm from the outside. After Flair left, Hogan and Sid got into a confrontation. Despite the fact that the company wanted him to be the heel in their upcoming feud, the crowd took Sid's side as Hogan was cleary in the wrong.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

15. Big Show-218 points (16)
Stats
Ring Time: 78:04
Eliminations: 25
Assists: 5

Accomplishments
2000 Runner-up
2004 Runner-up
Final Four (2012, 2015)

Big Show has for the most part fared well in Rumbles, as he should. Only Kane has more Rumble appearances as Show was in the match in 2000, 01, 02, 04, 06, 09, 010, 011,012,015, 016, and 017. With the exception of 02 and 017 he scored at least one elimination in each appearance. Going into the 2000 Rumble he was in the midst of one of his 10 billion face/heel turns he has had in his career and about his 5th in a year. This time it was a heel turn to due him being jealous of the Rock being more popular then him. Along with Rock, Big Show was one of the few favorites in the match. Show eliminated Test, Gangrel, Godfather, and X-Pac. Not surprisingly it came down to him and Rock. Big Show had things well in hand but got too cocky, picking what side of the ring he wanted to throw Rock out on as he had him on his shoulder. When he made his decision Rock would hang on by grabbing the top rope while Big Show fell out instead after 11:12. In the weeks afterwards Show claimed Rock hit the floor before he did, and eventually proved it leading to him too getting a title shot at WrestleMania in a four way with Rock, champion Triple H, and Mick Foley. Show was the first guy eliminated in the match. Show disappeared in the summer after being forced to take some time off to lose weight. He returned to at the 01 Rumble looking even bigger then before. He eliminated Test and K-Kwik before chokeslamming everyone in the ring except the Rock. Rock counteref his attempted chokeslam with a lowblow before taking him out of the game with a spit punch and a clothesline after Show had been in for just 1:23. Show wouldn't take it lightly as he dragged Rock under the bottom rope and then chokeslammed him through the announce table. 02 sucked as he was bodyslammed out by Kane after just 2:45. 04 was his best showing. At the end of the match he was ganged up on by Angle, Jericho, Benoit, RVD and Cena who all nailed him with one their trademark moves. Show would fight of their elimination attempt though and eliminate them one by one until it was just him and Benoit who had been in for over a hour after coming in at #1. Show attempted to chokelam him out but Benoit countered with a front facelock which he ended up using to slowly put the big man over the top rope to win the match. Show was in for 22:38. In 06 he eliminated Coach and teamed with then partner Kane to toss Bobby Lashley. Kane and Show then went at it before both were dumped by Triple H as they were fighting on the ropes. Show's next Rumble wasn't until 09. That year he eliminated Mysterio, Mike Knox, CM Punk, R-Truth and Hacksaw Duggan before getting into a showdown with Undertaker. The two ended up battling to the apron where Show was eliminated by Randy Orton after an RKO across the top rope. Then just to be an ass, Show would pull Undertaker off the apron to eliminate him too. In 010 he eliminated Chris Masters before both him and Mark Henry were dumped by R-Truth as they were fighting on the ropes. In 011 he eliminated Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre before Ezekiel Jackson entered and took him down with a cut block before single handedly dumping him out after just 1:30. 012 was a similar showing as he tossed some guys but didn't last long. After failing to win the World Title in the opener Show came back for the Rumble match. Entering the match at #30, Show quickly pulled Jack Swagger over the top rope from the floor on his way to the ring as Swagger was close to getting eliminated by Sheamus. Show then gave Swagger his KO punch to the face when Swagger went to confront him. Show then also quickly eliminated Cody Rhodes, Miz and Dolph Ziggler which left him in the final four with Orton, Sheamus, and Jericho. Show was the first to go as Orton RKOed him and dumped him out after just 1:51. In 2015 he eliminated Jack Swagger and teamed with fellow Authority goon Kane to put out Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, and Dean Ambrose. Kane and Show then tried to put out Roman Reigns as well but before they could put him out, Show would unsuccessfully try to double cross Kane by dumping from behind. Kane and Show then went at it but then were both dumped by Reigns as they were fighting on the ropes, making it the third time that Show had been eliminated in that fashion. Last year he put out Titus O'Neil and Ryback for his token eliminations before being used as fodeder for the new giant in town, Bruan Strowman, who knocked Show out with his devastating hug of death before dumping him out after 4:03. Despite being in the best shape of his life physically, Show was only in this years Rumble for 1:42 as he dumped by Strowman again after a lengthy struggle.

14. "The Rated R Superstar" Edge-235 points (14)
Stats
Ring Time: 129:22
Eliminations: 15
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2010 Royal Rumble Winner
2007 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2005)
Final Four (2005, 2007)

Edge did well in every Rumble he was in. He was in it in 99, 2000, 03, 05, 07, and 010. In 99 he was in for close to 12 minutes and eliminated Gillberg. In 2000 he was in for close to 15 while helping in the group elimination of Rikisihi. In 2003 he was in for a little over a 11 minutes and eliminated Bill DeMott, Chavo Guerrero, and B-2 before both him and former partner Christian were dumped by Jericho as they were fighting on the ropes. 05 was a strong showing as he was starting to get pushed as a main event heel at the time. After drawing #7 he made it all the way to the last 3 while eliminating Shelton Benjamin, Eddie Guerrero, Ric Flair, and Rey Mysterio. He also was involved in the group elimination of Muhammad Hassan. His end would come when he stupidly charged at both Batista and John Cena who double backdropped him out after 40:19. 07 was another real good run as he eliminated Ric Flair, Kenny Dykstra, Super Crazy in a double team with then partner Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, and Viscera in a group effort with seven others. Edge was in the final 4 along with Orton, Undertaker, and HBK. Orton caught Edge attempting to double cross him with a spear, but Edge managed to talk himself out of it and get him and Orton on the same page again. After Orton dropped Michaels with a RKO that sent him under the bottom rope, the two partners turned their attention to Undertaker. Undertaker fought them off but eventually fall victim to Edge's spear. Edge followed it up with a chairshot to the head before him and Orton attempted to finish the Deadman off with a conchairto. However before they could do it Michaels came back in and eliminated both of them. Edge was in for an impressive 44:02. Edge didn't take part in the Rumble match in 08 and 09 as he was involved in title matches. In the summer of 09 he suffered a torn achilles tendon that sidelined him for the rest of the year. He made a surprise return at the 2010 Rumble as the 29th entrant. He immediately targeted former partner Chris Jericho, who had bad mouthed him during his time off for being fragile and injury prone, and eliminated him in short order. Edge then later eliminated John Cena to win the match after 7:19, which is the shortest time for a Rumble winner.

13. Cody Rhodes/Stardust-240 points (13)
Stats
Ring Time: 185:02
Eliminations: 8
Assists: 5

Accomplishments
Most Eliminations (2012)
Final Four (2009)

Cody has definitely been one of the better Rumble performers in recent years. Other then 2010 he has was in for at least 12 minutes in the 8 Rumbles he was in, while lasting over 20 minutes on several occasions. In 08, as a rookie, he had the surprise performance as he lasted 23:14 before getting tossed by Triple H near the end of the match. 09 was another iron man showing. As a member of the group Legacy along with Randy Orton and Ted Dibiase, he lasted 36:59 and was in the last 3 before Triple H eliminated him again. He eliminated his brother Goldust that year after Orton gave Goldust the RKO and later teamed with Orton and Dibiase to eliminate Kane. 010 wasn't as good as HBK eliminated him in 7:53. He was scheduled for the 2011 Rumble during his "Dashing" Cody phase but unfortunately was pulled to sell an injury angle where Rey Mysterio broke his nose. 2012 was a very strong showing as he lasted for 41:55 and made it all the way to the finals after drawing #4. He also had the most eliminations with six as he single handedly took out Santino, Mick Foley, Jerry Lawler, and Jim Duggan before helping Dolph Ziggler dump out Booker T and the Great Khali. 2013 was yet another strong performance as he was in for over 27 minutes and scored four more eliminations as he eliminated Santino, Goldust again, Kofi Kingston, and helped in the group elimination of Brodus Clay before getting tossed out by Cena. In 2014 he was in for 20:50 and assisted in the group elimination of Rusev before getting eliminated on accident by Goldust, who he had formed a team with by this point. In 2015 as Stardust he was in for over 12 minutes and fought with Goldust again before Roman Reigns tossed both of them. In 2016 he was in for close to 14 minutes before getting big booted out by Luke Harper.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

12. Chris Benoit-241 points (12)
Stats
Ring Time: 157:19
Eliminations: 10
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
2004 Royal Rumble Winner
2004 Ironman
2005 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2004)

Despite joining the WWF/E in early 2000, Benoit wasn't involved in a Royal Rumble match until 2004. He had one of the all time great Rumble performances that year as he broke the endurance record with a time of 61:30 and won the match after being forced to enter at #1 by Smackdown GM Paul Heyman. Benoit was the second #1 entrant to win the match with the first being Shawn Michaels, although Benoit's performance was more impressive due to having longer intervals and tougher competition in his match. Benoit also scored six eliminations on his way to victory. All six were of big men as he took out Bradshaw, Mark Henry, Rhyno, Matt Morgan, and A-Train before topping it off with the 500 pound Big Show. In 05 he once again faced a uphill climb as he started at #2. Benoit assisted in the eliminations of Hardcore Holly and Muhammad Hassan while making it all the way to the finals before a crushing Batista spinebuster put an end to any hope of a repeat from the previous year as he was then tossed by Ric Flair after 47:26. 06 was another iron man performance as he was in for 30:31 while eliminating Booker T and Eugene before getting put out by Orton. In 07 he wasn't in as long due to getting a relatively late number. He was still in for close to 18 minutes while eliminating Johnny Nitro, Kevin Thorn, and taking part in the group elimination of Viscera.

11. CM Punk-250 points (11)
Stats
Ring Time: 168:12
Eliminations: 14
Assists: 4

Accomplishments
2011 Ironman
2014 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2011)
Final Four (2014)

Punk was in every Rumble from 2007 to 2011, as well as 2014 and has had ironman showings in almost all of them. In 07 he was in for 27:16 and helped in the group elimination of Viscera. In 08 he eliminated Chuck Palumbo and was in for 23:51. In 09 he eliminated William Regal before getting hit by Big Show's KO punch on a springboard attempt and going out after 23:27. By 010 he had become of the most hated heels as he had taken on a cult like savior character. While his ring time wasn't as good as in years past with a time of 10:03, he did manage to score 5 eliminations and dominate the beginning portion of the match. During his time in he cut promos in between eliminating people. Triple H eventually showed up to put an end to his dominance as he escaped Punk's GTS finisher before tossing him. In 011 he was the leader of the New Nexus. Punk drew #1 but fortunately for him most of his Nexus followers weren't too far behind in the drawing and would come to his aid. They quickly began to dominate as they eliminated everybody in the ring after the fourth member of the group David Otunga entered the match. They then began to pick off everybody that entered until Cena finally showed up and eliminated them all concluding with Punk. Punk was in for 35:21, which was the longest time that year, with 5 eliminations and 2 assists. After being busy defending the WWE Championship on the 2012 and 2013 PPV's, Punk was in the Rumble match for 2014. He was forced to enter #1 by Director of Operations Kane in the incredibly overdone heel authority figure punishes a guy by having him enter first. Like the many other guys involved in this storyline (Benoit, Miz, Ziggler) Punk ended up lasting all the way to the end anyways, which takes away from the storyline as it's obviously not much of a punishment if the guy entering #1 is always in a position to win. Punk was in for 49:11 while eliminating Damien Sandow, Kane, and helping in the group elimination of Rusev. He made it all the way to the final four before Kane returned and pulled him over the top rope from the outside, before chokeslamming him through the announce table. This ended up being Punk's last match as he quit the company the following day.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

10. Rey Mysterio-264 points (8)
Stats
Ring Time: 187:46
Eliminations: 8
Assists: 4

Accomplishments
2006 Royal Rumble Winner
2006 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2006)
Final Four (2005)
Longest time in a Rumble match (62:12 in 2006)

Despite his small stature, Mysterio has had a great deal of success in Royal Rumbles over the years. He has competed in seven of them during his career, with four of them being iron man performances where he was also was among the finalists. In his debut in 03 he was in for just under 6 minutes and eliminated Christopher Nowinski with a headscissors, which is pretty much the only way Rey can believably eliminate anyone, while saving himself from elimination by landing on the apron. Unfortunately for Mysterio as soon as he reentered he was clotheslined out by Jericho. In 05 he eliminated Kenzo Suzuki and helped Eddie Guerrero eliminate Booker T while lasting 38:25 and making it all the way to the final 4 before Edge eliminated him with a spear as he was standing on the apron. Until that point Mysterio hadn't been pushed yet as a main eventer and was pretty much just a midcard cruiserweight, so it was kind of surprising to see him do so well. Going into the 2006 Royal Rumble, Mysterio dedicated a victory to his late friend Eddie Guerrero who tragically passed away a couple months before. Coming in at #2, Mysterio went coast to coast and won the match while setting the endurance record that still stands with a time of 62:12. Although he has the record, I really didn't find his performance as impressive as some of the other long runs in previous years. I found Flair, Benoit, and even Martel's runs to be more impressive as they were pretty active during the majority of their time in while Mysterio spent a good portion of his time just lying on the mat. Mysterio eliminated Simon Dean in a double team with Triple H, Psicosis, Super Crazy with help from Rob Van Dam, Van Dam on accident, Triple H, and Randy Orton en route to his victory. Mysterio wouldn't be in another Rumble until 09 as he was injured in 07 and was in the World Title match for 08. Mysterio had another long run as he made it all the way to the finals after entering first before both him and Mike Knox were dumped by Big Show after lasting for 49:22. Mysterio didn't score as many eliminations this time around, with his only one coming in an assist with Undertaker on Mark Henry when he lowbridged him out from the apron after Henry was knocked into the ropes by a Undertaker big boot. In 2011 he drew a later number for once as he entered at #29 in the first ever 40 man Rumble. His previous numbers were 4, 8, 2, and 1. Due to his relatively late draw, he was "only" in for 19:07. Along the way he eliminated Jack Swagger and #40 entrant Kane. His elimination of Swagger was the only time he used something other then a headscissors in his solo eliminations, as he used the 619 on him as he was on the apron in a cool spot. He went back to the headscissors to eliminate Kane though while landing on the apron. Unfortunately for Rey, he was eliminated right after as Wade Barrett nailed him with a knee lift to knock him off the apron and out. In 2013 he really didn't do much which was surprising considering how well he had done in past Rumbles. Rey scored no eliminations and was in for just 10:43 before getting eliminated by Wade Barrett again. 2014 was by far his weakest showing. After getting #30 and getting booed due to the fans being angry about Daniel Bryan not being in the match, he was eliminated in just 2 minutes by Seth Rollins.

9. Roman Reigns-275 points (10)
Ring Time: 126:05
Eliminations: 23
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
2015 Royal Rumble Winner
2016 Ironman*
Most Eliminations (2014, 2015, 2016)
2014 Runner-up
2017 Runner-up
Final Four (2016)
Most Eliminations in a Rumble Match (12 in 2014)

In recent years the Rumble has basically become Roman Reigns specialty match as they've pretty much all been centered around him in one form or another, which is evident in this countdown with him already cracking the top 10 after only four appearances. In 2014 as part of the Shield he broke Kane's elimination record as he eliminated 12 wrestlers. He put out Kofi Kingston, Dolph Ziggler, Goldust, Kevin Nash, Great Khail with help from Rollins and Ambrose, El Torito, JBL, Luke Harper, Antonio Cesaro, Sheamus, and even teammates Rollins and Ambrose after the latter tried to sneakily eliminate him. Despite his strong performance Reigns would come up just short in winning the match as Batista tossed him out to win the match after Reigns was in 33:41. In 2015 now getting pushed as a face by himself, he won the Rumble much to the anger of the fans in Philadelphia who were pissed off that a lot of the other fan favorites in the match were dumped very prematurely. Reigns eliminated Goldust, Stardust, Titus O'Neil with Ambrose, and then Kane and Big Show simultaneously to seemingly win the match. Kane and Show got back in the ring and attacked Reigns, but Reigns cousin the Rock made a surprise appearance and made the save. However Rusev, who had been hiding under the ring, was still in the match and tried to sneak attack Reigns. Reigns saw him coming though and speared him before tossing him to win the match after 27:30. Reigns failed to win the title from Brock Lesar at WrestleMania thanks to Seth Rollins successfully cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase in the middle of the match, but would win the title at the end of the year from Sheamus. At last years Rumble Roman was forced by Vince and Stephanie McMahon to defend the title in the Rumble match, which marked the first time that the title had been defended in the match. Of course they also forced him to enter at #1 too. Reigns eliminated Rusev within the first minute and a half and teamed with AJ Styles to eliminate Tyler Breeze. About fifteen minutes in the League of Nations pulled Roman out of the ring from under the bottom rope and gave him a beatdown concluding with Rusev splashing Reigns through the announce table in what obviously just a way to give Reigns a break because they he couldn't go the whole hour, as he was then helped to back and sat out almost the entire rest of the match. Predictably he returned near the end and quickly tossed both the Miz and Alberto Del Rio. He then eliminated Sheamus in the final four before getting eliminated right after by Triple H which was a shock going in it seemed like a sure thing that he was either going to win or be the last guy eliminated. Reigns is credited with a time of 59:50 even though he was actually in the ring for probably not even half of that. This year he was unsuccessful in defeating Kevin Owens for the Universal Championship but then returned for the Rumble at #30. How come so many times in recent years, wrestlers in the title match on the same show draw numbers for the Rumble match? I guess they have a defeatist attitude. Reigns eliminated Undertaker, Chris Jericho, and Bray Wyatt but Randy Orton stopped a spear attempt with the RKO and clotheslined Roman out to win the match.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

8. John Cena-286 points (7)
Stats
Ring Time: 130:18
Eliminations: 20
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2008 Royal Rumble Winner
2013 Royal Rumble Winner
2010 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2011)
2005 Runner-up
2010 Runner-up

The face that runs the place was in the 03, 04, 05, 08, 011, and 013 Rumbles. In his Rumble debut in 2003 he did a rap on his way to the ring that ended up taking up his whole 90 second interval. Cena didn't do too much in his time in although he did have one of the longer times that year as he was in for over 19 minutes before getting eliminated by Undertaker in the finals. By 04 his rapper gimmick had started to catch on and he was turned babyface. Cena drew a late number and was in the finals again before Big Show tossed him after 7:37. By 05 Cena had become one of the company's top rising stars and had started to get his big push. Cena eliminated Viscera, Kane, and Edge with the last one coming in a double team with Batista. It ended up coming down to Cena and Batista. Batista attempted to give Cena a batista bomb but Cena fought it off and both guys ended up spilling over the top rope. Vince McMahon then came to the ring, tearing both his quads in the process, and ordered the match to restart. Batista then gsve Cena a spinebuster before tossing him after 15:28. Cena wouldn't be in the Rumble in 06 and 07 as he was tied up in title matches and it appeared he was going to miss 08 too due to a injury he had suffered in October. It was said that this injury would sideline him for about a year, so it was quite the shock when he showed up in the Rumble match. He "coincidentally" drew #30 too. Cena quickly disposed of Chavo Guerrero, Carlito, and Mark Henry then later eliminatef Triple H to win the match. In 010 he was runner up to Edge and was in for 22:11 while eliminating Yoshi Tatsu, Shelton Benjamin, Kofi Kingston and Batista. In 2011 he entered with only the Nexus in the ring. This of course wasn't a problem for Super Cena who eliminated all of them in no time. This was one of the few times that I was happy to see him as the whole thing with Nexus just beating up everybody that entered and eliminating them was getting pretty boring. Cena also eliminated Tyson Kidd, Heath Slater, and assisted Kofi Kingston in eliminating Alex Riley in botched elimination in the corner. Cena was in the last 5 before Riley returned and distracted him allowing The Miz, who had been sitting at the commentary table since coming out with Riley, to sneak in and dump him in cheap fashion. Cena was in for 33:17 with 6 eliminations and 1 assist. In 2013 he joined the elite company of Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, and Hulk Hogan as men to win multiple Rumbles. He eliminated Heath Slater, Cody Rhodes, Antonio Cesaro, and lastly Ryback to win after being in the ring for 26:39.

7. Randy Orton-313 points (9)
Stats
Ring Time: 167:44
Eliminations: 18
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2009 Royal Rumble Winner
2017 Royal Rumble Winner
2006 Runner-up
Final Four (2007, 2011, 2012)

Although not really talked about much when it comes to Royal Rumbles, Orton has quietly become one of the greats in the match. In his Rumble debut in 04 as a member of Evolution he was in for 33:43 from the #2 position while eliminating Rikishi, Booker T, Shelton Benjamin, The Cat, and Rico. It seemed like he might have had a shot at winning it but then Mick Foley, who Orton was feuding with at the time, entered the match by beating up Test backstage and taking his spot. Foley took both Orton and himself out of the match with a flying clothesline as Orton was in the ropes. In 06 he drew #30. He eliminated Chris Benoit and Orlando Jordan but ended up finishing runner up to Rey Mysterio who came in at #2 that year. Orton was back again for the 07 Rumble. By this time he had formed a partnership with Edge known as Rated RKO. Orton had another good showing as he was in for over 27 minutes while eliminating Matt Hardy and teaming with Edge to eliminate Super Crazy. He was also be in the final 4 with Edge, Shawn Michaels, and the Undertaker. Edge and Orton continued to work together and were about to give Undertaker a conchairto before Michaels, who had been knocked out outside the ring, came back in and eliminated both of them. Orton was busy defending the WWE Championship in 08 but was back for 09. Orton with help from his Legacy lackey's Ted Dibiase Jr. and Cody Rhodes won it that year after over 48 minutes in the match. In route to his win he eliminated Kane with help from Dibiase and Rhodes, Big Show and lastly Triple H who had just finished eliminating both Dibiase and Rhodes. In 2011 he lost in controversial fashion to the Miz in the WWE Title match after interference from CM Punk and the Nexus but yet was allowed to participate the Rumble match at the end of the night. I guess the GM let him due to the cheapness of his loss. Coming in at #39 in the first ever 40 man Rumble, Orton immediately start dealing out RKO's on everybody before eliminating both Kofi Kingston and Sheamus. In the final four he eliminated Wade Barrett also but then was dumped out right after by Alberto Del Rio. Orton was one of the of the favorites to win the 2012 match. The Rumble that year was a comeback match for him as he had been on the shelf for about a month after suffering a back injury after getting thrown down a set of stairs by Wade Barrett. After once again getting a excellent draw with #28, Orton quickly got revenge on Barrett by RKOing him and tossing him out. Orton also eliminated Jey Uso and Big Show, and was in the last 3 before getting dumped by Jericho after Orton had just finished dumping Big Show. In 2013 he eliminated Zack Ryder and was in the last 5 before getting clotheslined out by Ryback after 10:20. In a bit of an upset he won this years Rumble match, becoming the sixth repeat winner. He was in for 20:52 and won the match by RKOing Roman Reigns and clotheslining him out, which was actually his only elimination in the match,

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

6. The Undertaker-367 points (5)
Stats
Ring Time: 151:22
Eliminations: 37
Assists: 2

Accomplishments
2007 Royal Rumble Winner
2003 Runner-up

The Phenom appeared in the 91, 92, 93, 97, 01, 02, 03, 07, 08, 09, and 017 Rumbles. In 91 he was still pretty new to the company, making his debut just a couple months before at the Survivor Series. Undertaker was impressive as he eliminated Bret Hart, Bushwhacker Butch, and Kerry Von Erich before the LOD eliminated him with a double clothesline after 14:16. He won the World Title from Hulk Hogan later in the year at Survivor Series before losing it back to Hogan in a contoversial match, the next week at the one time PPV This Tuesday in Texas. Due to the controversy, WWF President Jack Tunney stripped Hogan of the title with the winner of the Royal Rumble being declared the new champion. Since they were the last two champions, Hogan and Taker were allowed to pick from numbers 20 through 30. Taker ended up getting the worst of the lot with #20. He immediately eliminated Jimmy Snuka which surprisingly turned out to be his only elimination of the night. Hogan eliminated him after 13:51 with a clothesline. In 93 he eliminated Samu, Tenryu, Ted Dibiase, and the Berzerker. Then Giant Gonzalez, who wasn't a official participant, came out and beat him down before tossing him after just a little over 4 minutes. In the next 7 years, Taker was in only one Rumble match with that being in 97 as he was either in other matches or was taking time off in the other years. In 97 he drew #30. He eliminated Henry Godwinn and Mankind before both him and Vader were dumped by Austin who had snuck back into the ring after the referees missed him being tossed by Bret Hart. In 01, now using a biker gimmick, he came to the aid of his "brother" Kane, who was being ganged up on everyone, before helping him clear the ring. Undertaker eliminated Bradshaw, Hardcore Holly and Val Venis. Scotty 2 Hotty was the unfortunate next entrant. Needless to say he was tossed by Taker and Kane in short order. Taker ended up getting eliminated in the finals by Rikishi which was pretty surprising. In 02 he cleared the ring as he eliminated Rikishi, Goldust, Al Snow, and Billy Gunn. The Hardy Boyz would then enter back to back and try to double team him, but Taker fought them off and tossed them. Maven entered next and was beat down. However, the Hardyz would interfere. and even though Undertaker disposed of them again it distracted him enough for Maven to dropkick him from behind and eliminate him in what has to be considered the biggest upset elimination in the history of the match. Taker got back in the ring and layed a beatdown on poor Maven before throwing him over the top rope. He then proceeded to beat the crap out of him through the arena before throwing him headfirst through a popcorn machine. In 03, after taking some time off to heal some injuries, he returned for the Rumble match and drew #30 again. He eliminated John Cena, Jamal, Maven, Batista, and Kane before Brock Lesnar dumped him out to win it after Taker had just knocked the interfering Batista out of the ring with a chair. Taker once again took a long break from Rumble matches, as he wasn't in another until 07. He drew #30 for the third time that year. He quickly eliminated the Great Khali who had just finished tossing 7 men. He then tossed MVP not long after. MVP however attempted to reenter with a chair. The referees would intervene but not before Orton took the chair and hit Taker in the head with it. Orton and Edge double teamed Taker and attempted to give him a conchairto before Shawn Michaels surprised them and eliminated them. This left just Taker and Shawn. The two would have a great back and forth exchange that ended when Taker avoided Michaels sweet chin music and tossed him to win the match. This was the first time the #30 entrant had won the match. In 08 Taker and Michaels started the match. Could they at least try to make it look random. Taker eliminated Santino, Khali again, and Snitsky before Michaels eliminated him with sweet chin music after 32:33. 09 was another long run as he was in for 32:27. He eliminated JTG, Shelton Benjamin, Mark Henry with help from Mysterio, and Jericho. In the finals him and Big Show battled to the apron. Orton eliminated Big Show with an RKO but neither him or his Legacy minions could knock Undertaker off. Then Big Show pulled him off in a cheap elimination with the two then brawling into the crowd. Taker wouldn't be in another Rumble until this year. He drew a late number with 29 and eliminated Baron Corbin, Goldberg, Miz, and Sami Zayn before getting dumped from behind by Roman Reigns to most likely set up a WrestleMania match.

5. "Y2J" Chris Jericho-379 points (6)
Stats
Ring Time: 295:12
Eliminations: 15
Assists: 3

Accomplishments
2003 Ironman
2017 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2003)
2012 Runner-up
Final Four (2004, 2017)
Most Total Time in the History of the Royal Rumble

Jericho was in the 2000, 03, 04, 05, 09, 010, 012, 013, 016, and 017 Rumbles. Other then Kane, he's the best Rumble participant to never win the match. He's been the biggest ironman in the history of the match, logging in many 30+ minute performances. In 2000 he eliminated Bob Backlund but only lasted 3:47 before getting suplexed out by then rival Chyna. 03 was a strong showing. Going into the match that year he was in a rivalry with Shawn Michaels where he would keep trying to prove he was better then him. Jericho wanted the #1 spot that year so he could accomplish what HBK did in the 95 Rumble. However Michaels had already got that spot. After winning a pick your number match on Raw, Jericho picked #2. At the start of the match while Michaels was waiting in the ring, Jericho's buddy Christian appeared disguised as Jericho which allowed Jericho to sneak in from the crowd and put a big beatdown on HBK. In a big shocker Jericho eliminated the battered Michaels in under 3 minutes. Jericho then went onto eliminate Rey Mysterio, Tajiri, teamed with Christian to eliminate Tommy Dreamer, and then dumped both Christian and Edge when they were fighting on the ropes. Jericho almost made it to the end but then Michaels returned and distracted him long enough for Test to toss him after 38:54, the longest time that year. Going into 04 he was in a tweener role as he was still officially a heel but was clearly turning face due to an angle where Christian was getting mad at him for falling for Trish Stratus. Jericho and Christian worked together at first but eventually began fighting with Jericho getting the better of him by putting him out with a backdrop. Jericho went onto last for nearly 15 minutes and was in the final 4 before getting tossed by Big Show. 05 was yet another good showing as he took part in the group elimination of Muhammad Hassan, eliminated Rene Dupree and was in for nearly a half hour before getting tossed by Batista in the finals. Jericho left the company shortly after Summerslam that year. He returned in late 07 but wasn't in the 08 Rumble due to being in another match that year. He was in the 09 match though. By this point he had cut his hair short, ditched his rock star gimmick and was now a serious heel business man type character. Jericho had another iron man showing as he was in for 37:15 and eliminated the returning Rob Van Dam in the finals before going out himself shortly after courtesy of the Undertaker. 010 was crap and a total waste of his talent. After entering at #28 his former partner Edge returned, after being out for months with an torn achilles tendon, as the next entrant and tossed Jericho after just a little over 2 minutes. Jericho left the WWE in October of that year. He returned on January 2nd of 2012 after a series of cryptic vignettes. Jericho was in that years Rumble and was considered by most as the favorite to win it. After entering at #29 Jericho quickly tossed out David Otunga and later eliminated Randy Orton. Jericho ended up finishing runner-up though as Sheamus eliminated him with a brogue kick as Jericho was on the apron after a great back and forth exchange that lasted several minutes. Jericho's ring time was 11:34. After losing a match to Dolph Ziggler in August of 2012, Jericho once again left the WWE. However he returned again at the 2013 Rumble at #2, conveniently opposing Ziggler who had entered at #1. Jericho put in another good showing as he eliminated Drew McIntyre and assisted in the group elimination of Brodus Clay before getting superkicked out by Ziggler after 47:53. 2016 was a strong showing as the 45 year old Jericho stayed for 50:50, which technically was the most time anyone lasted in the ring as Reigns was in the back for a large bulk of the hour he was in. Jericho also eliminated Kofi Kingston and made all the way to the last 5 before getting tossed by Dean Ambrose. This year he was in a whopping 60:13 (shattering Triple H's total Rumble time record in the process), although he spent a good bit of it hiding outside the ring. He also eliminated Sheamus and Cesaro and made it all the way to the final four before getting superman punched off the turnbuckles by Roman Reigns and eliminated.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

4. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin-396 points (4)
Stats
Ring Time: 165:09
Eliminations: 35
Assists: 1

Accomplishments
1997 Royal Rumble Winner*
1998 Royal Rumble Winner
2001 Royal Rumble Winner
1997 Ironman
1999 Ironman*
2002 Ironman
Most Eliminations (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
1999 Runner-up
Final Four (2002)

A bar room brawler with a quick and devestating finishing move that left opponents easy prey for elimination, Austin had a lot of success in Royal Rumbles. He has the most wins in the history of the match with three although his first in 1997 was quite controversial due to him sneaking back in the ring after the refs missed him being eliminated. As the "The Ringmaster" Steve Austin, he made his Rumble debut in 1996 under the tutelage of "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase who had given him his Million Dollar Belt. Austin eliminated iron man Bob Holly,who had been in for close to 40 minutes, before getting eliminated by "Making a Difference" Fatu in a botched elimination after 10:57. I always found it odd that they had Austin, a new talent who they had plans for, get eliminated by Fatu who was pretty much a jobber at the time but recently Austin revealed on his podcast that it was a screw up as it was only supposed to a near elimination spot but he lost his grip on the top rope and accidentally spilled to the outside. Austin also said he was supposed to be in the final four that year. I'm guessing Kama most likely ended up taking his spot and role for the rest of the match. Going into the 97 Rumble, Austin had quite a bit of momentum as he had won the King of the Ring and was feuding with top face Bret Hart. Now known as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, he entered at #5 and quickly eliminated Phinneas Godwinn after giving him the Stone Cold Stunner after Phinneas had just finished putting out Crush. Austin was the only guy in the ring and would start picking everybody off that entered as he eliminated Bart Gunn and Jake Roberts without much trouble. British Bulldog, who had a few run ins with Austin in the weeks leading up to the show, was next. Austin wouldn't have such a easy time with him and the ring would start filling up. Eventually though there was a rapid fire of eliminations concluding with Austin dumping out both Owen Hart and Marc Mero, which left him as the only guy in the ring again. Austin started picking guys off again as he eliminated former rival Savio Vega and Jesse James. Arch rival Bret Hart was next and would give Austin a hard time, putting him in his sharpshooter submission hold. The ring started filling up again. In the finals Hart tossed Austin, but the referees were distracted breaking up Mankind and Terry Funk which allowed Austin to sneak back in and dump Vader, Undertaker, and Hart to win the match after Hart had just finished putting out Fake Diesel. Stone Cold was in the match for 45:07. Due to the controversy of his win, President Gorilla Monsoon would take away Austin's Wrestlemania Title Shot. He gave him another chance for a title shot if could win a Four Way elimination match at the next month's PPV that also included Hart, Undertaker, and Vader who were also given another opportunity due to being cheated by Austin. Austin was eliminated first by Undertaker but returned later to distract him long enough for Bret Hart to dump him out. Then the next night on Raw he caused Hart to lose the title to Psycho Sid which led to a submission match between Hart and Austin at Wrestlemania that would then lead to Austin's face turn. Going into the 98 Rumble, everybody and their mother knew Austin was taking it as there was nobody else in the match you could see winning and main eventing Wrestlemania. Going into the match Austin painted a bullseye on his back as he sneak attacked the other participants in the match in the weeks leading up to the show. When Austin's number was called and his music was played, everybody in the ring stopped fighting and started looking at the entraceway as they waited for him. Austin though came out through the crowd and ambused everybody. The Rattlesnake opened a can of whoop ass on everybody that got in his way and to the surprise of nobody won the match after a little over 15 minutes. Along the way he eliminated Marc Mero, 8-Ball, Tharasher, Kama Mustafa, Savio Vega, Chainz, and lastly The Rock.

In 99 he was forced into entering #1 by Chairman of the WWF and arch nemesis Mr.McMahon. However, Commissioner Shawn Michaels then forced McMahon to enter the match at #2. Going into the match, McMahon then put a out a bounty for anyone who could eliminate Austin. Austin not surprisingly beat Vince down in the opening minutes and could have tossed him, but then changed his mind so he could administer more punishment. This would come back to bite him later. Golga entered next and tried to collect the bounty but was tossed by Austin in just 15 seconds. Vince then escaped through the crowd with Austin following him. Vince then lured Austin into the bathroom where his Corporation was waiting. Austin was beatdown and stretchered into an ambulance while Vince headed over to the commentary table. Austin however commandeered the ambulance and returned to the arena. After coming back to the ring he took out Ken Shamrock, Billy Gunn, Test, Chyna, Triple H, Owen Hart and the Big Bossman which left just himself and Vince. Austin beat Vince up all around ringside before throwing back in the ring and giving him the stunner. Before he could eliminate him though, the Corporate Champion The Rock came out and distracted him which gave McMahon the chance to dump Stone Cold from behind to win the match. Austin missed the 2000 Rumble due a neck injury he suffered after getting hit with a car driven by Rikishi, who had been paid off by Triple H. A couple of weeks before the Rumble, Triple H screwed Stone Cold over by costing him the WWF Title in his match with Kurt Angle. Austin then returned the favor at the PPV when he caused Triple H to lose to Angle in his title shot. Austin entered the Rumble match in a great position after drawing #27, but this was negated when Triple H attacked him in aisle and beat him to a bloody pulp. JR and King on commentary stated that it was unlikely that he would be able to compete. Rikishi entered #30 and tried to take advantage of the hurt Stone Cold, however Austin would get a sudden adrenaline rush and fight back on him before attacking everybody in the ring. He then eliminated both Haku and Billy Gunn. It ended up coming down to him, The Rock and Kane who had been in for over 50 minutes. Rock and Austin went at it and started fighting by the ropes. Kane then attempted to eliminate both of them but would only get Rock as Austin managed to land on the apron. Kane then attempted to give Austin a tombstone, but he managed to escape and give him the stunner. Austin then followed it up with three chairshots to the head and a clothesline to finally eliminate Kane to win the match. In his last appearance in 2002 he eliminated Christian, Chuck Palumbo, Perry Saturn, Val Venis, Test, Hurricane with Triple H, and Booker T. He was in the final 4 before Angle dumped him out from behind after 26:46. Austin then hit the three remaining guys with a chair before leaving.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

3. Kane/Issac Yankem/Fake Diesel-403 points (3)
Stats
Ring Time: 212:08
Eliminations: 34
Assists: 7

Accomplishments
2001 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2001)
2001 Runner-up
Final Four (1997, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2015)
Most Rumble appearances (19)
Most Total Eliminations in the History of the Royal Rumble Match

The Big Red Machine is the greatest Rumble performer to never win the match. He has the records for most appearances anf most eliminations in the history of the match. He made his Rumble debut in 1996 as the evil dentist, Dr. Issac Yankem. Yankem eliminated Fatu and was in the last 5 before getting dropkicked out by Shawn Michaels. In 97 he was the Fake Diesel, another bad gimmick. He had a good showing as he was in for 17:49 before getting eliminated by Bret Hart in the second to last elimination of the match. Later in the year he was repackaged again, this time as the Undertaker's evil younger brother Kane which has easily been his most successful gimmick. Kane was left out of the 98 Rumble probably for the reason that they wanted Austin to win and didn't want Kane, who was being booked as unstoppable, to look weak by getting eliminated. He was in it the next year though and would be in every one until 2011. In 99 he eliminated The Godfather, Kurrgan, Road Dogg and Goldust before eliminating himself to go attack men from from the insane asylum who had been ordered by Mr. McMahon, who Kane had pissed off by refusing to lay down for his corporate champ The Rock, to take him back. In 2000 he eliminated Val Venis, Prince Albert and Billy Gunn while making it to the final 4. In a impressive show of strength, Kane gave the Big Show a body slam but then turned around into a X-Pac spin kick that knocked him over the top rope and out after 6:11. 01 was his most memorable performance. That year he set the elimination record that still stood until 2014 with 11 while nearly winning the match after coming in at #6. He eliminated Grandmaster Sexay, Steve Blackman, Al Snow, Raven, Perry Saturn, Honky Tonk Man after hitting him with his own guitar after being unimpressed with his singing, Tazz, Albert again, Crash Holly, and The Rock. It ended up coming down to him and Stone Cold. It took a stunner, multiple chairshots to the head, and a clothesline to finally put Kane out after a incredible 53:46. In 02 he body slammed Big Show out before getting eliminated by an olympic slam from Kurt Angle after just 1:02. 03 was a strong showing as was in for over 20 minutes and was in the last 3. Along the way he eliminated the 400 pound Rosey, teamed with Rob Van Dam to put out A-Train, and then double crossed RVD by press slamming him out. Kane would then get double crossed himself shortly after as he was duped and tossed by his brother the Undertaker. 04 was one of his worst showings. He gave everybody chokelslams before getting distracted by the gong entrance of Undertaker, who was now his enemy again, and eliminated from behind by Booker T after just 90 seconds. 05 was another letdown. He eliminated Mark Jindrak but then was taken out by Cena in a little under 4 minutes. In 06 he teamed with tag team champion partner Big Show to put out Bobby Lashley before the two decided to fight. Both were then eliminated by Triple H as they were fighting on the ropes after just 3:33. In 07 he snapped out of his slump of letdown showings. That year he was in 13:21 while eliminating Tommy Dreamer, Sabu, and King Booker. However, Booker would get back in and toss him in cheap fashion before beating him down on the floor which led to a PPV match the next month which Kane won. 08 was another strong showing as he was in for close to 18 minutes while eliminating John Morrison, Roddy Piper, and Jimmy Snuka. He was also be in the final 4 that year but was the first to go after a double team from Batista and Triple H. In 09 he eliminated Dolph Ziggler, Santino in record time, and Finlay before getting ganged up on and eliminated by Legacy after 18:19. In 010 he eliminated Matt Hardy before getting put out right after by Triple H after 7:58. 2011 sucked. After drawing #40 in the first 40 man Rumble he lowbridged Ezekiel Jackson out for his token elimination before Rey Mysterio, who is literally half his size, eliminated him after just 1:36. 2013 was another short run. He teamed with Team Hell No partner Daniel Bryan to dump Great Khali but Bryan then double crossed Kane and dumped him too after only 1:46. 2014 was his third consecutive weak showing. As Authority henchmen Corporate Kane he was only in for a little over a minute before Punk kicked him in the head and dumped him out. The aging Kane had one of the stronger performances in 2015 for whatever reason as he was in for over 17 minutes and teamed with Authority partner the Big Show to eliminate Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, and Dean Ambrose with Kane breaking Shawn Michaels all time elimination record as a result. Show and Kane would have a falling out though, which allowed Reigns to dump both of them out. 2016 was another good run as he was in for over 18 minutes and eliminated R-Truth before getting heaved out by Braun Strowman.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

2. Triple H-429 points (2)
Stats
Ring Time: 239:38
Eliminations: 25
Assists: 5

Accomplishments
2002 Royal Rumble Winner
2016 Royal Rumble Winner
1996 Ironman
2009 Ironman
Most Eliminations (2008, 2009)
2008 Runner-up
2009 Runner-up
Final Four (2006)

TIME TO PLAY THE GAME! Triple H made his Rumble debut back in 1996 as Hunter Hearst Helmsley. In the first and only time, numbers 1 and 30 were not in the tumbler that year and instead were replaced with two blank papers. Whoever drew these would then face each other on the free for all match before the PPV with the winner getting #30 and the loser getting #1. Helmsley and Duke "The Dumpster" Droese ended up being the two to draw the blank papers. Helmsley won the match after using a pair of brass knuckles but the decision was reversed by President Gorilla Monsoon which meant Helmsley had to enter for the Rumble match at #1. He went onto last a impressive 48:01 that year before getting heaved out by Diesel. Despite his long time in, he scored no eliminations. In 97 he was eliminated by Goldust, who he successfully defended his IC Title against earlier in the night, after 6:42. Helmsley missed the 98 Rumble due to injury, but would be in the 99 edition. By this point he had ditched his aristocat snob gimmick and was going by Triple H, the leader of Degeneration X. Triple H eliminated Jeff Jarrett and Val Venis before Austin got rid of him after 14+ minutes. Triple H was in title matches for the next two Rumble PPV's. In May of 2001 he tore his quad in a match and was out for the rest of the year. He made his return at the 2002 Royal Rumble, drawing #22. When he entered Triple H would have a one on one showdown with Stone Cold who he was teaming with as The Two Man Power Trip when he got hurt. Hurricane was the next guy in and attempted to give them a double chokeslam. Triple H and Austin just looked at each other in disbelief before they both tossed him. Faarooq entered next and was taken out by the Game in just 36 seconds. It ended up coming down to Triple H, Kurt Angle, and Mr.Perfect. Perfect was the first to go after a clothesline from Triple H. Angle then put out Triple H but the Game landed on the apron and clotheslined Angle, who had been celebrating prematurely, out to win the match after 23:14. Triple H wouldn't be in a Rumble again until 06 as he was busy defending the World Title from 03 through 05 during his reign of terror on Raw with his group Evolution. Hunter drew #1 against #2 entrant Rey Mysterio. Triple H teamed with Mysterio to put out the next entrant Simon Dean. He then single handedly eliminated Ric Flair, Big Show, Kane, and Chavo Guerrero. Triple H was in the last 3 along with Rey Mysterio and former Evolution cohort Randy Orton. Hunter and Orton teamed up on Mysterio but Rey would manage to surprise Hunter with a headscissors to eliminate him after a little over an hour. The Game then pulled Mysterio out of the ring and rammed him into the steel steps before leaving. He then missed the 07 Rumble after retearing his quad the month before. He was back for 08 and drew a good number for himself with #29. He eliminated Cody Rhodes, Big Daddy V, Mick Foley and Elijah Burke all within his first minute in the ring. In the final 4 he teamed with Batista to eliminate Kane before eliminating Batista not long after. Triple H ended up finishing runner up though to #30 entrant John Cena who gave him an attitude adjustment over the top to win it. In 09 he drew #7 and eliminated Vladamir Kozlov, who had just put out three men, shortly after he entered. Later he eliminated John Morrison, The Miz, and The Brian Kendrick. He made it to the final 4 but would face a 3 on 1 situation against Randy Orton's Legacy. Triple H would fight them off and toss both Ted Dibiase and Cody Rhodes. However, right after getting rid of the latter Orton dumped jim from behind to win. Hunter was in for 49:51. In 010 he eliminated CM Punk, Kane, and teamed with D-X partner Shawn Michaels to eliminate Drew McIntyre, before Michaels superkicked him out after 17:50. 2010 was his last Rumble for a while as he stopped being a full time wrestler in April of 2011 as he became an on screen authority character (playing off his real life role) while usually only wrestling a few times a year. Triple H won last years Rumble after entering as a surprise entrant at #30. I use the word surprise lightly as it was something most fans saw coming. Hunter eliminated Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt with help from Sheamus, Roman Reigns, and lastly Dean Ambrose to win the match.

[ThankGodForSidJustice]

1. "The Heartbreak Kid" Shawn Michaels-452 points (1)
Stats
Ring Time: 222:32
Eliminations: 33
Assists: 5

Accomplishments
1995 Royal Rumble Winner
1996 Royal Rumble Winner
1995 Ironman
Most Eliminations (1995, 1996, 2010)
2007 Runner-up
Final Four (1994, 2010)

One of six men to win two Rumbles, Michaels is also third for total eliminations in the history of the Rumble, scoring 38 in 12 appearances. 10 of those 12 were good to excellent showings. He made his first Rumble appearance in 1989 as one half of the Rockers along with Marty Jannetty. He teamed with Jannetty to eliminate Ron Bass with a double dropkick before getting eliminated after 14:30 following a double elbow from Arn Anderson and Randy Savage which was kind of weird. 1990 sucked as he entered when Hogan and the Warrior were cleaning house. Michaels was tossed by the Warrior after just 12 seconds. The Rockers were involved in another match for the 91 PPV but both were scheduled for the 92 Rumble match for the WWF Title. However, in the weeks leading up to the show the team went on a losing streak and there was clearly quite a bit of dissension in the ranks. It reached the boiling point two weeks before the event on Brutus Beecake's Barber Shop talk show segment which both men had agreed to appear on to settle their differences. After it appeared that the two had reconciled with a hand shake, Michaels turned on Jannetty with a violent attack that ended with him slamming his head through the window of the set, putting him out of the match in the process. With his new found attitude, Michaels lasted a solid 15+ minutes in the Rumble match before going out in a double elimination spot with Tito Santana which led to a Wrestlemania match which Michaels won. 94 was the first of many iron man showings for Michaels. He was in for close to a half hour that year while making it to the final four before getting eliminated by Lex Luger. Along the way he eliminated Jannetty and assisted in the group elimination of Mabel. In 95 he became the first person in history of the match to win after entering #1. His performance was kind of overrated though as the intervals were only a minute that year and the roster was the weakest in the history of the match. Michaels was in for 38:41 while eliminating Duke Droese, Tom Pritchard, Jacob Blue, both Bushwhackers, Luger with help from Crush, and lastly British Bulldog who had drawn #2. It looked like Bulldog had eliminated him moments earlier, but only one of his feet touched the floor. By the 96 match, he had turned face and became one of the company's biggest stars. He became the second person to win back to back Rumbles that year. He eliminated Yokozuna and Vader at the same time as they were fighting on the ropes, 1-2-3 Kid, Jerry Lawler, Issac Yankem, British Bulldog, and lastly his friend Diesel with a superkick as Diesel was turning around after putting out Kama. It took Michaels 26:09 to win. He defeated Bret Hart two months later at Wrestlemania to win his first WWF Title.

The 96 Rumble was his last for a while as he was tied up in title matches for 97 and 98, suffering a serious back injury in the latter which would end up putting him into retirement. He came out of retirement in 2002 and participated in the 2003 Rumble match. That year he was entering at #1 which he picked. Chris Jericho, who Michaels was feuding with, wanted #1 so he could prove he was better then Michaels by winning the match from that position like Michaels had done in 95. After winning a pick your number match on Raw, Jericho picked #2. At the beginning of the Rumble match, Jericho tricked HBK by having his lackey Christian dress up as him for his entrance while he came out of the crowd and jumped Michaels from behind. Jericho hit Michaels with a chair and beat him to a bloody pulp before dumping after just a little over 2 minutes. Michaels ended up getting payback on him later though as he returned towards the end of the match and distracted Jericho long enough for Test to toss him out. In 2005 Michaels eliminated Simon Dean, Charlie Haas, and Kurt Angle. Angle didn't take it well and snuck back in the ring and dumped Michaels out. Angle then assulted him with the steel steps before putting him in the ankle lock. This led to a classic match between the two a few months later at Wrestlemania. In 06 he eliminated Trevor Murdoch, Johnny Nitro and Shelton Benjamin before getting screwed over again when Vince McMahon came out and distracted him which allowed his son Shane, who wasn't a participant in the match, to sneak in and toss him. In 07 he was in for 24:11 while eliminating Finlay, Shelton Benjamin, Randy Orton, and Edge. He ended up finishing runner up to The Undertaker who dumped him after a missed superkick after a great 5 minute sequence between the two where you honestly didn't know who was going to win. The following year he started the match with Undertaker after drawing #2. Michaels eliminated Benjamin again and then would later eliminated Undertaker with sweet chin music. Michaels then got tossed right after by Mr.Kennedy after 32:39. In 2010, he hoped to win and face Undertaker, who was the World Champion at the time, at Wrestlemania as he had come very close to defeating him the previous year and ending the Deadman's Wrestlemania's undefeated streak in what was one of the all time great matches. Michaels quickly eliminated Carlito, both members of Legacy, and John Morrison before teaming with D-X partner Triple H to put out Drew McIntyre, which left them as the only two in the ring. John Cena then entered next. After Triple H had given Cena the pedigree, Michaels shockingly eliminated his partner with a superkick. Michaels was in the final 4 with Cena, Edge and Batista. He nailed Batista and Cena with superkicks before Edge nailed him with a clothseline that sent both guys to the apron. Michaels nailed Edge with a superkick that knocked him back in the ring, but was then knocked off by Batista after 20:46. Michaels, upset that his chance of facing Undertaker had gone the tubes, would take his frusuration out on the outside referee with a superkick. He ended up facing Undertaker at Mania anyway, after he had pissed him off by costing him the title at Elimination Chamber. This time though Michaels would have to put his career on the line. He ende up losing in another classic match between the two, putting a end to his legendary career.

[RI Richmark]

Feb 29, 2016 17:58:28 GMT -5 RI Richmark said:

Fun fact, thus far Roman Reigns has averaged 85 points a year. If he keeps up that pace, he should pass HBK in 2019.

Now over the course of 4 Rumbles Roman Reigns averages 68.75 points. At that pace he should pass HBK in 2020.

[The Heenan Family]

Just looking at the list, the highest ranked person who at this point isn't on a potential path to the Hall of Fame is Ted DiBiase Jr. Though there are a few long shots ahead of him.