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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 25, 2021 3:13:38 GMT -5
92. Finlay-62 points (85) Finlay was in the 07, 08, and 09 Rumbles. In 08 he was disqualified for jumping the gun of his entrance and using his shilleglah on Mark Henry and Big Daddy V when they went after Hornswoggle. He had long times in 07 and 09 although he didn't score any eliminations in either. He was in for 32:32 in 07 and 29:57 in 09.
91. "The Sassy Southern Belle" Lacey Evans-63 points (127) Lacey made her main roster debut in the 2019 Rumble, drawing #1. Lacey fared well lasting close to 30 minutes and eliminating both IIconics before getting booted off the apron by Charlotte. Going into this years Rumble she was feuding with Charlotte Flair due to the fact that she had started a relationship with Charlotte's 71 year old father, Ric. Charlotte and Lacey would get into a brief skirmish outside the ring after Evans entered wearing one of Ric's signature's robe. However after that they didn't even interact that much despite Charlotte being in there for all of Lacey's 19+ minutes in the ring. You would think with it supposedly being this heated grudge feud Charlotte would've went after her more. Instead Lacey eliminated Mickie James before randomly getting taken out towards the end of the match by Shayna Baszler, which again you would think it would've made much more sense to have Charlotte eliminate her to advance their feud.
90. Demolition Smash/Repo Man-64 points (82) Competed in the match from 89 through 93 under his two different aliases. In 89 as Smash he drew #2 and duked it out with partner Ax who drew #1. They would stop fighting though to go after #3 entrant Andre the Giant. Andre eventually eliminated Smash after 4:55. In 90 he was in for over 15 minutes and helped Ax eliminate Andre. He also was involved in the group elimination of Earthquake. In 91 he was in for over 18 minutes before Hogan big booted him and tossed him. By the 92 Rumble he had been repackaged as the Repo Man. Repo eliminated Nikolai Volkoff and Greg Valentine before getting tossed by Bossman after 6:23. In 93 he was tossed by Savage in 3:33.
89. Alexa Bliss-65 points (83) Miss Bliss was in the last three Women's Rumbles. 2019 was a comeback match for her after a few months on the shelf due to injuries. Alexa put out Sonya Deville and Ember Moon, however in the finals she was double teamed and tossed by Bayley and Carmella after 12:59. In 2020 she drew #1 and had a strong showing as she eliminated Kairi Sane, Mia Yim, and Chelsea Green before getting eliminated by Bianca Belair after coming up with the short end of the stick (or in this case Bianca's pony tail) during a battle on the apron in which a tug of war with Belair's pony led to Bliss getting rammed into the ring post and fall out after over 26 minutes in the match. This year was a surprisingly weak showing with her Fiendette persona. Bliss whom was probably looked at by most as one of the possibilities to win along with Charlotte and Bianca Belair, only lasted a little over minute after everyone in the ring ganged up on her and Rhea Ripley tossed her out before she could transform into her demonic alter ego.
88. Antonio Cesaro-65 points (87) The Swiss Superman has been in quite a few Rumbles during his WWE career. He's kind of underachieved especially from a ring time standpoint, only lasting over 10 minutes once in his seven appearances. In 2013 he eliminated Daniel Bryan, but kind of had a disappointing showing overall as he was backdropped out by Cena after a modest 7:50. 2014 was a good showing as he was in for close to 17 minutes and made the finals while getting to do the Cesaro Swing a few times. 2015 wasn't anything special as he entered late and was superkicked out by Dolph Ziggler in just 4:55. In 2017 he teamed with dysfunctional partner Sheamus to eliminate the entire New Day, before both were eliminated by Chris Jericho as they were tussling on the ropes. In 2018 he eliminated Apollo Crews but underachieved again as far as ring time goes, getting monkey flipped out by Seth Rollins after 5 minutes even. 2020 was a waste as he was part of the Brock burial parade, getting eliminated in just 18 seconds. This year was almost exactly like his 2015 showing. Entered at #28, no eliminations, tossed in the finals after 4 and change.
87. Bradshaw-65 points (81) Competed in the match in 98, 2000, 01, 02, 04, and 2014 in a surprise appearance. 98 was his best showing as he was in for an impressive 35+ minutes and helped in the group elimination of Kurrgan. In 2000 he was eliminated by the New Age Outlaws in just 25 seconds after getting distracted by the Mean Street Posse. 01 was a solid showing as he was in for 17:40, which was one the higher times that year. In 02 he was dumped by Billy Gunn in 7:17. 04 was a short run. He came in and started giving everybody clotheslines from hell before Benoit countered it and eliminated him in just 38 seconds. Bradshaw was repackaged shortly afterwards as main event heel, John Bradshaw Layfield. He unfortunately never appeared in a Rumble match with this character when he was an active wrestler as he was involved in another match or was in a commentator capacity from 05 through 09. In 2014 though he would be in the Rumble as JBL after leaving the commentators table. He then made the mistake of turning his back to give his jacket to Michael Cole, leading to him getting dumped by Roman Reigns in 24 seconds.
86. Mr. McMahon-66 points Accomplishments: 1999 Royal Rumble Winner, 1999 Iron Man* In his only Rumble appearance, Mr. McMahon won the 99 Rumble in very shady fashion. He's credited with a time of 56:38 although almost all of it was spent out of the ring. Going into the match the chairman made his nemesis "Stone Cold" Steve Austin enter the match at #1. However, then commissioner Shawn Michaels then forced McMahon to enter at #2. Austin beat up McMahon for the entire interval until Golga entered the match at #3. Austin tossed him in short order which gave Vince the opportunity to escape into the crowd. Vince then tried to lure Austin into the bathroom where his corporation was waiting. The Corporation beat down Austin, who then was taken to the hospital. Vince would then go to the commentary table. Meanwhile, Austin had commandeered the ambulance he was in and drove back to the arena. Austin returned to the ring and started opening a can of whoop ass on everybody in the ring. After eliminating Corporation member the Big Bossman, it was just him and Vince. Austin dragged Vince away from the commentary table and beat him all around ringside, before throwing him back in the ring and giving him the stunner. Before Austin could throw him out though, the Rock would come out and distract Austin which allowed McMahon to dump him out from behind to win the match.
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Post by sungod2020 on Mar 25, 2021 9:07:37 GMT -5
87. Bradshaw-65 points (81) Competed in the match in 98, 2000, 01, 02, 04, and 2014 in a surprise appearance. 98 was his best showing as he was in for an impressive 35+ minutes and helped in the group elimination of Kurrgan. In 2000 he was eliminated by the New Age Outlaws in just 25 seconds after getting distracted by the Mean Street Posse. 01 was a solid showing as he was in for 17:40, which was one the higher times that year. In 02 he was dumped by Billy Gunn in 7:17. 04 was a short run. He came in and started giving everybody clotheslines from hell before Benoit countered it and eliminated him in just 38 seconds. Bradshaw was repackaged shortly afterwards as main event heel, John Bradshaw Layfield. He unfortunately never appeared in a Rumble match with this character when he was an active wrestler as he was involved in another match or was in a commentator capacity from 05 through 09. In 2014 though he would be in the Rumble as JBL after leaving the commentators table. He then made the mistake of turning his back to give his jacket to Michael Cole, leading to him getting dumped by Roman Reigns in 24 seconds. While I don't think Bradshaw's placement on the list is surprising, it's weirdly distributed. The vast majority of his points come from the 1998 one(with 2001 as a distant second) while the other ones suck, and those were on ring time alone. You'd think as a company mainstay and a bar room brawler, he'd rack up some eliminations, but other than that one assist(also in 98), he dosen't have a single one to his credit. If you were to take away his 98 performance(or only last a few minutes which you'd think someone with his position on the card at the time would), he'd be pretty low on the list for someone of his statue.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 25, 2021 15:42:00 GMT -5
87. Bradshaw-65 points (81) Competed in the match in 98, 2000, 01, 02, 04, and 2014 in a surprise appearance. 98 was his best showing as he was in for an impressive 35+ minutes and helped in the group elimination of Kurrgan. In 2000 he was eliminated by the New Age Outlaws in just 25 seconds after getting distracted by the Mean Street Posse. 01 was a solid showing as he was in for 17:40, which was one the higher times that year. In 02 he was dumped by Billy Gunn in 7:17. 04 was a short run. He came in and started giving everybody clotheslines from hell before Benoit countered it and eliminated him in just 38 seconds. Bradshaw was repackaged shortly afterwards as main event heel, John Bradshaw Layfield. He unfortunately never appeared in a Rumble match with this character when he was an active wrestler as he was involved in another match or was in a commentator capacity from 05 through 09. In 2014 though he would be in the Rumble as JBL after leaving the commentators table. He then made the mistake of turning his back to give his jacket to Michael Cole, leading to him getting dumped by Roman Reigns in 24 seconds. While I don't think Bradshaw's placement on the list is surprising, it's weirdly distributed. The vast majority of his points come from the 1998 one(with 2001 as a distant second) while the other ones suck, and those were on ring time alone. You'd think as a company mainstay and a bar room brawler, he'd rack up some eliminations, but other than that one assist(also in 98), he dosen't have a single one to his credit. If you were to take away his 98 performance(or only last a few minutes which you'd think someone with his position on the card at the time would), he'd be pretty low on the list for someone of his statue. Bradshaw lasing so long in 98 wasn't that odd at least not as much as 8-Ball/Thrasher/Phinneas, in that he was at least getting a little bit of a push as an up and comer. He was also well liked by management. I remember JR whom I believe was head of talent relations at that point, putting him over a ton on commentary. On the other hand he's a type that if you wanted to push him you think it would be more effective to instead have him get a couple of eliminations while lasting 10-15 minutes. I remember in Tom Brandi's shoot interview he claims that Bradshaw collapsed and was on the floor from exhaustion when he got to the back. Brandi whom was eliminated first in just a few seconds was making a point how Pat Patterson was trying to bury him because he was mad Tom denied his advances at him. Brandi was making it out like it backfired on them and he didn't care because he got payed the same for an easy nights work as apposed to someone like Bradshaw who had to stay and ended up getting blown up as a result. It was funny because I then remember him then yelling "WHOSE THE JOBBER NOW"! And I remember thinking well uhhhh... still you. You got eliminated in a few seconds, looked like a complete loser, and was out of the company a few months later. As apposed to someone like Bradshaw whom they liked enough to give a lot of time and shine too and ended up being employed by them forever. Never got the theory that they would punish guys by having them lost very long. Thought it made no sense. Yeah it's a tougher night's work but your also presented well for being able to last that long. I think that would be a lot better then the guys who get eliminated in short order and made to look like losers. There's a lot of hosses whose points were weirdly distributed. Ryback and Rusev are two others that come to mind in that they had one year where they had a crap load of eliminations then didn't eliminate anyone in their other three to four appearances and got the rest of their points just being hang arounds. I know they weren't getting pushed as hard those years but they were still relatively high on the card so you think they would've at least gave them one. Then you got guys like A-Train and Swagger who were two big guys who were always pushed to an extent and didn't eliminate anyone despite both being in SIX matches. Until his performance this year Big E was another guy who did surprisingly poorly elimination wise. Only one elimination in I think like seven appearances. I think Mark Henry is the weirdest. You think with a guy being billed as the World's Strongest Man he would've had a ton of eliminations. He had a good showing in 98 (about 20 minutes with 2 eliminations) then had five straight appearances where he didn't eliminate anyone. Then ended up doing well in his last couple of appearances towards the end of career when he was barely being featured and was on his last legs. Got one elimination in 2017 and then scored three in the GRR.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 26, 2021 6:18:55 GMT -5
85. "The Boss" Sasha Banks-67 points (79) Accomplishments: 2018 Iron Woman, Final Four (2018) The Boss was the first ever Iron Woman when she lasted for 54:46 in the first ever Women's Rumble in 2018, even though she seemingly spent a lot of it outside the ring. Sasha assisted in the group elimination of Vickie Guerrero and then in the finals eliminated Bayley and Trish Stratus. In the final four way though she became too trusting of the Bellas, whom she had seemingly formed a pact with against Asuka, with the twin then tossing her out when she had her back turned. Sasha hasn't been in a Rumble since as she was in title matches in 2019 and 2021 and while scheduled to be in 2020, ended up having to be pulled due to injury.
84. Christian-68 points (109) Accomplishments: Final Four (2021) Captain Charisma was in the Rumble in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2020. 2000 sucked as he was eliminated by Rikishi in under 2 minutes. 02 was probably his best outing. He was in for 12:14, eliminated Diamond Dallas Page, and also teamed with Chuck Palumbo to eliminate Albert and the Godfather. 03 was another decent showing as he went for 9:03 and teamed with his partner at the time Chris Jericho to eliminate Tommy Dreamer before Jericho eliminated both him and Edge when they were fighting on the ropes. Going into 04 there was a little bit of tension between Christian and Jericho due a love triangle storyline with Trish Stratus. The two would work together at first but eventually ended up fighting each other with Jericho getting the better of Christian as he eliminated him with a backdrop after 7:39. 05 sucked pretty bad as he was in for just a little over 2 minutes, most of which was spent getting his ass handed to him by Batista who then press slammed him out of the ring onto his problem solver Tyson Tomko who was at ringside. This ended up being his last Rumble match for a while as he left the company later in the year and despite coming back in 09 he never never made it back to the match during that run as he was either involved in another match (010) or was out with injuries (2011 through 2014) that would eventually lead to his retirement.
After seven years out of the ring he would shockingly return in this years Rumble as a surprise entrant. Christian ended up doing really well. He quickly made an impact by taking part in the group elimination in which he was the driving force of as he smartly pulled down on the top rope from the apron as the others pushed from the inside. He then went onto stay in for 18 minutes and was in the final four along with Braun, Rollins, and longtime best friend and former tag team partner Edge. Christian and Edge would team up and were close to dumping Strowman out, but Rollins would rush the pile which would cause both Christian and Strowman to fall out. It seemed like based off his showing that Christian would be returning to WWE on a full time basis, however he wasn't signed to a contract and ended up signing with AEW instead the following month.
83. Tatanka-68 points (78) Tatanka was in the 93, 94, 96 and 06 Rumbles. In 93 he was in for 17+ minutes before Yokozuna threw him out. In 94 he was in for over 20 minutes and eliminated former nemesis Rick Martel before getting eliminated by Bam Bam Bigelow who he had defeated in the first match of the night. In 96 he eliminated Aldo Montoya before getting tossed by Diesel in just 4:09. Tatanka pretty much disappeared from the wrestling scene for several years before making a surprise appearance in the 06 Rumble. He lasted for over 14 minutes before getting eliminated by MNM. Tatanka ended up getting signed on full time shortly after and would wrestle on the active roster for about a year.
82. Bayley-69 points (134) Accomplishments: Final Four (2019) Bayley was in the 2018, 2019, and 2021 women's Rumbles. She got the shaft in 2018 as she was tossed by friend Sasha Banks in just 4:40 after drawing #29. She did take part in the group elimination of Nia Jax though which was her lone highlight in the match. 2019 was much better and a pretty good showing for her overall as she quickly eliminated Ruby Riott and Rhea Ripley within seconds of each other, teamed with Carmella to put out Alexa Bliss, and made it to the final four where she was eliminated after 14:27. By this year she had gone from being one of the top babyfaces to being one of the top heels. Bayley eliminated Ruby Riott again and lasted for over 29 minutes from the #1 spot before getting tossed by Bianca Belair in an elimination that was surprisingly pretty under the radar for someone of her status as it came really out of nowhere and was missed by the camera crew as they were focusing on Shayna eliminating Torrie Wilson on the other side of the ring a second before and couldn't catch Bayley's elimination in time.
81. Wade Barrett-69 points (77) Accomplishments: Final Four (2011) Barrett was in the Rumble in 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2015. 011 was a real good showing as he eliminated Rey Mysterio and the returning Diesel while making it to the final 4 where he was eliminated by Orton after 22:23. 012 was a big disappointment. Going into the Rumble match that year Barrett was getting a pretty good push and was in a heated rivalry with Orton, so you would think he would've got a strong showing. Nope. Barrett eliminated Road Dogg, but then was RKOed and tossed by Orton after just 3:55. He bounced back with a solid showing in 2013, going for over 17 minutes and eliminating Mysterio again before getting dumped out by rookie Bo Dallas in a surprise elimination. Barrett ended up getting the last laugh though as he pulled Dallas out from the outside and then knocked him out with his bull hammer elbow. In 2015 he didn't do much as Bad News Barrett, although that can be said for pretty much everyone in that Rumble. He was in for 5:49 before Dolph Ziggler ducked the bull hammer and backdropped him out.
80. The Great Khali-70 points (76) Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2007) Khali competed in 8 straight Rumbles from 2007 to 2014. He scored the majority of his points in his Rumble debut in 07. That year he eliminated seven men (Benoit, Holly, Punk, Chavo, Miz, Carlito, RVD) before Undertaker entered at #30 and eliminated him. Khali would never come close to matching this effort again. In his next 4 Rumbles he failed to last over 2 minutes while scoring no eliminations in three of them. He was eliminated by Undertaker again in 08, Kozlov in 09, and Beth Phoenix in 010 after Phoenix kissed the Puhnjabi Playboy and eased him over the top from the apron. In 2011 he entered with just the Nexus in the ring and was the first guy to give them trouble. He beat down every one of them and eliminated Husky Harris. Unfortunately another Nexus member, Mason Ryan, entered next and eliminated Khali.
2012 was a solid outing for Khali, and easily his best since 07. He eliminated his "brother in law" Jinder Mahal and Ezekiel Jackson before Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler dumped both him and Booker T as they were fighting on the ropes. Khali lasted a surprising 7:29, which was by far his longest time in all his Rumble appearances. In 2013 he didn't do much, getting dumped by Kane and Daniel Bryan in under 3 minutes. 2014 was his worst showing as he was superman punched by Roman Reigns and dumped by all the members of the Shield in just 21 seconds. Khali made a cameo in the Greatest Royal Rumble match, getting dumped by Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman in just 31 seconds.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 27, 2021 3:36:29 GMT -5
79. Test-74 points (73) Accomplishments: 2000 Iron Man Test was in the Rumble from 99 through 03. In 99 as a member of the Corporation he was in for 12:48 before Austin eliminated him. In 2000 he had the longest time, going 26:17 while taking part in the group elimination of Rikishi before Big Show eliminated him. In 01 he eliminated William Regal before Show eliminated him again after just a little over 2 minutes. 02 sucked as Austin eliminated him in under 2 minutes. 03 was a good showing as he was in for 18:45 and eliminated iron man Chris Jericho after Jericho had been distracted by an interfering HBK who he had screwed over at the beginning match. This was supposed to lead to a big face push for Test but he ended up pissing off management and it was dropped. He was supposed to be in the 04 Rumble but was taken out backstage by Mick Foley, who took his spot in the match.
78. Earthquake/Golga-76 points (71) Accomplishments: 1991 Runner-Up Quake was in the 90, 91, 93 and 99 Rumbles. In 90 he eliminated Dusty Rhodes and Ax before everybody in the ring, besides his friend Dino Bravo, all ganged up on him and eliminated him after 2:31. Going into the 91 Rumble Quake was in the midst of the biggest push of his career as he was feuding with Hulk Hogan after putting the Hulkster out of action for a few months. He lasted 24:42, which is pretty impressive especially when you consider his size, while eliminating Animal, Tito Santana, and Bushwhacker Luke. He also teamed with Brian Knobbs to eliminate the British Bulldog. Eventually it ended up ooming down to just him and Hogan. Quake gave Hogan his butt splash finisher, but Hogan Hulked Up and bodyslammed him before eliminating him. In 93 he eliminated I.R.S. and his own partner Typhoon before having a big man showdown with Yokozuna. Yoko ended up getting the better of the exchange as he eliminated Quake with a belly to belly suplex after 11 minutes even. In 99 he appeared as the masked Golga, a member of the Oddities. He was eliminated by Austin in just 15 seconds.
77. Sami Zayn-76 points (84) Zayn made his main roster debut in the 2016 Rumble and quickly made an impact by eliminating arch nemesis Kevin Owens but unfortunately would get eliminated himself not much later as Braun Stroman tossed him after 4:33. 2017 was a real long run for him as he was in for around 47 minutes, although he didn't eliminate anyone in his entire time in. By the 2018 Rumble Zayn had formed an alliance with Owens with the two taking on WWE World Champion AJ Styles in a losing effort in a handicap match. Later in the night Zayn and Owens would attack #10 entrant Tye Dillinger with Zayn then taking his spot in the match. It ended up being kind of pointless though as Zayn didn't really do anything of note before getting knee lifted out by Nakamura after just a little bit under 7 minutes. Sami wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2021. He lasted for 13:04 before getting double teamed by Big E and Xavier Woods who gave him the Midnight Hour double team with E then tossing him out.
76. Finn Balor-77 points (70) Accomplishments: 2018 Iron Man, Most Eliminations (2018) Final Four (2018) Balor had a strong showing in his only Rumble appearance to date in 2018 as he lasted for close to an hour after making it to the final four from the #2 position. He also scored 4 eliminations along the way as he put out Baron Corbin, Aiden English, Dolph Ziggler, and Rey Mysterio.
75. Ted Dibiase Jr.-78 points (69) Accomplishments: Final Four (2009) Competed in the Rumble from 2009 through 2011. He most likely was going to be in 2012 too, but suffered a injury shortly before the show and ended up not making it. He fared well in the three he was in. In his debut in 09 he lasted an impressive 45:10 and was in the final 4 before getting tossed by Triple H. He also teamed with his Legacy partners to eliminate Kane that year. In 010 he was in for 11:38 which may not seem that impressive but actually is pretty good when you consider most guys only got 4 minutes at the most that year. His time was the 5th best that year. Even in 2011 in the midst of a losing streak angle he did decent, going for over 12 minutes and eliminating William Regal.
74. Luke Harper-81 points (68) Harper was in the Rumble from 014 though 017. 2014 was a good showing as he eliminated the Miz and Jey Uso and was in for 15:02 before getting eliminated by Roman Reigns. 2015 wasn't anything special as he was in for just a little over four minutes before both him and former Wyatt Family partner Erick Rowan, who wasn't officially in the match, were both dumped by former leader Bray Wyatt. By the 2016 Rumble the Wyatts had reunited, with all four being participants in the match. Harper had one of the better overall showings that year as he eliminated Neville and Stardust, assisted his teammates in eliminating Mark Henry, and was in for 23:40 before getting taken to supelx city and eliminated by Brock Lesnar. In 2017 he went rogue and attacked Bray and his other stablemate Randy Orton. He also eliminated Apollo Crews before getting tossed by Goldberg after 9:56.
73. Owen Hart-82 points 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 returned 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.
72. Carlito-83 points (72) Carlito was in the Rumble match from 06 through 010 as well as 2021 as a surprise entry. 06 was his best showing as he was in for 38:21 and helped Chris Masters eliminate Viscera before double crossing Masters and eliminating him too. Carlito was in last 5 that year where he was eliminated by the returning Rob Van Dam who Carlito had put of action for several months. By 07 he was turned face. He only lasted for 3:19 before trying to springboard into the ring and getting chopped in the head by Khali and eliminated. He was back to being a heel for 08 and had a solid showing, going for 15+ minutes before Cena eliminated him. In 09 he was back to being a face and was Tag Team Champions with his brother Primo who was excluded from the match for some reason. Carlito was in for 6:10 before Kozlov spinebustered him and eliminated him. In 010 he was back as a heel again. Couldn't they just make up their mind? In a year where almost everybody in the match was made to look like total jobbers, Carlito who had been off TV for a while and was about to get released in a couple months was actually booked fairly strong giving everybody in the ring backstabbers. He would eventually get eliminated by Shawn Michaels after 4:34, which while not impressive was still more then most what got that year.
This year he appeared as a surprise entry looking super jacked and much more muscular then he did the last time he was seen. Carlito managed to stay in for over 8 minutes before Elias tossed him out.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 28, 2021 6:35:44 GMT -5
71. Booker T-84 points (67) Booker was in the Rumble from 02 through 07 before making his return in the 2011 match. Booker kind of underachieved as far as ring time goes but did manage to rack up the eliminations. In his debut in 02 he entered at #30. He tossed RVD, who was down and out from the pedigree. Booker then celebrated with a spinaroni before turning around into a stunner from Stone Cold. Booker comically oversold it before falling over the top after just 33 seconds. By 03, Booker had turned face thanks to a unlikely partnership with Goldust which provided many funny backstage segments. Booker eliminated Eddie Guerrero before getting double teamed out by Team Angle, who had just eliminated Goldust, much to the chagrin of the fans. Booker was in for 6:20. In 04 he eliminated former WCW nemesis Scott Steiner and a distracted Kane before Orton dumped him in 9:11. In 05 he eliminated Luther Reigns and Orlando Jordan before getting eliminated by Guerrero and Mysterio after 10:42. He entered in 06 injured and was easily eliminated by Benoit in just 18 seconds. In 07 as King Booker, he eliminated Gregory Helms and the Sandman before getting tossed out by Kane after 9:23. Booker didn't take this well as he would get back into the ring and throw Kane out before beating him down on the floor, starting a pretty forgettable feud between the two.
Booker left the company later in the year, but returned at the 2011 Rumble to a big pop. He hit all of the Nexus with his signature moves and almost had CM Punk out before Mason Ryan stepped in and tossed him after just a little over a minute. Booker was a commentator for the 2012 Rumble, but would still enter the Rumble match. Booker lasted 4:40 before both him and Great Khali were dumped in a heap by Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler.
70. Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V-87 points (65) Competed in the 94, 95, 96, 99, 2000, 05, 06, 07 and 08 Rumbles. In 94 as part of the Men on a Mission tag team, he helped in the elimination of Diesel before everybody ganged up on him and eliminated him after 9:57. In 95 he eliminated King Kong Bundy before getting dumped by Lex Luger after 1:58. By the 96 Rumble, Men on a Mission had turned heel and Mabel was given a singles push which included him winning the King of the Ring tournament. King Mabel lasted 12:14 before getting dumped by Yokozuna.
After a couple of years away from the WWF, he returned at the 99 Rumble and entered the match after attacking Headbanger Mosh backstage and taking his spot. He eliminated Dan Severn, Steve Blackman, Tiger Ali Singh, the Blue Meanie, and Droz before the Undertaker's Ministry of Darkness attacked him and beat him out of the arena. He then become a member of the group as Viscera. In 2000 Viscera he had a showdown with Rikishi who had dominated the match up until that point. Rikishi eliminated him in 1:25 after a couple of superkicks and a shoulder tackle. He left again not long after but was back again in late 04 and was in the 05 Rumble. He was backdropped out by Cena in 3 minutes exactly. In 06 he eliminated Matt Hardy before getting double teamed out by Chris Masters and Carlito after 5:20. In 07 it took seven men to eliminate him after 6:22. In 08 as Big Daddy V he was in for 7:49 before getting eliminated by Triple H.
69. Kurt Angle-87 points (64) Accomplishments: 2002 Runner-Up, Final Four (2004) Angle was in the 02, 04, and 05 Rumbles. He was also in the Greatest Royal Rumble and the 2019 Rumble after making his return to the company in 2017. In 02 he was in for 16:09 and eliminated Kane and Steve Austin before getting clotheslined out by Triple H in the final elimination of the match. In 04 he was in for 29:04 and eliminated Goldberg after Goldberg was reeling from the F5 of the interfering Brock Lesnar. Angle ended up being in the last 3 with Big Show and Chris Benoit. Angle got his ankle lock on Big Show however Show would grab the top rope and lunge over the rope to the apron with the momentum taking Angle over and out. Angle wasn't supposed to be in the 05 match as he had lost a triple threat match for the WWE Title earlier in the night. He ended up getting in by taking Nunzio's number in a backstage segment. Angle entered like a house of fire, giving olymic slams and suplexes to everybody until Shawn Michaels nailed him with a superkick which eliminated him after just 37 seconds. Angle didn't take this too well as he returned later and tossed Michaels out before assaulting him with the ring steps and putting him in ankle lock.
In the Greatest Royal Rumble he quickly made an impact by eliminating Bo Dallas, Primo, and Dolph Ziggler in short order. Elias ended up getting rid of him not much later though after 7:59. 2019 wasn't as good as Nakamura eliminated the aging Angle pretty easily after just a little over 3 minutes.
68. "The Gold Standard" Shelton Benjamin-87 points (63) Benjamin has competed in a lot of Rumbles through his career as he has been in 11 with 8 straight from 2003 to 2010. With the exception of a couple he usually underachieved in most of them. In 03 he was in for 10:55 and teamed with Team Angle partner Charlie Haas to eliminate Goldust and Booker T before both were tossed by Brock Lesnar. 04 sucked pretty bad as Orton dumped him in just 37 seconds. Benjamin was getting the biggest push of his career going into the 05 Rumble as he was the IC champion and had even scored a couple of victories over Triple H. Benjamin took part in the group elimination of Muhammad Hassan before Edge eliminated him after 14:35, which while not bad by any means was kind of disappointing considering the push he was getting and the momentum he had at the time. In 06 he was in for 6:51 before Shawn Michaels superkicked him while he was on the apron and knocked him about halfway up the aisle. 07 was his best year as he lasted 22:22 and helped in the group elimination of Viscra before Michaels eliminated him again.
In 08 he came in like a house of fire but Michaels quickly put out the flames with a superkick to eliminate him AGAIN after just 18 seconds. 09 was yet another disappointment. Going into the match he was the US Champ and was getting pushed as a heel as the Gold Standard. Benjamin was eliminated by Undertaker in just 4:17, in a year where almost everybody and their mother was doing at least 12 minutes. In his last Rumble in 2010 he actually got a lot of offense on both Michaels and Cena before Cena countered his pay dirt finish by catching him and putting him out after just 48 seconds.
After several years away he returned to the company in 2017 and was in the Greatest Royal Rumble match in 2018. Thanks to a late draw Benjamin made the finals where he stuck out like a sore thumb amongst all the other guys left, all of whom were a lot higher on the card then him. Jericho would end up getting rid of him in 4:23. Shelton would be back for the 2019 Rumble which was surprising as he hadn't been on TV for months. Shelton lasted for over 9 minutes before getting tossed by Bruan. He would make the Rumble roster yet again in 2020 but only lasted 37 seconds as an attempt to buddy up with old pal Brock Lesnar failed as Brock turned on him, German Suplexing him and clotheslining him out.
67. Naomi-87 points (133) The Queen of Glow has been in all of the women's Rumbles so far. In 2018 she lasted a modest 6:33 with no eliminations although she did get the "Kofi Spot" as she avoid elimination by first landing on the barricade and then using a chair to make her way back into the ring. It all ended up being for naught though as Nia Jax caught her on a crossbody attempt and tossed her immediately afterwards. In 2019 she quickly eliminated rival Mandy Rose however her "Kofi Spot" elimination save was thwarted when Mandy pulled her off the steps and eliminated her right before she could get back in the ring after Naomi had went through all the trouble of walking the barricade and jumping to the steps. I busted out laughing so hard while watching this not only because it was unexpected but also because I'm just so tired of the contrived elimination save spots and think they've become so overdone now. It was cool with Morrison and the first few times with Kofi but at this point it's just been overdone with them doing it every year.
In 2020 she made her return after a several month absence. She had a ring time of over 22 minutes although she spent almost all of it farting around outside the ring trying to put her stupid save spot together without her feet touching the floor. Eventually near the end of the match she finally got back in by using the Royal Rumble sign on the announce table as a bridge to get to the steps, only to get eliminated immediately afterwards like she does every year. This year she had her best showing as she stayed in for 47:39 after drawing #2 and eliminated Carmella.
66. Becky Lynch-87 points (62) Accomplishments: 2019 Royal Rumble Winner Irish Lass Kicker was in the 2018 and 2019 Women's Rumbles, winning the latter. 2018 was a long run as she stayed in for 30:55 which was the second longest time after Sasha Banks. She also eliminated Lita and assisted in the group elimination of Vickie Guerrero. In 2019 she wasn't announced to be part of the match as she fought Asuka earlier in the night for the Smackdown Women's title in a losing effort. However after volunteering herself to take the injured Lana's place, she was allowed into the match by agent Fit Finley who I guess we're supposed to believe somehow has the power to make decisions like that. It would end up coming down to Lynch, arch nemesis Charlotte Flair, and Nia Jax whom had caused Becky to miss Survivor Series after legit concussing her with a punch. Becky would eliminate Nia after craftily pulling her off the apron from the outide. However Nia would then injure Becky's knee after shoving her off the ring steps. Charlotte would viciously attack the knee but Becky would manage to survive the onslaught and eliminate her former best friend after ducking a big boot and then knocking Charlotte off the apron with a forearm shot.
65. Big Bossman-88 points (61) Accomplishments: Final Four (1999) Bossman made Rumble appearances in both the Hulkamania and Attitude eras. In his Rumble debut in 89 he was a hated villian who was feuding with Hulk Hogan. He and his partner Akeem teamed up to dump Hogan, but the Hulkster then pulled the top rope down from the outside which caused Bossman to fall out after 4:18. The two then brawled to the back. Bossman was involved in other matches in 90 and 91 but was in the 92 Rumble for the World Title. By this point he was a popular babyface. Bossman only lasted 3:38 but did eliminate both Repo Man and Hercules in his time in. Bossman left the WWF in 93 and spent some time in WCW before returning in late 98 as a member of Mr. McMahon's Corporation. Bossman had a strong showing in the 99 Rumble, making the final 4 while eliminating X-Pac and D'Lo Brown before Stone Cold gave him the stunner and clotheslined him out after 18:53. 2000 was another good showing as he eliminated Chyna and Faarooq, and helped in the group elimination of Rikishi before the Rock came and laid the smackdown on him by spit punching him out of the ring after 22+ minutes. 2002 wasn't as good as he was stinkfaced and eliminated by Rikishi in just a little over 3 minutes.
64. Crush-88 points (60) 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 back first 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.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 29, 2021 6:01:59 GMT -5
63. Nia Jax-89 points (75) Accomplishments: Final Four (2019) The monster of the women's division has not surprisingly been a dominant Rumble competitor. In 2018 she eliminated Jacquelyn, Kelly Kelly, Ruby Riott, and Naomi before getting ganged up on and dumped after 17:42. In 2019 she eliminated Io Shirai, Natalya, and Bayley in an assist with Charlotte. Nia was in the last 3 where she was eliminated after getting pulled off the apron by Becky Lynch whom Nia had legit injured a few months before with a broken nose and a concussion after giving her a reckless punch. Before leaving Nia would knock Becky off the apron, causing her to injure her knee in the process. Nia's night wouldn't be over though as she jumped #30 entrant in the men's Rumble R-Truth and took his spot in the match. Nia tossed Mustafa Ali however the other guys in the match would then gang up on with finishers before she was then eliminated by Rey Mysterio. This year she tossed Ember Moon and then teamed with partner Shayna Baszler to eliminate Naomi and Tamina before turning on Baszler and tossing her as well. However she would then surprisingly get eliminated by Lana who outsmarted by her by slapping her in the face to bait her into charging into a lowbridge after just 2:44.
62. Bob Backlund-89 points (59) Accomplishments: 1993 Iron Man, 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.
61. "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan-89 points (58) 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.
60. Tito Santana-91 points (57) 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.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 29, 2021 16:01:05 GMT -5
59. "Macho Man" Randy Savage-94 points (54) 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 tussling 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 eliminate 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 patent 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.
58. Rhea Ripley-95 points (183) Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2021), 2021 Runner-Up Australian powerhouse was a force in both Women's Rumbles she was in. As a rookie in 2019 she scored three eliminations by tossing Kacy Catanzaro, Dana Brooke, and Zelina Vega before getting backdropped out by Bayley after 7:55. This year was a super impressive showing as she eliminated seven while lasting close to 40 minutes in a runner up finish.
57. Jake "The Snake" Roberts-96 points (53) 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 immediately 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 immediately 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.
56. Greg "The Hammer" Valentine-96 points (52) 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.
55. Mick Foley (Mankind, Cactus Jack, Dude Love)-97 points (51) 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 separate 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.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 30, 2021 5:49:15 GMT -5
54. Matt Hardy-97 points (50) 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.
Hardy left the company later in the year but returned in 2017 along with his brother. An injury to Jeff towards the end of the year would force Matt into singles competition though where he started using popular Broken Matt gimmick. Matt was in the 2018 Rumble and formed an unlikely alliance with rival Bray Wyatt to put out Rusev before they turned on each other and eliminated each other after Matt had been in for only about a minute.
53. "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry-99 points (49) The World's Strongest Man has competed in a good share of Royal Rumbles over the course of his twenty plus year WWE career. Oddly he fared better in his latter appearances when he was getting up in age after years of underachieving and not having too much success in them despite the bs claims we always get from the announcers about "how he's such a threat to win it" and "how is anybody going to get him over the rope". Until his 2011 appearance he only had two eliminations in six appearances. You would think with a guy billed as the World's Strongest Man that they would actually at least have him throw more guys out. Anyways, Henry made his Rumble debut in 98 as the newest member of the Nation of Domination. This would be his best performance as he was in for 19:07 while eliminating Phinneas Godwinn and Ahmed Johnson in a double team effort with D'Lo Brown. He was in the last 5 before getting eliminated by Faarooq in goofy looking elimination.
By his next Rumble appearance in 99, he was using his Sexual Chocolate gimmick and had repeatedly attempted to put the moves on Chyna to not a lot of success. He lasted 7:57 before getting eliminated by Chyna in real phony fashion. Chyna was clotheslined out right after by Austin while Henry just stood there laughing his ass off at her which was pretty funny. In 2000 he appeared during the end of the Royal Rumble swimsuit contest to cover up Mae Young but was left out of the Rumble match for some reason. I guess he was injured or something. Henry wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2004 as he was either injured or down in the WWF's developmental league OVW to sharpen his skills. Henry was eliminated by Chris Benoit that year in 5:14 after he had been stunned from taking Tajiri's green mist and Rhyno's gore.
Henry would once again be out of the match for a few years as he was injured for 05 and 07 and was involved in the World Title match in 06 against Kurt Angle in what was one of worst main events in WWE PPV history. He was in the 08 Rumble, getting eliminated by Cena in 9:12. In 09 he was eliminated by Undertaker and Mysterio in just 3:14. In 010 he had a big man showdown with Big Show before both were eliminated by R-Truth of all people after 2:24 in the ring. 2011 was his best showing since his 98 run as he actually eliminated a couple people, putting out Chavo Guerrero and Yoshi Tatsu before Nexus ganged up on him and dumped him out after 7:04.
Henry wasn't involved in the Rumble during his Hall of Pain run which were the best years of his career as he was either injured, off TV, or in other matches from 2012 to 2015. He was in the 2016 match after teaming with Jack Swagger to win a fatal four way qualifier match on the pre show, which ended up being completely pointless as both him and Swagger were eliminated quickly in the Rumble with Henry going out in just 30 seconds after getting body slammed by Braun Strowman and then dumped by all three Wyatt Family followers. Henry was back again for the 2017 Rumble which was a bit of a surprise as he hadn't been on TV much over the previous year. Henry eliminated Jack Gallagher and his umbrella before becoming one of Braun Strowman's many victims. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he eliminated Curtis Axel, Hiroko Sumi, and Mike Kanellis before getting double teamed out by Daniel Bryan and Dolph Ziggler.
52. Mr. Perfect-100 points (46) Accomplishments: 1989 Iron Man, 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 eliminated 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.
51. Kevin Nash ("Big Daddy Cool" Diesel)-102 points (43) 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.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 30, 2021 16:31:53 GMT -5
50. Baron Corbin-105 points (55) Stats Ring Time: 55:51 Eliminations: 10 Assists: 0
Corbin has been in the last six Rumbles, scoring at least one elimination in all of his appearances. In 2017 as "Lone Wolf" Baron Corbin he had a strong showing as shortly after entering he eliminated Braun Strowman who up until that point had seemed to be unstoppable, and then went on to stay in for nearly 33 minutes before getting tossed by the Undertaker. 2018 was quite a drop off as he was he dumped by Finn Balor after only about a minute although he did eliminate Rhyno during his short stay in the ring. Corbin would get his heat back afterwards by laying out Balor and all the other people in the ring before leaving. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he eliminated Bobby Roode, Roderick Strong, and Rey Mysterio before getting tossed by Orton. In 2019 he racked up two more eliminations as he put out Apollo Crews and Aleister Black before getting clotheslined out by Strowman. In 2020 as King Corbin he eliminated Matt Riddle before getting tossed by Drew McIntyre after 4:06. This year he eliminated Otis and Nakamura but got too cocky and eliminated by Dominik Mysterio in 3:34.
49. Yokozuna-109 points (44) 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 seven 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.
48. Lex Luger-111 points (43) 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.
47. Shayna Baszler-44 points (115) Stats Ring Time: 46:14 Eliminations: 12 Assists: 2
Accomplishments: Most Eliminations (2020) 2020 Runner-Up
Shayna had a dominant showings the last two women's Rumble. In 2020 she got the coveted #30 and quickly cleaned house, eliminating eight women despite being having a ring time of just 4:27. Unfortunately she couldn't get out Charlotte Flair who then ended up eliminating her for the win. This year she entered early and racked up another high elimination total with six while also lasting over 41 minutes. She eliminated Shotzi Blackheart, Victoria, Torrie Wilson, Lacey Evans, and assisted partner Nia Jax in tossing Naomi and Tamina before Jax double crossed her and tossed her as well.
46. Elias-112 points (46) Stats Ring Time: 77:34 Eliminations: 7 Assists: 0
Elias was in the last five Rumbles. In 2018 he lasted for close to 25 minutes before getting tossed by John Cena whom he had laid out with a guitar shot on the go home episode of Raw. A few months later he would have a very impressive encore performance at the Greatest Royal Rumble as he lasted for over 34 while scoring five eliminations which was second only to Braun Strowman. In 2019 he drew #1 and started the match against another musician, the returning "Double J" Jeff Jarrett. Elias duped Jarrett into singing a duet with him only to sucker punch him and nail him with his guitar before tossing him out pretty easily. Elias would go on to last around 15 minutes before getting knocked off the apron by Seth Rollins. 2020 sucked as he drew #2 and made the mistake of singing a song making fun of #1 entrant Brock Lesnar who proceeded to murder him and toss him out after one minute exactly. This year he was another short stay as he was only in for 2:30 although he did manage to eliminate Carlito.
45. Big E. Langston-112 points (80) Stats Ring Time: 91:23 Eliminations: 3 Assists: 2
Accomplishments Most Eliminations (2021)
New Day powerhouse has been a Rumble main stay in recent years, participating eight of the last nine. Until this year he had kind of underachieved, scoring just one elimination in all of his appearances. 2014 was a disappointing showing. Even though he was getting a good push at the time as Intercontinental Champion, he was eliminated by Sheamus in just 2:41 after drawing #29. He had one of the longer stays in 2015, lasting for close to 15 minutes before getting kicked out by Rusev. In 2017 he was eliminated by Sheamus and Cesaro after 9:46. In 2018 he was in for over 13 minutes before getting booted off the apron by Jinder. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he was in just shy of 14 minutes and eliminated Tucker Knight. In 2019 he was tossed by Samoa Joe in 6:01. 2020 he was tossed by Brock in 53 seconds. This year he was getting pushed as singles after New Day were split in the draft and ended up having his best show to date. Big E lasted 29:45 and had four eliminations (two assisted) which was tied for the most as this year was kind of a light year for eliminators in the men's Rumble.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Mar 31, 2021 4:58:43 GMT -5
44. "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase-119 points (40) Stats Ring Time: 77:27 Eliminations: 6 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 1990 Iron Man 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.
43. Goldust-120 points (39) Stats Ring Time: 100:08 Eliminations: 4 Assists: 0
The bizarre one competed in thirteen Rumbles throughout his long career, which is second only to Kane for most appearances. 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. In 2018 he was superkicked out by Dolph Ziggler in under 3 minutes. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he was in for over 10 minutes before getting eliminated by Bobby Roode.
42. Natalya-121 points (42) Stats Ring Time: 95:56 Eliminations: 4 Assists: 2
Accomplishments 2019 Iron Woman Final Four (2020, 2021)
Queen of Harts has been a Iron Woman of the Women's Rumbles so far, racking up a lot of minutes while also scoring a decent amount of eliminations as well. In 2018 she eliminated Beth Phoenix, Michelle McCool, and took part in the group elimination of Nia Jax before getting eliminated by Trish Stratus in the finals after over 23 minutes. In 2019 she was the Iron Woman as she drew #2 and lasted almost an hour while eliminating Liv Morgan and teaming with Kairi Sane to dump Sarah Logan. In 2020 she was in for over 14 minutes and made the final four before occasional tag partner Beth Phoenix double crossed her and tossed her in a call back to the 2018 Rumble when Natalya did the same thing to her. This year she drew #30 and was in the final four although that was mainly due to hardly anyone being left when she entered. Natalya would quickly sucker and toss Lana but got too overconfident and was dumped from behind by Bianca Belair after just 2 minutes.
41. John Morrison/Johnny Nitro-125 points (41) Stats Ring Time: 114:23 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 2010 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.
Morrison would leave the company towards the end of the year and wouldn't return until late 2019. He would make his first Rumble appearance in nine years in 2020 but inexplicably was tossed in just 9 seconds cause making Brock look strong comes first. This year he was in for 8:14 before him and Miz were simultaneously were taken out by Damien Priest after getting distracted by Bad Bunny.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 1, 2021 5:50:49 GMT -5
40. Alexander Rusev-126 points (38) Stats Ring Time: 96:28 Eliminations: 6 Assists: 0
Accomplishments Most Eliminations (2015) 2015 Runner-Up
The Bulgarian Brute was in the Rumble from 2014 through 2018. 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. 2017 was much better as he was in for 22:31 before getting eliminated by Goldberg. 2018 was another long run as he was in for over 30 minutes even though he didn't eliminate anyone again. He was announced to be in the 2020 Rumble but got into a unaired brawl with Bobby Lashley that led to both men being taken out of the match.
39. Shinsuke Nakamura-129 points (45) Stats Ring Time: 84:33 Eliminations: 4 Assists: 0
Accomplishments 2018 Royal Rumble Winner
Japanese sensation was impressive en route to winning the 2018 Rumble match. Entering at #14 (finally someone wins with a middle number!) he quickly eliminated Sami Zayn and then in the end impressively put out John Cena and Roman Reigns back to back to win the match after a strong 44:26 in the ring. In 2019 he was in 17:46 and put out Kurt Angle before getting eliminated in an upset by upstart Mustafa Ali. In 2020 he was out in 20 seconds thanks to Brock. This year he lasted 22:01 before getting eliminated by Corbin.
38. Bob "Hardcore" Holly-130 points (37) 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, and 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.
37. The Miz-132 points (36) Stats Ring Time: 122:29 Eliminations: 2 Assists: 0
Accomplishments 2012 Iron Man
The Miz has been in thirteen 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 2010 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.
In 2017 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. 2018 was a disappointing showing as he only lasted about five minutes and really didn't do much despite arguably being the top heel on Raw at the time. 2020 was crap as McIntyre handled him really easy and basically made him look like a job guy before tossing him out in just 30 seconds. This year was another weak showing. Before he entered the ring, he decided to destroy Bad Bunny's DJ equipment. This prompted Bad Bunny to come out and distract Miz and John Morrison (whom Miz had reformed his partnership with after Morrison returned to the company the previous year) enabling Damien Priest to dump both of them after Miz had only been in for 1:02.
36. Rob Van Dam-136 points (35) 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.
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Post by sungod2020 on Apr 1, 2021 12:18:07 GMT -5
38. Bob "Hardcore" Holly-130 points (37) 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, and 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. Hardcore Holly is pretty high on the list for somebody who was (mostly) a jobber and only somewhat over at his peak(I would say during his Hardcore title reigns). Even beating out main event legends such as Mick Foley and Randy "Macho Man" Savage. I know him being a long time WWF/E employee has something to do with it, and his 94 and 96 performances gave him a boost(which was ironically when he was at his most jobberiest), but you wouldn't think someone with his position on the card be in the top 50. Even being in the top 100 seems like a stretch for the Mobile, Alabama native. Just goes to show how unpredictable the Rumble match can be.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 1, 2021 16:04:02 GMT -5
38. Bob "Hardcore" Holly-130 points (37) 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, and 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. Hardcore Holly is pretty high on the list for somebody who was (mostly) a jobber and only somewhat over at his peak(I would say during his Hardcore title reigns). Even beating out main event legends such as Mick Foley and Randy "Macho Man" Savage. I know him being a long time WWF/E employee has something to do with it, and his 94 and 96 performances gave him a boost(which was ironically when he was at his most jobberiest), but you wouldn't think someone with his position on the card be in the top 50. Even being in the top 100 seems like a stretch for the Mobile, Alabama native. Just goes to show how unpredictable the Rumble match can be. Holly was kind of one of those under the radar guys in that he didn't really stand out but was consistently lasting in the double digits. He definitely has the lowest profile of the guys in the top 50. That 96 run might be the most baffling 30+ minute Rumble run ever especially because like you said that was said that was when he was at his most jobberiest. It wasn't even like there was even any hints he was getting any kind of a bump during that time and it definitely didn't lead to any push for him afterwards. Comparing him to other guys in similar positions on the card he lasted almost four times more then the other three guys on his Survivor Series team (Jannetty, Hakushi, Horowitz) a few months before put together. 94 wasn't as odd because he was brand new so I could see them wanting them to give him a good showing to put him over but even it's still kind of a little strange when you compare him to someone like Jarrett who was also new and had a lot more hype but yet only lasted a minute. 8-Ball in 98 and Hercules in 91 are two other weird ones but those were years where almost everyone was having long times. Even though she was a little higher on the card then those guys I guess Ember Moon is close as she didn't have much going on and was working injured on top of it and yet they had her in for over 50 minutes. I guess they were desperate for experienced generals to guide the match but they also had Natalya and Charlotte both in for over 50 as well so it's not like she was needed that much.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 2, 2021 5:58:05 GMT -5
35. "The Model" Rick Martel-142 points (34) Stats Ring Time: 103:53 Eliminations: 6 Assists: 3
Accomplishments 1991 Iron Man 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 drop off from his previous runs as he was eliminated in just 2:29.
34. Dean Ambrose-142 points (33) Stats Ring Time: 116:30 Eliminations: 4 Assists: 2
Accomplishments 2016 Runner-Up
The lunatic fringe was in the 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 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. In 2017 he was in for close to 27 minutes before getting steamrolled by Brock Lesnar who then easily tossed him out. In 2019 he tossed Johnny Gargano before getting unceremoniously heel kicked out by Aleister Black after 12:42.
33. Rikishi/Headshrinker Fatu/The Sultan-146 points (31) 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 everybody 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.
32. "Nature Boy" Ric Flair-148 points (29) Stats Ring Time: 87:02 Eliminations: 6 Assists 2
Accomplishments 1992 Royal Rumble Winner 1992 Iron Man
The Nature Boy had one of the greatest Rumble performances in the 92 Rumble where he won the World Title in the first of only two times 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, inadvertently 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.
31. Drew McIntyre-149 points (28) Stats Ring Time: 76:35 Eliminations: 9 Assists: 1
Accomplishments 2020 Royal Rumble Winner 2020 Iron Man
2020 Rumble winner made his first Rumble appearance back in 2010 during his Chosen One run. McIntyre was one of the few non main eventers that was allowed stay a while, going 14+ minutes before getting double teamed out by D-X. 2011 wasn't anything special as Big Show dumped him out in under 5 minutes. In 2013 as a member of 3MB, he was in for 2:50 before getting dropkicked out by Jericho.
McIntyre was released in 2014 but returned in 2018 with a renewed push and a more bad ass look and persona. The rechristened Scottish Psychopath was one of the more dominant competitors in the 2019 Rumble putting out Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods, Pete Dunne, and Jeff Hardy in an assist with Braun Strowman while lasting over 20 minutes. Eventually he was super kicked out by former ally Dolph Ziggler in what was a pretty surprising elimination as most would've figured he would've made it at least to the final four considering he was of the guys that was looked at as having a chance of winning that year. In 2020 there would be no stopping him. McIntyre immediately made a huge impact when he shortly upon entering claymore kicked Brock Lesnar (who had literally run through everyone in the first half of the match) over the top rope to eliminate him. McIntyre would continue to dominate the rest of the way as he eliminated Ricochet, Miz, King Corbin, Seth Rollins, and lastly Roman Reigns to win the match after 34:11 which was highest time that year.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 3, 2021 6:29:04 GMT -5
30. Bret "Hitman" Hart-156 points (27) Stats Ring Time: 99:21 Eliminations: 4 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 1994 Royal Rumble Co Winner 1988 Iron Man 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.
Bret's 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.
29. Bray Wyatt/Husky Harris-169 points (26) Stats Ring Time: 117:49 Eliminations: 8 Assists: 4
Accomplishments Final Four (2017) 2015 Iron Man Most Eliminations (2015)
The patriarch of the Wyatt Family competed in the 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018 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 was 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. In 2017 he was in for 24:11 and was in the last three before getting tossed by Roman Reigns. In 2018 he eliminated Heath Slater and teamed with rival Matt Hardy to dump Rusev before he and Hardy then eliminated each other after Bray had been in for almost 20 minutes.
28. Bianca Belair-173 points (74) Stats Ring Time: 90:12 Eliminations: 11 Assists: 1
Accomplishments 2021 Royal Rumble Winner 2020 Iron Woman 2021 Iron Woman Most Eliminations (2020)
Despite being in only two Rumbles, Bianca has already built up a very impressive resume. In addition to being the 2021 winner, she also was the Iron Woman in the two Rumbles she was in, and is currently tied for the women's record for most eliminations in a match with eigth (which would later be tied in the same match by Shanya Baszler) in 2020. That year she lasted over 33 minutes from the #2 position before getting eliminated by Charlotte. This year she got another very early draw with #3. Bianca eliminated Bayley, Natalya, Charlotte with help from Rhea Ripley, before then eliminating Ripley to win the match after 56:52.
27. Danial Bryan-179 points (30) Stats Ring Time: 142:56 Eliminations: 5 Assists: 4
Accomplishments Greatest Royal Rumble Iron Man Final Four (Greatest Royal Rumble) Most Time Spent in a Rumble Match (76:05 in Greatest Royal Rumble)
Bryan was in the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2021 Rumbles as well as the Greatest Royal Rumble match in 2018. In 2011 he had a good showing, going 20+ minutes from the #2 position while eliminating Justin Gabriel and Zack Ryder. In 2013 he teamed with partner Kane to eliminate Great Khali, but then turned on Kane and dumped him out too. Bryan was then dumped out by Cesaro, but caught by Kane before he hit the floor. Bryan tried to convince Kane to put him back in the ring but Kane instead just dropped him on the floor to eliminate him. 2015 was disappointing. Despite the fact that he was the most over guy in the match, had just returned after being out for eight months with a neck injury, and was one of the few guys in the match with a realistic chance to win, he was eliminated in about 10 minutes in ho hum fashion by Bray Wyatt about half way through the match. After his elimination the crowd completely lost interest in the match and booed eventual winner Roman Reigns, despite the fact that the company was trying to push him as their next big babyface. Despite his disappointing showing, he did manage to eliminate Tyson Kidd in what was the only highlight in his time in.
Later in the year he was forced into retire due to injures, but would come out of retirement in 2018 and was in the Greatest Royal Rumble match that year. He would make history in that match as he lasted an incredible 76 minutes and 5 seconds, shattering Rey Mysterio's record from 2006. He lasted all the way to the last three from the #1 spot while eliminating Viktor and assisting in eliminations of Dash Wilder and Mark Henry. This year he asssited in the group elimination of Lashley and lasted 28:50 before getting eliminated by Rollins in the finals.
26. Kofi Kingston-179 points (25) Stats Ring Time: 145:36 Eliminations: 5 Assists: 3
Kofi competed in thirteen consecutive Rumbles as he was in it from 2009 through 2020 before missing this year due to being out with an injury. 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.
In 2017 he was in for 16:13 before getting taken out along with the rest of the New Day by Sheamus and Cesaro. In 2018 he was saved by elimination by his New Day buds, who had previously been eliminated, who then catapulted him back into the ring where he then eliminated Jinder Mahal. Unfortunately for Kofi he was then tossed shortly after by Cien Almas after 5:25. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he was in for over 16 minutes and teamed with Xavier to eliminate Tony Nese. In 2019 both him and Xavier were taken out by McIntyre after 8:53. In 2020 he spent almost all of his time in getting beat up the same man who embarrassed him and defeated him for the World Title a few months before, Brock Lesnar, who tossed him after a little over 5 minutes after he basically decided he was done playing with him.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 4, 2021 5:26:16 GMT -5
25. Charlotte Flair-184 points (32) Stats Ring Time: 77:20 Eliminations: 9 Assists: 1
Accomplishments 2020 Royal Rumble Winner Most Eliminations (2019) 2019 Runner-Up Final Four (2021)
Undoubtedly the most pushed woman in company history it's no surprise that Charlotte has been put over very strong in all of her Rumble appearances so far, which is apparent in her already being ranked pretty high despite only being in three matches. In 2019 even though she finished runner up the Queen still had a dominant showing as she lasted for over 50 minutes and had the most eliminations with five. She took out Xia Li, Tamina, Lacey Evans, Carmella, and Bayley in an inadvertent assist elimination with Nia Jax. She was eliminated by archrival Becky Lynch who dumped her out last after avoiding a big boot and then knocking her off the apron. In 2020 there was no stopping her though as she eliminated Bianca Belair, Sarah Logan, Kelly Kelly, and lastly Shayna Baszler to win the match. She also had the second highest ring time with 27:19. This year was yet another iron woman performance as she lasted 33:47 and eliminated Peyton Royce which surprisingly was her only elimination of the night. Nevertheless she made it to the last three with Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair. The two young guns would team up against the Queen and eventually eliminated her.
24. The Rock-188 points (23) Stats Ring Time: 118:02 Eliminations: 9 Assists: 0
Accomplishments 2000 Royal Rumble Winner 1998 Iron Man 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 managed 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.
23. "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith-189 points (22) Stats Ring Time: 126:02 Eliminations: 12 Assists: 1
Accomplishments 1995 Iron Man 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.
22. Brock Lesnar-193 points (21) Stats Ring Time: 48:06 Eliminations: 24 Assists: 0
Accomplishments 2003 Royal Rumble Winner Most Eliminations in a Rumble match (13 in 2020)
Brock has been in four Rumbles in his career with those being 2003, 2016, 2017, and 2020. 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. In 2017 he laid waste to everyone in the ring and eliminated Dean Ambrose, Dolph Ziggler, and Enzo Amore. However Goldberg, who had always seemed to have Lesnar's number at the time, would enter next and foil Brock again as he nailed him with a spear and then clotheslined him out in just 4:30.
In 2020 he entered the Rumble match while also choosing to come in at #1, making him the first man to voluntarily enter himself into a Rumble as a champion since the winner gets title shot at WrestleMania stip started in 1993. Why he did this and why was he allowed to do this I have no idea. I'm sure it was explained but I was so sick of Lesnar/Heyman at that point that I just tune out everything that has to do with them. Predictably Lesnar would destroy everyone in the first half of the match, tossing them all in short order and making them look like jobbers. However a sneaky low blow from Ricochet would stun him long enough for eventual winner and Mania opponent Drew McIntyre to claymore kick him out of the ring after 26:24. Lesnar eliminated almost half of the participants in the match, taking out 13 wrestlers and tying the record for most eliminations in a Rumble match.
21. Batista-202 points (19) Stats Ring Time: 76:47 Eliminations: 14 Assists 2
Accomplishments 2005 Royal Rumble Winner 2014 Royal Rumble Winner 2008 Iron Man 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 winning the match after eliminating Roman Reigns. DEAL WITH IT!
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 5, 2021 6:21:07 GMT -5
20. Seth Rollins-210 points (24) Stats Ring Time: 123:34 Eliminations: 10 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 2019 Royal Rumble Winner 2019 Iron Man Final Four (2021)
The Messiah has a good amount of success in Rumbles. Rollins had a strong run in 2014 as part of the Shield, lasting 48:31 from the #2 position. He also assisted in the eliminations of Rusev and Great Khali, and eliminated the much fresher #30 entrant, Rey Mysterio, by himself. Rollins wouldn't be in another Rumble for a while as he was in the title match in 2015, injured in 2016, and then pulled from 2017 for some reason after they did an angle on the Raw before where he lost his spot after losing a match to Sami Zayn when Triple H distracted him. In 2018 he was in for 18:48 while eliminating Cesaro and teaming with former partner Roman Reigns to Shield Bomb Miz out onto his Mitourage before Reigns double crossed him and threw him out.
2019 was his year as he eliminated Elias, Bobby Lashley, and lastly Braun Strowman to win the match. Rollins was also the Iron Man, posting a ring time of 43 minutes exactly. By the 2020 Rumble he had gone through a drastic attitude change from the previous couple of years, turning heel and calling himself the "Monday Night Messiah". Coming in at the most favorable position in #30, the Messiah would quickly utilize his disciples (Murphy and the Authors of Pain) to help him eliminate Aleister Black, Kevin Owens, and Samoa Joe. However after that the remaining participants would grow tired of that and all ganged up on him with Drew McIntyre then tossing him after 4:01. This year he would once again get an excellent draw with #29. Rollins eliminated Daniel Bryan, Riddle, and Christian before getting eliminated by Edge in the second to last elimination after 8:48.
19. "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus-211 points (18) Stats Ring Time: 128:30 Eliminations: 8 Assists: 6
Accomplishments 2012 Royal Rumble Winner Most Eliminations (2013) Final Four (2013, 2014, 2016)
Sheamus for the most part has fared pretty well in Rumbles throughout his career. He's competed in eight 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 seven 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.
In 2017 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. 2018 was his first weak showing as he got too cocky too trying to pray on a beat down Heath Slater who surprised him with a clothesline to eliminate him in just three seconds. This year was pretty meh as he entered late and was eliminated by Braun in under six minutes.
18. Hulk Hogan-216 points (17) 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 eight 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 seven eliminations nearly matching his total from two 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.
17. 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 and Goldust have 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.
Show 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 2010 he eliminated Chris Masters before both him and Mark Henry were dumped by R-Truth as they were fighting on the ropes. In 2011 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. 2012 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. In 2016 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 the 2017 Rumble for 1:42 as he dumped by Strowman again after a lengthy struggle.
16. Dolph Ziggler-220 points (20) Stats Ring Time: 166:57 Eliminations: 9 Assists: 3
Accomplishments 2013 Iron Man Final Four (2013, 2019) Most consecutive Royal Rumble Appearances (2009-2021)
Ziggler has been a big time Rumble main stay. He has the record for most consecutive Rumble appearances as he fourteen straight stemming all the way back to 2009. At that time he was a new act and 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 2010 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 explanation 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 five 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. The string of mediocre showings continued in 2017 as he was tossed by Brock in just 4:21. In 2018 he had another crappy showing despite having a storyline going in where he had given up the US Title and left the company which all just ended up being pointless and making no sense, as Ziggler returned at the Rumble at #30 and other then eliminating Goldust made no impact at all as he was eliminated in short order yet again as Balor knocked him out after about a minute and a half. In the Greatest Royal Rumble he had his first good outing in a while, as he lasted for over 21 minutes from the #2 spot. He also eliminated Sin Cara and teamed with Daniel Bryan to dump Mark Henry. In the 2019 Rumble he was back to getting late draws again, coming in at #28. He quickly eliminated former partner Drew McIntyre in a surprise and in possibly a bigger surprise made it to the last three where he was eliminated by Strowman after 11:34. In 2020 he was in for over 12 minutes before getting tossed by Roman Reigns. This year he would continue his string of good showings by lasting over 20 minutes and eliminating Jeff Hardy
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 6, 2021 6:45:43 GMT -5
15. Cody Rhodes/Stardust-240 points (14) Stats Ring Time: 185:02 Eliminations: 8 Assists: 5
Accomplishments Most Eliminations (2012) Final Four (2009)
Cody was always a consistently good Rumble performer, almost always staying in for higher ring times while also racking up a decent amount of eliminations as well. 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
14. Chris Benoit-241 points (13) Stats Ring Time: 157:19 Eliminations: 10 Assists: 3
Accomplishments 2004 Royal Rumble Winner 2004 Iron Man 2005 Iron Man 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.
13. CM Punk-250 points (12) Stats Ring Time: 168:12 Eliminations: 14 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 2011 Iron Man 2014 Iron Man 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.
12. Braun Strowman-254 points (15) Stats Ring Time: 75:58 Eliminations: 29 Assists: 1
Accomplishments Greatest Royal Rumble Winner Most Eliminations (2017, Greatest Royal Rumble, 2019) 2019 Runner-Up Most Eliminations in the history of a Rumble Match (13 in Greatest Royal Rumble)
The Monster Among Men has been a dominating force in recent Rumbles as he's already racked up 30 eliminations in his six appearances. He was a member of the Wyatt Family in his Rumble debut in 2016. Braun had a good showing as he eliminated Kane, Big Show, Sami Zayn, and Mark Henry in a group effort with his Wyatt partners before becoming a punching bag for the Beast Incarnate, Brock Lesnar, who pummeled the big man for several minutes before eliminating him after a series of clotheslines after 16:44. By 2017 he was on his own and the mega push was in full force. Braun dominated the early portion of the match while eliminating seven men. A triple team from Dean Ambrose, Sami Zayn, and Baron Corbin would do him in though as a big clothesline from Corbin sent him flying over the top rope after 13:11.
In the Greatest Royal Rumble he would make history as he eliminated a record thirteen men en route to winning the match after 22:14. After the match Braun was rewarded with a trophy and a green championship belt. In 2019 he took out Baron Corbin, Shelton Benjamin, Jeff Hardy with an inadvertent assist from Drew McIntyre, Andrade, and Dolph Ziggler. It ended up coming down to him and Seth Rollins with Rollins coming out on top after delivering a curb stomp on the apron with Braun then falling off for his elimination. This year sucked as for the first time he didn't eliminate anyone and was only in for 1:48 before Brock dumped both him and Keith Lee as they were fighting on the ropes. This year he drew #30 and eliminated Cesaro, Sheamus, and AJ Styles before ending on the bottom of a pileup on the ropes and getting eliminated after 7:24.
11. Roman Reigns-320 points Ring Time: 163:34 Eliminations: 28 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 2015 Royal Rumble Winner 2016 Iron Man* Most Eliminations (2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) 2014 Runner-Up 2017 Runner-Up 2018 Runner-Up 2020 Runner-Up Final Four (2016)
Most of the recent Rumbles have been centered around Roman in one form or another. 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.
In the 2016 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.
In 2017 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. In 2018 he came in late again at #28 and eliminated Titus O'Neil, Miz after a Shield Bomb with Seth Rollins, Rollins, and Randy Orton. However for the third time he finished runner up as Nakamura clotheslined him out after 21:28. Reigns would miss the 2019 Rumble due to leukemia but was back in 2020. He eliminated Dolph Ziggler and Edge but finished runner up yet again, getting claymore kicked and eliminated by Drew McIntyre after 16:01.
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Post by ThankGodForSidJustice on Apr 7, 2021 5:26:59 GMT -5
10. Rey Mysterio-328 points Stats Ring Time: 236:46 Eliminations: 11 Assists: 4
Accomplishments 2006 Royal Rumble Winner 2006 Iron Man Most Eliminations (2006) Final Four (2005)
Despite his small stature, Mysterio has had a great deal of success in Royal Rumbles over the years. He has competed in eleven of them during his career, with several very long performances. 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 with 62:12. Although he had 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 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. This would be his last appearance for a while as he left the company later in the year. However he would return in 2018 as a surprise entrant and had a good showing as he eliminated Adam Cole and made the last 5 before getting pitched out by Finn Balor after 9:24. He was back for the Greatest Royal Rumble and had another good showing, lasting for over 20 minutes and eliminating Luke Gallows. In 2019 he eliminated Nia Jax and was in for over 12 minutes before getting tossed in the finals by Randy Orton. In 2020 he was Brock fodder, getting put out in just 2:54. This year was another short stay as AJ Styles bodyguard, Omos, pulled him out in under four minutes.
9. John Cena-329 points (9) Stats Ring Time: 158:51 Eliminations: 23 Assists: 2
Accomplishments 2008 Royal Rumble Winner 2013 Royal Rumble Winner 2010 Iron Man Most Eliminations (2011) 2005 Runner-Up 2010 Runner-Up 2018 Final Four
The face that runs the place was in the 03, 04, 05, 08, 2011, 2013, and 2018 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 gave 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 eliminated Triple H to win the match.
In 2010 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. Cena wouldn't be in another Rumble until 2018. He had a strong showing eliminating Elias, Hurricane, and Finn Balor and making the last 3 where he was eliminated by eventual winner Shinsuke Nakamura after 28:33. Cena was scheduled to be in the 2019 Rumble but was pulled due to injury.
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