10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WWE ROYAL RUMBLE

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The Royal Rumble is regularly billed as '30 men, one ring', but rarely do those two figures align. The closest its came was back in 2009's edition, when The Big Show entered the match last, adding to the flesh mound as its 15th active participant.

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The First Royal Rumble Was Main Evented By A Random Tag Match. The Islanders (Haku and Tama) and The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers), who contested an understandably brisk two-out-of-three falls match

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Sheamus is the only man in WWE history to enter at least three Rumble matches and survive at least 22 minutes in each of them.

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Bret 'The Hitman' Hart Was The First Ever Royal Rumble Entrant.

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Nia Jax made history at Royal Rumble 2019. She is the only competitor ever to lose 2 Rumbles in a single night.

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Lord Tensai has attempted to win the Rumble 6 Times! He lost every time failing to eliminate a single participant.

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Edge is the only WWE Superstar to have won the Rumble, Money in the bank, King of the Ring and Elimination Chamber.

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Stone Cold, Yokozuna, The Undertaker have won the Royal Rumble in their Hometowns in 97, 93 and 07 respectively.

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CM PUNK was booked to win the Royal Rumble in 2008. Until a certain John Cena recovered from his injury in record time!

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Hulk Hogan, Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar are the only men to enter the Rumble while holding a WWE World Title.

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