Royal Rumble

WWE Royal Rumble is a Pay per view divisions RAW, SmackDown! and being held ECW each year in the month of January. The Royal Rumble belongs to the four Pay per view original of WWE with WrestleMania, SummerSlam and the Survivor Series. The characteristic of this exceptional Show is its Hand Vent: Royal Rumble Match.

Royal Rumble Match implies 30 all-in wrestlers (except in 1988 when only 20 all-in wrestlers took part in this tournament), generally 15 of Raw and 15 of Smackdown. At the beginning of the match, only two all-in wrestlers are in the boxing ring, the other all-in wrestlers making their entries each one in their turn following a regular time interval (in general two minutes). The goal of the match is to eliminate all the other all-in wrestlers by projecting them over the third cord to make them fall down out of the boxing ring, and the two feet must touch the ground. Any all-in wrestler left the boxing ring is eliminated, and that remaining alone on the boxing ring, after all the all-in wrestlers entered, is declared victorious Royal Rumble Match

A victory in Royal Rumble Match gives right a match of Championship of the world (currently WWE World Heavyweight Championship for SmackDown!, WWE Championship for RAW) at the time of Pay Per View of end of season WrestleMania.

It should be noted that since 2001, the winner of Royal Rumble match systematically gained the belt with Wrestlemania.

The match

Winners

Royal Rumble 1988: Victoire of " Hacksaw" Jim Duggan (entered 13th)
Royal Rumble 1989: Victoire de Big John Studd (entered 27e)
Royal Rumble 1990: Victoire of Hulk Hogan (entered 25e)
Royal Rumble 1991: Victoire of Hulk Hogan (entered 24e)
Royal Rumble 1992: Victoire of Ric Sense of smell (entered 3rd)
Royal Rumble 1993: Victoire de Yokozuna (entered 27e)
Royal Rumble 1994: Equal Victoire of Bret Binder (entered 27e) and Lex Luger (entered 23e)
Royal Rumble 1995: Victoire of Shawn Michaels (entered 1st)
Royal Rumble 1996: Victoire of Shawn Michaels (entered 18th)
Royal Rumble 1997: Victoire of Steve Austin (entered 5th)
Royal Rumble 1998: Victoire of Steve Austin (entered 24e)
Royal Rumble 1999: Victoire of Vince McMahon (entered 2nd)
Royal Rumble 2000: Victoire of The Rock'n'roll (entered 24e)
Royal Rumble 2001: Victoire of Steve Austin (entered 27e)
Royal Rumble 2002: Victoire of Triple H (entered 22e)
Royal Rumble 2003: Victoire of Brock Lesnar (entered 29e)
Royal Rumble 2004: Victoire of Chris Benoit (entered 1st)
Royal Rumble 2005: Victoire of Batista (entered 28e)
Royal Rumble 2006: Victoire of Rey Mysterio (entered 2nd)
Royal Rumble 2007: Victoire of Undertaker (entered 30e and the last)

Records

Greater number of victories: Steve Austin (3 victories: 1997/1998/2001), Hulk Hogan (2 victories: 1990/1991), Shawn Michaels (2 victories: 1995/1996)
Greater number of consecutive victories: Steve Austin (2 consecutive victories: 1997/1998), Hulk Hogan (2 consecutive victories: 1990/1991), Shawn Michaels (2 consecutive victories: 1995/1996)
longer presence on the boxing ring: Rey Mysterio (1H02' 12" : 2006), Ric Sense of smell (1H02' 02" : 1992), Steve Austin (1H01' 55" : 2001) Chris Benoit (1H01' 30" : 2004), Bob Backlund (1H01' 15" : 1993), Triple H (1H00' 12" : 2006 shorter),
presence on the boxing ring: The Warlord (2sec: 1989), Jerry Lawler (4sec: 1997), Bushwhacker Luke (4,8sec: 1991), Mo (5,1sec: 1995)
shorter presence on the boxing ring for a winner: Steve Austin (9 minutes: 2001)
younger winner: Victoire of Brock Lesnar at the 25 years age
older winner: Victoire of Vince McMahon at the 53 years age
longer RR Match: Royal Rumble 2002 (1H09' 22")
shorter RR Match: Royal Rumble 1988 (33 ' 25): There were at the time only 20 all-in wrestlers
Plus short RR Match cash 30 all-in wrestlers: 1995 (38 ' 30"): The entries took place every minute
Plus great number of participations: Kane (11: 1996 - 1997 & 1999 - > 2007), Rikishi (10: 1993 - > 1997 & 2000 - > 2004)
greater number of consecutive participations: Kane (9: 1999 - > 2007), Rick Martel (7: 1989 - > 1995), Owen Binder (7 1993 - > 1999)
greater number of appearance of the same all-in wrestler in 1 RR Match: Mick Foley (3 times in 1998)
greater number of entries of one all-in wrestler in the same place: Jake "The Snake" Roberts entered 3 times 7th (in 1989, 1996, 1997)
Record of eliminations: Steve Austin (36), Shawn Michaels (27), Hulk Hogan (26), Kane (26), Undertaker (26)
Record of eliminations in 1 Rumble: Kane (11; 2001), Steve Austin (10; 1997), Hulk Hogan (9; 1989), The Great Khali (7; 2007)
Record of eliminations in less than one minute: Kane (5 in 53 seconds: 1999 the)
Victorious largest: Big John Stud 2m10 (1989)
Victorious smallest: Rey Mysterio 1m60 (2006)
Victorious heaviest: Yokozuna 291 kg (1993)
Only Woman to have taken part in Rumble: Chyna (1999)
Victorious entered in N°01: Shawn Michaels (1995), Chris Benoit (2004)
Victorious entered in N°02: Vince McMahon (1999), Rey Mysterio (2006)
the paying Number of entry: 4 All-in wrestlers gained Rumble while entering in 27e position: it is the number of entry carries happiness; Big John Studd (1989), Yokozuna (1993), Bret Binder (1994), Steve Austin (2001)

History

Bonds

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