30-man Royal Rumble Battle Royal 2014: In numbers

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The 27th 30-man Royal Rumble saw Batista win it, who will go on to challenge the WWE Champion at the WrestleMania XXX.

  • 1: The 1st entrant of the Royal Rumble has won it only twice. Shawn Michaels in 1995 and Chris Benoit in 2004.
  • 2: Only twice the 28th entrant has won the Royal Rumble. Both of them have been Batista, in 2005 and 2014.
  • 3: Most number of Royal Rumble wins; record held by Stone Cold Steve Austin. Batista, Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and John Cena have all won it twice.
  • 4: Only 4 times in the history has a Diva entered the Royal Rumble. Chyna in 1999 and 2000. Beth Phoenix in 2010 and Kharma in 2012.
  • 5: Batista has entered the Royal Rumble on 5 separate occasions.
  • 12: Most number of eliminations in a single Royal Rumble. Roman Reigns eliminated 12 entrants yesterday. The previous record was held by Kane, who had eliminated 11 entrants in 2001.
  • 17: Glenn Jacobs holds the record for most number of Royal Rumble appearances by entering in a total of 17 Royal Rumbles. 15 times as Kane and 1 a piece as Isaac Yankem in 1996 and as Diesel in 1997. Kane has never won the Royal Rumble, despite featuring in it the most number of times.
  • 39: Total Eliminations in Cumulative Royal Rumbles. Kane tied Shawn Michaels who holds the record for most number of eliminations in the Royal Rumble history. Glenn Jacobs eliminated 38 stars as Kane and 1 as Isaac Yankem.
  • 0:00:01: Shortest Time Spent in a single Royal Rumble: Santino Marella in 2009 had spent 0:00:01 seconds.
  • 1:02:12: Longest Time Spent in a Single Royal Rumble: Rey Mysterio had spent a total time of 1 hour, 2 minutes and 12 seconds in the 2006 Royal Rumble, which he went on to win. This is the longest time ever spent by a Star in the Royal Rumble match. Mysterio was the #2 entrant that year.
  • 3:51:32: Longest Cumulative Time Spent in Royal Rumbles: Triple H has spent a cumulative time of 3 hours, 51 minutes and 32 seconds in 9 Royal Rumble matches, eliminating a total of 28 contestants. Shawn Michaels has spent the second longest time.
  • 49:11: Time spent by CM Punk in the ring, before he was eliminated by Kane. The longest of all contestants yesterday.
  • 12:52: Time spent by Batista in the Royal Rumble match yesterday.

Eliminations – as they happened

  • Damien Sandow eliminated by CM Punk
  • Kane eliminated by CM Punk
  • Alexander Rusev eliminated by Cody Rhodes and others
  • R-Truth eliminated by Dean Ambrose
  • Jimmy Uso eliminated by Dean Ambrose
  • Jack Swagger eliminated by Kevin Nash
  • Kofi Kingston eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Dolph Ziggler eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Kevin Nash eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • The Great Khali eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Cody Rhodes eliminated by Goldust
  • Goldust eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Fandango eliminated by El Torito
  • El Torito eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • JBL eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • The Miz eliminated by Luke Harper
  • Jey Uso eliminated by Harper/Rowan
  • Erick Rowan eliminated by Batista
  • Ryback eliminated by Batista
  • Alberto Del Rio eliminated by Batista
  • Big E Langston defeated Sheamus
  • Rey Mysterio eliminated by Seth Rollins
  • Luke Harper eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Antonio Cesaro eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Seth Rollins eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Dean Ambrose eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • CM Punk eliminated by Kane (who came back out)
  • Sheamus eliminated by Roman Reigns
  • Roman Reigns eliminated by Batista(Winner)

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