4 Interesting facts heading into Royal Rumble 2020

#1 Every Royal Rumble except the first has had an entrant eliminated in under a minute

Two-time Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella was eliminated in one second in 2009.

The phrase ‘anything can happen’ really applies to the unpredictable nature of the Royal Rumble match. Whilst there are usually a small handful of wrestlers that can go the distance, such as Finn Balor in 2018 and Natalya in 2019 both lasting over 55 minutes, there are also many wrestlers that spend very little time in the match. At Royal Rumble 2019, Liv Morgan and No Way Jose were eliminated as quick as they entered from their respective Royal Rumble matches.

There are some pretty crazy statistics. 1994 stands out with Diesel getting 3 back-to-back-to-back eliminations. The following year, 1995, blew it away, seeing a total of 7 men eliminated in less than one minute, although 1997, 1999, 2004, 2011, and 2015 gave it a run for its money with 6 under-one-minute eliminations each. 2010 is the undisputed winner, with 8 men entering and exiting in less than one minute. Let's break it down year-by-year:

• 1989 - The Warlord
• 1990 - Shawn Michaels
• 1991 - Bushwhacker Luke
• 1992 - Hercules
• 1993 - Terry Taylor, Papa Shango
• 1994 - Billy Gunn, Virgil, Bob Backlund
• 1995 - Owen Hart, Mo, Bob Backlund, Jacob Blu, Timoth Well, Bushwhackers Luke & Butch
• 1996 - Squat Teamer #1
• 1997 - Jerry Lawler, Fake Razor Ramon, Faarooq, Bart Gunn, Savio Vega, Jesse James
• 1998 - Tom Brandi
• 1999 - Gillberg, Golga, Chyna, Gangrel, Al Snow, Kane
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• 2000 - Faarooq, Chyna, Bradshaw, Steve Blackman
• 2001 - Tazz, The Goodfather, Scotty 2 Hotty, Faarooq
• 2002 - Booker T, Faarooq, The Hurricane, Albert
• 2003 - B Squared, Goldust, Tommy Dreamer
• 2004 - The Hurricane, Rene Dupree, Shelton Benjamin, Bradshaw, Mick Foley, Ernest Miller
• 2005 - Simon Dean, Kurt Angle, Muhammad Hassan
• 2006 - Sylvan, Booker T, Jonathan Coachman, Simon Dean, Chavo Guerrero
• 2007 - The Miz, The Sandman
• 2008 - Shelton Benjamin, Santino Marella, Jamie Noble
• 2009 - Santino Marella, The Brian Kendrick, Dolph Ziggler
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• 2010 - MVP, The Miz, Matt Hardy, JTG, Yoshi Tatsu, Chris Masters, Zack Ryder, Shelton Benjamin
• 2011 - Tyler Reks, Vladimir Kozlov, Zack Ryder, Tyson Kidd, Heath Slater, Justin Gabriel
• 2012 - Epico, Jerry Lawler, Jim Duggan
• 2013 - The Godfather, Santino Marella
• 2014 - Great Khali, R-Truth, JBL
• 2015 - Titus O'Neil, Adam Rose, Damien Mizdow, Zack Ryder, Sin Cara, The Boogeyman
• 2016 - Jack Swagger, Mark Henry, R-Truth
• 2017 - James Ellsworth, Enzo Amore
• 2018 - Sheamus, Heath Slater, The Hurricane
• 2019 - No Way Jose, Xavier Woods, Titus O'Neil, Bobby Lashley, Jinder Mahal

The two Women's Royal Rumble matches, for the record, have only seen two women exit after under a minute. Vickie Guerrero in 2018 and Liv Morgan in 2019.

Based on previous history, it is looking likely the WWE Universe will see another ‘blink and you’ll miss it’ elimination this year.