5 records created at Royal Rumble 2019.

The 2019 edition of Royal Rumble is in the history now. WWE Universe greeted the event overwhelmingly since the winners of most matches were clear fan favourites. Even though the WWE fans are not satisfied by certain decisions, they are content by the Pay Per View as a whole. Becky Lynch winning the women's Royal Rumble match, Seth Rollins winning the men's Rumble match and Asuka retaining her SmackDown Live women's title were huge positives from the PPV. Even the tease of a potential battle between UFC's Four Horsewomen and WWE's Four Horsewomen was received well.

However, during this event, some records were created by certain superstars in WWE. In this article, we will be taking a look at a few of those records made by these superstars.

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#5 Brock Lesnar - First WWE superstar to defeat Finn Balor in a singles main roster PPV match

Brock Lesnar snapped Finn Balor's PPV streak.

Finn Balor had an impeccable record when it came to singles match in main roster PPVs. He won his first PPV match against Seth Rollins at Summerslam 2016. In 2017, he scored wins over Bray Wyatt (at Summerslam and No Mercy), and AJ Styles (at Tables, Ladders, and Chairs). In 2018, the former Bullet Club leader scored wins over Baron Corbin (at Extreme Rules and Summerslam) and Drew McIntyre (at Tables, Ladders, and Chairs PPV). Balor has already lost a plethora of multi-man matches during his main roster run, at PPVs.

Thus, when Brock Lesnar defeated Finn Balor at Royal Rumble 2019, Lesnar broke another streak. Even though it was not as important as The Undertaker's Wrestlemania streak, it was still a winning streak. Even though Balor looked in control for most of the match, Lesnar won the match with minimal offence - a few suplexes and a Kimura Lock.

#4 Sasha Banks became the first superstar to be pinned by Ronda Rousey in a televised singles match

Ronda most often finishes her matches using her signature armbar.

Ronda Rousey was a former UFC champion who excelled in armbars. Thus, when she came to WWE, she decided to use The Armbar as her finisher. From tapping Stephanie McMahon out at Wrestlemania 34 to tapping Tamina and Nia Jax successively, Rousey never pinned anyone to win a match.

During the RAW women's championship match between Sasha Banks and Ronda Rousey, everyone expected Banks to tap out at one point or another. There were numerous occasions where Banks would have tapped out, but the boss evaded using her strength and ring awareness. However, after getting connected by two Piper pits, Sasha Banks did not have enough energy to answer the referee's count of three - hence becoming the first superstar to be pinned by Ronda Rousey in a televised singles match.

Rousey had "pins" in her victory column only for a few times. However, when it comes to televised singles matches, this is the first time that Rousey pinned someone to win a match.

#3 Finn Balor tapped out in a televised WWE match for the first time

Finn Balor tapped out to the Kimura Lock.

Finn Balor was one of the rare WWE superstars who never tapped out during their run with WWE. Balor had lost various televised matches by submission - but he never tapped out in those matches. Instead, Balor chose to pass out. For example, in the Fatal Five match at Extreme Rules 2017, Samoa Joe choked Balor with a Coquina Clutch, but Balor refused to tap out. Eventually, Joe was declared as the winner once Balor lost his consciousness.

However, at the 2019 edition of Royal Rumble, everything turned on its head. Brock Lesnar, who has not used his Kimura Lock to finish matches in a long time, used the same move to lock Finn Balor during the latter's pin attempt. Balor could not move an inch due to the apparent size difference and had no option other than to tap out.

Balor lost by submitting only three times in his entire WWE run - the most recent being his bout against Lesnar. Balor once tapped out against Samoa Joe in a Live event - but that was a house show and was not televised.

#2 Becky Lynch became the first superstar to lose a major title match but win the Royal Rumble on the same night.

Becky Lynch won the 2019 Women's Royal Rumble match.

Yes. In the 31 year history of Royal Rumble, no other superstar managed to win the Royal Rumble match after losing a title match on the same night. Two years ago, Roman Reigns entered the Royal Rumble match as the number 30 entrant after losing to Kevin Owens in the Universal Championship match. However, the big dog felt short of winning the Rumble after Randy Orton countered a spear with an RKO and eliminated him.

After losing to Asuka in the opening match of the night, Becky Lynch's participation in the rumble was in doubts. However, due to an 'injured' Lana being unable to compete in the Rumble, Becky took her place and made full use of the opportunity.

Lynch created history by eliminating Charlotte to win the second ever women's Royal Rumble.Only a handful of superstars who had a marquee match at Royal Rumble actually took part in the Royal Rumble match. But other than Becky Lynch, none of them could win the Royal Rumble.

#1 Braun Strowman became the first superstar to eliminate most superstars in a single Royal Rumble match for four times

Braun Strowman has a tremendous record at Royal Rumbles.

Braun Strowman made his mark in a Royal Rumble match for the first time in 2016 - where he eliminated five superstars. He topped the list of eliminations with Roman Reigns that year.

In the following year, he caused seven eliminations, three more than the runner up - The Undertaker. The monster among men could not participate in the 2018 Royal Rumble because of his Universal Championship match against Brock Lesnar - also involving Kane. At the Greatest Royal Rumble, Strowman shattered all the elimination records by having 13 eliminations - the most in a single Royal Rumble match.

In the most recent Royal Rumble, Strowman topped the list again - for the 4th time - by inflicting six eliminations. Strowman has topped the chart for inflicting the most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble match FOUR times. No other superstar could do it. Stone Cold Steve Austin, Triple H, and Roman Reigns are the runners up in this list with THREE.