7 key numbers from the men's 2018 Royal Rumble Match

47 - total number of WWE world championship reigns of the 30 competitors

A total of 19 WWE world championships between John Cena and Roman Reigns

For many of the WWE superstars, the Royal Rumble is a chance to reach immortality for the first time in their WWE career. For 11 of those WWE superstars, the Rumble was a chance to get back on top of the mountain.

There were 11 former world champions within the WWE in the Rumble match who have a combined 47 championship reigns. Leading the way is John Cena with 16, Randy Orton with 13, then it drops down to 4 reigns by Sheamus.

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Shinsuke Nakamura will look to capture his first WWE Championship of his storied career when he takes on either AJ Styles, Kevin Owens or Sami Zayn at WrestleMania.

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I've been a passionate wrestling fan since I was a Little Stinger watching the NWA at my Grandma's house on Saturday nights in the 1980's.

Since the start of 2015, I have hosted a pro wrestling podcast called Lost In The Midcard with my good friend Matt Black where we cover all wrestling promotions.

My favorite wrestler of all-time is Ric Flair; while my favorite wrestlers today include Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega, and Kevin Owens.

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