WWE Royal Rumble: 5 Longest Runner-Up Performances in History

By Kartik Seth
Modified Jan 12, 2021 01:19 IST
Roman Reigns has been a Runner Up 4 times but has lasted over 30 minutes only once.
Roman Reigns has been a Runner Up 4 times but has lasted over 30 minutes only once.

#4 Charlotte Flair - 50:01 minutes (Royal Rumble 2019)

The Queen was once again bested by Lynch in the 2019 Rumble match
The Queen was once again bested by Lynch in the 2019 Rumble match

The 2019 edition of Royal Rumble is famously remembered for Becky Lynch's marvelous victory. She entered the match as a replacement and ended up winning the whole thing. But she wasn't the only one who gave a brilliant performance in the Women's Rumble match.

The woman she eliminated to win the Women's Royal Rumble, Charlotte Flair, was an absolute beast throughout the match. Giving an example of why she is constantly regarded as the greatest female performer of the modern era, The Queen entered the match at #13 and stayed for a whopping 50 minutes and 1 second.

Along with Natalya and Ember Moon, Flair acted as the anchor for the longest traditional Royal Rumble match. She eliminated 5 superstars, the most in the match, before Lynch halted her dreams of winning the Rumble.

Even though she was a part of WrestleMania's main event that year along with Lynch and ended up winning the Royal Rumble match the very next year, Flair's performance from 2019 can easily be considered among the most dominant in Rumble history.