WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Stats: Eliminations, Times, More
The WWE Greatest Royal Rumble is in the books, and as we have with prior Royal Rumble shows and WrestleMania events, Fightful.com has collected stats for you. Check them out below!
Record setters
– Braun Strowman set a Royal Rumble record by eliminating 13 entrants in a Royal Rumble
– 28 entrants eliminated nobody, a new Royal Rumble record.
– With Chris Jericho entering at number 50, he's the latest Royal Rumble entrant of all-time.
– Daniel Bryan's 1:16:05 was the longest in any Royal Rumble match ever.
– Chris Jericho passed the five hour mark in Royal Rumble matches, the most ever.
– The three Royal Rumbles in 2018 are the most of any year, as many have had two.
Outsiders and old-timers
– Mark Henry and Kurt Angle were the only WWE Hall of Famers in the Greatest Royal Rumble.
– Rey Mysterio and Chris Jericho both have appeared in Royal Rumbles and for New Japan Pro Wrestling this year.
– NXT had four representatives in the Greatest Royal Rumble — Roderick Strong, Tucker Knight, Dan Matha and Babatude.
– Matha, Knight, Babatunde and Hiroki Sumi had their first main roster matches at the Greatest Royal Rumble.
– Tony Nese and Drew Gulak were the only members of 205 Live in the Greatest Royal Rumble.
Additional Stats
– Mike Kanellis had the shortest Greatest Royal Rumble time, at 2.5 seconds.
– Of the three former Cruiserweight Champions in the Greatest Royal Rumble (Hornswoggle, Chris Jericho, Rey Mysterio), none have wrestled on 205 Live.
– The average time between entrants was 77 seconds, with the lowest right at 60 seconds (courtesy of Alex Andrason).
– Braun Strowman eliminated members of Raw, Smackdown, NXT, and a gree agent in Great Khali.
– Nine former WCW, WWF, WWE, IWGP Heavyweight Universal and World Heavyweight champions were in the Greatest Royal Rumble, nowhere near the previous record, which is 17 in 2016.
