4 Interesting facts heading into Royal Rumble 2020

#2 Zack Ryder is statistically the worst active male ‘rumbler’

Zack Ryder has never performed well in the Royal Rumble match.

Even though Titus O’Neil is the only male wrestler in WWE history that has been eliminated within five seconds or less on more than one occasion, he is statistically not the worst performing male wrestler in Royal Rumble matches.

Despite being a former Intercontinental and United States Champion, Zack Ryder is the worst active performing male wrestler in the WWE. From his four appearances in the traditional Royal Rumble match, three of them lasted less than a minute. His first appearance was back in 2010, when he entered in at number 7 but got suckered in by CM Punk using the mic as a weapon, before being thrown out of the ring only 32 seconds after he entered.

The following year, 2011, he entered in at number 4 but was eliminated in less than a minute again, this time by Daniel Bryan. He lasted 43 seconds that time, so at least there was some improvement! He did far better (by comparison) in 2013, when he was dumped by Randy Orton after lasting 2 minutes and 34 seconds. He went back to his comfort zone in 2015 when Bray Wyatt eliminated him just 34 seconds after he stepped into the ring.

His combined amount of time spent in all four of his appearances combined is only 4 minutes and 23 seconds, making his average time just under 1 minute and 6 seconds per match, lower than any other active male wrestler that has appeared in multiple Royal Rumble matches.