5 Best No. 13 Entries in the Royal Rumble

# 2 The Rock (2002) - Eliminated 28th - 3 Eliminations

The Rock eliminated the Big Show from the 2001 Royal Rumble

After winning the 2000 Royal Rumble, the Rock was aiming to be the 4th superstar to win back to back Royal Rumbles after Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.

The Rock entered as the number 13 entrant, and he was able to eliminate 3 other competitors during his 38 minute and 42 second Royal Rumble appearance: The Godfather, The Big Show, and Rikishi.

It would be the last Royal Rumble that the Rock would participate in as a competitor before leaving the WWE to pursue his acting career. The Rock has since participated in the Royal Rumble event, facing Chris Jericho for the WWF title in 2002, CM Punk for the WWE title in 2013 and assisting Roman Reigns to win the Royal Rumble in 2015.

The 2001 Royal Rumble would also mark the third straight Royal Rumble that the Rock had finished in the final three, having come third in the 1998 Royal Rumble and winning the 2000 Royal Rumble, he did not participate in the 1999 Royal Rumble as he was the WWF Champion at the time, but did distract Stone Cold, allowing Vince McMahon to eliminate him.