5 records from the Men's Royal Rumble match

The 2018 Men's Royal Rumble match was somewhat overshadowed as the women of WWE made history at the 31st annual event, but it seems that even the men will be able to say that they broke a few records in 2018.

It was the first time that the men had gone on third instead of being the last or the penultimate match of the event, but it seems that they made it work and there were a number of surprise entries that even the dirtsheet reporters failed to pick up on.

Nakamura may have been the man who now gets to main event WrestleMania because of his win, but it seems that history was made as part of the match a number of times last night.

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#5. Rumble appearance records

Goldust is now joint second for the most Royal Rumble match appearances

Last night saw a number of changes when it comes to the list of appearances in Royal Rumble matches. It seems that Goldust has now moved up to joint second along with Shawn Michaels and The Big Show with 12 appearances in the annual event.

The Miz is now joint third with The Undertaker with 11 appearances, Dolph Ziggler and Kofi Kingston are now joint fourth along with Mark Henry, Chris Jericho and Rikishi with 10 appearances, whilst John Cena moved into joint fifth along with Triple H, R-Truth and Mable.

Even though Kane wasn't part of last night's match, he still holds the record for the most appearances with 19.

#4. Shortest time in a Royal Rumble match

Sheamus almost made history last night

The record was set back at the 2009 Royal Rumble when Santino Marella was eliminated from the annual match in just one second by Kane. Heath Slater thought that he had set a new record when he eliminated Sheamus on his 40th Birthday in what he thought was 0.8 of a second.

This wasn't the case, instead, it seems that Sheamus was eliminated in two seconds, which means that he has still set a record by taking second place in the list of the shortest times in the match over the past three decades. Sheamus' time was still the shortest in nine years and he is the first superstar to be eliminated that quickly on his Birthday.

#3. The longest time in a single Royal Rumble match

Finn Balor gained a record in his first Rumble match

Finn Balor became only the second man to be added to the longest lasting list last night in his debut Royal Rumble match last night. Finn was without a doubt the Ironman of the show and lasted 57 minutes and thirty seconds which takes him into the overall list at number eight.

Ric Flair was the only other man who was able to join the list on his debut after he lasted 1:00:02 at the 1992 Royal Rumble, where he also won the World Heavyweight Championship. 57 minutes in a Rumble is an incredible time, especially on his debut, so it seems that even though Finn wasn't able to win the match he was still able to take home a record.

#2. Nakamura becomes the 10th man to win The Royal Rumble on his debut

Nakamura made history at last night's Royal Rumble

Only 31 men have ever won The Royal Rumble match, which means that it is something that many men can only dream of ever having on their resume. Whilst there are a handful of men who have won it more than once, it seems that there are also a number of men who have managed to win the match on their debut.

The likes of 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan, Yokozuna, Big John Studd, Lex Luger, Brock Lesnar and Mr. McMahon and Ric Flair have all won Royal Rumble matches at their first attempt. Alberto Del Rio was the last man to achieve this accolade back in 2011, but Shinsuke Nakamura became the 10th man to win on his debut last night.

#1. Longest Royal Rumble match in 16 years

Nakamura won the longest Royal Rumble match in more than a decade

The men's Royal Rumble match may not have been the main event of the show, but it did bring its own records with it. SmackDown's Shinsuke Nakamura went on to win his first ever Royal Rumble match on his debut, in a match that lasted more than an hour.

The official Rumble time according to WWE.com is 1:05:27 which means that this is the longest 30-man Royal Rumble match since 2002, where Triple H won the Royal Rumble match that lasted 1:09:22. The 2011 Royal Rumble match also lasted for one hour and nine minutes but had 10 extra entrants, which means that it obviously would have been longer.