5 wrestlers you didn't know participated in the Royal Rumble match

#4 Harley Race (1988)

A legendary wrestling (Harley Race) and legendary manager (Bobby Heenan)...

One of the greatest Heavyweight Champions of all-time actually participated in the very first Royal Rumble. The number of world championships the legendary Harley Race has obtained is staggering, but most don't realize he had a stint with the WWE from 1986 to 1989.

Race was approaching his mid-40's when it came time for the 1988 Royal Rumble. He would enter the match at number six and would be the fourth person to be eliminated from the match when Don Muraco tossed him over the top rope.

After leaving the WWE in 1989, Race wrestled a couple of more years before retiring in 1991. He as a part of the 2004 class of the WWE Hall Of Fame.