7 active wrestlers with best win-loss ratio at Royal Rumble

The reason why The Royal Rumble pay-per-view is the fourth longest-running pay-per-view in WWE history is a combination of how exciting and unpredictable the titular match is. From unexpected returns like John Cena in 2008 and Edge in 2010 to celebrities entering the match like Drew Carey in 2001, the Royal Rumble pay-per-view has it all.

Due to the fact that most wrestlers on the pay-per-view compete in the Royal Rumble match itself, it should be no surprise there is a significantly large amount of wrestlers that have a very poor win-loss ratio overall. The Big Show has won every title there is in the WWE during his tenure but despite having a total of 17 matches at the pay-per-view, he’s never had his hand raised at the end of the match. Dolph Ziggler, a former World Champion as well, has also never won from the 13 matches he’s had so far.

However, despite the unpredictable nature of the pay-per-view, there are still a small portion of active wrestlers who have at least a 50% win ratio at the pay-per-view after appearing in it multiple times.

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#7 Kalisto 2-2 (50%)

Kalisto won the United States Championship in his first appearance at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

Whilst Kalisto has had a mixed bag of success at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, he still remains one of the few active wrestlers in the WWE to have at least a 50% win ratio at the pay-per-view from multiple appearances.

In his first appearance was in 2016, which also happened to be one of Kalisto’s biggest moments in the WWE, he won the United Sates Championship for the second time in his career against Alberto Del Rio. However, Kalisto would not have the same fortune the following year as he entered his first and only Royal Rumble match to date, where he didn’t win and was also unable to eliminate anyone in the process.

He would redeem himself by getting his second victory in 2018 with the rest of the Lucha House Party, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado, against Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher and TJP, in a six man tag match, in which Kalisto would hit TJP with a Salida Del Sol for the victory.

However, at Royal Rumble 2019, Kalisto was unsuccessful in his attempt to win the Cruiserweight Championship for the second time in his career in a fatal four-way match.

As Kalisto hasn’t been seen on a weekly show this year, it’s unclear to see if he will feature in the Royal Rumble pay-per-view for a fifth consecutive year.

#6 Jimmy Uso 2-2 (50%)

Only Jimmy from the Uso's has a 50% win ratio at the Royal Rumble

Despite The Usos being paired together more often than not, only Jimmy Uso has a 50% win ratio at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, as his twin brother Jey also competed in the 2012 Royal Rumble match but was unsuccessful.

Both the Usos would enter the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in 2014, in what would be Jimmy’s only appearance in the traditional Royal Rumble match, where he was unsuccessful.

Jimmy’s next three appearances were all tag team matches with Jey, where he would have better results when they managed to successfully defend the WWE Tag Team Championships in 2015 against The Miz and Damien Mizdow. Three years later, they managed to get a clean sweep in a 2 out of 3 falls against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin and walked away as the SmackDown Tag Team Champions.

Jimmy’s only other loss at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view was in 2016 to The New Day, which if Xavier Woods hadn’t interfered and moved Kofi Kingston’s leg under the rope, could have potentially led to another victory for the Usos.

The Uso's recently returned to SmackDown to protect their cousin, Roman Reigns from Baron Corbin, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler, and managed to beat The Revival two weeks later. While the brothers aren't confirmed to compete at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view so far, there is a high chance they will compete in some capacity, with Jimmy looking to extend his win-loss ratio at the pay-per-view.

#5 Charlotte 2-1 (66%)

Charlotte has a good win-loss record on most of the big four pay-per-views.

Once dubbed the queen of pay-per-views, it should be no surprise that Charlotte Flair has a positive record at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view. She also boasts a winning record on two of the other Big Four pay-per-views as she has a 3-2 record at Survivor Series and is undefeated from four appearances at SummerSlam.

Her first appearance at the Royal Rumble was back in 2016 when she defended the now-defunct Divas Championship against Becky Lynch. Due to the help of Charlotte’s father, Ric Flair, was able to distract Lynch long enough for her to secure her first victory. One year later, Charlotte scored her second victory in a row against Bayley, this time without her father’s help. Charlotte’s only loss came at the hands of last year’s Royal Rumble match, when she lasted 50 minutes and got down to the final two before narrowly losing to Becky Lynch.

After announcing herself as the first female participant in this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble match, she will aim to go one better than last year.

#4 Shinsuke Nakamura 2-1 (66%)

Shinsuke Nakamura won the Royal Rumble in 2018

Shinsuke Nakamura’s first appearance at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view was back in 2018 when he made history by being the first wrestler to enter at #14 to win the Royal Rumble. At the same time, he also became the first wrestler since Alberto Del Rio in 2011, where their Royal Rumble match victory happened to be their debut match at the pay-per-view.

Whilst the King of Strong Style was unsuccessful in winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, he would still go on to win other Championships, including the United States Championship, where his second reign started at the Royal Rumble kick off show in 2019 against Rusev. However, despite his win, he would also get his first loss at the pay-per-view the same night when he entered the Royal Rumble match at #3 but was unable to win the Royal Rumble match twice in a row.

After confirming he’ll be in this year’s Men’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view, Nakamura will be looking to repeat the feat he did in 2017, and by the same token will extend his winning record at the pay-per-view.

#3 Brock Lesnar 7-2 (77%)

Brock Lesnar has won the most matches in Royal Rumble history.

Brock Lesnar’s first appearance at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view dates back to 2003 when he had two matches on the same night. He first fought the Big Show in a singles match where the winner would go on to enter the Royal Rumble. He won both matches and went on to main event WrestleMania XIX and won the WWE Championship for the second time in his career. The following year, Lesnar successfully defended the WWE Championship, fighting off Hardcore Holly in the process.

Lesnar’s next appearance at the pay-per-view would be ten years later, but time didn’t change anything as Lesnar fought the Big Show and won again. He then successfully defended the WWE Championship in 2015 against Seth Rollins and John Cena in a triple threat match despite getting an elbow drop through a broadcast table.

Lesnar’s first loss happened thirteen years after his first appearance at the pay-per-view in 2016, where it took all four members of the Wyatt family teaming up to eliminate the Beast Incarnate from the Royal Rumble match. A year later, he’d come up short again in the Royal Rumble match, but this time getting eliminated by Goldberg.

Lesnar has gone back to winning ways with his last two appearances at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view when he beat Kane and Braun Strowman in 2018 and Finn Balor in 2019 respectively. However, after volunteering to appear as the #1 entrant for this year’s Royal Rumble, he will try to overcome the odds and aim to be the first man in 16 years to win the Royal Rumble match from that position.

#2 Bobby Roode 2-0 (100%)

Bobby (now Robert) Roode has a 2 and 0 record at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.

Despite having never been in a Royal Rumble match, Bobby Roode has appeared in two pre-shows at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view and has successfully won them both. His first appearance at the pay-per-view was in 2018 when he issued an open challenge for his newly won United States Championship less than two weeks earlier. His challenge was answered by former Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner, Mojo Rawley and despite his best efforts, Roode still walked away as the United States Champion.

Roode also held another Championship around his waist the following year at Royal Rumble. Despite the Raw Tag Team Championships not being on the line, he and Chad Gable still successfully fended off the makeshift team of Scott Dawson from The Revival and Rezar from the AOP.

Roode has recently returned on SmackDown, and while he hasn’t been confirmed for a match at this year’s Royal Rumble, should he compete, he’ll be the only active male wrestler in the WWE who has a 2 and 0 record at the pay-per-view.

#1 Asuka 2-0 (100%)

Asuka knows what it takes to be undefeated.

The only active female wrestler that has never lost at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view is none other than the Empress of Tomorrow, Asuka. Not a stranger to being undefeated, Asuka has the longest undefeated streak in WWE history at 914 days. Some of her accolades she accomplished during her streak was holding the NXT Women’s Championship for over 500 days and becoming the sole survivor in the 5-on-5 Survivor Series Elimination match in 2017.

She also made additional history during her streak in her first appearance at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view in 2018 when she ended up winning the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble match. Even though she came up short by challenging for the WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship and had her streak snapped by Charlotte at WrestleMania 34, she would eventually go on to win the same Championship eight months later against Charlotte and Becky Lynch in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. She then managed to successfully defend it against Lynch at Royal Rumble 2019, taking her record to 2-0.

Asuka will head into her third consecutive Royal Rumble pay-per-view against Becky Lynch once again, except this time, instead of defending the SmackDown Women’s Championship, she will be contending for the Raw Women’s Championship.