Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble: 4 facts WWE fans must know before the 2025 edition

Roman Reigns is rumored to join the 2025 WWE Royal Rumble, the first time he will do so since 2020. However, these aren't the only interesting statistics The Tribal Chief has regarding the Premium Live Event.

From the latter part of 2020 until 2024, Roman Reigns spent most of his time as the Undisputed WWE Champion, which is why he hasn't participated in the 30-man Rumble matches during the Royal Rumble events. However, circumstances changed after Cody Rhodes defeated him at WrestleMania XL for the title. As a result, it has been rumored that he will enter this year's titular match.

For this list, we will look at four facts WWE fans must know about Roman Reigns' Royal Rumble statistics before the 2025 edition.

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#4. Roman Reigns has an impressive number of Royal Rumble appearances

Roman Reigns entered his first Royal Rumble in 2014 where he entered at number 15. In his first appearance, he eliminated 12 people but only finished as a runner-up. If he does join this year's 30-man bout, it will mark his seventh appearance in the Rumble match.

Although The Tribal Chief hasn't been in a 30-man Rumble match since 2020, he continued participating in the event by defending the Undisputed WWE Championship. If his appearance is confirmed, it will mark his 11th appearance in the event.

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#3. Roman Reigns holds an unfortunate record

Roman Reigns is one of the stars who currently holds an impressive record regarding being a champion, and that is holding the Undisputed title for 1,316 days consecutively. However, his Royal Rumble numbers aren't the best.

As mentioned above, Reigns appeared in the Rumble match six times, in four of those, he ended up as a runner-up, or the person the eventual champion eliminated. He was the runner-up for the 2014, 2017, 2018, and 2020 edition. He won the 2015 edition and ended up in the third place in 2016.

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#2. Interesting elimination numbers

As shown above, Roman had a great Royal Rumble debut in 2014 by eliminating 12 stars. Although he didn't win this match, his 12 eliminations earned him the record for having the most eliminations in a single match for six years until Brock Lesnar eventually broke it in 2020 by eliminating 13.

For his overall performance, he eliminated an impressive 31 superstars. In 2015, he eliminated six people and won the match with the help of The Rock, in 2016 he eliminated five and had to defend the World Heavyweight Title in the match, he eliminated only one in 2017, in 2018 he eliminated four, and in 2020, he eliminated three.

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#1. Roman Reigns' total numbers in Royal Rumble

Although The Head of the Table hasn't participated in the Rumble match for a while, superstars should still watch their back against him if he does join this year. As of this writing, he has spent a total of two hours 44 minutes and six seconds in his six Rumble appearances from 2014 until 2020.

On the other hand, his overall record at record includes 11 matches, five wins, and seven losses. This would include his six traditional Rumble appearances and five title matches.