WWE Royal Rumble: 10 Winners with the longest stay in the match

#7 Shinsuke Nakamura - 44:38 (Royal Rumble 2018)

Shinsuke Nakamura won a highly contested Royal Rumble match.

The 2018 Men's Royal Rumble match can easily be considered the best Rumble match in recent memory. It had everything you need for a memorable Royal Rumble - A monumental return by Rey Mysterio, an Iron Man performance by Finn Balor, the comedy bits from Heath Slater, and a show-stopping, multi era face-off between six brilliant performers.

The best moment of the match, however, was Shinsuke Nakamura's victory, who finally broke the jinx of unpopular Royal Rumble winners, to give the fans a moment to cherish for years to come. His performance in the match was not short of spectacular as well, as he crawled through the field, after entering the match at #14, to book his ticket to WrestleMania 34.

His stay of 44 minutes and 38 seconds was the longest duration for a winner in the Rumble match in a decade. He eliminated three superstars during his marathon performance, but what makes his win even more special is the fact that he eliminated John Cena and Roman Reigns, two of the biggest stars in WWE history, in succession to win the match.

Even though the follow up to this Royal Rumble win was not even close to what the fans were expecting, Nakamura's victory in this highly contested Royal Rumble is still the peak of his WWE career.