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

#2 Chris Benoit - 1:01:35 (Royal Rumble 2004)

Chris Benoit last eliminated the Big Show to go all the way in the match.

Only two superstars have won the Royal Rumble match from the number one spot, including WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels.

WWE officials have tried their best to remove Chris Benoit's performance, and the Royal Rumble match, from 2004 from the history books and the minds of the fans by having the commentary team use the above words every year during the Rumble season. But it is just impossible not to talk about this monumental moment while talking about some of the greatest individual performances in the event's history.

Benoit was the third superstar to win the Royal Rumble match after being one of the two superstars to start the match, and was the second one to draw number one and win.

The Rabid Wolverine went from bell to bell, for 1 hour, 1 minute, and 35 seconds, tackling the challenge from the likes of Randy Orton, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, and The Big Show to book his ticket to the main event of WrestleMania XX.

He eliminated six Superstars from the match, including Big Show, whose elimination as shown in the above image is often considered one of the most innovative eliminations in the match's history.