#2. Rey Mysterio makes history enroute to a Royal Rumble victory - January 29th, 2006
Rey Mysterio entered the 2006 Royal Rumble match at number two and lasted over an hour in order to win. Randy Orton and Mysterio were the final two and this later tied up a deeply personal feud between the two men that would lead them to the WrestleMania main event.
Mysterio was victorious in the triple threat match at WrestleMania 22 when he was able to defeat both Randy Orton and Kurt Angle.
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Mysterio was the subject of a huge push following the death of his close friend Eddie Guerrero the year before and it culminated in his first World Championship win at WrestleMania.
Also on this day, Sheamus won the 2012 Royal Rumble match when he was able to eliminate Chris Jericho to book his place in the WWE Championship match against Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania.
Randy Orton also won the 30th annual Royal Rumble match back in 2017 and then went on to defeat Bray Wyatt for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania.