30 Amazing Stats and Facts From 30 Years of the WWE Royal Rumble

11: Lucky #28

As of writing, Batista is the only Royal Rumble winner to have won the event twice from the same entry number.

Batista entered the Royal Rumble match at #28 in the 2005 and 2014 editions and ended up winning on both occasions. Interestingly, the last part of the 2005 match had to be restarted after both Cena and Batista ended up getting eliminated together accidentally.

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10: Royalty

6 men in the history of WWE have won both the Royal Rumble and the King Of The Ring – Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Brock Lesnar, Triple H, Edge and Sheamus.

Out of them, Austin, Bret Hart and Lesnar even managed to win both events within one calendar year, making their achievement even more spectacular.