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

29: Decades Apart

Shawn Michaels and ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan are the only two WWE Superstar’s to have appeared in Royal Rumble’s in all 4 decades of the PPV’s existence – 1980’s,1990’s, 2000’s and the 2010’s.

Jim Duggan won the inaugural Royal Rumble in 1988 before appearing in Rumble’s across 4 decades. Shawn Michaels, for his part, made his Royal Rumble debut in the 1989 edition and went on to win two Rumbles – the 1995 and 1996.

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28: The ring was completely empty on 3 separate occasions during the 1999 Royal Rumble

Go back and rewatch the 1999 Royal Rumble. It was completely bonkers and just a few stages away from being a complete overbooked mess.

You’ll notice that on three separate occasions during the 1999 Rumble, the ring was completely empty of any Superstar. The first instance came when Stone Cold Steve Austin chased Vince McMahon out of the ring.

The second came after Mabel had cleared the ring. He was then kidnapped by members of the Ministry of Darkness. The third came in an eerily similar spot as Kane was chased out by men in white coats after he had cleared the ring again himself.