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

25: The women of the Rumble

Women have entered the Royal Rumble on four separate occasions. Two of those entries go to Chyna who entered the Royal Rumble in 1999 and 2000 – eliminating Mark Henry at the 1999 Royal Rumble and Chris Jericho at the 2000 Royal Rumble.

Beth Phoenix became the second female WWE Superstar to enter the Rumble during the 2010 edition and she eliminated The Great Khali.

Kharma became the third woman to enter the Rumble in 2012 when she eliminated Hunico and helped eliminate Michael Cole.

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24: Double duty

In 1992, ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper became the first wrestler to pull double duty at the Royal Rumble PPV. ‘The Rowdy Scot’ challenged The Mountie for the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the undercard, defeating him to become to new IC Champion.

He later entered the 1992 Royal Rumble match to challenge for the vacant WWE Championship.