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The Royal Rumble is one of the four most important events of the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), a fight full of curiosities and data that this Sunday will celebrate its 34th edition at the Thunderdome at Tropicana Field located in St. Petersburg, Florida.
The so-called ‘Royal Battle’ consists of a match where 30 fighters traditionally participate, starting two of them the fight and entering a new element every three minutes, the elimination is carried out taking opponents out of the ring over the third rope and the winner is the last gladiator standing in the ring.
CREATOR AND FIRST EDITION
The WWE granted Pat Patterson, who died on December 2, 2020, the title of creator of the Royal Rumble, when he served as a wrestler and member of the creative team of the company chaired by Vince McMahon.
The first edition of this type of fight was held on January 24, 1988 in Hamilton, Ontario and had ‘Hacksaw’ Jim Duggan as the winner.
THE TOP WINNER IN HISTORY
Through the history of the Royal Rumble, ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin stands as the gladiator who more times managed to take the victory in this fight after remaining as the last man on the ring in the editions of 1997, 1998 and 2001.
THOSE WHO HAVE LASTED LONGER AND WHO HAVE LASTED LESS
Who holds the record for the longest time in the ring in a Royal Rumble is Daniel Bryan, who endured 1: 16.05 on the string in 2018, during the so-called Greatest Royal Rumble, a unique edition in which 40 fighters participated.
However, in the 2006 edition, within a traditional 30-participant ‘Battle Royal’, gladiator of Mexican descent Rey Mysterio, became the new record holder by remaining in the ring for 1: 02.12 and was the winner. of combat.
In contrast, the wrestler who has the record for the shortest time at the Royal Rumble is Santino Marella, who only stayed in the ring for a second during the 2009 edition, before being eliminated.
THE MAXIMUM ELIMINATORS
The record for eliminations in a single Royal Rumble belongs to Brock Lesnar who took 13 fighters off the string during the 2020 edition, although he was later eliminated by the winner of that fight, Drew McIntyre.
Throughout history, the gladiator with the most eliminations is Kane with 44 victims in 19 participations within the ‘Royal Battle’.
AN INCLUSIVE COMBAT
Although three women have participated in the men’s Royal Rumble (Chyna, Beth Phoenix and Nia Jax) throughout history, it was from the 2018 edition that the combat is also celebrated in the WWE women’s division and likewise that in the male category, 30 women participate in the fight.
The first winner was the Japanese Asuka (2018), followed by the Irish Becky Lynch (2019) and finally the ‘Queen’ Charlotte Flair (2020) conquered the ‘Royal Battle’.
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