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Thursday, January 26, 2023

[WWE] Royal Rumble Facts and Figures

As we await this Saturday's Royal Rumble to find out which man and woman will win their respective Rumble match and go on to WrestleMania for a shot at championship gold, the staff at Wrestling World has been doing some research on the records and stats from Royal Rumble history.

THE MOST VIEWED ROYAL RUMBLE MATCHES ON YOUTUBE

WWE’s YouTube channel is currently the 8th most subscribed to channel worldwide, with 92.7 million followers. WWE often uploads full matches to YouTube for fans to rewatch, so below are the most popular Royal Rumble matches on the verified WWE channel.

Currently, the most viewed match on YouTube is the 2017 Royal Rumble, with 128 million views. It was won by Randy Orton, who went on to WrestleMania where he won the WWE Championship for the ninth time.



The most viewed women’s Royal Rumble match, and the seventh most viewed overall, is the 2019 Royal Rumble with 33 million views. It was won by Becky Lynch, who went on to WrestleMania where she defeated Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey to win WWE RAW Women's Championship and WWE SmackDown Women's Championship in a, "Winner Takes All Triple Threat" main event match. Lynch's WWE Raw Women's Championship reign lasted 399 days, which to date is the longest reign in the championship's history.



THE MOST GOOGLED ROYAL RUMBLE YEAR

Based on average monthly searches worldwide, the most Googled Royal Rumble year is 2022, which receives 310,000 average monthly searches worldwide. Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey were the winners of their respective Rumble matches that year.



WRESTLER WITH THE MOST APPEARANCES IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE

Glenn Jacobs has had multiple gimmicks in WWE, and although, "Kane" has been his most successful and entertaining one, Jacobs worked every gimmick that WWE gave him to the best of his ability. When including all of the gimmicks that Jacobs has had, he has made a record 20 appearances in the Royal Rumble. Also, Kane holds the record for cumulative eliminations at 46.



WRESTLER WITH THE MOST ROYAL RUMBLE VICTORIES

When the smoke cleared, Steve Austin was the last man standing at the end of the Royal Rumble in 1997, 1998, and 2001, making him the holder of the record for the most Royal Rumble victories.



WRESTLER WITH THE LONGEST CUMULATIVE TIME SPENT IN THE ROYAL RUMBLE

Having spent a total of 4 hours, 59 minutes, and 33 seconds in Royal Rumbles during his time in WWE, Chris Jericho holds the record for the longest cumulative time spent in the Royal Rumble match.



What will happen at WWE Royal Rumble this year? Will there be any new records set? We won't have to wait much longer to find out.

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