The WWE Royal Rumble is just around the corner, and this match more than any other is built around numbers, and thus statistics. WWE will undoubtedly put out another amazing Royal Rumble numbers video, but there are always some interesting numbers they won’t show you.

5. The Main Event?

Out of the previous 30 Royal Rumble events, a total of six (20%) of them did not end with the Royal Rumble match itself.

4. Triple H Plays The Game

The Game has some odd and impressive statistics under his belt when it comes to the royal rumble. Until Chris Jericho’s performance at last year’s event, Triple H had the longest cumulative time spent in the match at just over 4 hours. The Cerebral Assassin is also the only superstar to be the runner up of two consecutive rumbles, and boasts the longest time between rumble wins. Triple H also was a part of 7 WrestleMania matches involving the royal rumble winner, the most in WWE history. A close second however is

3. Winners Turn Into Losers

14 of the 23 Royal Rumble victors go on to win their desired championship at WrestleMania. That’s just over 60%, which isn’t bad. However, this does not include the two winners who never made it to WrestleMania, either due to injury or loss of the opportunity, as well as the four rumbles that took place before it was a launching pad to Mania, and Ric Flair’s loss at WrestleMania 8 and Triple H’s loss at WrestleMania 32 since their Rumble wins did not guarantee them matches at the Show of Shows. With that being said, 14 out of 31 winners go on to win a world championship at WrestleMania. That’s just over 45 % of Rumble winners.

2. The Main Event? (Part Two!)

15 out of 31 winners went on to main event WrestleMania. In that case, more rumble winners main event the Showcase of the Immortals more than they actually win their WrestleMania match. Of course, we must keep in mind the eight winners that didn’t get a championship opportunity at all!

1. Unlucky Numbers

There are, of course, many winners of the Royal Rumble. However, despite their being more winners than entry numbers, almost half of the numbers have never been partnered with a winning superstar. Excluding the 40-man Rumble, the numbers 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, 21, and 26 have not held a winner.