Numbers mean everything this Sunday when the WWE presents the 28th annual Royal Rumble event live from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
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30 of the company's top Superstars will duke it out in hopes of being the last man standing and going on to WrestleMania 31 at Levi's Stadium in California on March 29 to face the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Throughout the years, many interesting stats have emerged during the Rumble Match and the WWE recently released a video to tout some of its statistics.
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Sports World News will delve into some of the stats from the video and also look into other interesting nuggets from the past 27 Rumble Matches in numerical order.
1: Two men have entered the fray as the No. 1 entrant and were the last men standing as Shawn Michaels went coast-to-coast in 1995 and Chris Benoit followed suit nine years later at the 2004 event.
One is also a meaningful number for Santino Marella as he lasted just one second before being clotheslined out of the ring by Kane, setting a futility record in 2009. The feat broke The Warlord's 20-year long record of lasting two seconds at the 1989 Rumble before being clotheslined out by Hulk Hogan.
3: WWE Hall of Famer "Stone Cold" Steve Austin holds the record for most wins in the Royal Rumble Match with three. Austin was the last man standing in 1997, 1998 and 2001, last eliminating Bret Hart, The Rock and Kane in each of those bouts.
3:51:32 is also a record for Triple H as the WWE's COO has spent the most cumulative amount of time in the Rumble Match over the years.
5-foot 6: Rey Mysterio became the shortest man to ever win the Rumble Match in 2006 when he entered at No. 2 and was the last man standing after finally eliminating Randy Orton to clinch the victory.
6-foot-10: Big John Studd and The Undertaker are tied for the record as the tallest men to ever win a Rumble Match. While the bout is seemingly fit for giants, they haven't fared that well through the years. Studd last eliminated "The Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase to win the 1989 match while The Undertaker won the contest in 2007 after thwarting off Shawn Michaels.
9: Nine Superstars made their Rumble Match debuts and ended up winning it, a list that includes but is not limited to Hacksaw Jim Duggan (1988), Ric Flair (1992), Yokozuna (1993), Lex Luger (co-winner 1994) and Brock Lesnar (2003).
12: Roman Reigns eclipsed Kane's record of 11 eliminations set in 2001 by tossing out 12 Superstars in the 2014 bout.
22: The number of different men who have emerged victorious in the Rumble Match is 22. Some of these men would go on to win multiple bouts including Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin, John Cena and Batista.
27: The No. 27 has been the luckiest number to have in the Rumble Match as it has yielded the most winners with four men standing tall after notching a victory in the bout. The list includes Big John Studd (1989), Yokozuna (1993), Bret Hart (1994, co-winner) and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (2001). It has been 14 years since No. 27 has won the match, but anything can happen this Sunday.
30: While No. 1 has yielded just two winners, the No. 30 has the same amount of luck as only two men have entered the fray last and won the battle. The Undertaker was the first to enter 30 and win the match in 2007 while John Cena did it the following year in his surprise return at the 2008 edition of the event.
39: WWE Hall of Famer Shawn Michaels is credited by the WWE with the record for most cumulative eliminations over the years in the Rumble Match as he tossed 39 Superstars over the top rope. His most notable eliminations where "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith in 1995 and Diesel in 1996 as he tossed them to win the bout two years in a row.
43: The number of WWE Hall of Famers that have been represented in past Rumble Matches is 43. This list is a who's who that includes Hulk Hogan, Ultimate Warrior, Ric Flair, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Steve Austin and more.
62:12: Rey Mysterio owns the endurance record for most time spent in one Royal Rumble Match as he lasted over an hour to win the 2006 event.
175: Mysterio is also the lightest Superstar to ever win a Rumble Match as he weighed a whopping 175 pounds when he won the Rumble Match in 2006.
690: At a billed weight of 690 pounds, the mighty Yokozuna became the heaviest Superstar to ever win the Rumble bout when he last tossed "Macho Man" Randy Savage to claim the win in 1993.
782: While only 22 different men have had the prestige of winning a Rumble Match in their career, 782 men have entered the bout only to have their dreams dashed by ending up on the losing end.
Numbers are key when the WWE presents the 28th annual Royal Rumble live this Sunday night at the Wells Fargo in Philadelphia, highlighted by the 30-man Rumble Match.
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