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Who is the best Royal Rumble competitor of all time?

I'm talking the Royal Rumble match itself—no other matches on the larger pay-per-view are considered. It's up to you if you want to include the Greatest Royal Rumble.

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Keith Rohan

Lvl 10
5y ago
Updated: 9/27/2023

I won’t let myself answer with anyone but Kane. Yes, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit won from the number one spot, and sure, Rey Mysterio spent over an hour in the match before winning it—but Kane, man, he was and is a force. He’s eliminated the most competitors in a Royal Rumble career, with 42. For years, he held the record for most competitors eliminated in a single Rumble, with 11—that’s over a third of the people in the match, all eliminated by one man. Roman Reigns holds that record now, but not a candle to Kane.

The only wrestler that makes me consider wavering from Kane is Steve Austin. He’s won three, which is the most of all time, and won two consecutively. He’s fourth all time in total eliminations, and holds the third and fourth spot for eliminations in a single Rumble. But Austin did this in a relatively short Rumble career, with six; Kane, on the other hand, has appeared in 19, by far the grandest total. Austin was a star that shone bright and died fast, but Kane has been an ever-burning fire since he first entered the Rumble in 1999.

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