royal rumble participants

John Cena

Rumble Experience: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 (winner)

Making an astoundingly early return from a career threatening injury, John Cena was surprise entrant at No. 30 and won the 2008 Rumble Match in Madison Square Garden.

Triple H

Rumble Experience: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2002 (winner), 2006, 2008, 2009

Longest Royal Rumble Match

The 2002 Royal Rumble was the longest ever. It lasted 1 hour, 9 minutes, 23 seconds.

After a devastating quad injury and rehabilitation that kept him out of the ring for nine months, Triple H returned and entered Royal Rumble at No. 22, eliminating Mr. Perfect and Kurt Angle for the win.

Batista

Rumble Experience: 2003, 2005 (winner), 2008

Batista and John Cena each withstood the vicious onslaughts of 28 other Superstars, but needed a sudden death overtime period to decide the winner. Batista eliminated Cena and won.

Chris Jericho

Rumble Experience: 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009

Shawn Michaels

Rumble Experience: 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 (winner), 1996 (winner), 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

Shawn Michaels drew No. 1 and lasted to the end when he took advantage of British Bulldog's premature celebration and tossed Davey Boy over the top to win the 1995 Royal Rumble

His second win in a row, HBK entered at No. 18 and proceeded to eliminate seven other Superstars, including bodyguard Diesel, on his way to a title match at Wrestlemania XII against Bret Hart.

Kofi Kingston

Rumble Experience: 2009

Cm Punk

Rumble Experience: 2007, 2008, 2009

Ted Dibiase

Rumble Experience: 2009

Cody Rhodes

Rumble Experience: 2008, 2009

The Big Show

Rumble Experience: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009

Kane

Rumble Experience: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Most eliminations in a single RumbleKane eliminated 11 men in the 2001 Royal Rumble: Grand Master Sexy, Steve Blackman, Al Snow, Raven, Saturn, Honky Tonk Man, Tazz, Crash Holly, Albert, Scotty 2 Hotty and The Rock.

Matt Hardy

Rumble Experience: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007

Shelton Benjamin

Rumble Experience: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Jack Swagger

Rumble Experience: None

Yoshi Tatsu

Rumble Experience: None

Evan Bourne

Rumble Experience: None

The Great Khali

Rumble Experience: 2007, 2008, 2009

The MizRumble Experience: 2007, 2008 & 2009

MVP

Rumble Experience: 2007, 2009

Mark Henry

Rumble Experience: 1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009

Chris Masters

Rumble Experience: 2006, 2007

William Regal

Rumble Experience: 2001, 2009

Zack Ryder

Rumble Experience: None

The Hurricane

Rumble Experience: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008

Carlito

Rumble Experience: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

Santino Marella

Rumble Experience: 2008, 2009

Shortest time in the ring

Santino Marella was in the ring for just 1.9 seconds in 2009, beating The Warlord's record of two seconds set in 1989.