Top 5 Wrestlers with Most Eliminations in a Royal Rumble Match
WWE fans are eagerly waiting for the Royal Rumble 2023 to get underway as the mega event is just 25 days away. It will be the first Rumble event directly overseen by Triple H. In Royal Rumble, WWE Superstars try to eliminate the most number of people to emerge victorious and get the ticket to the main event of WrestleMania. In the 35-year-long history of the event, several wrestlers have entered the ring and defeated numerous superstars to be crowned as the ultimate ‘King of the ring’.
So far, the grand event has witnessed over 40 Royal Rumble matches including the Greatest Royal Rumble match in Saudi Arabia which had 50 people participating in it. As another edition of Royal Rumble draws closer, let’s go back in history and look at the superstars with the most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble match:
5 Wrestlers with the Most Eliminations in Royal Rumble History
5. Hulk Hogan (10 Eliminations)
It was only the second-ever Royal Rumble match where the record for the most eliminations had been set in the year 1989 which remained unbreakable for the next 12 years. Hulk Hogan came out all guns blazing and lived up to his reputation as a future WWE Superstar. The people he threw out included Mr Perfect, Arn Anderson, Tully Blanchard, The Warlord, Randy Savage and Bigg Boss man to name a few. The Hulkster had marked his arrival in grand fashion and made a statement that it was his arena to conquer.