Royal Rumble 2012: The Stats

After an entertaining Royal Rumble last night, I thought I would give the facts and figures from the Rumble match.

Order of Entrances

Order	Participant	Brand
1	The Miz	RAW
2	Alex Riley	RAW
3	R-Truth	RAW
4	Cody Rhodes	Smackdown
5	Justin Gabriel	Smackdown
6	Primo	RAW
7	Mick Foley	RAW
8	Ricardo Rodriguez	RAW
9	Santino Marella	RAW
10	Epico	RAW
11	Kofi Kingston	RAW
12	Jerry Lawler	RAW
13	Ezekiel Jackson	Smackdown
14	Jinder Mahal	Smackdown
15	The Great Khali	Smackdown
16	Hunico	Smackdown
17	Booker T	Smackdown
18	Dolph Ziggler	RAW
19	Hacksaw Jim Duggan	Legend
20	Michael Cole	RAW
21	Kharma	RAW
22	Sheamus	Smackdown
23	Road Dogg Jesse James	Legend
24	Jey Uso	Smackdown
25	Jack Swagger	RAW
26	Wade Barrett	Smackdown
27	David Otunga	RAW
28	Randy Orton	Smackdown
29	Chris Jericho	RAW
30	The Big Show	Smackdown

Order of Eliminations

Order	Participant	Eliminated by
1	Alex Riley	The Miz
2	R-Truth	The Miz
3	Primo	Mick Foley
4	Justin Gabriel	Mick Foley and Ricardo Rodriguez
5	Ricardo Rodriguez	Santino Marella
6	Epico	Mick Foley
7	Santino Marella	Cody Rhodes
8	Mick Foley	Cody Rhodes
9	Jerry Lawler	Cody Rhodes
10	Jinder Mahal	Great Khali
11	Ezekiel Jackson	Great Khali
12	Hacksaw Jim Duggan	Cody Rhodes
13	Booker T	Cody Rhodes/ Dolph Ziggler
14	The Great Khali	Cody Rhodes/ Dolph Ziggler
15	Michael Cole	Booker T/ Jerry Lawler
16	Hunico	Kharma
17	Kharma	Dolph Ziggler
18	Kofi Kingston	Sheamus
19	Road Dogg Jesse James	Wade Barrett
20	Jey Uso	Randy Orton
21	Wade Barrett	Randy Orton
22	David Otunga	Chris Jericho
23	Jack Swagger	The Big Show
24	Cody Rhodes	The Big Show
25	The Miz	The Big Show
26	Dolph Ziggler	The Big Show
27	The Big Show	Randy Orton
28	Randy Orton	Chris Jericho
29	Chris Jericho	Sheamus
30	Sheamus	WINNER

Top 3 Wrestlers with the Most Eliminations

1.      Cody Rhodes with 6 (including 2 assists with Dolph Ziggler)

2.      The Big Show, Mick Foley, Randy Orton and Dolph Ziggler all with 3

Top 3 Wrestlers Who Spent the Most Time in the Rumble

1.      The Miz (45 minutes and 40 seconds)

2.      Cody Rhodes (41 minutes and 57 seconds)

3.      Sheamus (22 minutes and 20 seconds)

Top 3 Wrestlers Who Spent the Least Time in the Rumble

1.      Epico (11 seconds)

2.      Jerry Lawler (43 seconds)

3.      Hacksaw Jim Duggan (57 seconds)

Other Facts and Figures

·         Sheamus is the first European-born wrestler to win the Rumble. The last American to win it was Randy Orton in 2009.

·         Sheamus won it at number 22.  The last person to do so was Triple H in 2002.

·         The Wrestlemania XXVIII logo was pointed to 6 times during the match.