Royal Rumble History: Most Appearances Table!

[Evolution]

Just a table put together to show who is the veteran of the Royal Rumble match itself.

15 Appearances: Isaac Yankem/Kane (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)

12 Appearances: Shawn Michaels (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010)

10 Appearances: The Undertaker (1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009), Fatu/Rikishi  (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

9 Appearances: Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V (1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008), The Big Show (2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

8 Appearances: Triple H (1996, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010), Shelton Benjamin (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), Booker T (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012)

7 Appearances: Jake Roberts (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997), Rick Martel (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995), Owen Hart (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999), Papa Shango/Kama/The Godfather/The Goodfather (1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), Billy Gunn (1994, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004), Matt Hardy (2001, 2002, 2003. 2004. 2006. 2007, 2010), Mark Henry (1998, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), Chris Jericho (2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012)

6 Appearances: Tito Santana (1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993), Randy Savage (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994), The British Bulldog (1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2000), Sparky Plugg/**** Holly (1994, 1996, 2000, 2005, 2007, 2008), Stone Cold Steve Austin (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002), Goldust (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2009), Rob Van Dam (2002. 2003. 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009), Edge (1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2010), Johnny Nitro/John Morrison (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), John Cena (2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2011), The Great Khali (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Randy Orton (2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012)

5 Appearances: Bret Hart (1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997), Mr. Perfect (1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2002), The Big Bossman (1989, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2002), Ric Flair (1992, 1993, 2005, 2006, 2007), Bob Backlund (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000), Kwang/Savio Vega (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998), Faarooq (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002), Bradshaw (1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004), Test (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003), Christian (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005), Prince Albert/Albert/A-Train (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004), Carlito (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010), Rey Mysterio (2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2011), Chavo Guerrero (2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011), C.M Punk (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011), The Miz (2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012), K-Kwik/R-Truth (2001, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Mankind/Cactus Jack/Dude Love/Mick Foley (1997, 1998, 2004, 2008, 2012)

4 Appearances: Greg Valentine (1989, 1991, 1992, 1994), The Honky Tonk Man (1989, 1990, 1998, 2001), Hulk Hogan (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992), The Warlord (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992), The Barbarian/Seone (1989, 1990, 1992, 1995), Ted DiBiase (1989, 1990, 1992, 1993), Haku (1990, 1991, 1992, 2001), Jimmy Snuka (1990, 1991, 1992, 2008), Earthquake/Golga (1990, 1991, 1993, 1999), Hercules (1989, 1990, 1991, 1992), Crush (1991, 1994, 1995, 1997), Tatanka (1993, 1994, 1996, 2006), Henry Godwinn (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998), The Rock (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001), Steve Blackman (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Al Snow (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), Val Venis (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002), Scotty 2 Hotty (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005), Jeff Hardy (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007), The Hurricane (2002, 2004, 2005, 2007), Chris Benoit (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), Batista (2003, 2005, 2008, 2010), Chris Masters (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011), Cody Rhodes (2008, 2009, 2010, 2012), Santino Marella (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012), Kofi Kingston (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Jerry Lawler (1993, 1996, 1997, 2012), Dolph Ziggler (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012), Jim Duggan (1988, 1992, 2009, 2012), Roaddogg Jesse James (1997, 1999, 2000, 2012)

3 Appearances: One Man Gang/Akeem (1988, 1989, 1990), Smash (1989, 1990, 1991), Bushwhacker Butch (1989, 1991, 1995), Marty Jannetty (1989, 1990, 1994), Bushwhacker Luke (1989, 1991, 1995), Koko B. Ware (1989, 1990, 1993), The Red Rooster/Terry Taylor (1989, 1990, 1993), Roddy Piper (1990, 1992, 2008), Virgil (1992, 1993, 1994), Bart Gunn (1994, 1995, 1997), Jeff Jarrett (1994, 1998, 1999), The 1-2-3 Kid/X-Pac (1996, 1999, 2000), Vader (1996, 1997, 1998), D-Lo Brown (1998, 1999, 2000), Kurt Angle (2002, 2004, 2005), Tommy Dreamer (2003, 2007, 2008), Charlie Haas (2003, 2004, 2005), Finlay (2007, 2008, 2009), MVP (2007, 2009, 2010), Diesel (1994, 1996, 2011), William Regal (2001, 2009, 2011), JTG (2009, 2010, 2011), Ted DiBiase Jr. (2009, 2010, 2011), Jack Swagger (2010, 2011, 2012)

2 Appearances: Nikolai Volkoff (1988, 1992), Ron Bass (1988, 1989), Hillbilly Jim (1988, 1991), The Ultimate Warrior (1988, 1990), Ax (1989, 1990), Andre The Giant (1989, 1990), Bad News Brown (1989, 1990), Dino Bravo (1990, 1991), Jim Neidhart (1990, 1991), The Texas Tornado (1991, 1992), Animal (1991, 2006), Brian Knobbs (1991, 1993), Jerry Sags (1992, 1993), Repo Man (1992, 1993), I.R.S. (1992, 1993), The Berzerker (1992, 1993), Skinner (1992, 1993), Genichiro Tenryu (1993, 1994), Samu (1993, 1994), Yokozuna (1993, 1996), Scott Steiner (1994, 2004), Doink the Clown (1994, 1995), Mo (1994, 1995), Lex Luger (1994, 1995), Adam Bomb (1994, 1995), Eli Blue/Skull (1995, 1998), Duke Droese (1995, 1996), Jacob Blu/8-Ball (1995, 1998), Aldo Montoya (1995, 1996), Ahmed Johnson (1997, 1998), Phineas Godwinn (1997, 1998), Marc Mero (1997, 1998), Terry Funk (1997, 1998), Headbanger Mosh (1998, 2000), Kurrgan (1998, 1999), Ken Shamrock (1998, 1999), Gangrel (1999, 2000), Chyna (1999, 2000), Grand Master Sexay (2000, 2001), Crash Holly (2000, 2001), Bull Buchanan/B2 (2001, 2003), Perry Saturn (2001, 2002), Maven (2002, 2003), Chuck Palumbo (2002, 2008), Tajiri (2003, 2004), Eddie Guerrero (2003, 2005), Jamal/Umaga (2003, 2008), Rene Dupree (2004, 2005), Orlando Jordan (2005, 2006), Simon Dean (2005, 2006), Jonathan Coachman (2005, 2006), Snitsky (2005, 2008), Super Crazy (2006, 2007), Hornswoggle (2008, 2011), Vladimir Kozlov (2009, 2011), Zack Ryder (2010, 2011), Drew McIntyre (2010, 2011), Yoshi Tatsu (2010, 2011), Alex Riley (2011, 2012), Justin Gabriel (2011, 2012), Ezekiel Jackson (2011, 2012), Sheamus (2011, 2012), Wade Barrett (2011, 2012), David Otunga (2012)

1 Appearance: Butch Reed (1988), Jim Neidhart (1988), Harley Race (1988), Jim Brunzell (1988), Sam Houston (1988), Danny Davis (1988), Boris Zhukov (1988), Don Muraco (1988), B. Brian Blair (1988), The Junkyard Dog (1988), Ronnie Garvin (1989), Arn Anderson (1989), Tully Blanchard (1989), Brutus Beefcake (1989), Big John Studd (1989), Dusty Rhodes (1990), Rick Rude (1990), Paul Roma (1991), Saba Simba (1991), Hawk (1991), Shane Douglas (1991), Tugboat (1991), Sgt. Slaughter (1992), Sid Justice (1992), Col. Mustafa (1992), Damien Demento (1993), Max Moon (1993), Typhoon (1993), Carlos Colon (1993), Rick Steiner (1994), Bam Bam Bigelow (1994), The Great Kabuki (1994), Bastion Booger (1994), Tom Pritchard (1995), Timothy Well (1995), King Kong Bundy (1995), The Mantaur (1995), Steven Dunn (1995), Dick Murdoch (1995), Dory Funk Jr. (1996), Takao Omori (1996), Doug Gilbert (1996), Swat Team #1 (1996), Swat Team #2 (1996), Hakushi (1996), Barry Horowitz (1996), Pierroth (1997), Mil Mascaras (1997), Cibernetico (1997), Fake Razor Ramon (1997), Latin Lover (1997), Flash Funk (1997), Tom Brandi (1998), Headbanger Thrasher (1998), Vince McMahon (1999), Droz (1999), Gillberg (1999), Dan Severn (1999), Tiger Ali Singh (1999), The Blue Meanie (1999), Drew Carey (2001), Raven (2001), Tazz (2001), Lance Storm (2002), Diamond Dallas Page (2002), Christopher Nowinski (2003), Bill DeMott (2003), Rosey (2003), Brock Lesnar (2003), Rhyno (2004), Matt Morgan (2004), Spike Dudley (2004), Ernest Miller (2004), Rico (2004), Nunzio (2004), Goldberg (2004), Daniel Puder (2005), Kenzo Suzuki (2005), Luther Reigns (2005), Muhammed Hassan (2005), Mark Jindrak (2005), Paul London (2005), Psicosis (2006), Lashley (2006), Sylvan (2006), Joey Mercury (2006), Trevor Murdoch (2006), Eugene (2006), Kenny Dykstra (2007), Sabu (2007), The Sandman (2007), Kevin Thorn (2007), Jamie Noble (2008), Mr. Kennedy (2008), Elijah Burke (2008), Mike Knox (2009), The Brian Kendrick (2009), Evan Bourne (2010), Beth Phoenix (2010), Daniel Bryan (2011), Husky Harris (2011), Michael McGillicutty (2011), Tyler Reks (2011), Mason Ryan (2011), Tyson Kidd (2011), Heath Slater (2011), Alberto Del Rio (2011), Primo (2012), Ricardo Rodriguez (2012), Epico (2012), Jinder Mahal (2012), Hunico (2012), Michael Cole (2012), Kharma (2012), Jey Uso (2012)

[AtariLegend]

Kane surely must have the most eliminations too, if only for 2001 were he stayed there around an hour and eliminated almost half the participants.

Best elimination as well in 1999, where he eliminated himself to go chasing after men in white coats, who wanted to put him in an asylum.

[More Cowbell]

My fav 1991 (because of shock value). Ric flair eliminating hulk hogan with sids help. I so didn't see that happen and shocked to see ric world champion.

Comedy wise I belive it would be UT on mtv's Maven. Or was it maven who got UT, anyways he dragged maven around the arena afterwards like a rag doll throwing him into stuff like a popcorn machine

[Hammy]

Crazy some of the legends who only appeared in one like Bam Bam Bigelow and Psycho Sid.

And am I right in thinking Scott Hall was never in one or am I just being blind.

Because '93 he had a WWF Title shot vs. Bret, '94, '95 and '96 I think were all IC Title defences.

[Evolution]

Added the 2010 entrants to this one too.

[Evolution]

14 debuts this year!

[Hammy]

14 debuts this year!

Could have been more, they denied Primo, Darren Young and DH Smith!

[Evolution]

A grand total of eight debuts this year.

[Hammy]

A grand total of eight debuts this year.

And I'd wager none of them will enter next year.

WWE will have got bored of Primo and Epico.

Kharma, Ricardo and Cole have done their token surprise appearance.

Jinder and Jey Uso will be jobless.

Ok, I tell a lie, Hunico will probably be in it next year.  He's decent.