Sometimes the runner-up can be a massive name or contender, but others have been, in hindsight especially, awful choices at coming second. Fans have groaned at some of these wrestlers who finished second, as they either showed no threat to winning the match or else the booking decision to have them so close to winning was a mistake.

Down through the years, a whole host of wrestlers have been sent packing within the opening 10 seconds of the Royal Rumble match. The record for fastest elimination currently stands at just 1.9 seconds.

The Royal Rumble premium live event is one of the most important in WWE, the start of the company's road to WrestleMania and the home to some of the

Roman Reigns winning the most bleak match in WWE history was a major factor, as tracked by the excellent Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics. The backlash to that dismal match informed the worst ratings pattern on the road to WrestleMania since 1996.

Roman Reigns is going to be back in the Men's Royal Rumble Match for the first time in five years. Paul Heyman made that announcement Friday night on SmackDown. The Wiseman making it very clear to Cody Rhodes that the new Undisputed Tribal Chief has his sights set on once again becoming the Undisputed WWE Champion.

One of the marquee occasions on the WWE calendar is of course just around the corner. This comes in the form of the 2025 Royal Rumble, set to take place at Lucas Oil Stadium in In

Mick Foley has been on a mission to get himself into better shape, and he provided an update on his weight loss and surgeries recently. But that update came wi

WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio appeared on the January 17th episode of WWE SmackDown. Mysterio kicked off the show, which was held in his hometown of San Diego, California, on Friday night. Rey noted that his family was in the crowd.