WWE Royal Rumble 2023 Most Eliminations & Time in The Ring Stats
The Royal Rumble matches at the 2023 WWE Royal Rumble event were historic in terms of total time in the ring for both men’s and women’s matches.
Gunther, who entered at #1, broke Rey Mysterio’s record for the longest time in a 30-men Royal Rumble match by lasting for 71 minutes and 42 seconds. Rey Mysterio won the Royal Rumble in 2006 by after entering at #2 and lasted for 62 minutes and 5 seconds. Daniel Bryan still holds the record for the most time spent in a single Royal Rumble match as he lasted for 76 minutes and 15 seconds in the 2018 Greatest Royal Rumble(50 participants).
Cody Rhodes, the winner of 2023 men’s Royal Rumble, tied with Gunther in terms of eliminations with 5 eliminations each for both men. Cody has also entered the top 10 for the longest cumulative time in Royal Rumble as his total is now 3 hours and 22 minutes. The complete statistics for timings and eliminations from 2023 men’s Royal Rumble are as below:
| Wrestler Name | Entry No. | Time(mm:ss) | Elimination(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gunther | 1 | 71:42 | 5 |
| Cody Rhodes | 30 | 15:07 | 5 |
| Sheamus | 2 | 52:30 | 3 |
| Drew McIntyre | 9 | 39:10 | 3 |
| Brock Lesnar | 12 | 03:34 | 3 |
| Seth “Freakin” Rollins | 15 | 37:17 | 2 |
| Finn Bálor | 20 | 07:45 | 2 |
| Edge | 24 | 01:04 | 2 |
| Bobby Lashley | 13 | 07:13 | 1 |
| Dominik Mysterio | 18 | 25:44 | 1 |
| Damian Priest | 22 | 04:03 | 1 |
| Austin Theory | 25 | 15:40 | 1 |
| Braun Strowman | 27 | 11:14 | 1 |
| Ricochet | 28 | 09:13 | 1 |
| Logan Paul | 29 | 10:56 | 1 |
| The Miz | 3 | 04:22 | 0 |
| Kofi Kingston | 4 | 14:53 | 0 |
| Johnny Gargano | 5 | 29:58 | 0 |
| Xavier Woods | 6 | 10:28 | 0 |
| Karrion Kross | 7 | 04:22 | 0 |
| Chad Gable | 8 | 08:41 | 0 |
| Santos Escobar | 10 | 04:56 | 0 |
| Angelo Dawkins | 11 | 03:17 | 0 |
| Baron Corbin | 14 | 00:06 | 0 |
| Otis | 16 | 03:06 | 0 |
| Rey Mysterio | 17 | 00:00 | 0 |
| Elias | 19 | 00:39 | 0 |
| Booker T | 21 | 00:42 | 0 |
| Montez Ford | 23 | 00:47 | 0 |
| Omos | 26 | 02:46 | 0 |
In the women’s Royal Rumble, both Liv Morgan and winner Rhea Ripley broke the record for the longest time in a single match by lasting for 61 minutes and 7 seconds. Rhea and Liv entered the match at #1 and #2 respectively. The record was with Bianca Belair for 56 minutes and 52 seconds in 2021 when Bianca won the match after entering at #3.
Rhea Ripley also made the most eliminations in the match with 7 scalps. Rhea now also holds the most eliminations in women’s Rumble matches with 20 eliminations in total.
Damage CTRL trio of Bayley, Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai had 5 eliminations. Liv Morgan, Asuka, Raquel Rodriguez and Sonya Deville had 3 eliminations each. The complete statistics from the 2023 women’s Royal Rumble match are as below:
| Wrestler Name | Entry No. | Time(mm:ss) | Elimination(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea Ripley | 1 | 61:07 | 7 |
| Bayley | 6 | 27:09 | 5 |
| Dakota Kai | 9 | 22:20 | 5 |
| Iyo Sky | 10 | 20:49 | 5 |
| Liv Morgan | 2 | 61:07 | 3 |
| Asuka | 17 | 33:15 | 3 |
| Raquel Rodriguez | 22 | 20:40 | 3 |
| Sonya Deville | 27 | 10:17 | 3 |
| Becky Lynch | 15 | 10:45 | 2 |
| Piper Niven | 18 | 28:05 | 2 |
| Mia Yim | 23 | 17:44 | 2 |
| Lacey Evans | 24 | 14:05 | 2 |
| Michelle McCool | 25 | 13:53 | 2 |
| Zelina Vega | 21 | 11:30 | 1 |
| Shotzi | 28 | 08:39 | 1 |
| Nikki Cross | 29 | 09:16 | 1 |
| Dana Brooke | 3 | 11:43 | 0 |
| Emma | 4 | 10:12 | 0 |
| Shayna Baszler | 5 | 13:28 | 0 |
| B-Fab | 7 | 00:36 | 0 |
| Roxanne Perez | 8 | 04:34 | 0 |
| Natalya | 11 | 03:08 | 0 |
| Candice LeRae | 12 | 05:11 | 0 |
| Zoey Stark | 13 | 26:34 | 0 |
| Xia Li | 14 | 15:30 | 0 |
| Tegan Nox | 16 | 03:41 | 0 |
| Tamina | 19 | 11:58 | 0 |
| Chelsea Green | 20 | 00:05 | 0 |
| Indi Hartwell | 26 | 04:51 | 0 |
| Nia Jax | 30 | 01:57 | 0 |
