Whenever the first two entrants Royal Rumble lasted the whole match

Although there is a lot of renown Royal Rumble And going all the way, entering the number two and going to the distance is still as impressive, because each competitor begins the match at the same time.

During the decades of the history of the Royal Rumble, there were cases in which the first two participants in the Wwe Royal Rumble made the distance and lasted to the last two. We are going to take a look at the four historical times that it happened, and take a look at which one ended up surviving the other.

Shawn Michaels and British Bulldog

WWE Royal Rumble 1995

The first time that a number one and number two participant took the distance in 1995, although it was one of the shorter royal roar in WWE history with less time between each participant, so the feat It was not as difficult as normally otherwise otherwise. Shawn Michaels and the British Bulldog began the match in the ring together, remaining in the competition throughout the road and having very impressive performances respectively, collectively eliminating 12 wrestlers of the match.

The last stages of this match were emblematic, while Bulldog poured Michaels on the upper rope and seemed to have won the fight, celebrating the tensioner. However, only one of Michaels’ feet touched the ground, while he was hanging on and turned into the ring, throwing the unknown bulldog and becoming the first man to gain from the number one position. It was the first of the two Royal Rumble victories for Shawn Michaels, who would also win the following year in 1996.

Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon

WWE Royal Rumble 1999

The heated rivalry between Steve Austin “Stone Cold” and Sastardly M. McMahon dominated the Royal Rumble 1999 match because they both started the match in the ring and ended up ending the fight too. Unlike Michaels & Bulldog, they did not spend the entire match inside the ring, while McMahon ran in the arena for a large part of the match while the wrestlers tried to collect a bonus and eliminate Austin.

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In the end, a distraction of the rock allowed McMahon to sneak behind Austin and eliminate his most hated enemies, winning the match in a decision that fans to date are still not too impressed. The only elimination of McMahon throughout the match was Austin, while the bell serpent did a lot of hard work, pouring eight from the field.

Edge & Randy Orton

WWE Royal Rumble 2021

It has been 22 years since the last time that two wrestlers started a Royal Rumble match and lasted until the end, but these were two heated enemies in Edge and Randy Orton. Edge started things, competed in his first game since he wounded against Orton the previous year, and things were intense as they went there. While Edge would spend the whole match to fight, Orton was out of the ring and in the back for the majority of the procedures, returning only at the end to try to thwart the edge.

Edge managed to turn the trend and eliminate Orton, becoming only the third wrestler in WWE history to win the Royal Rumble from the number one position. It was the second victory of Rumble from Edge, the first to come in 2010.

Rhea Ripley & Liv Morgan

WWE Royal Rumble 2023

In 2023, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan became the first wrestlers of a Royal Rumble match for women to open the fight to number one and two and survive until the arrival. Ripley and Morgan will become big rivals in the years that have followed, which was used to add another layer to their long history with each other. Between them, Ripley and Morgan eliminated a third of the field, both putting a strong change and for more than an hour in the match, now existing above the longest times of all time in a rumble.

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The last moments of this match were very exciting because Ripley managed to eliminate Asuka and then quickly disposed of Morgan, which had just been sprayed in the face by the poisoned mist of Asuka. Ripley was added to the illustrious list of those who won rumbles in the number one position, just becoming the fourth wrestler in WWE history to achieve this feat, and the first woman to do so too.