The women’s Royal Rumble match lasted longer than the men’s match this year, with the ladies spending a total of 1 hour and 7 minutes in the ring while the men’s match lasted just 56 minutes and 10 seconds.
Four NXT stars were in the women’s match, with Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, Jacy Jayne, and Kelani Jordan involved. Ruca had an MVP performance in this match and also had one elimination.
Interestingly enough, there were no NXT stars in the men’s match, with Oba Femi classified as a free agent, but two from AAA – Mr. Iguana and La Parka – did appear.
This year’s ironwoman was Charlotte Flair, who drew #1 and lasted a total of 59 minutes and 49 seconds and was eliminated #23. Sol Ruca, who came in at #10 and eliminated at #28, was second with 50 minutes and 47 seconds on the clock. Liv Morgan, the eventual winner, rounded up the top three with 43 minutes and 50 seconds and came in at #14.
In the men’s match, Je’Von Evans was the ironman with 40 minutes and 58 seconds on the clock, coming in at #8 and eliminated #22. Oba Femi, arguably the men’s MVP, came in at #1 and eliminated at #18 and lasted 39 minutes and 4 seconds. Cody Rhodes was the third guy with the most time in the match, coming in at #11 and eliminated at #24 after 36 minutes and 50 seconds.
The opposite of ironwoman and ironman went to Kairi Sane and Bron Breakker. Sane was dumped out after 1 minute and 36 seconds while Breakker, surprisingly, was eliminated after 10 seconds after he was jumped by another masked man. The men’s match had two more under one minute, with Rusev and Matt Cardona lasting just 32 seconds and 55 seconds respectively.
Lash Legend had the most eliminations in the women’s match, with a total of five. Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, and Jordynne Grace each had three eliminations while Charlotte Flair and Raquel Rodriguez had two each. Sol Ruca, Iyo Sky, Nattie, Jacy Jayne, Giulia, Nikki Bella, Tiffany Stratton, Lyra Valkyria, Becky Lynch, Brie Bella, and Kairi Sane each had one elimination while the rest had nothing.
Oba Femi and Roman Reigns led the pack in the men’s match in terms of eliminations, both with five. Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, and Brock Lesnar had three each while Bronson Reed, Gunther, and Trick Williams had two each. Austin Theory, Royce Keys, Randy Orton, and El Grande Americano had one each and the rest had nothing.
