7 WWE Royal Rumble Facts You Might Not Know

The Royal Rumble is one of the "Big Four" original WWE pay-per-views, along with Survivor Series, SummerSlam, and WrestleMania. There have been 30 of them--the 31st will be this coming Sunday, January 28. And although its tropes are well-known at this point--30 participants, over the top rope, both feet touch the floor, title shot at WrestleMania--the match didn't start that way.Like all innovators, WWE used lots of trial and error before figuring out what worked, what could work, and what did