As seen at WWE Royal Rumble last night, Dolph Ziggler made his return to WWE TV and entered the Royal Rumble match at number 30.
Ziggler had previously been off WWE TV selling the angle he did at the December 19th Smackdown taping during which he vacated his newly won WWE U.S. Title. According to PWInsider.com, Ziggler is expected to be at Smackdown Live tomorrow night in Philadelphia, and current plans call for Ziggler to feud with Bobby Roode for the United States Title.
As we noted earlier today, WWE originally had Dolph Ziggler penciled in to face Bobby Roode for the U.S. Title in the Open Challenge match at the Royal Rumble, however those plans were scrapped in favor of having Ziggler return in the Rumble match.
Numerous Men’s Royal Rumble Statistics
WWE.com has released interesting match stats from last night’s men’s Royal Rumble bout, and below are some highlights:
-The match lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes in total.
-Finn Balor spent the most time in the match as he lasted 57 minutes and 38 seconds before being eliminated.
-Shinsuke Nakamura, who won the match, was in for 44 minutes and 38 seconds.
-WWE NXT Champion Andrade Almas was in the match for 29 minutes and 24 seconds.
-Dolph Ziggler, who entered the match at #30, was eliminated after only 2 minutes and 1 second. But the shortest amount of time spent in the match went to Sheamus, who was eliminated in just 20 seconds.
Click Here: melbourne storm team jersey-Roman Reigns had the most Rumble match eliminations with four. The Big Dog tossed The Miz, Randy Orton, Titus O’Neil and his Shield partner Seth Rollins from the match.