The tron turned on for a pretaped segment.

"And now, Rumble by the Numbers with the WWF's numbers man, Ted Dibiase."

DiBiase was standing in front of a bank vault storing the many awards he's won across his career.

"Digits, figures, amounts, numerals, odds, evens, primes, irrationals, numbers! Life is all about numbers, and the Royal Rumble is no exception! Tonight, The Million Dollar Man is here to educate you peons about the Royal Rumble, and the numbers that govern it.

#1: Now I'm talking about the #1 man in the WWF, the man who will undoubtedly win the rumble, Kazuya Okada, I'm also talking about the unluckiest number to pull. If you pull this number, you have the hardest road to victory, but it isn't impossible. 3 years ago Shawn Michaels was the first man in the rumble and he was the last man standing. This year Rocky Maivia has #1. Will he do the unthinkable? I think not.

2: 2 men have won the royal rumble twice. Shawn Micheals and Hulk Hogan. Shawn's entering at #30 this year, which I'll admit makes me the slightest bit nervous. It is also the number of the shortest time someone was in the Rumble, with the Warlord lasting just two seconds in 1989.

12: The shortest time a winner has been in the Royal Rumble. In 1989, Big John Studd won the Rumble in 12 minutes and 21 seconds.

20: If you take the numbers of every past Royal Rumble winner and average them, this is the number you get. Also, the number of participants from the first Royal Rumble. Won by old Hacksaw Jim Duggan, if you can believe that.

27: The luckiest number. 3 Royal Rumble winners have won after pulling 27.

30: The best number to pull. The shortest road to victory. And yet, nobody has ever won pulling 30. In fact, nobody has won pulling higher than 27.

60: In 1992, Ric Flair pulled #3 and lasted 60 minutes, the longest a competitor has ever lasted in the Royal Rumble.

And that's....Rumble by the Numbers."