Royal Rumble match
Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
– WrestleMania victory – WrestleMania loss – Did not receive title match No WrestleMania title opportunity was awarded in the 2016 Royal Rumble match as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship itself, held by Roman Reigns, was at stake.

Royal Rumble match

Section Title: Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
Table Section Text: – WrestleMania victory – WrestleMania loss – Did not receive title match No WrestleMania title opportunity was awarded in the 2016 Royal Rumble match as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship itself, held by Roman Reigns, was at stake.

Winner	Event	Year	Championship match

1	Yokozuna	WrestleMania IX	1993	Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

2	Lex Luger	WrestleMania X	1994	Luger lost to WWF World Heavyweight Champion Yokozuna by disqualification.

2	Bret Hart	WrestleMania X	1994	Hart defeated Yokozuna to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

3	Shawn Michaels	WrestleMania XI	1995	Michaels lost to WWF World Heavyweight Champion Diesel.

4	Shawn Michaels	WrestleMania XII	1996	Michaels successfully defended his title shot against Owen Hart at In Your House 6. Michaels went on to defeat Bret Hart in an Iron man match to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

5	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania 13	1997	Due to Austin re-entering the Rumble match because the officials did not see when he was thrown out of the ring, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon ruled that he would not be receiving his WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 13.

6	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania XIV	1998	Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to win the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.

7	Mr. McMahon	WrestleMania XV	1999	The following night on Raw Is War, Mr. McMahon renounced his title opportunity to challenge WWF Champion The Rock at WrestleMania XV.

8	The Rock	WrestleMania 2000	2000	Video footage later showed Rock's feet hit the floor first before runner-up Big Show. After multiple attempts to name a rightful number one contender failed, both The Rock and Big Show were added to the main event along with Mick Foley, who came out of retirement after losing a Hell in a Cell match to champion Triple H, to make it a four-way match for the WWF Championship.

9	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania X-Seven	2001	Austin defeated The Rock in a No Disqualification match to win the WWF Championship.

10	Triple H	WrestleMania X8	2002	Triple H lost his WrestleMania X8 title shot to Kurt Angle at No Way Out. The following night on Raw, Triple H was given a rematch by WWF co-owner Ric Flair and defeated Angle to win his title shot back.

11	Brock Lesnar	WrestleMania XIX	2003	As a member of the SmackDown brand, Lesnar earned a match for his brand's WWE Championship. At WrestleMania XIX, Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle to win the championship.

12	Chris Benoit	WrestleMania XX	2004	Benoit won the Rumble as a SmackDown! wrestler, but switched to the Raw brand to challenge Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.

13	Batista	WrestleMania 21	2005	Batista from Raw chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship and defeated Triple H for the title at WrestleMania 21.

14	Rey Mysterio	WrestleMania 22	2006	Mysterio from SmackDown! chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost his title shot to Randy Orton at No Way Out.

15	The Undertaker	WrestleMania 23	2007	The Undertaker from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship and defeated Batista to win the title.

16	John Cena	No Way Out WrestleMania XXIV	2008	Instead of waiting until WrestleMania XXIV, Cena from Raw used his championship shot at No Way Out to challenge Randy Orton for Raw's WWE Championship.

17	Randy Orton	WrestleMania XXV	2009	Orton won the Rumble as a Raw wrestler, but challenged SmackDown's Triple H for the WWE Championship. At WrestleMania XXV, Orton lost to Triple H.

18	Edge	WrestleMania XXVI	2010	Edge from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost to Chris Jericho at WrestleMania XXVI.

19	Alberto Del Rio	WrestleMania XXVII	2011	Del Rio from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost to Edge at WrestleMania XXVII.

20	Sheamus	WrestleMania XXVIII	2012	Sheamus chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship and defeated champion Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXVIII.

21	John Cena	WrestleMania 29	2013	Cena chose to challenge for the WWE Championship and successfully defended his title shot against CM Punk on the February 25 episode of Raw.

22	Batista	WrestleMania XXX	2014	After months of feuding, Triple H agreed to face Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania XXX, with the stipulation that whoever won would be inserted into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match between champion Randy Orton and Rumble winner Batista.

23	Roman Reigns	WrestleMania 31	2015	Reigns successfully defended his title shot against Daniel Bryan at Fastlane. Reigns went on to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31.

24	Randy Orton	WrestleMania 33	2017	As a member of the SmackDown brand, Orton earned a match for his own brand's WWE Championship. After his fellow Wyatt Family member Bray Wyatt won the championship at Elimination Chamber and retained it on the following SmackDown Live, Orton relinquished his championship opportunity.

25	Shinsuke Nakamura	WrestleMania 34	2018	Nakamura from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's WWE Championship, but lost to AJ Styles.

26	Seth Rollins	WrestleMania 35	2019	Rollins from Raw chose to challenge for his own brand's Universal Championship and defeated champion Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania 35.

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