Royal Rumble match

= Royal Rumble match =
The Royal Rumble match is a professional wrestling match based on the classic Battle Royal match in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. The match is typically the main event of WWE's January pay-per-view event known as the Royal Rumble. The winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated. Stone Cold Steve Austinholds the record for victories with three, achieved in 1997, 1998 and 2001, while Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, John Cena, Batista, Triple H, Randy Orton, Edge and Brock Lesnar have all won the match twice. The match has been won from the number one position on three occasions, by Michaels in 1995, Chris Benoit in 2004 and Edge in 2021.
== ConceptEdit ==
The Royal Rumble differs from the classical battle royal as the contestants do not enter the ring at the same time, but instead are assigned entry numbers, usually via a lottery, although desirable spots are occasionally assigned by other means, the most common being winning a match. The match begins with the two wrestlers who have drawn entry numbers one and two, with the remaining wrestlers entering the ring at regular timed intervals, either 90 seconds or two minutes, according to their entry number. This format is credited to Pat Patterson. To date, only five men who have been one of the starting two wrestlers have won the Royal Rumble: Shawn Michaels in 1995, Vince McMahon in 1999, Chris Benoit in 2004, Rey Mysterio in 2006 and Edge in 2021 (Michaels, Benoit, and Edge were entrant number one while McMahon and Mysterio were number two), while only four men who have been the final entrant won the Royal Rumble: The Undertaker in 2007, John Cena in 2008, Triple H in 2016 and Brock Lesnar in 2022. Among them, The Undertaker remains the only one to not win two Royal Rumble matches (Cena won again in 2013, Triple H had previously won in 2002 and Lesnar had won the Royal Rumble in 2003). The most common numbers to win are 27 and 30, and 16 eventual winners entered at number 25 or later.
2010 Royal Rumble match
The Royal Rumble match traditionally involves 30 wrestlers and usually lasts an hour (the 2011 edition had a 40-man field). The Greatest Royal Rumble (the only edition to have a 50-man field)was the longest, lasting one hour and 17 minutes of a five-hour pay-per-view event while the first televised Rumble match in 1988 involved only 20 menand lasted 33 minutes of the two-hour broadcast. The 1998 match nominally had the traditional 30-man field, but only 28 individual wrestlers competed as Mick Foley entered the Royal Rumble match three different times as three different gimmicks—first as Cactus Jack, then Mankind and finally Dude Love. The 2018 Royal Rumble PPV was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants.
Steve Austin holds the current record for most Royal Rumble match wins, with three
According to the rules, participants are eliminated from the match if moved over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. Hence, a wrestler who exits the ring without going over the top rope is not eliminated from the contest. For example, during the 1999 match, both McMahon and Stone Cold Steve Austinleft the ring only to return later in the match. Furthermore, a wrestler who only touches the floor with one foot is not eliminated from the match, a rule which greatly affected the 1995 match, allowing Michaels to re-enter the ring and win the match. Although he has not won a Royal Rumble match, Kofi Kingston has become synonymous with finding various ways to keep at least one of his feet from touching the floor. In the 1994 match, the last two participants (Bret Hart and Lex Luger) were declared co-winners when officials were unable to determine whose feet touched the floor first. Although this was the intended outcome, a similar situation occurred by a legitimate accident in 2005, when Batista and Cena eliminated each other and hit the ground at exactly the same time. This time, the match was restarted.Though various referees are charged with observing the match, some eliminations have gone unnoticed to allow the eliminated participants to sneak back into the ring to continue. Austin was able to re-enter the ring in this way and win the 1997 match.
Although eliminations are usually caused by active participants, eliminations caused by other means have been ruled legitimate, including self-eliminations (such as Andre the Giant after seeing a snake in 1989, Mil Mascaras diving out of the ring from the turnbuckle in 1997 and Kane in 1999, although Randy Savage's jump over the top rope in 1992 was not ruled as self-elimination), elimination by previously eliminated participants (such as The Undertaker eliminating Maven in 2002, Kurt Angle eliminating Michaels in 2005 or Sonya Deville eliminating Naomi in 2022) or non-participants (such as Shane McMahon eliminating Shawn Michaels in 2006 and The Mizeliminating John Cena in 2011). Furthermore, an injured wrestler can return to the ring as long as the match is still ongoing (such as Austin in 1999, Roman Reigns in 2016 and Randy Ortonin 2021), but not if the match has already ended (such as Spike Dudley in 2004 and Scotty 2 Hotty in 2005) and can also be replaced by another wrestler (such as Mick Foley replacing Test in 2004, Sami Zayn replacing Tye Dillingerin 2018 and Nia Jax replacing R-Truth in 2019).
== PrizeEdit ==
Since 1993, the winner of the Royal Rumble match is traditionally awarded a title match for WWE's top championship at WrestleMania—WWE currently promotes three major brands with a top championship for each and the winner can choose which championship to challenge for, regardless of the brand they belong to. For the men, that is the WWE Championship on Raw, the WWE Universal Championship on SmackDown. Similarly, the winner of the women's Royal Rumble match (first contested in 2018) is awarded a match at WrestleMania for their choice of one of WWE's top women's championships: the WWE Raw Women's Championship, or WWE SmackDown Women's Championship.
With the first brand extensionintroduced in mid-2002, the 30 male entrants from 2003-2006 consisted of 15 wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, respectively. At first, the winner of the match received a shot for their brand's top championship, either the World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship. Starting in 2004, the Royal Rumble winner had the option of challenging for either brand's top championship. For instance, Chris Benoit switched from SmackDown to Raw after winning the 2004 event to challenge for Raw's top championship at the time. From 2007-2010, participants from the ECW brand competed along with the Raw and SmackDown brands, with the ECW Championship added as an option, although no winner ever chose it.During ECW's participation, the entries for each brand were not evenly divided. The ECW Championship was deactivated in 2010, leaving the two remaining titles until they were unified in December 2013 as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This singular option lasted until the brand extensions' return in 2016, which introduced the Universal Championship, as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship reverted to being called the WWE Championship. Like the first brand extension, the winner of the 2017 event earned a match for their brand's top championship, the Universal Championship or WWE Championship, but beginning with the 2018 event, the winner has a choice. As a result of NXT becoming one of WWE's three main brands in September 2019, NXT's championships became eligible choices, beginning with the 2020 event. Since the return of the brand extension, the number of participants from each brand has not been evenly divided, as each match has featured wrestlers from NXT as well as surprise appearances from former, returning or debuting wrestlers.
WWE's top championship has been booked as on the line during the Royal Rumble match on two occasions. In 1992, the vacant World Heavyweight Championship was contested in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, which was won by Ric Flair, while in 2016, Roman Reigns was scheduled to defend his World Heavyweight Championship as a participant of that year's Royal Rumble match as entrant number one. This has thus far been the only time that a reigning champion had to defend his title in the match, which was ultimately won by Triple H, who eliminated Reigns before lastly eliminating Dean Ambroseto win; Reigns would earn a rematch against Triple H at WrestleMania 32 and won back the title. In 2020, although he did not defend his title in the match, WWE Champion Brock Lesnar entered the Royal Rumble match as entrant number one, feeling as if no one on any brand deserved to challenge him at either the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania. This was the first time in which a reigning world champion competed in the match in which the winner could challenge them; Lesnar's participation was used as a way to set up his WrestleMania challenger, which ended up being Drew McIntyre, who eliminated Lesnar, won the Rumble match and then challenged Lesnar for his title at WrestleMania 36. In 2022, although she did not defend her title in the match, SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair entered the Royal Rumble match as entrant number 17, feeling as if no one on any brand deserved to challenge her at either the Royal Rumble or WrestleMania. This was the first time in which a reigning women's champion competed in the match in which the champion could choose their opponent; Flair's participation was used as a way to set up her WrestleMania challenger, which ended up being Ronda Rousey, who eliminated Flair, won the Rumble match and then challenged Flair for her title at WrestleMania 38.
The Royal Rumble winner may also choose to put his championship opportunity on the line in a match. This was first done in 1996, when Shawn Michaels risked his WrestleMania XIIWWF World Heavyweight Championship opportunity in a match against Owen Hart at In Your House 6. The second time was in 2002, when Triple H lost his WrestleMania X8 Undisputed WWF Championship opportunity at No Way Out to Kurt Angle, but regained his spot in a rematch against Angle on the following Raw. The third time was in 2006, when Randy Orton defeated Rey Mysterio at No Way Out for Mysterio's WrestleMania 22 World Heavyweight Championship opportunity, though Mysterio was reinserted into the title match, making it a triple threat match. The fourth time was on the February 25, 2013 edition of Raw, where John Cena successfully defended his WrestleMania 29 WWE Championship opportunity in a match against CM Punk. The fifth time was in 2015 at Fastlane, where Reigns defended his WrestleMania 31 WWE World Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Daniel Bryan. In a reverse case in 2008, John Cena decided that instead of waiting until WrestleMania XXIV, he would use his world championship opportunity and challenge WWE Champion Orton at the preceding No Way Out event, though won the match but not the title when Orton intentionally got himself disqualified; however, after Triple H became Orton's WrestleMania opponent, Cena earned another opportunity and was inserted into that championship match, making it a triple threat match. In another case in 2017, Randy Orton relinquished his WrestleMania 33 WWE Championship opportunity after his stablemate Bray Wyatt won the title, but later turned on Wyatt and reverted his decision; he then defeated AJ Styles, who had become the new title challenger, to re-earn his title shot at WrestleMania.
During the Greatest Royal Rumble in April 2018, the winner Braun Strowmanreceived a trophy and the Greatest Royal Rumble Championship.
== Dates, venues, and winnersEdit ==
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Winner 	Winner	Winner 	Winner	Ref.
Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Men 	No. 	Women 	No. 	Ref.
Royal Rumble (1988) 	January 24, 1988	Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 	Copps Coliseum 	Jim Duggan 	13 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1989) 	January 15, 1989	Houston, Texas 	The Summit 	Big John Studd 	27 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1990) 	January 21, 1990	Orlando, Florida 	Orlando Arena 	Hulk Hogan 	25 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1991) 	January 19, 1991	Miami, Florida 	Miami Arena 	Hulk Hogan 	24 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1992) 	January 19, 1992	Albany, New York 	Knickerbocker Arena 	Ric Flair 	3 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1993) 	January 24, 1993	Sacramento, California 	ARCO Arena 	Yokozuna 	27 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1994) 	January 22, 1994	Providence, Rhode Island 	Providence Civic Center 	Lex Luger 	23 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1994) 	January 22, 1994	Providence, Rhode Island 	Providence Civic Center 	Bret Hart 	27 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1995) 	January 22, 1995	Tampa, Florida 	USF Sun Dome 	Shawn Michaels 	1 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1996) 	January 21, 1996	Fresno, California 	Selland Arena 	Shawn Michaels 	18 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1997) 	January 19, 1997	San Antonio, Texas 	Alamodome 	Stone Cold Steve Austin	5 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1998) 	January 18, 1998	San Jose, California 	San Jose Arena 	Stone Cold Steve Austin	24 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (1999) 	January 24, 1999	Anaheim, California 	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 	Mr. McMahon 	2 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2000) 	January 23, 2000	New York City, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	The Rock 	24 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2001) 	January 21, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana 	New Orleans Arena 	Stone Cold Steve Austin	27 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2002) 	January 20, 2002	Atlanta, Georgia 	Philips Arena 	Triple H 	22 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2003) 	January 19, 2003	Boston, Massachusetts 	FleetCenter 	Brock Lesnar 	29 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2004) 	January 25, 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center 	Chris Benoit 	1 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2005) 	January 30, 2005	Fresno, California 	Save Mart Center 	Batista 	28 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2006) 	January 29, 2006	Miami, Florida 	American Airlines Arena 	Rey Mysterio 	2 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2007) 	January 28, 2007	San Antonio, Texas 	AT&T Center 	The Undertaker 	30 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2008) 	January 27, 2008	New York City, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	John Cena 	30 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2009) 	January 25, 2009	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena 	Randy Orton 	8 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2010) 	January 31, 2010	Atlanta, Georgia 	Philips Arena 	Edge 	29 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2011) 	January 30, 2011	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Garden 	Alberto Del Rio 	38 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2012) 	January 29, 2012	St. Louis, Missouri 	Scottrade Center 	Sheamus 	22 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2013) 	January 27, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona 	US Airways Center 	John Cena 	19 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2014) 	January 26, 2014	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	Consol Energy Center 	Batista 	28 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2015) 	January 25, 2015	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center 	Roman Reigns 	19 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2016) 	January 24, 2016	Orlando, Florida 	Amway Center 	Triple H 	30 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2017) 	January 29, 2017	San Antonio, Texas 	Alamodome 	Randy Orton 	23 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2018) 	January 28, 2018	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center 	Shinsuke Nakamura 	14 	Asuka 	25 	
Greatest Royal Rumble	April 27, 2018 	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 	King Abdullah International Stadium	Braun Strowman 	41 	— 	— 	
Royal Rumble (2019) 	January 27, 2019	Phoenix, Arizona 	Chase Field 	Seth Rollins 	10 	Becky Lynch 	28 	
Royal Rumble (2020) 	January 26, 2020	Houston, Texas 	Minute Maid Park 	Drew McIntyre 	16 	Charlotte Flair	17 	
Royal Rumble (2021) 	January 31, 2021	St. Petersburg, Florida 	WWE ThunderDome 	Edge 	1 	Bianca Belair 	3 	
Royal Rumble (2022) 	January 29, 2022	St. Louis, Missouri 	The Dome at America's Center 	Brock Lesnar 	30 	Ronda Rousey 	28 	
=== Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunityEdit ===
Championship 	Wins	Losses	Total	Success rate
WWE Championship 	10 	8 	18 	.556
World Heavyweight Championship	5 	2 	7 	.714
WWE Universal Championship 	1 	2 	3 	.333
Total 	16 	12 	28 	.607
:  – WrestleMania victory
:  – WrestleMania loss
:  – Did not receive title match
 	Winner 	Event 	Year	Championship match
1 	Yokozuna 	WrestleMania IX 	1993	Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart to win the WWF Championship.
2 	Lex Luger 	WrestleMania X 	1994	Luger lost to WWF Champion Yokozuna.
2 	Bret Hart 	WrestleMania X 	1994	Hart defeated Yokozuna to win the WWF Championship.
3 	Shawn Michaels 	WrestleMania XI 	1995	Michaels lost to WWF 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 a 60-minute Iron Man match to win the WWF Championship.
5 	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania 13 	1997	Due to Austin re-entering the Rumble match when the referees did not see when he was thrown out of the ring, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon ruled that he would not be receiving his WWF Championship match at WrestleMania 13. A match in February was scheduled to determine who would challenge the champion at WrestleMania, but after Shawn Michaels forfeited the title, plans were changed.
Bret Hart won a match to become the new champion, but lost the title to Sycho Sid on an episode of Raw Is War. The Undertaker then became the number one contender and went on to defeat Sid to win the title.
6 	Stone Cold Steve Austin	WrestleMania XIV 	1998	Austin defeated Shawn Michaels to win the WWF 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. WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels awarded the title opportunity to the runner-up, Stone Cold Steve Austin, who defeated Mr. McMahon in a Steel Cage matchto retain his opportunity. Austin went on to defeat The Rock in a No Disqualification match to win the title.
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, making it a fatal four-way elimination matchfor the WWF Championship. Rock, along with Foley and Show, lost to Triple H for the title.
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 Undisputed WWF Championshiptitle shot to Kurt Angle at No Way Out. The following night on Raw, Triple H was given a rematch by WWF co-owner Ric Flairand defeated Angle to win his title shot back. Triple H went on to defeat Chris Jericho to win the title.
11	Brock Lesnar 	WrestleMania XIX 	2003	Lesnar from SmackDown!chose to challenge for his own brand's WWE Championshipand defeated Kurt Angle to win the title; had Angle gotten counted out or disqualified, he would have lost the title per the stipulation.
12	Chris Benoit 	WrestleMania XX 	2004	Benoit from SmackDown! chose to challenge for Raw's World Heavyweight Championship. Shawn Michaels, who was feuding with champion Triple H, later added himself to the match, making it a triple threat match. Benoit went on to defeat Triple H and Michaels to win the title.
13	Batista 	WrestleMania 21 	2005	Batista from Raw chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship and defeated Triple H to win the title.
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. On the following episode of SmackDown!, General Manager Theodore Longre-added Mysterio to the World Heavyweight Championship match, making it a triple threat match. Mysterio went on to defeat champion Kurt Angle and Orton to win the title.
15	The Undertaker 	WrestleMania 23 	2007	Undertaker from SmackDown! chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship and defeated Batista to win the title.
16	John Cena 	WrestleMania XXIV 	2008	Cena from Raw chose to challenge for his own brand's WWE Championship, but used his title shot early at No Way Out. Cena defeated champion Randy Orton by disqualification, thus Orton retained as titles do not change hands by disqualification unless stipulated. Triple H then became Orton's opponent at WrestleMania by winning an Elimination Chamber match, while Cena earned another opportunity and was added to the match, making it a triple threat match. Cena, along with Triple H, lost to Orton for the title.
17	Randy Orton 	WrestleMania XXV 	2009	Orton from Raw chose to challenge for SmackDown's WWE Championship, but lost to Triple H; had Triple H gotten counted out or disqualified, he would have lost the title per the stipulation.
18	Edge 	WrestleMania XXVI 	2010	Edge from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's World Heavyweight Championship, but lost to Chris Jericho.
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.
20	Sheamus 	WrestleMania XXVIII 	2012	Sheamus chose to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship and defeated Daniel Bryan to win the title.
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. Cena went on to defeat The Rock to win the title.
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 Championshipmatch between champion Randy Orton and Batista to make it a triple threat match. Batista, along with Orton, lost to Bryan for the title, who had defeated Triple H to earn the spot in the match.
23	Roman Reigns 	WrestleMania 31 	2015	Reigns successfully defended his title shot against Daniel Bryan at Fastlane. During Reigns' title match against champion Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contractand converted the singles matchbetween Reigns and Lesnar into a triple threat match. Reigns, along with Lesnar, lost to Rollins for the title.
24	Randy Orton 	WrestleMania 33 	2017	Orton from SmackDown chose to challenge for his own brand's WWE Championship. After his fellow Wyatt Familymember Bray Wyatt won the championship at Elimination Chamber and retained it on the following SmackDown, Orton relinquished his championship opportunity. On the next episode of SmackDown, however, Orton reverted his decision and turned on Wyatt. The following week, Orton defeated new number one contender AJ Styles to re-earn his title shot and went on to defeat Wyatt to win the title.
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 Championshipand defeated Brock Lesnar to win the title.
27	Drew McIntyre 	WrestleMania 36 	2020	McIntyre from Raw chose to challenge for his own brand's WWE Championship and defeated Brock Lesnar to win the title.
28	Edge 	WrestleMania 37 	2021	Edge from Raw chose to challenge for SmackDown's Universal Championship. After a controversial finish in the main event of Fastlane, which saw champion Roman Reigns retain the title against Daniel Bryan in a match where Edge served as the special guest enforcer, a decision was made to add Bryan to the match, making it a triple threat match. Edge, along with Bryan, lost to Reigns for the title.
29	Brock Lesnar 	WrestleMania 38 	2022	Lesnar, a free agent, chose to challenge for SmackDown's Universal Championship. Lesnar would go on to win the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber in an Elimination Chamber match, a title which he had previously lost against Bobby Lashley at the Royal Rumble. This turned Lesnar's title match against champion Roman Reigns into a Winner Takes All matchfor both the WWE and Universal Championships. Lesnar lost to Reigns for both titles.
* 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. Triple H won the Royal Rumble match, and Reigns regained the championship in a rematch at WrestleMania 32.
* From 2003 to 2011, two world titles were featured and wrestlers were assigned to brands. They had the option of challenging for either their own or the opposing brand's title. In 2012 and 2013, the brand-split had ended but wrestlers still had the option of choosing which title to challenge for. In 2014 and 2015, only one title was featured, meaning wrestlers were limited back to one option. From 2017 to the present day, the brand-split was reintroduced and two world titles were featured again, giving wrestlers the option to challenge for their own or the opposing brand's title.
# ^ The WWE Championship has had various names due to company name changes and title unifications. Since the 1993 Royal Rumble, these include the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, the WWF Championship, the Undisputed WWF Championship, and the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
=== Male Royal Rumble winner victoriesEdit ===
Wrestler 	Year
Yokozuna 	1993
Bret Hart 	1994
Shawn Michaels 	1996
Stone Cold Steve Austin	1998, 2001
Triple H 	2002
Brock Lesnar 	2003
Chris Benoit 	2004
Batista 	2005
Rey Mysterio 	2006
The Undertaker 	2007
Sheamus 	2012
John Cena 	2013
Randy Orton 	2017
Seth Rollins 	2019
Drew McIntyre 	2020
=== Male Royal Rumble winner lossesEdit ===
Wrestler 	Year
Lex Luger 	1994
Shawn Michaels 	1995
The Rock 	2000
John Cena 	2008
Randy Orton 	2009
Edge 	2010, 2021
Alberto Del Rio 	2011
Batista 	2014
Roman Reigns 	2015
Shinsuke Nakamura	2018
Brock Lesnar 	2022
=== Female Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunityEdit ===
Championship 	Wins	Losses	Total	Success rate
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship	1 	2 	3 	0.333
WWE Raw Women's Championship 	1 	0 	1 	1.000
NXT Women's Championship 	1 	0 	1 	1.000
Total 	3 	2 	5 	0.600
:  – WrestleMania victory
:  – WrestleMania loss
 	Winner 	Event 	Year	Championship match
1	Asuka 	WrestleMania 34	2018	Asuka from Rawchose to challenge for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but lost to Charlotte Flair.
2	Becky Lynch 	WrestleMania 35	2019	Lynch from SmackDownchose to challenge for the Raw Women's Championship. Lynch was removed from the match and suspended after continuously attacking the McMahon Family and was replaced by Rumble runner-up, Charlotte Flair. At Fastlane, Lynch defeated Flair thanks to interference from champion Ronda Rousey and as per the stipulation of that match, she was reinserted into the title match at WrestleMania, making it a triple threat match. Flair won the SmackDown Women's Championship on the March 26 episode of SmackDown,leading Stephanie McMahon to announce that both titles would be on the line in a Winner Takes All match. Lynch defeated Rousey and Flair to win both titles.
3	Charlotte Flair	WrestleMania 36	2020	Flair from Raw chose to challenge for the NXT Women's Championshipand defeated Rhea Ripley to win the title.
4	Bianca Belair 	WrestleMania 37	2021	Belair from SmackDown chose to challenge for her own brand's SmackDown Women's Championship and defeated Sasha Banks to win the title.
5	Ronda Rousey 	WrestleMania 38	2022	Rousey, a free agent, chose to challenge for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but lost to Charlotte Flair.
=== Female Royal Rumble winner victoriesEdit ===
Wrestler 	Year
Becky Lynch 	2019
Charlotte Flair	2020
Bianca Belair 	2021
=== Female Royal Rumble winner lossesEdit ===
Wrestler 	Year
Asuka 	2018
Ronda Rousey	2022
== Royal Rumble recordsEdit ==
=== Men's Royal RumbleEdit ===
==== Most victoriesEdit ====
Wrestler 	Royal Rumble wins	Year
Stone Cold Steve Austin	3 	1997, 1998, 2001
Hulk Hogan 	2 	1990, 1991
Shawn Michaels 	2 	1995, 1996
Triple H 	2 	2002, 2016
Brock Lesnar 	2 	2003, 2022
Batista 	2 	2005, 2014
John Cena 	2 	2008, 2013
Randy Orton 	2 	2009, 2017
Edge 	2 	2010, 2021
==== Total eliminationsEdit ====
Wrestler 	No. of eliminations	Royal Rumbles entered	Average
Kane/Diesel/Isaac Yankem, DDS 	46 	20 	2.3
The Undertaker 	40 	11 	3.64
Shawn Michaels 	39 	12 	3.25
The Ringmaster/Stone Cold Steve Austin	36 	6 	6
Braun Strowman 	33 	6 	5.5
Triple H 	32 	9 	3.55
Big Show 	32 	12 	2.67
Roman Reigns 	32 	6 	5.33
Brock Lesnar 	29 	5 	5.8
Randy Orton 	29 	14 	2.14
==== Most eliminations in a single Royal RumbleEdit ====
Wrestler 	No. of eliminations	Year
Brock Lesnar 	13 	2020
Braun Strowman 	13 	2018 (GRR)
Roman Reigns 	12 	2014
Kane 	11 	2001
Hulk Hogan 	10 	1989
Stone Cold Steve Austin	10 	1997
Shawn Michaels 	8 	1995, 1996
Stone Cold Steve Austin	8 	1999
Bold indicates the winner of that year's match.
==== Most times runner-upEdit ====
Wrestler 	Times	Year
Roman Reigns 	4 	2014, 2017, 2018, 2020
Shawn Michaels	2 	1994, 2007
Big Show 	2 	2000, 2004
John Cena 	2 	2005, 2010
Randy Orton 	2 	2006, 2021
Triple H 	2 	2008, 2009
==== Most Rumble AppearancesEdit ====
Wrestler 	Royal Rumbles entered	First	Last
Kane/Diesel/Isaac Yankem, DDS	20 	1996 	2021
Dolph Ziggler 	15 	2009 	2022
Kofi Kingston 	14 	2009 	2022
Randy Orton 	14 	2004 	2022
Goldust 	13 	1997 	GRR 2018
Rey Mysterio 	13 	2003 	2022
The Miz 	13 	2007 	2021
Shawn Michaels 	12 	1989 	2010
Big Show 	12 	2000 	2017
The Undertaker 	11 	1991 	2017
Chris Jericho 	11 	2000 	GRR 2018
Shelton Benjamin 	11 	2003 	2020
==== Longest cumulative timeEdit ====
Wrestler 	Time
Chris Jericho 	4:59:33
Randy Orton 	4:34:08
Rey Mysterio 	4:14:45
Triple H 	4:00:50
Shawn Michaels 	3:47:32
Edge 	3:31:51
Kane/Diesel/Isaac Yankem, DDS	3:19:40
Dolph Ziggler 	3:08:40
Cody Rhodes/Stardust 	3:06:45
==== Shortest time spent in a single Royal RumbleEdit ====
Wrestler 	Time 	Year
Santino Marella 	0:00:01.9	2009
The Warlord 	0:00:02 	1989
Sheamus 	0:00:02 	2018
No Way Jose 	0:00:02 	2019
Mo 	0:00:03 	1995
Owen Hart 	0:00:03 	1995
Mike Kanellis 	0:00:03 	2018 (GRR)
Xavier Woods 	0:00:03 	2019
Bushwhacker Luke	0:00:04 	1991
Jerry Lawler 	0:00:04 	1997
Titus O'Neil 	0:00:04 	2015
==== Female entrants in male Royal Rumble matchesEdit ====
Wrestler 	Royal Rumbles entered
Chyna 	2 (1999, 2000)
Beth Phoenix	1 (2010)
Kharma 	1 (2012)
Nia Jax 	1 (2019)
# ^ Since the inception of the Women's Royal Rumble in 2018, Jax is the only wrestler to ever take part in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches on the same card, and one of two, along with Beth Phoenix, to score eliminations in both.
=== Women’s Royal RumbleEdit ===
==== Total eliminationsEdit ====
Wrestler 	No. of eliminations	Royal Rumbles entered	Average
Charlotte Flair	15 	4 	3.75
Shayna Baszler 	14 	3 	4.67
Bianca Belair 	13 	3 	4.33
Rhea Ripley 	13 	3 	4.33
Nia Jax 	12 	3 	4
Natalya 	8 	5 	1.6
Ruby Riott 	6 	3 	2
Michelle McCool	6 	2 	3
Nikki Bella 	6 	2 	3
Alexa Bliss 	5 	3 	1.67
Bayley 	5 	3 	1.67
Brie Bella 	5 	2 	2.5
Sasha Banks 	5 	2 	2.5
==== Most eliminations in a single Royal RumbleEdit ====
Wrestler 	No. of eliminations	Year
Shayna Baszler 	8 	2020
Bianca Belair 	8 	2020
Rhea Ripley 	7 	2021
Shayna Baszler 	6 	2021
Michelle McCool	5 	2018
Charlotte Flair	5 	2019, 2022
Charlotte Flair	4 	2020
Alexa Bliss 	4 	2020
Bianca Belair 	4 	2021
Nia Jax 	4 	2018, 2021
Ronda Rousey 	4 	2022
Bold indicates the winner of that year's match.
==== Most times runner-upEdit ====
Wrestler 	Times	Year
Charlotte Flair	2 	2019, 2022
==== Most Rumble AppearancesEdit ====
Wrestler 	Royal Rumbles entered	First	Last
Carmella 	5 	2018 	2022
Dana Brooke 	5 	2018 	2022
Liv Morgan 	5 	2018 	2022
Naomi 	5 	2018 	2022
Natalya 	5 	2018 	2022
Tamina 	5 	2018 	2022
Sarah Logan 	4 	2018 	2022
Sonya Deville 	4 	2018 	2022
Mickie James 	4 	2018 	2022
Mandy Rose 	4 	2018 	2021
Charlotte Flair	4 	2019 	2022
==== Longest cumulative timeEdit ====
Wrestler 	Time
Charlotte Flair	2:22:30
Bianca Belair 	2:17:12
Natalya 	2:14:35
Naomi 	1:25:15
Rhea Ripley 	1:08:00
Sasha Banks 	1:04:30
Ember Moon 	1:00:26
Shayna Baszler 	51:44
Liv Morgan 	50:01
Lacey Evans 	48:40
==== Shortest time spent in a single Royal RumbleEdit ====
No	Wrestler 	Time 	Year
1 	Liv Morgan 	00:08	2019
2 	Chelsea Green	00:12	2020
3 	Mighty Molly 	00:20	2022
4 	Ivory 	00:25	2022
5 	Sarah Logan 	00:28	2020
6 	Tamina 	00:39	2020
7 	Sarah Logan 	00:43	2022
8 	Liv Morgan 	00:44	2020
9 	Carmella 	00:45	2021
10	Carmella 	00:50	2022
== Other Royal Rumble matchesEdit ==
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners
 	Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Winner 	Ref.	Note
1 	House show 	October 4, 1987 	St. Louis, MO 	St. Louis Arena 	One Man Gang 	 	12-man Royal Rumble
2 	House show 	March 14, 1988 	East Rutherford, NJ 	Brendan Byrne Arena 	Jake Roberts 	 	22-man Royal Rumble
3 	House show 	March 16, 1988 	Hartford, CT 	Hartford Civic Center	Rick Rude 	 	22-man Royal Rumble
4 	House show 	January 17, 1994 	New York City 	Madison Square Garden	Owen Hart 	 	30-man Royal Rumble
5 	House show 	May 9, 1994 	Osaka, Japan 	Castle Hall 	The Undertaker 	 	18-man Royal Rumble
6 	Raw 	June 15, 1998 	San Antonio, Texas 	Freeman Coliseum 	Kane and Mankind	 	10-tag team Royal Rumble
7 	Raw 	January 11, 1999 	Houston 	Compaq Center 	Chyna 	 	10-person Corporationvs. DXcorporate Royal Rumble for the number 30 spot in the 1999 Royal Rumble
8 	SmackDown 	September 16, 1999	Las Vegas 	Thomas & Mack Centre 	The Undertaker 	 	5-man Royal Rumble to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship later that night
9 	SmackDown 	January 8, 2004 	Huntsville, Alabama 	Von Braun Centre 	Chris Benoit 	 	4-man Royal Rumble
10	SmackDown 	January 29, 2004 	Washington, D.C. 	MCI Center 	Eddie Guerrero 	 	15-man SmackDown!Royal Rumble to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championshipat No Way Out
11	Raw 	January 22, 2007 	Lafayette, Louisiana 	Cajundome 	The Great Khali 	 	7-man Royal Rumble
12	Raw 	January 14, 2008 	Mobile, Alabama 	Mobile Civic Center 	Hornswoggle 	 	Mini Royal Rumble; 6-man, all participants were midget wrestlers, with the exception of The Great Khali.
13	SmackDown 	January 28, 2011 	Cincinnati, Ohio 	U.S. Bank Arena 	Kofi Kingston 	 	4-Man Royal Rumble
14	Raw 	January 31, 2011 	Providence, Rhode Island 	Dunkin' Donuts Center	Jerry Lawler 	 	7-man RawRumble to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber
15	Royal Rumble	January 28, 2018 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center 	Ric Flair 	 	KFC Colonel Rumble (9-man)
 	 	 	 	 	Ric Flair 	 	KFC Colonel Rumble (9-man)
# ^ AJ Styles won the SmackDown dark match; the end of the match was subsequently re-recorded for the advert prior to the Royal Rumble event.
== References ==
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