WWE Royal Rumble: List of all winners

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The first-ever Rumble match was held on January 24, 1988
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling match with battle royal rules, where it is traditionally held between 30 Men/Women Superstars, who enter one-by-one after equal time intervals.
The superstars thrown over the top rope to the ground will be eliminated and the last to stand in the ring will be determined as the winner. The winner will be awarded with a guaranteed championship match at WrestleMania of the champion he chooses.
This has been taking place annually since 1988 for the men’s division and was introduced for the women’s division only in 2018. Here is the complete winner’s list of both WWE Men’s & Women’s Royal Rumble Match.
Men’s Royal Rumble Winners list
| Year | Winner | Entrance No. | Last Eliminated |
| 1988 | Hacksaw Jim Duggan | 13 | One Man Gang |
| 1989 | Big John Studd | 27 | Ted DiBiase |
| 1990 | Hulk Hogan | 25 | Mr. Perfect |
| 1991 | Hulk Hogan | 24 | Earthquake |
| 1992 | Ric Flair | 3 | Sid Justice |
| 1993 | Yokozuna | 27 | Randy Savage |
| 1994 | Lex Luger | 23 | Co-Winners |
| Bret Hart | 27 | ||
| 1995 | Shawn Michaels | 1 | Bulldog |
| 1996 | Shawn Michaels | 18 | Diesel |
| 1997 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 5 | Bret Hart |
| 1998 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 24 | The Rock |
| 1999 | Mr. McMahon | 2 | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| 2000 | The Rock | 24 | Big Show |
| 2001 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 27 | Kane |
| 2002 | Triple H | 22 | Kurt Angle |
| 2003 | Brock Lesnar | 29 | The Undertaker |
| 2004 | Chris Benoit | 1 | Big Show |
| 2005 | Batista | 28 | John Cena |
| 2006 | Rey Mysterio | 2 | Randy Orton |
| 2007 | The Undertaker | 30 | Shawn Michaels |
| 2008 | John Cena | 30 | Triple H |
| 2009 | Randy Orton | 8 | Triple H |
| 2010 | Edge | 29 | John Cena |
| 2011 | Alberto Del Rio | 38 | Santino Marella |
| 2012 | Sheamus | 22 | Chris Jericho |
| 2013 | John Cena | 19 | Ryback |
| 2014 | Batista | 28 | Roman Reigns |
| 2015 | Roman Reigns | 19 | Rusev |
| 2016 | Triple H | 30 | Dean Ambrose |
| 2017 | Randy Orton | 23 | Roman Reigns |
| 2018 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 14 | Roman Reigns |
| 2019 | Seth Rollins | 10 | Braun Strowman |
| 2020 | Drew McIntyre | 16 | Roman Reigns |
| 2021 | Edge | 1 | Randy Orton |
| 2022 | Brock Lesnar | 30 | Drew McIntyre |
| 2023 | Cody Rhodes | 30 | Gunther |
| 2024 | Cody Rhodes | 15 | CM Punk |
| 2025 | Jey Uso | 20 | John Cena |
Also Read: WWE superstars to win back-to-back Royal Rumble matches
Women’s Royal Rumble Winners List
| Year | Winner | Entrance No. | Last Eliminated |
| 2018 | Asuka | 25 | Nikki Bella |
| 2019 | Becky Lynch | 28 | Charlotte Flair |
| 2020 | Charlotte Flair | 17 | Shayna Baszler |
| 2021 | Bianca Belair | 3 | Rhea Ripley |
| 2022 | Ronda Rousey | 28 | Charlotte Flair |
| 2023 | Rhea Ripley | 1 | Liv Morgan |
| 2024 | Bayley | 3 | Liv Morgan |
| 2025 | Charlotte Flair | 27 | Roxanne Perez |
Facts about WWE Royal Rumble Winners
- Only Stone Cold Steve Austin has won the Royal Rumble Match thrice.
- Stone Cold Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan and Cody Rhodes had won the Royal Rumble two times consecutively.
- WWE Superstars who had entered the Rumble at Number 30 had won the most number of Rumble matches (5).
- Rey Mysterio spent the most time in the ring (1:02:15) to be the Royal Rumble winner
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