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Royal Rumble

April 14, 2024

This article is about the event series. For games based on this event, see WWF Royal Rumble (1993 video game) and WWF Royal Rumble (2000 video game). For the namesake match, see Royal Rumble match.

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced annually in late January since 1988 by WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. After the inaugural 1988 event aired as a television special on the USA Network, the Royal Rumble has been broadcast via pay-per-view since the 1989 event and livestreaming since the 2015 event. It is one of WWE's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".

Royal Rumble
WWE Royal Rumble logo
Created byPat Patterson
PromotionWWE
BrandsRaw (2003–2011, 2017–present)
SmackDown (2003–2011, 2017–present)
ECW (2007–2010)
205 Live (2019)
First event1988
Signature matchRoyal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble match is generally held as the main event match of the annual event. There are some exceptions, such as the 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, and 2023 events. In 1988, the main event was a tag team match, while for all the others, it was a men's world championship match. While originally only for men, a women's version of the Royal Rumble match was held as the main event at the 2018 event, which was also the first event to have two Rumble matches on one card. It subsequently became standard to have both a men's and women's Royal Rumble match at the annual event.

History

Event

The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987,[1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network.[2] The following year, the event started to be broadcast on pay-per-view (PPV),[3] and thus became one of the "Big Four" annual PPVs, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and SummerSlam, the promotion's four biggest shows of the year.[4][5] From 1993 to 2002, it was considered one of the "Big Five", including King of the Ring, but that PPV event was discontinued after 2002.[6] In August 2021, Money in the Bank became recognized as one of the "Big Five".[7][8]

In May 2002, the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) following a lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.[9] In April 2011, the promotion ceased using its full name with the "WWE" abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism.[10] Also in March 2002, the promotion introduced the brand extension, in which the roster was divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform on their respective weekly television shows[11]—ECW became a third brand in 2006.[12] The first brand extension was dissolved in August 2011,[13] but it was reintroduced in July 2016 (other brands, including NXT, NXT UK, and 205 Live, would also be active during this second brand split).[14] The Royal Rumble, along with the other original "Big Four" events, were the only PPVs to never be held exclusively for one brand during either brand split periods. The 2008 Royal Rumble was the first WWE pay-per-view to be available in high-definition.[15] In 2015, the Royal Rumble began to air on WWE's online streaming service, the WWE Network, which launched in February 2014,[16] and in 2022, the event became available on Peacock as the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March 2021.[17]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in March 2020, WWE had to hold its events behind closed doors. The 2021 event was in turn held in WWE's bio-secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome, which at the time was hosted at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.[18][19] WWE resumed live touring in July 2021 and the 2022 event was held at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.[20]

Due to the Rumble matches taking up a large amount of time (most Rumble matches last roughly one hour), the Rumble event tends to have a smaller card than most other pay-per-view events, which routinely have six to eight matches per card though with the Royal Rumble expanding to a five-hour show as well as a two-hour kickoff pre-show starting in 2018, the card then mainly featured anywhere from nine to twelve matches with two or three of those matches taking place on the kickoff show. In 2022, however, WWE phased out the pre-shows with the Rumble returning to around six matches on the card and a runtime of around three to four hours. The men's Royal Rumble match is usually located at the top of the card, though there have been exceptions, such as the 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, 2018, and 2023 events.[21] In these cases, 1988's main event was a tag team match, while the others were men's world championship matches, except in 2018. The 2018 Royal Rumble was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, which was the main event for that year. It was subsequently the first in which two Rumble matches were contested on one card and it is now standard for the event to include both a men's and women's Rumble match.[22]

Match

Main article: Royal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble match is based on the classic battle royal, 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 difference between a Royal Rumble and a standard battle royal is that in a standard battle royal, all participants start the match in the ring at the same time, where in a Royal Rumble match, two participants start and then the rest enter at timed intervals.[23][24] The winner of the match is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated. Since the 1993 event, the prize for winning is a world championship match at WrestleMania, with the exception of the 2016 event, where the prize was the WWE Championship (at the time known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship) as reigning champion Roman Reigns defended the title in the match.[23][25] According to Hornswoggle, who worked for WWE from 2006 until 2016 and participated in two Rumbles, participants may learn their eliminations by knowing the two wrestlers who are eliminated before them and which wrestlers are entering the Royal Rumble before and after their elimination.[26]

Events and winners

# Event Date City Venue Final match Rumble winner(s) Entry No. Ref.
1 Royal Rumble (1988) January 24, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Copps Coliseum The Islanders (Haku and Tama) vs. The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) in a two out of three falls match Jim Duggan 13 [27][28]
2 Royal Rumble (1989) January 15, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit 30-man Royal Rumble match Big John Studd 27 [29][30]
3 Royal Rumble (1990) January 21, 1990 Orlando, Florida Orlando Arena Hulk Hogan 25 [31][32]
4 Royal Rumble (1991) January 19, 1991 Miami, Florida Miami Arena 24 [33][34]
5 Royal Rumble (1992) January 19, 1992 Albany, New York Knickerbocker Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship Ric Flair 3 [35][36]
6 Royal Rumble (1993) January 24, 1993 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania IX Yokozuna 27 [37][38]
7 Royal Rumble (1994) January 22, 1994 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania X Lex Luger 23 [39][40]
Bret Hart 27
8 Royal Rumble (1995) January 22, 1995 Tampa, Florida USF Sun Dome 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XI Shawn Michaels 1 [41][42]
9 Royal Rumble (1996) January 21, 1996 Fresno, California Selland Arena Bret Hart (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 18 [43][44]
10 Royal Rumble (1997) January 19, 1997 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship Stone Cold Steve Austin 5 [45][46]
11 Royal Rumble (1998) January 18, 1998 San Jose, California San Jose Arena Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Casket match for the WWF Championship 24 [47][48][49]
12 Royal Rumble (1999) January 24, 1999 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV Mr. McMahon 2 [50][51][52]
13 Royal Rumble (2000) January 23, 2000 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania 2000 The Rock 24 [53][54][55]
14 Royal Rumble (2001) January 21, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X-Seven Stone Cold Steve Austin 27 [56][57][58]
15 Royal Rumble (2002) January 20, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8 Triple H 22 [59][60][61]
16 Royal Rumble (2003) January 19, 2003 Boston, Massachusetts FleetCenter 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XIX Brock Lesnar 29 [62][63]
17 Royal Rumble (2004) January 25, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XX Chris Benoit 1 [64][65][66]
18 Royal Rumble (2005) January 30, 2005 Fresno, California Save Mart Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 21 Batista 28 [67][68][69]
19 Royal Rumble (2006) January 29, 2006 Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio 2 [70][71][72]
20 Royal Rumble (2007) January 28, 2007 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 23 The Undertaker 30 [73][74][75]
21 Royal Rumble (2008) January 27, 2008 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXIV John Cena 30 [76][77][78]
22 Royal Rumble (2009) January 25, 2009 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXV Randy Orton 8 [79][80]
23 Royal Rumble (2010) January 31, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVI Edge 29 [81][82]
24 Royal Rumble (2011) January 30, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden 40-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVII Alberto Del Rio 38 [83]
25 Royal Rumble (2012) January 29, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII Sheamus 22 [84]
26 Royal Rumble (2013) January 27, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock for the WWE Championship John Cena 19 [85][86]
27 Royal Rumble (2014) January 26, 2014 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Consol Energy Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX Batista 28 [87][88]
28 Royal Rumble (2015) January 25, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31 Roman Reigns 19 [89]
29 Royal Rumble (2016) January 24, 2016 Orlando, Florida Amway Center Roman Reigns (c) vs. 29 other wrestlers in a 30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple H 30 [90][91]
30 Royal Rumble (2017) January 29, 2017 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 33 Randy Orton 23 [92]
31 Royal Rumble (2018) January 28, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34 Shinsuke Nakamura 14 [93][94][22][95]
Asuka 25
32 Royal Rumble (2019) January 27, 2019 Phoenix, Arizona Chase Field 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 35 Becky Lynch 28 [96]
Seth Rollins 10
33 Royal Rumble (2020) January 26, 2020 Houston, Texas Minute Maid Park 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 36 Charlotte Flair 17 [97]
Drew McIntyre 16
34 Royal Rumble (2021) January 31, 2021 St. Petersburg, Florida WWE ThunderDome at Tropicana Field 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 37 Bianca Belair 3 [98]
Edge 1
35 Royal Rumble (2022) January 29, 2022 St. Louis, Missouri The Dome at America's Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 38 Ronda Rousey 28 [20]
Brock Lesnar 30
36 Royal Rumble (2023) January 28, 2023 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Roman Reigns (c) vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Cody Rhodes 30 [99]
Rhea Ripley 1
37 Royal Rumble (2024) January 27, 2024 St. Petersburg, Florida Tropicana Field 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XL Bayley 3 [100][101]
Cody Rhodes 15
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Video box set

In March 2007, WWE released a complete DVD box set titled Royal Rumble: The Complete Anthology, which showcases every Royal Rumble event in its entirety, up to the 2007 Royal Rumble.[102]

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Further reading

  • Harley Race and Gerry Tritz (2004). King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story. Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-58261-818-6.
  • Davies, Ross (2002). Kevin Nash. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8239-3492-6.
  • Meltzer, Dave (2004). Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-817-8.
  • Brian Fritz and Christopher Murray (2006). Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-726-2.
  • Steve Austin and Jim Ross (2003). The Stone Cold Truth. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-7720-0.
  • Scott Keith (2004). Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2619-X.

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This article is about the event series For games based on this event see WWF Royal Rumble 1993 video game and WWF Royal Rumble 2000 video game For the namesake match see Royal Rumble match The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event produced annually in late January since 1988 by WWE the world s largest professional wrestling promotion It is named after the Royal Rumble match a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time After the inaugural 1988 event aired as a television special on the USA Network the Royal Rumble has been broadcast via pay per view since the 1989 event and livestreaming since the 2015 event It is one of WWE s five biggest events of the year along with WrestleMania SummerSlam Survivor Series and Money in the Bank referred to as the Big Five Royal RumbleWWE Royal Rumble logoCreated byPat PattersonPromotionWWEBrandsRaw 2003 2011 2017 present SmackDown 2003 2011 2017 present ECW 2007 2010 205 Live 2019 First event1988Signature matchRoyal Rumble matchThe Royal Rumble match is generally held as the main event match of the annual event There are some exceptions such as the 1988 1996 1997 1998 2006 2013 and 2023 events In 1988 the main event was a tag team match while for all the others it was a men s world championship match While originally only for men a women s version of the Royal Rumble match was held as the main event at the 2018 event which was also the first event to have two Rumble matches on one card It subsequently became standard to have both a men s and women s Royal Rumble match at the annual event Contents 1 History 1 1 Event 1 2 Match 2 Events and winners 3 Video box set 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistoryEvent The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation WWF now WWE After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987 1 the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24 1988 and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network 2 The following year the event started to be broadcast on pay per view PPV 3 and thus became one of the Big Four annual PPVs along with WrestleMania Survivor Series and SummerSlam the promotion s four biggest shows of the year 4 5 From 1993 to 2002 it was considered one of the Big Five including King of the Ring but that PPV event was discontinued after 2002 6 In August 2021 Money in the Bank became recognized as one of the Big Five 7 8 In May 2002 the WWF was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment WWE following a lawsuit with the World Wildlife Fund over the WWF initialism 9 In April 2011 the promotion ceased using its full name with the WWE abbreviation becoming an orphaned initialism 10 Also in March 2002 the promotion introduced the brand extension in which the roster was divided between the Raw and SmackDown brands where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform on their respective weekly television shows 11 ECW became a third brand in 2006 12 The first brand extension was dissolved in August 2011 13 but it was reintroduced in July 2016 other brands including NXT NXT UK and 205 Live would also be active during this second brand split 14 The Royal Rumble along with the other original Big Four events were the only PPVs to never be held exclusively for one brand during either brand split periods The 2008 Royal Rumble was the first WWE pay per view to be available in high definition 15 In 2015 the Royal Rumble began to air on WWE s online streaming service the WWE Network which launched in February 2014 16 and in 2022 the event became available on Peacock as the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March 2021 17 As a result of the COVID 19 pandemic that began affecting the industry in March 2020 WWE had to hold its events behind closed doors The 2021 event was in turn held in WWE s bio secure bubble called the WWE ThunderDome which at the time was hosted at Tropicana Field in St Petersburg Florida 18 19 WWE resumed live touring in July 2021 and the 2022 event was held at The Dome at America s Center in St Louis Missouri 20 Due to the Rumble matches taking up a large amount of time most Rumble matches last roughly one hour the Rumble event tends to have a smaller card than most other pay per view events which routinely have six to eight matches per card though with the Royal Rumble expanding to a five hour show as well as a two hour kickoff pre show starting in 2018 the card then mainly featured anywhere from nine to twelve matches with two or three of those matches taking place on the kickoff show In 2022 however WWE phased out the pre shows with the Rumble returning to around six matches on the card and a runtime of around three to four hours The men s Royal Rumble match is usually located at the top of the card though there have been exceptions such as the 1988 1996 1997 1998 2006 2013 2018 and 2023 events 21 In these cases 1988 s main event was a tag team match while the others were men s world championship matches except in 2018 The 2018 Royal Rumble was the first to include a women s Royal Rumble match which was the main event for that year It was subsequently the first in which two Rumble matches were contested on one card and it is now standard for the event to include both a men s and women s Rumble match 22 Match Main article Royal Rumble match The Royal Rumble match is based on the classic battle royal 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 difference between a Royal Rumble and a standard battle royal is that in a standard battle royal all participants start the match in the ring at the same time where in a Royal Rumble match two participants start and then the rest enter at timed intervals 23 24 The winner of the match is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated Since the 1993 event the prize for winning is a world championship match at WrestleMania with the exception of the 2016 event where the prize was the WWE Championship at the time known as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship as reigning champion Roman Reigns defended the title in the match 23 25 According to Hornswoggle who worked for WWE from 2006 until 2016 and participated in two Rumbles participants may learn their eliminations by knowing the two wrestlers who are eliminated before them and which wrestlers are entering the Royal Rumble before and after their elimination 26 Events and winners Event Date City Venue Final match Rumble winner s Entry No Ref 1 Royal Rumble 1988 January 24 1988 Hamilton Ontario Canada Copps Coliseum The Islanders Haku and Tama vs The Young Stallions Paul Roma and Jim Powers in a two out of three falls match Jim Duggan 13 27 28 2 Royal Rumble 1989 January 15 1989 Houston Texas The Summit 30 man Royal Rumble match Big John Studd 27 29 30 3 Royal Rumble 1990 January 21 1990 Orlando Florida Orlando Arena Hulk Hogan 25 31 32 4 Royal Rumble 1991 January 19 1991 Miami Florida Miami Arena 24 33 34 5 Royal Rumble 1992 January 19 1992 Albany New York Knickerbocker Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship Ric Flair 3 35 36 6 Royal Rumble 1993 January 24 1993 Sacramento California ARCO Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania IX Yokozuna 27 37 38 7 Royal Rumble 1994 January 22 1994 Providence Rhode Island Providence Civic Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania X Lex Luger 23 39 40 Bret Hart 278 Royal Rumble 1995 January 22 1995 Tampa Florida USF Sun Dome 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XI Shawn Michaels 1 41 42 9 Royal Rumble 1996 January 21 1996 Fresno California Selland Arena Bret Hart c vs The Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship 18 43 44 10 Royal Rumble 1997 January 19 1997 San Antonio Texas Alamodome Sycho Sid c vs Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship Stone Cold Steve Austin 5 45 46 11 Royal Rumble 1998 January 18 1998 San Jose California San Jose Arena Shawn Michaels c vs The Undertaker in a Casket match for the WWF Championship 24 47 48 49 12 Royal Rumble 1999 January 24 1999 Anaheim California Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV Mr McMahon 2 50 51 52 13 Royal Rumble 2000 January 23 2000 New York City New York Madison Square Garden 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania 2000 The Rock 24 53 54 55 14 Royal Rumble 2001 January 21 2001 New Orleans Louisiana New Orleans Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X Seven Stone Cold Steve Austin 27 56 57 58 15 Royal Rumble 2002 January 20 2002 Atlanta Georgia Philips Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for an Undisputed WWF Championship match at WrestleMania X8 Triple H 22 59 60 61 16 Royal Rumble 2003 January 19 2003 Boston Massachusetts FleetCenter 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XIX Brock Lesnar 29 62 63 17 Royal Rumble 2004 January 25 2004 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wachovia Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XX Chris Benoit 1 64 65 66 18 Royal Rumble 2005 January 30 2005 Fresno California Save Mart Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 21 Batista 28 67 68 69 19 Royal Rumble 2006 January 29 2006 Miami Florida American Airlines Arena Kurt Angle c vs Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship Rey Mysterio 2 70 71 72 20 Royal Rumble 2007 January 28 2007 San Antonio Texas AT amp T Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 23 The Undertaker 30 73 74 75 21 Royal Rumble 2008 January 27 2008 New York City New York Madison Square Garden 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXIV John Cena 30 76 77 78 22 Royal Rumble 2009 January 25 2009 Detroit Michigan Joe Louis Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXV Randy Orton 8 79 80 23 Royal Rumble 2010 January 31 2010 Atlanta Georgia Philips Arena 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVI Edge 29 81 82 24 Royal Rumble 2011 January 30 2011 Boston Massachusetts TD Garden 40 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVII Alberto Del Rio 38 83 25 Royal Rumble 2012 January 29 2012 St Louis Missouri Scottrade Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII Sheamus 22 84 26 Royal Rumble 2013 January 27 2013 Phoenix Arizona US Airways Center CM Punk c vs The Rock for the WWE Championship John Cena 19 85 86 27 Royal Rumble 2014 January 26 2014 Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Consol Energy Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX Batista 28 87 88 28 Royal Rumble 2015 January 25 2015 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31 Roman Reigns 19 89 29 Royal Rumble 2016 January 24 2016 Orlando Florida Amway Center Roman Reigns c vs 29 other wrestlers in a 30 man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple H 30 90 91 30 Royal Rumble 2017 January 29 2017 San Antonio Texas Alamodome 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 33 Randy Orton 23 92 31 Royal Rumble 2018 January 28 2018 Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30 woman Royal Rumble match for a women s championship match at WrestleMania 34 Shinsuke Nakamura 14 93 94 22 95 Asuka 2532 Royal Rumble 2019 January 27 2019 Phoenix Arizona Chase Field 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 35 Becky Lynch 28 96 Seth Rollins 1033 Royal Rumble 2020 January 26 2020 Houston Texas Minute Maid Park 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 36 Charlotte Flair 17 97 Drew McIntyre 1634 Royal Rumble 2021 January 31 2021 St Petersburg Florida WWE ThunderDome at Tropicana Field 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 37 Bianca Belair 3 98 Edge 135 Royal Rumble 2022 January 29 2022 St Louis Missouri The Dome at America s Center 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 38 Ronda Rousey 28 20 Brock Lesnar 3036 Royal Rumble 2023 January 28 2023 San Antonio Texas Alamodome Roman Reigns c vs Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Cody Rhodes 30 99 Rhea Ripley 137 Royal Rumble 2024 January 27 2024 St Petersburg Florida Tropicana Field 30 man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XL Bayley 3 100 101 Cody Rhodes 15 c refers to the champion s heading into the matchVideo box setIn March 2007 WWE released a complete DVD box set titled Royal Rumble The Complete Anthology which showcases every Royal Rumble event in its entirety up to the 2007 Royal Rumble 102 ReferencesGeneral Longest Pro Wrestling Matches Internet Wrestling Database Retrieved 2013 12 01 Royal Rumble Statistics MondayNightWarriors com Archived from the original on 2012 03 07 Retrieved 2009 12 05 Royal Rumble results ProWrestlingHistory com Retrieved 2007 12 05 Eric Cohen Royal Rumble History About com Archived from the original on 2008 12 08 Retrieved 2007 12 09 Ian Hamilton 2006 Wrestling s Sinking Ship What Happens to an Industry Without Competition Lulu com ISBN 1 4116 1210 8 self published source Ric Flair 2004 Ric Flair To Be the Man Simon and Schuster ISBN 0 7434 5691 2 Brian Shields 2006 Main Event WWE in the Raging 80s Simon and Schuster ISBN 1 4165 3257 9 Specific Burkholder Denny January 26 2017 The Lost Royal 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