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There was no Royal Rumble in 1987: WWE’s event archive begins the series in 1988. The men’s match winners are listed below from 1988 through 2024; the separate women’s Royal Rumble list starts in 2018, when WWE introduced the match. The 2024 event took place on January 27, 2024.
Men’s Royal Rumble winners by year
| Year | Winner(s) |
|---|---|
| 1987 | No event; the series began in 1988. |
| 1988 | Jim Duggan |
| 1989 | Big John Studd |
| 1990 | Hulk Hogan |
| 1991 | Hulk Hogan |
| 1992 | Ric Flair |
| 1993 | Yokozuna |
| 1994 | Bret Hart and Lex Luger (co-winners) |
| 1995 | Shawn Michaels |
| 1996 | Shawn Michaels |
| 1997 | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| 1998 | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| 1999 | Mr. McMahon |
| 2000 | The Rock |
| 2001 | Stone Cold Steve Austin |
| 2002 | Triple H |
| 2003 | Brock Lesnar |
| 2004 | Chris Benoit |
| 2005 | Batista |
| 2006 | Rey Mysterio |
| 2007 | The Undertaker |
| 2008 | John Cena |
| 2009 | Randy Orton |
| 2010 | Edge |
| 2011 | Alberto Del Rio |
| 2012 | Sheamus |
| 2013 | John Cena |
| 2014 | Batista |
| 2015 | Roman Reigns |
| 2016 | Triple H |
| 2017 | Randy Orton |
| 2018 | Shinsuke Nakamura |
| 2019 | Seth Rollins |
| 2020 | Drew McIntyre |
| 2021 | Edge |
| 2022 | Brock Lesnar |
| 2023 | Cody Rhodes |
| 2024 | Cody Rhodes |
Women’s Royal Rumble winners by year
WWE introduced the women’s Royal Rumble match in 2018. Its winners are listed separately from the men’s match.
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WWE Royal Rumble 2005 [DVD] | $6.48 | Buy on Amazon |
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WWE Royal Rumble - The Complete Anthology, Vol. 2 (1993-1997) | $106.74 | Buy on Amazon |
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WWE: Royal Rumble 2008 | $10.89 | Buy on Amazon |
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WWE: Royal Rumble 2023 (DVD) | $25.00 | Buy on Amazon |
| Year | Winner |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Asuka |
| 2019 | Becky Lynch |
| 2020 | Charlotte Flair |
| 2021 | Bianca Belair |
| 2022 | Ronda Rousey |
| 2023 | Rhea Ripley |
| 2024 | Bayley |
Notable results and context
Two winners in 1994
The 1994 men’s match ended with Bret Hart and Lex Luger as co-winners, so the year has two names rather than one.
The 1992 match decided the championship
In 1992, the vacant WWE Championship itself was at stake in the Royal Rumble match. That is different from treating every winner across the series as having competed for identical stakes.
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Back-to-back wins and the 2024 results
Cody Rhodes won the men’s match in both 2023 and 2024. WWE’s 2024 event results describe him as the fourth Superstar to win back-to-back Royal Rumbles. The same results report that Bayley lasted 1:03:03 in the women’s match, setting a new women’s match record at the time; that is WWE’s published figure for the 2024 edition.
Checking the 1997 result
WWE’s official 1997 event page says Austin “last eliminates Bret Hart to win the Royal Rumble Match.” That wording identifies the decisive elimination in an outcome sometimes worth checking against the official event record.
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