WWE Royal Rumble Winners List (1987-2024)

The WWE Royal Rumble is one of the most exciting matches in sports entertainment. WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson created Royal Rumble as a match concept, and despite many believing the first iteration took place in 1988, the first ever Rumble, known as the ‘lost’ Rumble, took place in 1987.

Some of the biggest names in the history of the company have won the 30-man and 30-woman iterations of the contest, and we’ve got the full list for you to check out up to 2024 in this article.

Here is everything you need to know about the winners of the Royal Rumble matches from 1987 to 2024, including the Women’s and Men’s bouts.

Royal Rumble Winners

There have been over 30 Royal Rumble matches in the history of the company, and all of the winners are as follows:

• 1987: One Man Gang
• 1988: Jim Duggan
• 1989: Big John Studd
• 1990: Hulk Hogan
• 1991: Hulk Hogan
• 1992: Ric Flair
• 1993: Yokozuna
• 1994: Lex Luger and Bret Hart
• 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

• 2018: Asuka
• 2019: Becky Lynch
• 2020: Charlotte Flair
• 2021: Bianca Belair
• 2022: Ronda Rousey
• 2023: Rhea Ripley
• 2024: Bayley

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Greatest Royal Rumble

The ‘Greatest Royal Rumble’ was a concept that was introduced in 2018 when the company held an event in the King Abdullah Sports City’s King Abdullah International Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

This was a one-off Rumble event and did not affect the WrestleMania main event; therefore, many do not consider it ‘canon’ in the pantheon of Rumble matches. The actual Rumble match was a 50-man Royal Rumble bout for the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Trophy and Championship, which Braun Strowman eventually won after he eliminated Big Cass.

Most Royal Rumble Wins

Stone Cold Steve Austin currently holds the record for the most amount of Royal Rumble matches won. The Texas Rattlesnake achieved the feat in 1997, 1998 and 2001, with the Rattlesnake going on to face Bret Hart at WrestleMania 13 (1997), Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 14 (1998) and The Rock at WrestleMania X7 (2001). Only seven other Superstars have won the event on two occasions:

• Hulk Hogan (1990, 1991)
• Shawn Michaels (1995, 1996)
• Triple H (2002, 2016)
• Batista (2005, 2014)
• John Cena (2008, 2013)
• Randy Orton (2009, 2017)
• Cody Rhodes (2023, 2024)

Out of the list of two-time winners, only John Cena, Randy Orton and Cody Rhodes are potentially capable of winning the bout for a third time, as Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, Triple H and Batista are all officially retired from in-ring competition.

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Royal Rumble Creator

As noted, it was Pat Patterson who came up with the concept of the now annual spectacular. Speaking to CBS Sports back in 2017, Patterson actually revealed that former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon wasn’t interested in running with the gimmick match: