Royal Rumble Winners

Royal Rumbles Dates, venues and winners

 

List of Royal Rumble dates, venues and winners

	Event	Date	City	Venue	Winner	Entry No.	Ref.	Main Event
1	Royal Rumble (1988)	January 24, 1988	Hamilton, Ontario	Copps Coliseum	'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan	13[1]	[25][26]	The Islanders (Tama and Haku) vs. The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match
2	Royal Rumble (1989)	January 15, 1989	Houston, Texas	The Summit	Big John Studd	27	[27][28]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
3	Royal Rumble (1990)	January 21, 1990	Orlando, Florida	Orlando Arena	Hulk Hogan	25	[29][30]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
4	Royal Rumble (1991)	January 19, 1991	Miami, Florida	Miami Arena		24	[31][32]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
5	Royal Rumble (1992)	January 19, 1992	Albany, New York	Knickerbocker Arena	Ric Flair	3	[33][34]	30-Man Royal Rumble match for the WWF Championship
6	Royal Rumble (1993)	January 24, 1993	Sacramento, California	ARCO Arena	Yokozuna	27	[35][36]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
7	Royal Rumble (1994)	January 22, 1994	Providence, Rhode Island	Providence Civic Center	Bret Hart Lex Luger	27 23	[37][38]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
8	Royal Rumble (1995)	January 22, 1995	Tampa, Florida	USF Sun Dome	Shawn Michaels	1	[39][40]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
9	Royal Rumble (1996)	January 21, 1996	Fresno, California	Selland Arena		18	[41][42]	Bret Hart (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF Championship
10	Royal Rumble (1997)	January 19, 1997	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome	Stone Cold Steve Austin	5	[43][44]	Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF Championship
11	Royal Rumble (1998)	January 18, 1998	San Jose, California	San Jose Arena		24	[45][46][47]	Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Casket match for the WWF Championship
12	Royal Rumble (1999)	January 24, 1999	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond	Mr. McMahon	2	[48][49][50]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
13	Royal Rumble (2000)	January 23, 2000	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	The Rock	24	[51][52][53]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
14	Royal Rumble (2001)	January 21, 2001	New Orleans, Louisiana	New Orleans Arena	Stone Cold Steve Austin	27	[54][55][56]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
15	Royal Rumble (2002)	January 20, 2002	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	Triple H	22	[57][58][59]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
16	Royal Rumble (2003)	January 19, 2003	Boston, Massachusetts	Fleet Center	Brock Lesnar	29	[60][61]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
17	Royal Rumble (2004)	January 25, 2004	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center	Chris Benoit	1	[62][63][64]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
18	Royal Rumble (2005)	January 30, 2005	Fresno, California	Save Mart Center	Batista	28	[65][66][67]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
19	Royal Rumble (2006)	January 29, 2006	Miami, Florida	American Airlines Arena	Rey Mysterio	2	[68][69][70]	Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship
20	Royal Rumble (2007)	January 28, 2007	San Antonio, Texas	AT&T Center	The Undertaker	30	[71][72][73]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
21	Royal Rumble (2008)	January 27, 2008	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	John Cena	30	[74][75][76]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
22	Royal Rumble (2009)	January 25, 2009	Detroit, Michigan	Joe Louis Arena	Randy Orton	8	[77][78]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
23	Royal Rumble (2010)	January 31, 2010	Atlanta, Georgia	Philips Arena	Edge	29	[79][80]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
24	Royal Rumble (2011)	January 30, 2011	Boston, Massachusetts	TD Garden	Alberto Del Rio	38[Note 2]	[81]	40-Man Royal Rumble match
25	Royal Rumble (2012)	January 29, 2012	St. Louis, Missouri	Scottrade Center	Sheamus	22	[82][83][84]	30-Man Royal Rumble match
26	Royal Rumble (2013)	January 27, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona	US Airways Center	John Cena	19	[85][86][87]	CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock for the WWE Championship
27	Royal Rumble (2014)	January 26, 2014	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	Consol Energy Center	TBA		[88][89]	John Cena vs. Randy Orton (c) for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship