Okay, so the other day I was super bored and decided to dive into the history of Royal Rumble winners. I’ve always been a huge wrestling fan, but I realized I didn’t actually know all the winners by heart. Time to fix that!
My Deep Dive into Royal Rumble History
First, I grabbed my laptop and opened up my browser. I wanted to get this information straight and compile it in a way that made sense to me.
I started by simply searching. I typed in “royal rumble winners list” and hit enter. Several websites popped up, many, but I wanted something clear, clean, and easy to digest.
I spent a good chunk of time clicking through different sites. Some were okay, others were cluttered with ads or had incomplete information. It was a bit frustrating, to be honest. It’s like, come on, people, just give me the facts!
Finally, I found a site. I started copying down the winners, year by year. I decided to make my own list, so I opened up a simple text document and started typing.
- 1988 – “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
- 1989 – Big John Studd
- 1990 – Hulk Hogan
- 1991 – Hulk Hogan
- 1992 – Ric Flair
- 1993 – Yokozuna
- 1994 – Bret Hart and Lex Luger(The first and the only 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
- 2018- Asuka(The first ever women’s royal rumble winner)
- 2019 – Seth Rollins
- 2019 – Becky Lynch
- 2020 – Drew McIntyre
- 2020 – Charlotte Flair
- 2021 – Edge
- 2021- Bianca Belair
- 2022 – Brock Lesnar
- 2022 – Ronda Rousey
- 2023 – Cody Rhodes
- 2023 – Rhea Ripley
- 2024 – Cody Rhodes
- 2024 – Bayley
As I compiled the list, I started noticing some cool patterns. Like, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin won it three times! And there are a few back-to-back winners, which is pretty impressive. I also realized that there were co-winners the one year! I also took note of the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble winner, which was a cool piece of history.
I added some extra notes. I made sure to keep it simple and easy to read.
After all that, I felt pretty accomplished. I took a pretty basic question and turned it into a mini-research project. Now I have my own personalized Royal Rumble winners list, and I actually learned something in the process. Not bad for a random afternoon!
