Every Royal Rumble winner year-by-year IN FULL and Stone Cold Steve Austin’s record for most victories

Royal Rumble winners are among the most decorated WWE stars in the business such is the reward for being the last wrestler standing. The over-the-top-rope extravaganza is the company’s first stop on the road to WrestleMania and thus a chance to highlight their best. Triple H stole the show at the 2016 Royal RumbleWWE The respective winners’ of the men and women’s Rumble matches earn a title shot of their choosing at the following Mania. As the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’ is typically main-evented by a championship match, the Rumble victor is a highly-coveted position. Who has won the most Royal Rumble matches? Stone Cold Steve Austin holds the outright record, having won the modified battle royal a whopping three times. The Texas Rattlesnake became only the third WWE star to win back-to-back Royal Rumble matches when he triumphed in 1997 and ’98. Austin, who suffered a botch elimination in 1996, showed he learnt from his mistakes when he dumped out Bret Hart the next year. He followed it up a year later by besting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, before winning his third and final Rumble in 2001. A host of legends have won the event twice, with Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, and Cody Rhodes the other stars to win successive editions. Vince McMahon came in number two at the 1999 Royal RumbleWWE Batista won the 2005 Royal Rumble in a memorable ending with John CenaWWE Royal Rumble Winners: Full results 1988 = Hacksaw Jim Duggan (#13) 1989 = Big John Studd (#27) 1990 = Hulk Hogan (#25) 1991 = Hulk Hogan (#24) 1992 = Ric Flair (#3) 1993 = Yokozuna (#27) 1994 = Lex Luger (#23) and Bret Hart (#27) 1995 = Shawn Michaels (#1) 1996 = Shawn Michaels (#18) 1997 = Steve Austin (#5) 1998 = Steve Austin (#24) 1999 = Vince McMahon (#2) 2000 = The Rock (#24) 2001 = Steve Austin (#27) 2002 = Triple H (#22) 2003 = Brock Lesnar (#29) 2004 = Chris Benoit (#1) 2005 = Batista (#28) 2006 = Rey Mysterio (#2) 2007 = Undertaker (#30) 2008 = John Cena (#30) 2009 = Randy Orton (#8) 2010 = Edge (#29) 2011 = Alberto Del Rio (#38) 2012 = Sheamus (#22) 2013 = John Cena (#19) 2014 = Batista (#28) 2015 = Roman Reigns (#19) 2016 = Triple H (#30) 2017 = Randy Orton (#23) 2018 [Men] = Shinsuke Nakamura (#14) 2018 [Women] = Asuka (#25) Greatest Royal Rumble = Braun Strowman (#41) 2019 [Men] = Seth Rollins (#10) 2019 [Women] = Becky Lynch (#28) 2020 [Women] = Charlotte Flair (#17) 2020 [Men] = Drew McIntyre (#16) 2021 [Women] = Bianca Belair (#3) 2021 [Men] = Edge (#1) 2022 [Women] = Ronda Rousey (#28) 2022 [Men] = Brock Lesnar (#30) 2023 [Men] = Cody Rhodes (#30) 2023 [Women] = Rhea Ripley (#1) 2024 [Women] = Bayley (#3) 2024 [Men] = Cody Rhodes (#15) Royal Rumble 2025: How to follow The 38th annual Rumble will take place at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 1. The action will get going from midnight in the UK and is available to stream for free on WWE’s YouTube channel. The event will be broadcast live on Netflix for the first time ever as part of their historic £4billion 10-year deal.

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Royal Rumble winners are among the most decorated WWE stars in the business such is the reward for being the last wrestler standing.

The over-the-top-rope extravaganza is the company’s first stop on the road to WrestleMania and thus a chance to highlight their best.

The respective winners’ of the men and women’s Rumble matches earn a title shot of their choosing at the following Mania.

As the ‘Showcase of the Immortals’ is typically main-evented by a championship match, the Rumble victor is a highly-coveted position.

Stone Cold Steve Austin holds the outright record, having won the modified battle royal a whopping three times.

The Texas Rattlesnake became only the third WWE star to win back-to-back Royal Rumble matches when he triumphed in 1997 and ’98.

Austin, who suffered a botch elimination in 1996, showed he learnt from his mistakes when he dumped out Bret Hart the next year.

He followed it up a year later by besting Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, before winning his third and final Rumble in 2001.

A host of legends have won the event twice, with Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels, and Cody Rhodes the other stars to win successive editions.

The 38th annual Rumble will take place at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, February 1.

The action will get going from midnight in the UK and is available to stream for free on WWE’s YouTube channel.

The event will be broadcast live on Netflix for the first time ever as part of their historic £4billion 10-year deal.