WWE Royal Rumble winners: Every Rumble match winner and their fate

The winner of WWE’s Royal Rumble match will earn a championship match of their choosing at WrestleMania. Let’s look at the men’s and women’s winners and how they fared at WrestleMania.

It’s officially WrestleMania season. At the end of January, the road to the biggest show of the year begins at the Royal Rumble. At the event, fans will see who will challenge for the men’s and women’s world championships at WrestleMania by way of winning the Royal Rumble match.

Since 1993, the winner of the Royal Rumble match earns a world title match at that year’s WrestleMania. In 2018, WWE introduced a women’s Royal Rumble match, with the winner challenging for a women’s title of their choosing. The way to do so is to win the 30 (or more)-person over the top rope battle royal, with the winner being the last person remaining in the match.

Considering the lengthy history of the Royal Rumble, let’s take a look at every winner since 1993, and how they fared in their WrestleMania match.

Royal Rumble winners: Every Rumble match winner and their fate

Men’s Royal Rumble winners

• 1993: Yokozuna
  • WrestleMania 9 match result: Yokozuna def. Bret Hart (c) to win WWF Championship (but then lost title to Hulk Hogan shortly afterwards)
• 1994: Bret Hart and Lex Luger
  • WrestleMania 10 match result: Yokozuna (c) def. Lex Luger via disqualification to retain WWF Championship
  • WrestleMania 10 match result: Bret Hart def. Yokozuna (c) to win WWF Championship
• 1995: Shawn Michaels
  • WrestleMania 11 match result: Diesel (c) def. Shawn Michaels to retain WWF Championship
• 1996: Shawn Michaels
  • WrestleMania 12 match result: Shawn Michaels def. Bret Hart (c) in 60-minute Iron Match to win WWF Championship
• 1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • Stone Cold Steve Austin’s title shot was taken away due to re-entering the ring when getting eliminated.
    • WrestleMania 13 match result: The Undertaker def. Sycho Sid (c) to win WWF Championship
• 1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • WrestleMania 14 match result: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. Shawn Michaels (c) to win WWF Championship
• 1999: Vince McMahon
  • Vince McMahon renounced his WWF Championship shot at WrestleMania 15. Stone Cold Steve Austin, the runner-up, was rewarded the title shot by WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels.
    • WrestleMania 15 match result: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. The Rock (c) to win WWF Championship
• 2000: The Rock
  • WrestleMania 2000 match result: Triple H (c) def. The Rock, Mick Foley, and Big Show to retain the WWF Championship
• 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin
  • WrestleMania 17 match result: Stone Cold Steve Austin def. The Rock (c) to win WWF Championship
• 2002: Triple H
  • WrestleMania 18 match result: Triple H def. Chris Jericho (c) to win Undisputed WWF Championship
• 2003: Brock Lesnar
  • WrestleMania 19 match result: Brock Lesnar def. Kurt Angle (c) to win WWE Championship
• 2004: Chris Benoit
  • WrestleMania 20 match result: Chris Benoit def. Triple H (c) and Shawn Michaels to win World Heavyweight Championship
• 2005: Batista
  • WrestleMania 21 match result: Batista def. Triple H to win World Heavyweight Championship
• 2006: Rey Mysterio
  • WrestleMania 22 match result: Rey Mystero def. Randy Orton and Kurt Angle (c) to win World Heavyweight Championship
• 2007: The Undertaker
  • WrestleMania 23 match result: The Undertaker def. Batista (c) to win World Heavyweight Championship
• 2008: John Cena
  • WrestleMania 24 match result: Randy Orton (c) def. John Cena and Triple H to retain WWE Championship
• 2009: Randy Orton
  • WrestleMania 25 match result: Triple H (c) def. Randy Orton to retain WWE Championship
• 2010: Edge
  • WrestleMania 26 match result: Chris Jericho (c) def. Edge to retain World Heavyweight Championship
• 2011: Alberto Del Rio
  • WrestleMania 27 match result: Edge (c) def. Alberto Del Rio to retain World Heavyweight Championship
• 2012: Sheamus
  • WrestleMania 28 match result: Sheamus def. Daniel Bryan (c) to win World Heavyweight Championship
• 2013: John Cena
  • WrestleMania 29 match result: John Cena def. The Rock (c) to win WWE Championship
• 2014: Batista
  • WrestleMania 30 match result: Daniel Bryan def. Batista and Randy Orton (c) to win WWE World Heavyweight Championship
• 2015: Roman Reigns
  • WrestleMania 31 match result: Seth Rollins def. Brock Lesnar (c) and Roman Reigns to win WWE World Heavyweight Championship (Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract near the end of the match)
• 2016: Triple H to win WWE World Heavyweight Championship (title was on the line in the match, Roman Reigns was champion entering the match)
  • WrestleMania 32 match result: Roman Reigns def. Triple H (c) to win WWE World Heavyweight Championship
• 2017: Randy Orton
  • WrestleMania 33 match result: Randy Orton def. Bray Wyatt (c) to win WWE Championship
• 2018: Shinsuke Nakamura
  • WrestleMania 34 match result: A.J. Styles (c) def. Shinsuke Nakamura to retain WWE Championship
• 2019: Seth Rollins
  • WrestleMania 35 match result: Seth Rollins def. Brock Lesnar (c) to win Universal Championship
• 2020: Drew McIntyre
  • WrestleMania 36 match result: Drew McIntyre def. Brock Lesnar (c) to win WWE Championship
• 2021: Edge
  • WrestleMania 37 match result: Roman Reigns (c) def. Edge and Daniel Bryan to retain Universal Championship
• 2022: Brock Lesnar
  • WrestleMania 38 match result: Roman Reigns def. Brock Lesnar in a Winner Takes All match to become Undisputed WWE Universal Championship (entering the match, Reigns was Universal champion, Lesnar was WWE champion)

Women’s Royal Rumble winners

• 2018: Asuka
  • WrestleMania 34 match result: Charlotte Flair (c) def. Asuka to retain SmackDown Women’s Championship
• 2019: Becky Lynch
  • WrestleMania 35 match result: Becky Lynch def. Ronda Rousey (c) and Charlotte Flair (c) in a Winner Take All match for the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Championships
• 2020: Charlotte Flair
  • WrestleMania 36 match result: Charlotte Flair def. Rhea Ripley (c) to win NXT Women’s Championship
• 2021: Bianca Belair
  • WrestleMania 37 match result: Bianca Belair def. Sasha Banks (c) to win SmackDown Women’s Championship
• 2022: Ronda Rousey
  • WrestleMania 38 match result: Charlotte Flair (c) def. Ronda Rousey to retain SmackDown Women’s Championship

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