Royal Rumble Winners with Photos

Since the Royal Rumble began in 1988 winning it became on of the highest and rarest accolades in the WWE. From it’s humble beginnings, to receiving the WWF Championship, to headlining Wrestlemania, winning the Royal Rumble has helped skyrocket the careers of 25 superstars. For the full list of the Royal Rumble winners, the facts and stats behind them, follow the link.

• 1988 Hacksaw Jim Duggan
• 1989 Big John Studd
• 1990 Hulk Hogan
• 1991 Hulk Hogan
• 1992 Ric Flair
• 1993 Yokozuna
• 1994 Bret Hart/Lex Luger
• 1995 Shawn Michaels
• 1996 Shawn Michaels
• 1997 Stone Cold Steve Austin
• 1998 Stone Cold Steve Austin
• 1999 Vince 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

1988 Jim Duggan

• Entry Number: 13
• Time: 14:43
• Eliminations: Nikolai Volkoff (#12), Danny Davis (#9) & One Man Gang (#19)
• Age: 34 years, 10 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

1989 Big John Studd

• Entry Number: 27
• Time: 12:21
• Eliminations: Akeem (#23) & Ted DiBiase (#29)
• Age: 40 years, 10 months, 27 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

1990 Hulk Hogan

• Entry Number: 25
• Time: 12:49
• Eliminations: Jimmy Snuka (#17), Haku (#14), Honky Tonk Man (#24), Ultimate Warrior (#21) with Rick Rude & The Barbarian, Rick Rude (#28) with Mr. Perfect, & Mr. Perfect (#30)
• Age: 36 years, 5 months, 10 days
• Number of Attempts: 2

1991 Hulk Hogan

• Entry Number: 24
• Time: 19:55
• Eliminations: Smash (#15), Greg Valentine (#3), Crush (#20), The Warlord (#29), Tugboat (#30), Brian Knobbs (#28) & Earthquake (#22)
• Age: 37 years, 5 months, 8 days
• Number of Attempts: 3

1992 Ric Flair

• Entry Number: 3
• Time: 59:26
• Eliminations: British Bulldog (#1), Texas Tornado (#9), Big Boss Man (#13), Randy Savage (#21) with Sid Justice, & Sid Justice (#29) with Hulk Hogan
• Age: 42 years, 10 months, 25 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

1993 Yokozuna

• Entry Number: 27
• Time: 14:53
• Eliminations: Tatanka (#19), Carlos Colon (#24), Earthquake (#23), Tito Santana (#25), Owen Hart (#28), Bob Backlund (#2) & Randy Savage (#30)
• Age: 26 years, 3 months, 22 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

1994 Lex Luger

• Entry Number: 23
• Time: 21:58
• Eliminations: The Great Kabuki (#22), Crush (#13) with Sparky Plugg & Bret Hart, Adam Bomb (#30), Bam Bam Bigelow (#15), Genichiro Tenryu (#24) with Bret Hart, & Shawn Michaels (#18)
• Age: 35 years, 7 months, 20 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

1994 Bret Hart

• Entry Number: 27
• Time: 15:08
• Eliminations: Crush (#13) with Sparky Plugg & Lex Luger, Sparky Plugg (#17) with Shawn Michaels, Genichiro Tenryu (#24) with Lex Luger, & Fatu (#28)
• Age: 36 years, 6 months, 20 days
• Number of Attempts: 4

*The 1994 Royal Rumble was the first and only Royal Rumble that resulted in a tie. At the end of the match both Bret Hart & Lex Luger eliminated each other at the same time, and both of them touched the floor simultaneously. As a result they were declared co-winners.

1995 Shawn Michaels

• Entry Number: 1
• Time: 38:41
• Eliminations: Duke Droese (#4), Tom Prichard (#7), Bushwhacker Luke (#13), Jacob Blu (#14), Bushwhacker Butch (#18), Aldo Montoya (#21), Lex Luger (#19) with Crush, & British Bulldog (#2)
• Age: 29 years, 6 months
• Number of Attempts: 5

1996 Shawn Michaels

• Entry Number: 18
• Time: 26:09
• Eliminations: Yokozuna (#9), Vader (#13), 1-2-3 Kid (#10), Jerry Lawler (#4), Owen Hart (#17) with Diesel, Isaac Yankem (#27), British Bulldog (#29) & Diesel (#22)
• Age: 30 years, 5 months, 30 days
• Number of Attempts: 6

1997 Stone Cold Steve Austin

• Entry Number: 5
• Time: 45:07
• Eliminations: Phineas Godwinn (#4), Bart Gunn (#6), Jake Roberts (#7), Marc Mero (#16), Owen Hart (#13), Savio Vega (#19), Jesse James (#20), Vader (#28), Undertaker (#30) & Bret Hart (#21)
• Age: 32 years, 1 month, 1 day
• Number of Attempts: 2

1998 Stone Cold Steve Austin

• Entry Number: 24
• Time: 15:58
• Eliminations: Marc Mero (#13), 8-Ball (#7), Thrasher (#15), Kama Mustafa (#23), Savio Vega (#26), Chainz (#29) & The Rock (#4)
• Age: 33 years, 1 month
• Number of Attempts: 3

1999 Vince McMahon

• Entry Number: 2
• Time: 56:38
• Eliminations: Stone Cold Steve Austin (#1)
• Age: 54 years, 5 months
• Number of Attempts: 1

2000 The Rock

• Entry Number: 24
• Time: 14:47
• Eliminations: Big Boss Man (#9), Crash Holly (#6), Al Snow (#20) & Big Show (#26)
• Age: 27 years, 8 months, 21 days
• Number of Attempts: 3

2001 Stone Cold Steve Austin

• Entry Number: 27
• Time: 9:43
• Eliminations: Haku (#29), Billy Gunn (#28) & Kane (#6)
• Age: 36 years, 1 month, 3 days
• Number of Attempts: 5

2002 Triple H

• Entry Number: 22
• Time: 23:14
• Eliminations: The Hurricane (#23) with Stone Cold Steve Austin, Faarooq (#24), Mr. Perfect (#25) & Kurt Angle (#26)
• Age: 32 years, 5 months, 24 days
• Number of Attempts: 4

2003 Brock Lesnar

• Entry Number: 29
• Time: 8:59
• Eliminations: Shelton Benjamin (#23), Charlie Haas (#19), Matt Hardy (#19) & Undertaker (#30)
• Age: 25 years, 6 months, 7 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

2004 Chris Benoit

• Entry Number: 1
• Time: 61:30
• Eliminations: Bradshaw (#5), Mark Henry (#3), Rhyno (#6), Matt Morgan (#9), A-Train (#16) & Big Show (#24)
• Age: 36 years, 8 months, 4 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

2005 Batista

• Entry Number: 25
• Time: 10:54
• Eliminations: Snitsky (#26), Chris Jericho (#11), Christian (#29), Edge (#7) with John Cena, & John Cena (#25)
• Age: 36 years, 12 days
• Number of Attempts: 1

2006 Rey Mysterio

• Entry Number: 2
• Time: 62:12
• Eliminations: Simon Dean (#3) with Triple H, Psicosis (#4), Super Crazy (#24) with Rob Van Dam, Rob Van Dam (#20), Triple H (#1) & Randy Orton (#30)
• Age: 31 years, 1 month, 17 days
• Number of Attempts: 3

2007 Undertaker

• Entry Number: 30
• Time: 13:15
• Eliminations: The Great Khali (#28), MVP (#26) & Shawn Michaels (#23)
• Age: 41 years, 10 months, 4 days
• Number of Attempts: 8

2008 John Cena

• Entry Number: 30
• Time: 8:28
• Eliminations: Carlito (#21), Chavo Guerrero (#26), Mark Henry (#26) & Triple H (#29)
• Age: 30 months, 9 months, 4 days
• Number of Attempts: 4

2009 Randy Orton

• Entry Number: 8
• Time: 48:27
• Eliminations: Kane (#23) with Ted DiBiase & Cody Rhodes, Big Show (#30) & Triple H (#7)
• Age: 28 years, 9 months, 24 days
• Number of Attempts: 3

2010 Edge

• Entry Number: 29
• Time: 7:19
• Eliminations: Chris Jericho (#28) & John Cena (#19)
• Age: 36 years, 3 months, 1 day
• Number of Attempts: 6

2011 Alberto Del Rio

• Entry Number: 38
• Time: 9:33
• Eliminations: Randy Orton (#39) & Santino Marella (#37)
• Age: 33 years, 8 months, 5 days
• Number of Attempts: 1