WWE Royal Rumble Winners: An annual professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, The Royal Rumble is also live broadcast online. WWE, the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the world, launched it in 1988. It takes its name from a battle royale in which competitors enter the ring sequentially rather than simultaneously. The event takes place in late January. The World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). Wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson formed the organization that hosted the Royal Rumble match. It is one of the “Big Five” occasions. Which also include WrestleMania, Summer Slam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank. These occasions are the five greatest WWE occasions of the year.
Updated list of WWE Royal Rumble Winners from 1998 to 2023
Complete list of men’s Royal Rumble winners
| Date & Year | Winner | Last Elimination | Entry No. of the Winners |
| January 24, 1988 | Jim Duggan | One Man Gang | 13 |
| January 15, 1989 | Big John Studd | Ted DiBiase | 27 |
| January 21, 1990 | Hulk Hogan | Mr. Perfect | 25 |
| January 19, 1991 | Hulk Hogan | Earthquake | 24 |
| January 19, 1992 | Ric Flair | Sid Justice | 3 |
| January 24, 1993 | Yokozuna | Randy Savage | 27 |
| January 22, 1994 | Bret Hart and Lex Luger | Eliminating each other | 23,27 |
| January 22, 1995 | Shawn Michaels | The British Bulldog | 1 |
| January 21, 1996 | Shawn Michaels | Diesel | 18 |
| January 19, 1997 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Bret Hart | 5 |
| January 18, 1998 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | The Rock | 24 |
| January 24, 1999 | Mr. McMahon | Stone Cold Steve Austin | 2 |
| January 23, 2000 | The Rock | Big Show | 24 |
| January 21, 2001 | Stone Cold Steve Austin | Kane | 27 |
| January 20, 2002 | Triple H | Kurt Angle | 22 |
| January 19, 2003 | Brock Lesnar | The Undertaker | 29 |
| January 25, 2004 | Chris Benoit | Big Show | 1 |
| January 30, 2005 | Batista | John Cena | 28 |
| January 29, 2006 | Rey Mysterio | Randy Orton | 2 |
| January 28, 2007 | The Undertaker | Shawn Michaels | 30 |
| January 27, 2008 | John Cena | Triple H | 30 |
| January 25, 2009 | Randy Orton | Triple H | 8 |
| January 31, 2010 | Edge | John Cena | 29 |
| January 30, 2011 | Alberto Del Rio | Santino Marella | 38 |
| January 29, 2012 | Sheamus | Chris Jericho | 22 |
| January 27, 2013 | John Cena | Ryback | 19 |
| January 26, 2014 | Batista | Roman Reigns | 28 |
| January 25, 2015 | Roman Reigns | Rusev | 19 |
| January 24, 2016 | Triple H | Dean Ambrose | 30 |
| January 29, 2017 | Randy Orton | Roman Reigns | 23 |
| January 28, 2018 | Shinsuke Nakamura | Roman Reigns | 14 |
| January 27, 2019 | Seth Rollins | Braun Strowman | 10 |
| January 26, 2020 | Drew McIntyre | Roman Reigns | 16 |
| January 31, 2021 | Edge | Randy Orton | 1 |
| January 29, 2022 | Brock Lesnar | Drew McIntyre | 30 |
| January 28, 2023 | Cody Rhodes | Gunther | 30 |
Complete List of (Women’s) Royal Rumble Winners
| Date & Year | Winner | Last Elimination | Entry No. of the Winners |
| January 28, 2018 | Asuka | Nikki Bella | 25 |
| January 27, 2019 | Becky Lynch | Charlotte Flair | 28 |
| January 26, 2020 | Charlotte Flair | Shayna Baszler | 17 |
| January 31, 2021 | Bianca Belair | Rhea Ripley | 3 |
| January 29, 2022 | Ronda Rousey | Charlotte Flair | 28 |
| January 28, 2023 | Rhea Ripley | Liv Morgan | 1 |
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