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Royal Rumble Match
Official Logo of 2013 Royal Rumble
Official Logo of 2013 Royal Rumble
Details
Current
champion(s)
Road Dogg
Date won February 24, 2013
Date introduced January 29, 2006
Promotion WWE The E-Fed
Brand Interbrand

The Royal Rumble Match is the premier 30-man over-the-top battle royal which main events the yearly January PPV—the Royal Rumble—in the WWE E-Fed federation. The match consists of male (and occasionally female) superstars from both Raw and Smackdown, with the typical formula including 15 individuals from each brand.  Past  events, however, have seen this balance shift from 50/50, as inactive (and sometimes retired) superstars have been known to make their anticipated returns on this night.  The rules of the match are as follows:  Two individuals, randomly alloted #1 and #2 respectively, commence the match.  A fixed timeframe later (ranging from 90 seconds to 2 full minutes), the individual who drew the subsequent number enters the ring, and this process continues until 30 superstars have entered the match.  Eliminations occur only when an individual's entire body has gone over the top rope and both feet have touched the ground.  The last competitor in the ring is declared the victor, and he moves on to face the champion of his brand at Wrestlemania, the WWE E-Fed's flagship event.  The winner of the first Royal Rumble, the 2006 edition, was Matt Hardy, who entered at #4 to outlast the rest of the competition and last eliminate El Lizardo Loco.  So distraught was El Lizardo Loco by this defeat that he returned to Mexico and accepted a job as a factory worker, never to be seen in the wrestling industry again.  "Road Dogg" Jesse James is the reigning Royal Rumble victor, last eliminating Goldust on February 24, 2013.  The record of most victories is jointly held by Matt Hardy and CM Punk, who have each won the prestigious event on 2 occasions.


Match History[]

Number The number at which this superstar/diva enterred the Royal Rumble.
Name The name of the superstar/diva.
Eliminations The number of superstars/divas eliminated.
Eliminated By The name of the superstar/diva who eliminated this particular individual.
Elimination Number The order in which this superstar/diva was eliminated (if empty, signifies winner).
Notes Any additional important information on this entrant.
Used for identify an irrelevant statistic.



2006[]

Number 

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Jeff Jarrett 0.5 5 Matt Hardy
2 AJ Styles 2 27 John Cena
3 Charlie Haas 1 2 Matt Hardy
4 Matt Hardy 5 - - Matt Hardy won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating El Lizardo Loco.
5 Thomas Brewington - 3 Ken Kennedy
6 Spike Dudley - 1 Charlie Haas
7 Ken Kennedy 1 6 Test
8 Sunny - 4 AJ Styles / Jeff Jarrett
9 Chris Masters - 8 AJ Styles / Matt Hardy
10 Vampiro - 7 Ken Shamrock
11 R-Truth - 9 JBL
12 Test 1 15 Shelton Benjamin
13 El Lizardo Loco 3.5 29 Matt Hardy
14 Ken Shamrock 2 28 El Lizardo Loco
15 JBL 3 17 Edge
16 Christian 1 12 JBL
17 Spud - 11 Christian
18 John Cena 2 26 AJ Styles
19 Rey Mysterio - 10 El Lizardo Loco
20 Matt Bentley - 13 Shelton Benjamin
21 Christopher Daniels -

14

Shelton Benjamin
22 Shelton Benjamin 3 23 Matt Hardy / El Lizardo Loco
23 Homicide - 16 JBL
24 Brock Lesnar - 21 El Lizardo Loco
25 Carlito - 19 Edge
26 Triple H - 25 John Cena
27 Orlando Jordan - 18 Kurt Angle
28 Danny Basham - 20 Kurt Angle
29 Edge 2 22 Matt Hardy
30 Kurt Angle 2 24 Ken Shamrock

2007[]

Number 

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Kane - 1 Umaga
2 Umaga 1 3 Shawn Michaels
3 Randy Orton 1 12 Carlito
4 -
5 Doink (Pete Gas) - 2 Bastian Booger
6 Jamie Noble - 5 Bastian Booger
7 The Miz - 4 Shawn Michaels
8 Bastian Booger 3 8 Shawn Michaels
9 Shawn Michaels 5 14 Randy Orton
10 Raven - 13 Carlito
11 Mick Foley - 6 Shawn Michaels
12 Hulk Hogan 1 11 Bobby Roode
13 Road Dogg - 9 Shawn Michaels
14 Papydum - 7 Bastian Booger
15 Goldust 2 19 Jeff Hardy
16 Blue Meanie - 10 Goldust
17 Hardcore Holly 2 20 Chris Jericho
18 Bobby Roode 1 17 Goldust
19 Carlito 2 21 Johnny Devine
20 Johnny Nitro - 15 Hulk Hogan
21 Shelton Benjamin -

16

Hardcore Holly
22 Danny Basham - 18 Hardcore Holly
23 Adrian Cage 1 22 Chuck Palumbo
24 Jeff Hardy 3 - - Jeff Hardy won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Triple H.
25 Johnny Jeter - 24 Johnny Devine
26 Chris Jericho 1 25 Triple H
27 Johnny Devine 2 26 The Rock
28 Chuck Palumbo 1 23 Adrian Cage
29 Triple H 1 28 Jeff Hardy
30 The Rock 1 27 Jeff Hardy


2008[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Matt Hardy 3 29 CM Punk Matt Hardy set the longevity record with this performance.  It would stand until 2012, when he and Goldust matched it.
2 Chyna  1 3 New Jack Chyna remains the only diva to have eliminated a male superstar.
3 Kenny Dykstra - 1 Chyna
4 Goldust - 2 New Jack
5 New Jack 3 6 Jimmy Jacobs
6 The Rock - 4 New Jack
7 Chavo Guerrero - 5 Edge
8 Edge 1 12 Matt Hardy
9 Ryan Mackenzie 2.5 24 Randy Orton
10 Carlito - 8 Ryan Mackenzie
11 Jimmy Jacobs 2 26 Chris Sabin
12 Harry Smith 0.5 10 Bastian Booger
13 Steve Austin 1 25 Fan A fan leapt over the guardrail and eliminated Austin, revealing himself to be Muhammad Hassan.
14 John Morrison - 7 Bastian Booger
15 Bastian Booger 3 9 Harry Smith / Daniel Puder
16 The Miz 1 15 MVP
17 Daniel Puder 0.5 11 Bastian Booger
18 Randy Orton 3 28 Matt Hardy
19 Jeff Hardy - 13 Ryan Mackenzie
20 Chris Jericho - 14 The Miz
21 Michael Shane - 17 CM Punk
22 Mick Foley - 18 Matt Hardy
23 MVP 1 16 Jimmy Jacobs
24 CM Punk 3 - - CM Punk won the Royal Rumble, last eliminating Matt Hardy.
25 Roddy Piper - 19 Kevin Thorn / Ryan Mackenzie
26 Chris Sabin 2 27 CM Punk
27 Kevin Thorn 1 20 Steve Austin
28 Hornswoggle - 21 Chris Sabin
29 Tommy Dreamer - 22 Randy Orton
30 Cody Rhodes - 23 Randy Orton

2009[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Goldust 7 29 Chris Jericho
2 New Jack 2 John Cena
3 John Cena 8 21 Kane
4 Kevin Nash 1 3 John Cena
5 Montel Vontavious Porter 1 Kevin Nash
6 Kazarian 4 John Cena
7 Kevin Thorn 2 26 Goldust
8 Brendan Moretti 4.5 28 Chris Jericho
9 Brett Venom 6 Brendan Moretti
10 Shiima Xion 5 Brendan Moretti
11 Chase Stevens 12 Goldust
12 Samoa Joe 14 Brendan Moretti and Papydum
13 Lukas Copeland 1 9 John Cena
14 Randy Orton 16 John Cena
15 Chris Sabin 7 John Cena
16 Papydum 1.5 25 Brendan Moretti
17 Ken Kennedy 8 Lukas Copeland
18 AJ Styles 10 Kevin Thorn
19 Matt Sydal 11 John Cena
20 Shawn Michaels 13 Goldust
21 John Morrison 15 Brendan Moretti
22 Kyle Anderson 17 Anderson was attacked by Ted DiBiase Jr. who was disguised as a camera man and thus taken out of the match.
23 Christian 18 Kevin Thorn
24 Sabu 19 Goldust
25 Gregory Helms 22 Papydum
26 Kane 1 20 John Cena
27 Travis Kooper 27 Goldust
28 James Storm 24 Goldust
29 Teddy Hart 23 Goldust
30 Chris Jericho 2 Chris Jericho won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Goldust.

2010[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Jeff Hardy 3 CM Punk
2 Jack Swagger 1 Gregory Helms
3 Gregory Helms 2 12 CM Punk
4 DH Smith 2 CM Punk
5 CM Punk 10 CM Punk won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating The Rock.
6 Ken Kennedy 4 CM Punk
7 Shaggy 2 Dope 5 CM Punk
8 The Undertaker 1 7 Matt Hardy
9 R-Truth 6 John Cena
10 Travis Kooper 1 16 The Rock
11 John Cena 1 18 Randy Orton
12 Kaval 8 Matt Hardy
13 Matt Hardy 2 9 The Undertaker
14 Batista 10 Gregory Helms
15 Carlito 11 Travis Kooper
16 Chris Sabin 13 CM Punk
17 Tyson Kidd 14 The Rock
18 The Rock 5 29 CM Punk
19 Montel Vontavious Porter 1 25 Rey Mysterio
20 Chris Masters 15 The Rock
21 Hulk Hogan 21 The Rock
22 Ric Flair 17 Flair was attacked by Tyler Chandler and thus taken out of the match.
23 Randy Orton 1 19 Christian
24 Christian 3 28 CM Punk
25 AJ Styles 20 Montel Vontavious Porter
26 Alex Shelley 22 CM Punk
27 Steve Austin 24 CM Punk
28 Sheamus 23 The Rock
29 Rey Mysterio 1 26 Christian
30 Edge 27 Christian

2011[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Carlito 1 Jeff Hardy
2 Ryan Mitchell 2 12 Mitchell was attacked by Gregory Helms and thus taken out of the match.
3 Jeff Hardy 3 28 Kevin Thorn
4 Tyler Chandler 1 4 Ryan Mitchell
5 Goldust 2 Chris Jericho
6 Chris Jericho 5 25 Triple H
7 Dolph Ziggler 3 Tyler Chandler
8 Ryan Nemeth 5 Kenny King
9 Steve Austin 3 29 Kevin Thorn
10 Kenny King 1 14 Jeff Hardy
11 CM Punk 3.5 27 Steve Austin
12 Montel Vontavious Porter 6 CM Punk
13 Matt Hardy .5 8 Jeff Hardy
14 Adam Harris 7 CM Punk and Matt Hardy
15 Randy Orton 1 11 Ryan Mitchell
16 Alex Shelley 10 Chris Jericho
17 Sheamus 9 Randy Orton
18 Kevin Thorn 3 Kevin Thorn won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Steve Austin.
19 Nick Mitchell 13 Chris Jericho
20 Justin Gabriel 15 CM Punk
21 Ted DiBiase Jr. 2 17 Ted DiBiase Jr.
22 Chris Sabin 16 Ted DiBiase Jr.
23 Roderick Strong 18 Steve Austin
24 Kurt Angle 19 Steve Austin
25 R-Truth 20 Chris Jericho
26 Tyler Reks 21 Chris Jericho
27 Ken Kennedy 24 Triple H
28 The Miz 22 Kevin Thorn
29 Brock Lesnar 23 Triple H
30 Triple H 3 26 CM Punk

2012[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Goldust 5.2 29 Matt Hardy
2 Matt Hardy 5.7 Matt Hardy won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Goldust.
3 Randy Orton 1 Goldust
4 James Storm 12 CM Punk and Matt Hardy
5 Shawn Spears 8 CM Punk
6 Shannon Moore 5 Goldust
7 Travis Kooper 2 Matt Hardy
8 Steve Corino 11 CM Punk
9 Austin Aries 3 Matt Hardy
10 AJ Styles 9 CM Punk
11 Jeff Hardy 4 Goldust
12 Wade Barrett 10 CM Punk
13 Sheamus 6 CM Punk
14 Christopher Daniels 7 CM Punk
15 CM Punk 6.5 14 Chris Jericho
16 Tyler Chandler 13 Goldust
17 Shane Helms 17 Shane Helms was attacked by Chuck Norris and thus taken out of the match.
18 Sean Marino 1.2 28 Matt Hardy and Goldust
19 Aaron Eden 1.2 27 Matt Hardy
20 Chris Jericho 2 15 Chris Jericho
21 Clark Gabriel 16 Sean Marino
22 Alex Shelley 18 Ciaran O'Donnell
23 Chris Sabin 19 Ethan Vauss and Ciaran O'Donnell
24 Ethan Vauss .5 21 Pete Gas
25 Ciaran O'Donnell 20 Sean Marino
26 Pete Gas 1 23 Triple H
27 Paul Burchill 22 Aaron Eden
28 Dolph Ziggler .2 26 Michael Noventa
29 Triple H 1 24 Matt Hardy and Goldust
30 Michael Noventa 1 25 Matt Hardy, Goldust, Aaron Eden, Sean Marino and Dolph Ziggler

2013[]

Number

Name Eliminations Elimination Number Eliminated By Notes
1 Shane Helms 4.5 20 Jeff Hardy
2 James Storm 1 4 Seth Rollins and Jimmy Jacobs
3 Bobby Roode 1 Shane Helms
4 Jimmy Jacobs .5 8 Tyler Chandler
5 Ryback 2 Shane Helms
6 Braden Walker 3 James Storm
7 Daniel Bryan 13 Road Dogg
8 Seth Rollins 1.5 10 Jeff Hardy
9 Jake Anderson 5 Shane Helms
10 Jeff Hardy 6.5 28 Goldust
11 Tyler Chandler 2 9 Seth Rollins
12 Evan Bourne 6 Tyler Chandler
13 Heath Slater 15 Jeff Hardy
14 The Miz 7 Jeff Hardy
15 Michael Noventa 1 19 Jeff Hardy and Shane Helms
16 Carlito 12 Jeff Hardy
17 Mr. Anderson 11 Shane Helms
18 Road Dogg 2.5 Road Dogg won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Goldust.
19 Billy Cassidy 14 Michael Noventa
20 Brad Maddox 16 Matt Hardy
21 Edge 1 17 Matt Hardy
22 Matt Hardy 2 18 Edge
23 AJ Styles .5 23 Jeff Hardy
24 Drew McIntyre 22 AJ Styles and Travis Kooper
25 Chris Jericho 2 27 Goldust
26 Dolph Ziggler 21 Chris Jericho
27 Goldust 3 29 Road Dogg
28 Pinkie Sanchez 25 Billy Gunn and Road Dogg
29 Travis Kooper .5 24 Chris Jericho
30 Billy Gunn .5 26 Goldust

Records[]

All-Time Eliminations []

Whole Number Indicates solo elimination
Number With Decimal Indicates joint elimination



As of May 23, 2013

Rank Superstar/Diva # of Rumbles # of Eliminations
1. CM Punk 4 23
2. Matt Hardy 6 18.2
3. Goldust 6 17.2
4. Jeff Hardy 7 12.5
5. Chris Jericho 6 12
6 John Cena 11
7. Randy Orton 7
8. Shane Helms 6.5
9. Bastian Booger 6
The Rock 6
10. Triple H 5
11. Brandon Moretti 4.5
12. Christian 4
Edge 4
Steve Austin 4
13. El Lizardo Loco 3.5
14. JBL 3
New Jack 3
Shelton Benjamin 3
Tyler Chandler 3
15. AJ Styles 2.5
Jimmy Jacobs 2.5
Road Dogg 2.5
Ryan McKenzie 2.5
16. Sean Marino

2.2

17. Carlito 2
Chris Sabin 2
Hardcore Holly 2
Johnny Devine 2
Ken Shamrock 2
Michael Noventa 2
MVP 2
Ryan Mitchell 2
Ted DiBiase 2
18. Ciaran O'Donnell 1.5
Papydum 1.5
Seth Rollins 1.5
Travis Kooper 1.5
19. Aaron Eden 1.2
20. Adrian Cage 1
Bobby Roode 1
Charlie Haas 1
Chuck Palumbo 1
Chuck Norris 1
Chyna 1
Hulk Hogan 1
James Storm 1
Kenny King 1
Kane 1
Ken Anderson 1
Kevin Nash 1
Lukas Copeland 1
Pete Gas 1
Rey Mysterio 1
Test 1
The Miz 1
The Undertaker 1
Umaga 1
21. Billy Gunn 0.5
Daniel Puder 0.5
Ethan Vauss 0.5
Harry Smith 0.5
Jeff Jarrett 0.5
22. Dolph Ziggler 0.2


Trivia Facts[]

  • CM Punk holds the record for most eliminations, having tossed 23 poor individuals over the top rope.  He also possesses the most Royal Rumble efficiency, as he has won twice, while only participating 4 times (50% win rate).
  • The record for most individuals eliminated in a single Royal Rumble is also held by CM Punk, as he tossed 10 superstars in 2010.
  • On the opposite end of the spectrum, Goldust has the least efficient percentage (0%), as he had failed to win on 6 occasions.  This speaks, perhaps, more to bad luck than inability, as he has been the 29th and final participant eliminated a record 3 times.
  • Goldust and Matt Hardy (2012) share the record for longest time in the ring, as they entered at #1 and #2 respectively and lasted until the very end.
  • The Miz (2013) possesses the dubious honor of having lasted the shortest amount of time in the ring.  His exact time was never recorded, but the write-up for the match announced him as having been eliminated in record fashion.  There is some debate as to whether or not Jeff Hardy (2012) deserves this title, as his feet never touched the ground before being drop-kicked back out by Goldust.


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