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Past Rumble Winners:
1988: Hacksaw Jim Duggan (Entered at 13) *(Royal Rumble only had 20 entrants)
1989: Big John Studd (Entered at 27)
1990: Hulk Hogan (Entered at 25)
1991: Hulk Hogan (Entered at 24)
1992: Ric Flair (Entered at 3) (Rumble was for the Vacant World title)
1993: Yokozuna (Entered at 27)
1994: Bret "Hitman" Hart (Entered at 27) and Lex Luger (Entered at 23)
1995: Shawn Michaels (Entered at 1)
1996: Shawn Michaels (Entered at 18)
1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin (Entered at 5)
1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin (Entered at 24)
1999: Vince McMahon (Entered at 2)
2000: The Rock (Entered at 24)
2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin (Entered at 27)
2002: Triple H (Entered at 22)

Number 1's & 2's:
1988: Bret "Hitman" Hart and Tito Santana
1989: Demolition Ax and Demoliton Smash
1990: "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase and Koko B Ware
1991: Bret "Hitman" Hart and Dino Bravo
1992: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith and "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
1993: "Nature Boy" Ric Flair and Bob Backlund
1994: Scott Steiner and "Head Shrinker" Samu
1995: Shawn Michaels and "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smitch
1996: Triple H and Henry Godwin
1997: Crush and Ahmed Johnson
1998: Cactus Jack and Terry Funk
1999: Stone Cold Steve Austin and Vince McMahon
2000: D'Lo Brown and Grandmaster Sexay
2001: Jeff Hardy and Bull Buchanan
2002: Rikishi and Goldust

Number 30's:
1989: "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
1990: Mr. Perfect
1991: TugBoat
1992: The Warlord
1993: Randy "Macho Man" Savage
1994: Adam Bomb
1995: Crush
1996: Duke "The Dumpster" Droese
1997: The Undertaker
1998: Vader
1999: Chyna
2000: X Pac
2001: Rikishi
2002: Booker T

Last to be eliminated:
1988: One Man Gang
1989: "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase
1990: Mr. Pefect
1991: Earthquake
1992: Sid Justice
1993: Randy "Macho Man" Savage
1994: Shawn Michaels
1995: "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith
1996: Diesel
1997: Bret "Hitman" Hart
1998: The Rock
1999: Stone Cold Steve Austin
2000: The Big Show
2001: Kane
2002: Kurt Angle

Most Eliminations:
1988: One Man Gang (6)
1989: Hulk Hogan (8)
1990: Hulk Hogan (6)
1991: Hulk Hogan (7)
1992: Sid Justice (5)
1993: Yokozuna (7)
1994: Diesel (7), Lex Luger (7)
1995: Shawn Micheals (9)
1996: Shawn Micheals (7)
1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin (10)
1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin (8)
1999: Stone Cold Steve Austin (8)
2000: Rikishi (8)
2001: Kane (11)
2002: Stone Cold Steve Austin (7) & The Undertaker (7)

Locations:
1988: Hamilton, Ontario
1989: Houston, Texas
1990: Orlando, Florida
1991: Miami, Florida
1992: Albany, New York
1993: Sacramento, California
1994: Providence, Rhode Island
1995: Tampa, Florida
1996: Fresno, California
1997: San Antonio, Texas
1998: San Jose, Calafornia
1999: Anaheim, Calafornia
2000: New York, New York
2001: New Orleans, Louisiana
2002: Atlanta, Georgia


Title Matches:

WWF Title:
1988: No title Match
1989: No Title Match
1990: No Title Match
1991: Sargent Slaughter d. The Ultimate Warrior (Champion)
1992: Ric Flair won the WWF title in the Royal Rumble
1993: Bret Hart (Champion) d. Razor Ramon
1994: Yokozuna (Champion) d. The Undertaker in a Casket match
1995: Diesel (Champion) and Bret Hart went to a no contest due to interference from HBK and Owen Hart
1996: The Undertaker d. Bret Hart (Champion) via Disqualifaction
1997: Shawn Michaels d. Sid (Champion)
1998: Shawn Michaels (Champion) d. The Undertaker in a "Casket Match"
1999: The Rock d. Mankind (Champion) in an "I Quit" Match
2000: Triple H (Champion) d. Cactus Jack in a "Street Fight"
2001: Kurt Angle (Champion) d. Triple H
2002: Chris Jericho (Champion) d. The Rock

IC Title:
1988:No title Match
1989: No title Match
1990: No title Match
1991: No title Match
1992: Rowdy Roddy Piper d. The Mountie (Champion)
1993: Shawn Michaels (Champion) d. Marty Jannetty
1994: Razor Ramon (Champion) d. Irwin R Schyster
1995: Jeff Jarrett d. Razor Ramon (Champion)
1996: Goldust d. Razor Ramon (Champion)
1997: Triple H (Champion) d. Goldust
1998: The Rock (Champion) d. Ken Shamrock via Disqualifaction
1999: Ken Shamrock (Champion) d. "Bad Ass" Billy Gunn
2000: Chris Jericho (Champion) d. Chyna (Champion) and Hardcore Holly
2001: Chris Jericho (Champion) d. Chris Benoit in a Ladder Match
2002: William Regal d. Edge (Champion)

Tag Titles:
1988: No title Match
1989: No title Match
1990: No title Match
1991: No title Match
1992: No title Match
1993: No title Match
1994: The Quebeccers (Champions) d. Bret and Owen Hart
1995: 123 Kid and Bob Holly d. Tatanka and Bam Bam Bigelow
1996: The Smoking Gunns (Champions) defeated the Bodydonnas
1997: No title Match
1998: New Age Outlaws (Champions) defeated Legion of Doom via DQ
1999: No title Match
2000: New Age Outlaws (Champions) d. The Acolytes
2001: Dudley Boyz d. Edge & Christian (Champions)
2002: Tazz & Spike Dudley (Champions) d. Dudley Boyz

Euro Title:
1999: X Pac (Champion) d. Gangrel

Hardcore:
The Hardcore title has never been defended at The Royal Rumble

Women's:
1990: Rockin' Robin (Champion) defended Judy Martin
1999: Sable (Champion) defeated Luna in a Strap Match
2001: Ivory (Champion) defeated Chyna
2002: Trish Stratus (Champion) defeated Jazz

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