Okay, so I wanted to make a list of all the Royal Rumble winners, right? Sounds simple enough, but it took a bit more digging than I thought. Here’s how I went about it.
First Step: The Obvious – Just Searching
I started by, you know, just typing “royal rumble winners list” into a search engine. I figured there’d be tons of sites with the info, and I was right. I got a bunch of results, mostly from wrestling news sites and fan pages.
Getting My Hands Dirty: Collecting the Data
I opened up a few of the top results and started copying the winners’ names. I created a simple text file to paste everything into. At first, I was just grabbing the names, but then I thought, “Hey, might as well get the year too!” So I went back and started adding the year each wrestler won.
Organizing It All: Making it Neat
After I had a good chunk of names and years, I wanted to organize it a bit. Just a plain list seemed boring. So, I decided to use bullet points. It’s easy to read and looks way better. I used a basic text editor, with some simple formatting to make it clear.
- 1988 – Jim Duggan
- 1989 – Big John Studd
- 1990 – Hulk Hogan
- 1991 – Hulk Hogan
- 1992 – Ric Flair
- 1993 – Yokozuna
- 1994 – Bret Hart and Lex Luger
- 1995 – Shawn Michaels
- 1996 – Shawn Michaels
- 1997 – Stone Cold Steve Austin
- 1998 – Stone Cold Steve Austin
- 1999 – Mr. 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
- 2012 – Sheamus
- 2013 – John Cena
- 2014 – Batista
- 2015 – Roman Reigns
- 2016 – Triple H
- 2017 – Randy Orton
- 2018 – Shinsuke Nakamura
- 2018 – Asuka
- 2019 – Seth Rollins
- 2019 – Becky Lynch
- 2020 – Drew McIntyre
- 2020 – Charlotte Flair
- 2021 – Edge
- 2021- Bianca Belair
- 2022 – Brock Lesnar
- 2022 – Ronda Rousey
- 2023 – Cody Rhodes
- 2023 – Rhea Ripley
- 2024 – Cody Rhodes
- 2024 – Bayley
Double-Checking: Making Sure It’s Right
I’m kind of a stickler for accuracy, so I didn’t want to just trust one source. I cross-referenced my list with a couple of other websites to make sure I had all the names and years correct. Found a couple of small mistakes, but I fixed those up.
I realized that some of the sites had slightly different info so i have done as much as i can.
And there you have it! That’s how I made my Royal Rumble winners list. Not exactly rocket science, but it was a fun little project, especially for a wrestling fan like me.
