Gear up for the 2021 Royal Rumble and Road to WrestleMania! Check out the Greatest Royal Rumble moments in the 30+ year history of the event.
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'Nature Boy' Ric Flair entered the 1992 Royal Rumble at #3. He lasted in the match for an hour and eliminated Sid Justice to win the 1992 Royal Rumble and his first WWF Championship.
Ric Flair Wins First WWF Championship
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Bret 'The Hitman' Hart eliminated Stone Cold from the 1997 Royal Rumble, but the referees didn’t see it. This allowed Austin to eliminate a clueless Bret Hart and win his first Royal Rumble.
Stone Cold's First Rumble Victory
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John Cena surprisingly returned at the 2008 Royal Rumble as the final entrant. It was a glorious moment as he shocked the world recovering from a torn pectoral muscle in just 3 months!
John Cena Returns at MSG!
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The Rumble is now synonymous with Kofi Kingston’s crazy antics. In 2014, he took it a notch higher by jumping from the ringside barricade on the ring apron. Talk about athleticism!
Kofi Kingston Can Fly!
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The entire arena erupted when AJ Styles made his long-awaited WWE debut at the 2016 Royal Rumble. The ‘Phenomenal One’ got one of the loudest debut pops of all time!
The debut of AJ Styles
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Becky Lynch won the 2019 Royal Rumble after eliminating Charlotte Flair to a deafening pop. She carried the momentum and became Becky2Belts in the main event of WrestleMania 35.
Becky Lynch wins the Rumble
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Nia Jax entered the 2019 Royal Rumble at #30, but it wasn’t a grand night for her. Jax received a Superkick from Dolph Ziggler, 619 from Rey Mysterio, and an RKO from Randy Orton.
Nia Jax gets RKO'd
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Edge made a surprise entrance in the 2020 Royal Rumble match. The crowd went nuts; some couldn’t even contain their tears seeing Edge back in the ring after 9 long years!