WWE Royal Rumble 2024 live results: match winners, highlights, and more

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The road to WrestleMania officially begins with Royal Rumble 2024 taking place on Saturday. WWE's first premium live event of the year is highlighted by the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches, with the winner of each match earning a championship shot at WrestleMania.

Roman Reigns is also scheduled to put the WWE's undisputed world title on the line in a fatal four-way match against Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and L.A. Knight. Also, Logan Paul defends his United States Championship for the first time.

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All participants in the Women's Royal Rumble match will be listed, as well as when/if they are eliminated.

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Just like last year, Pat McAfee appeared at the Royal Rumble to serve as a special commentator for Saturday's event. He was previously a commentator on “SmackDown” in 2022.

What time is Royal Rumble 2024?

The 2024 Royal Rumble match will take place on Saturday, January 27 at 8 PM ET.

Where is Royal Rumble 2024?

The 2024 Royal Rumble match will be at Tropicana Field – home of the Tampa Bay Rays – in St. Petersburg, Florida.

How to watch Royal Rumble 2024

The event can be broadcast on peacock, but you must have a premium or premium subscription to watch. Internationally, it will be available on the WWE Network.

Royal Rumble 2024 match card

The matches are not in order

Men's Royal Rumble match
Women's Royal Rumble match
US Championship match: Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Fatal Four-Way Match for the Undisputed WWE World Championship: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. L.A. Knight

Winner of the Men's Royal Rumble Match: CM Punk
Women's Royal Rumble Match Winner: Bayley
US Championship match: Logan Paul (c) defeated Kevin Owens
Fatal Four-Way Match for the Undisputed WWE World Championship: Roman Reigns (c) defeated Randy Orton, AJ Styles and L.A. Knight

As Saturday approaches, 21 of the 30 participants have been announced. they:

Cody Rhodes
C m Bank
Shinsuke Nakamura
Bobby Lashley
Drew McIntyre
Gunther
Damian the priest
Kofi Kingston
Chad Gable
Otis
Akira Tozawa
Santos Escobar
R the truth
Carlito
Grayson Waller
Austin's theory
Jimmy Uso
Dominik Mysterio
Finn Balor
JD McDonagh
Ivar

By Saturday, 11 women had been confirmed to participate in the match. they:

Bailey
Nia Jax
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Maxine Dupree
Ivy Nile
Alba Fire
Shotzi
Zelina Vega
Mishin
Valhalla

A 30-person match starts with two participants, and every 90 seconds, another competitor enters the match.

The only way to get eliminated from the match is to be thrown over the top rope of the ring and hit both feet on the ground. If only one foot hits the ground, the competitor can re-enter the ring. The match continues until there is one person left in the ring who has not been eliminated. The winner of the match then gets a guaranteed championship match at WrestleMania.

The match was first held in 1988 – “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan won the inaugural event – and has been held every year since. Below is the list of winners:

1988: “Hasaw” Jim Duggan
1989: Big John Studd
1990: Hulk Hogan
1991: Hulk Hogan (second win)
1992: Ric Flair
1993: Yokozuna
1994: Lex Luger and Bret Hart
1995: Shawn Michaels
1996: Shawn Michaels (2nd win)
1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin
1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin (2nd win)
1999: Vince McMahon
2000: The Rock
2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin (3rd win)
2002: Triple H
2003: Brock Lesnar
2004: Chris Benoit
2005: Batista
2006: Rey Mysterio
2007: Undertaker
2008: John Cena
2009: Randy Orton
2010: The Edge
2011: Alberto del Rio
2012: Seamus
2013: John Cena (second win)
2014: Batista (second win)
2015: Roman Reigns
2016: Triple H (second win)
2017: Randy Orton (2nd win)
2018: Shinsuke Nakamura
2019: Seth Rollins
2020: Drew McIntyre
2021: Edge (2nd win)
2022: Brock Lesnar (2nd win)
2023: Cody Rhodes

The women's Royal Rumble match was introduced in 2018, with Asuka winning the first edition. Below is the list of winners:

2018: Asuka
2019: Becky Lynch
2020: Charlotte Flair
2021: Bianca Belair
2022: Ronda Rousey
2023: Rhea Ripley

Save the best for last when it comes to the men's match; Five winners came in the top 30, the most of any entry. All of the wins have occurred since 2007. The second is No. 27 with four wins and No. 1 and No. 24 with three wins. The numbers 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 15, 17, 20, 21 and 26 have never been winning numbers.

The later numbers were the most successful, with 22 of the 37 winners (59.4%) coming at least 22nd or later.

On the women's side, the number 28 was the most successful as it was the only participant number to achieve two wins (2019, 2022).

The idea of the Royal Rumble winner receiving a title shot at WrestleMania was not introduced until the 1993 event.

Since then, the winner of the men's match has mostly succeeded in capturing a title in the main event, going 16-14 in those matches with a 53.3% success rate. However, the winners are on a losing streak, with the previous three – Edge, Brock Lesnar and Cody Rhodes – losing to Roman Reigns.

Women's winners have had great success in the match's short history. Royal Rumble victors have gone 4-2 in WrestleMania matches, including Rhea Ripley last year.

The Royal Rumble is known to be an event where a surprise entry occurs, usually stars of the past or newly signed talent. WWE has gone to great lengths to keep surprise arrivals from spoilers, so fans have no idea who might show up on Saturday. But here are the popular candidates who are likely to make it into the match:

the rock
Sasha Banks
Naomi
Jade Cargill
Liv morgan
Gable Steveson
Andrade

The Road to WrestleMania will not officially begin until the WrestleMania 40 banner is erected, and will be hanging inside Tropicana Field, where the winner of the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches will point to signify their shot at the upcoming tournament.

When WWE Superstar Bayley returned from injury at SummerSlam 2022, she brought back Dakota Kai and Io Sky to form Team Damage CTRL, hoping to help the former NXT talents make a name for themselves on the main roster.

A year and a half later, even with some bumps in the road, the faction has continued to rise to a dominant level, taking gold twice. Sky is the current WWE Women's Champion. As if the group needed more firepower, it now includes some decorated stars in addition to Asuka and Kairi Sane, who captured the Women's Tag Team Championship on Friday.

It's been a long journey for the now five-woman group, and there were times when Bayley, the de facto leader of Damage CTRL, wondered if success was on the horizon. But now, the three-time Women's Champion is “very proud” of what the group has accomplished ahead of Saturday's big Royal Rumble show.

“There were tough times where we were like, 'Okay, maybe this isn't going to be exactly everything we hoped for,'” Bailey told USA TODAY Sports. “I'm proud of what Damage CTRL has brought to the women's division.”

– Read more about Bayley and Damage CTRL here.

Being featured on the cover of WWE 2K24 isn't the only thing Bianca Belair has accomplished as a breakout wrestling star.

When she defeated Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 37, it marked the first time two black women had headlined a WWE main event. A three-time champion and former Royal Rumble winner, Belair also has one of the longest reigning women's titles in the past 20 years.

And if her star power in the ring wasn't enough, she and husband Montez Ford have become major celebrities to star in. Special reality show, airs next month. She also mentioned that her husband spent the past two years talking about her being on the cover of the video game.

With everything going well for Belair, she's hoping the high level she's at now will translate into a successful road to WrestleMania, which begins with the Royal Rumble on Saturday.

“I think I've set my tone as being a history maker, that I'm breaking barriers, so I would love to become the first woman to ever win the Royal Rumble twice and go to WrestleMania,” Belair said.

– Read more about Bianca Belair here.