How successful are Royal Rumble winners at WrestleMania? Stats, history of WWE events

Winning the Royal Rumble match is one of the greatest achievements in WWE, but it doesn't guarantee gold will be around the winner's waist.

The Royal Rumble premium live event starts the road to WrestleMania, as the winner of the men's and women's match gets a guaranteed championship match at the grand event. Most of the time, it feels like the Royal Rumble winner is destined to win the title they compete for at WrestleMania − just look at last year's victors − putting extra significance on winning the Royal Rumble match. However, it's not always the case. There have been plenty of people who won the Royal Rumble but didn't capitalize on the opportunity at WrestleMania.

So, how successful are Royal Rumble winners when it comes to winning titles at WrestleMania?

How successful are men's Royal Rumble winners at WrestleMania?

Since 1993, the winner in the men’s match has mostly been successful in capturing a title at the flagship event, going 17-12 in those matches for a 58.6% success rate. There have been some instances of Royal Rumble winners either not getting a championship opportunity at WrestleMania or, like John Cena in 2008, deciding to cash in their opportunity prior.

Here is the history of what men's Royal Rumble winners did at WrestleMania:

• 1993: Yokozuna - Won

• 1994: Lex Luger - Lost; Bret Hart - Won

• 1995: Shawn Michaels - Lost

• 1996: Shawn Michaels - Won

• 1997: Stone Cold Steve Austin - Did not compete for title at WrestleMania

• 1998: Stone Cold Steve Austin - Won

• 1999: Vince McMahon - Did not compete for title at WrestleMania

• 2000: The Rock - Lost

• 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin - Won

• 2002: Triple H - Won

• 2003: Brock Lesnar - Won

• 2004: Chris Benoit - Won

• 2005: Batista - Won

• 2006: Rey Mysterio - Won

• 2007: The Undertaker - Won

• 2008: John Cena - Cashed in title opportunity prior to WrestleMania

• 2009: Randy Orton - Lost

• 2010: Edge - Lost

• 2011: Alberto Del Rio - Lost

• 2012: Sheamus - Won

• 2013: John Cena - Won

• 2014: Batista - Lost

• 2015: Roman Reigns - Lost

• 2016: Triple H - Won WWE Championship with Royal Rumble win

• 2017: Randy Orton - Won

• 2018: Shinsuke Nakamura - Lost

• 2019: Seth Rollins - Won

• 2020: Drew McIntyre - Won

• 2021: Edge - Lost

• 2022: Brock Lesnar - Lost

• 2023: Cody Rhodes - Lost

• 2024: Cody Rhodes - Won

How successful are women's Royal Rumble winners at WrestleMania?

The women's winners have been quite successful at WrestleMania. Royal Rumble victors are 5-2 − a 71.4% win percentage − in WrestleMania matches with two straight wins.

Here is the history of what women's Royal Rumble winners did at WrestleMania:

• 2018: Asuka - Lost

• 2019: Becky Lynch - Won

• 2020: Charlotte Flair  - Won

• 2021: Bianca Belair - Won

• 2022: Ronda Rousey - Lost

• 2023: Rhea Ripley - Won

• 2024: Bayley - Won

When is Royal Rumble 2025?

The 2025 Royal Rumble will be held Saturday, Feb. 1 beginning at 3 p.m. ET.

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Does winning Royal Rumble lead to WWE titles? WrestleMania history