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WWE Royal Rumble 2025 live results: Winners, highlights of men's and women's matches
It’s time to punch a ticket to WrestleMania.
The 2025 Royal Rumble will officially kick off the road to WrestleMania, as the iconic first premium live event of the year takes place Saturday. The night is headlined by the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches. Each will have 30 entrants enter the ring and the winner will be guaranteed a championship opportunity at WrestleMania 41 in April, a potentially career-altering opportunity.
That won’t be all that's happening, either; the WWE Tag Team Championships will be on the card in a two-out-of-three falls match, and Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens will again take their heated rivalry into another Undisputed WWE Championship bout.
WrestleMania 41 is more than 75 days away, but the extravagant event is about to take shape, starting what is the biggest time period in WWE.
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Women's Royal Rumble match
Match in progress. Note: Stars currently in the ring will be listed first.
Sonya Deville
Bayley
Shayna Baszler
Bianca Belair
Lash Legend
Zoey Stark
Ivy Nile
Chelsea Green
Roxanne Perez
Liv Morgan
Iyo Sky
All entrants for the women's Royal Rumble match will be listed, as well as when/if they are eliminated.
No. 13: Sonya Deville
No. 12: Bayley
No. 11: Shayna Baszler
No. 10: Bianca Belair
No. 9: Lash Legend
No. 8: Zoey Stark
No. 7: Ivy Nile
No. 6: B-Fab
Eliminated by Chelsea Green.
No. 5: Chelsea Green
No. 4: Lyra Valkyria
Eliminated by Ivy Nile.
No. 3: Roxanne Perez
No. 2: Liv Morgan
No. 1 Iyo Sky
When is Royal Rumble 2025?
Royal Rumble 2025 is Saturday, Feb. 1 at 3 p.m. ET.
Where is Royal Rumble 2025?
The 2025 Royal Rumble will be at Lucas Oil Stadium − home of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts − in Indianapolis.
How to watch Royal Rumble 2025
The event can be streamed on Peacock, but you must have their premium or premium-plus subscription to watch. Internationally, it will be available on Netflix in most markets.
Royal Rumble 2025 match card
Matches not in order
Men's Royal Rumble match
Women's Royal Rumble match
Ladder match for Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Two-out-of-three falls match for WWE Tag Team Championship: #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin)
How does the Royal Rumble match work?
The 30-person match starts off with two entrants, and every two minutes, another competitor enters the match.
The only way to be eliminated from the match is to be thrown over the top rope of the ring and both feet must hit the floor. If only one foot hits the floor or goes under the top rope, the competitor may re-enter the ring. The match goes until there is one person remaining in the ring that hasn’t been eliminated. The winner of the match then gets a guaranteed championship match at WrestleMania.
Who's in the men's Royal Rumble match?
Heading into Saturday night, 18 of 30 participants have been announced. To see the full list, click here.
Who's in the women's Royal Rumble match?
Heading into Saturday night, 14 of 30 participants have been announced. To see the full list, click here.
WrestleMania 41 sign goes up
It's that time of the year. The Royal Rumble means the WrestleMania sign goes up, and it will be present during Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown leading up to the event.
The Road to #WrestleMania 41 begins TONIGHT at #RoyalRumble! 🫵💥 pic.twitter.com/izjyKZnC4T
— WWE (@WWE) February 1, 2025
Jordan Mendoza's Royal Rumble 2025 predictions
Men's Royal Rumble match: John Cena
Men's Royal Rumble surprise: Joe Hendry
Women's Royal Rumble match: Iyo Sky
Women's Royal Rumble surprise: Nikki Bella
Ladder match for Undisputed WWE Championship: The feud was something Rhodes needed, and there should be plenty of ridiculous spots in this one. While Owens winning would certainly add intrigue to start the year, Rhodes is on his way to another WrestleMania main event. Winner: Cody Rhodes.
Two-out-of-three falls match for WWE Tag Team Championship: The Motor City Machine Guns have been a great addition to WWE, but it feels like they haven’t been used to their full potential. #DIY has had a great turnaround recently, and they should get the first pinfall before the challengers get the last two for a title change to start February. Winner: Motor City Machine Guns.
James H. Williams' Royal Rumble 2025 predictions
Men's Royal Rumble match: CM Punk
Men's Royal Rumble surprise: Dolph Ziggler
Women's Royal Rumble match: Charlotte Flair
Women's Royal Rumble surprise: AJ Lee
Ladder match for Undisputed WWE Championship: Rhodes will retain and position himself to headline WrestleMania as the defending champion for a third consecutive year. This should be the end of the feud and possibly the last we see of the Winged Eagle title that Owens stole from Rhodes. Winner: Cody Rhodes.
Two-out-of-three falls match for WWE Tag Team Championship: Gargano and Ciampa will find a way to retain the titles on a big stage. The Motor City Machine Guns will head into the event with momentum after picking up a victory (along with Los Garzas) over #DIY and Pretty Deadly during an eight-man tag team match but #DIY was also spotted backstage with Tama Tonga. The backstage segment could be leading to a potential tag match down the road with Tonga and Jacob Fatu. Winner: #DIY.
Men's Royal Rumble history
The match first took place in 1988 – with “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan winning the inaugural event – and it’s been held every year since. However, it wasn't until 1993 that the winner received a championship opportunity at WrestleMania. Here are the past 10 winners. The full list of winners is here:
2015: Roman Reigns
2016: Triple H (second win)
2017: Randy Orton (second win)
2018: Shinsuke Nakamura
2019: Seth Rollins
2020: Drew McIntyre
2021: Edge (second win)
2022: Brock Lesnar (second win)
2023: Cody Rhodes
2024: Cody Rhodes (second win)
Women's Royal Rumble history
The women’s Royal Rumble match was introduced in 2018, with Asuka winning the first edition. Here are the list of winners:
2018: Asuka
2019: Becky Lynch
2020: Charlotte Flair
2021: Bianca Belair
2022: Ronda Rousey
2023: Rhea Ripley
2024: Bayley
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.
See the full list of how men’s Royal Rumble winners fared at WrestleMania here.
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.
See the full list of how women’s Royal Rumble winners fared at WrestleMania here.
Best number to enter the Royal Rumble?
Save the best for last when it comes to the men’s match. Five winners have come in at No. 30, the most of any entry number. All of the wins have happened since 2007. The second most is No. 27 with four wins and No. 1 and No. 24 with three wins. Nos. 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 17, 20, 21 and 26 have never been winners.
In the women’s match, it’s either been early or later in the match with the most success. No. 3 and No. 28 each have two wins. Nos. 1, 17 and 25 make up the other victories.
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