How does the WWE Royal Rumble work? List of rules and records, history of previous winners
The record for most wins is "Stone Cold" Steve Austin with three (1997, 1998, 2001). Seven other wrestlers have won the event twice: Hulk Hogan (1990, 1991), Shawn Michaels (1995, 1996), Triple H (2002, 2016), Batista (2005, 2014), John Cena (2008, 2013), Randy Orton (2009, 2017) and Cody Rhodes (2023, 2024).