The winner of the Royal Rumble did not receive a WrestleMania title shot prior to 1993.
1993 | WrestleMania IX
Royal Rumble Winner: Yokozuna
Champion: Bret Hart
Result: Victory*
Success Rate So Far: 1-0 [100%]
*Yokozuna won the title, but then lost it immediately to a challenging Hulk Hogan to end the show.
1994 | WrestleMania X
Royal Rumble Winner: Bret Hart & Lex Luger (co-winners)
Champion: Yokozuna
Result: Victory & Defeat*
Success Rate So Far: 2-1 [66%]
*Luger lost to Yokozuna in his title match, but Bret Hart won in the main event to win the title.
1995 | WrestleMania XI
Royal Rumble Winner: Shawn Michaels
Champion: Diesel
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 2-2 [50%]
1996 | WrestleMania XII
Royal Rumble Winner: Shawn Michaels
Champion: Bret Hart
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 3-2 [60%]
1997 | WrestleMania 13
Royal Rumble Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Champion: Sycho Sid
Result: N/A*
Success Rate So Far: 3-2 [60%]
*Michaels vacated the title shortly after the Royal Rumble, with Bret Hart winning the vacated title. He subsequently dropped the title to Sycho Sid due to a Stone Cold interference, and Sid defended the title against The Undertaker at WrestleMania 13, which The Undertaker won. Bret Hart and Stone Cold faced off at the event, with Hart winning their famous submission match.
1998 | WrestleMania XIV
Royal Rumble Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Champion: Shawn Michaels
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 4-2 [67%]
1999 | WrestleMania XV
Royal Rumble Winner: Vince McMahon
Champion: The Rock
Result: N/A*
Success Rate So Far: 4-2 [67%]
*McMahon vacated his title shot after winning the Rumble, which meant the runner-up received the title shot, that being Stone Cold Steve Austin. Austin then went on to defeat The Rock for the title as WrestleMania in a No-DQ match with Mankind as the Special Guest Referee.
2000 | WrestleMania 2000
Royal Rumble Winner: The Rock
Champion: Triple H
Result: Defeat*
Success Rate So Far: 4-3 [57%]
*This was a Fatal 4-Way Match also featuring The Big Show and Mick Foley.
2001 | WrestleMania X-Seven
Royal Rumble Winner: Stone Cold Steve Austin
Champion: The Rock
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 5-3 [63%]
2002 | WrestleMania X8
Royal Rumble Winner: Triple H
Champion: Chris Jericho
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 6-3 [67%]
2003 | WrestleMania XIX
Royal Rumble Winner: Brock Lesnar
Champion: Kurt Angle
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 7-3 [70%]
2004 | WrestleMania XX
Royal Rumble Winner: Chris Benoit
Champion: Triple H
Result: Victory*
Success Rate So Far: 8-3 [73%]
*This was a Triple Threat match also featuring Shawn Michaels.
2005 | WrestleMania 21
Royal Rumble Winner: Batista
Champion: Triple H
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 9-3 [75%]
2006 | WrestleMania 22
Royal Rumble Winner: Rey Mysterio
Champion: Kurt Angle
Result: Victory*
Success Rate So Far: 10-3 [77%]
*This was a Triple Threat match also featuring Randy Orton.
2007 | WrestleMania 23
Royal Rumble Winner: The Undertaker
Champion: Batista
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 11-3 [79%]
2008 | WrestleMania XXIV
Royal Rumble Winner: John Cena
Champion: Randy Orton
Result: Defeat*
Success Rate So Far: 11-4 [73%]
*This was a Triple Threat match also featuring Triple H.
2009 | WrestleMania XXV
Royal Rumble Winner: Randy Orton
Champion: Triple H
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 11-5 [69%]
2010 | WrestleMania XXVI
Royal Rumble Winner: Edge
Champion: Chris Jericho
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 11-6 [65%]
2011 | WrestleMania XXVII
Royal Rumble Winner: Alberto Del Rio
Champion: Edge
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 11-7 [61%]
2012 | WrestleMania XXVIII
Royal Rumble Winner: Sheamus
Champion: Daniel Bryan
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 12-7 [63%]
2013 | WrestleMania 29
Royal Rumble Winner: John Cena
Champion: The Rock
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 13-7 [65%]
2014 | WrestleMania XXX
Royal Rumble Winner: Batista
Champion: Randy Orton
Result: Defeat*
Success Rate So Far: 13-8 [62%]
*This was a Triple Threat match also featuring Daniel Bryan, the eventual winner.
2015 | WrestleMania 31
Royal Rumble Winner: Roman Reigns
Champion: Brock Lesnar
Result: Defeat*
Success Rate So Far: 13-9 [59%]
*This was a Triple Threat match also featuring Seth Rollins after he cashed in his Money in the Bank contract.
2016 | WrestleMania 32
The Royal Rumble match in 2016 was for the WWE Championship, which was won by Triple H. He lost the title to Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 32.
Result: N/A
Success Rate So Far: 13-9 [59%]
2017 | WrestleMania 33
Royal Rumble Winner: Randy Orton
Champion: Bray Wyatt
Result: Victory
Success Rate So Far: 14-9 [61%]
2018 | WrestleMania 34
Royal Rumble Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
Champion: AJ Styles
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 14-10 [58%]
2018 | WrestleMania 34
Royal Rumble Winner: Asuka
Champion: Charlotte Flair
Result: Defeat
Success Rate So Far: 14-11 [56%]
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