2001 Royal Rumble
New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana
Men’s Royal Rumble 2001
Winner
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin
entered at number 27
- 1 Jeff Hardy
- 2 Bull Buchanan
- 3 Matt Hardy
- 4 Faarooq
- 5 Drew Carey
- 6 Kane
- 7 Raven
- 8 Al Snow
- 9 Perry Saturn
- 10 Steve Blackman
- 11 Grand Master Sexay
- 12 The Honky Tonk Man
- 13 The Rock
- 14 The Goodfather
- 15 Tazz
- 16 Bradshaw
- 17 Albert
- 18 Hardcore Holly
- 19 K-Kwik
- 20 Val Venis
- 21 William Regal
- 22 Test
- 23 Big Show
- 24 Crash Holly
- 25 The Undertaker
- 26 Scotty 2 Hotty
- 27 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- 28 Billy Gunn
- 29 Haku
- 30 Rikishi
The last five draws are 26 to 30 in this match, and are marked in the chart above. They enter against a field that is already thinning, which is the long-standing argument that a late number is an advantage.
Bar positions are derived, not recorded. No source publishes entry and elimination timestamps; they are solved from entry order, the published times in match and the recorded elimination order. The ring-population curve below reads the same solved times. The times in the table below are as published.
What it led to
Threads that start in this match and pay off later. Editorial rather than computed — each one cites where it comes from.
Austin wins his third, and turns at the end of it
Austin won the Rumble and the title match that came with it. He took the championship from The Rock with help from Mr. McMahon, the man he had spent three years fighting, and turned in the act of winning.
WrestleMania X-Seven 70 days later
Steve Austin beat The Rock for the WWF Championship with help from Mr. McMahon
"Stone Cold" Steve Austin, The Rock, Mr. McMahon
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 125-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss