2002 Royal Rumble
Philips Arena, Atlanta, Georgia
Men’s Royal Rumble 2002
Winner
Triple H
entered at number 22
- Match time
- 1:09:23
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 7 The Undertaker, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- Longest time in match
- 26:46 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- 1 Rikishi
- 2 Goldust
- 3 Big Boss Man
- 4 Bradshaw
- 5 Lance Storm
- 6 Al Snow
- 7 Billy
- 8 The Undertaker
- 9 Matt Hardy
- 10 Jeff Hardy
- 11 Maven
- 12 Scotty 2 Hotty
- 13 Christian
- 14 Diamond Dallas Page
- 15 Chuck
- 16 The Godfather
- 17 Albert
- 18 Perry Saturn
- 19 "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
- 20 Val Venis
- 21 Test
- 22 Triple H
- 23 The Hurricane
- 24 Faarooq
- 25 Mr. Perfect
- 26 Kurt Angle
- 27 Big Show
- 28 Kane
- 29 Rob Van Dam
- 30 Booker T
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.
Angle disputes how he went out
Angle was unhappy with how he lost the match and attacked Triple H over it. The feud was settled by putting the thing itself on the line: a match at No Way Out for Triple H's WrestleMania title shot.
WrestleMania X8 56 days later
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 138-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss