2007 Royal Rumble

AT&T Center, San Antonio, Texas

Men’s Royal Rumble 2007

Winner The Undertaker entered at number 30

Match time: 56:18
Entrants: 30
Most eliminations: 7 The Great Khali
Longest time in match: 44:02 Edge

0:00 10:00 20:00 30:00 40:00 50:00

1 Ric Flair
2 Finlay
3 Kenny Dykstra
4 Matt Hardy
5 Edge
6 Tommy Dreamer
7 Sabu
8 Gregory Helms
9 Shelton Benjamin
10 Kane
11 CM Punk
12 King Booker
13 Super Crazy
14 Jeff Hardy
15 The Sandman
16 Randy Orton
17 Chris Benoit
18 Rob Van Dam
19 Viscera
20 Johnny Nitro
21 Kevin Thorn
22 Hardcore Holly
23 Shawn Michaels
24 Chris Masters
25 Chavo Guerrero
26 MVP
27 Carlito
28 The Great Khali
29 The Miz
30 The Undertaker

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.

12 in the ring at once, the most longest stretch with nobody going out: 7:42

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.

The Undertaker tours the brands and picks his champion
The Undertaker won and spent the following weeks appearing on all three brands, staring down each champion before choosing. On the February 5 Raw he picked Batista, and chokeslammed him to start it.
WrestleMania 23 1 April 2007 63 days later
The Undertaker beat Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship, going 15-0 at WrestleMania
The Undertaker, Batista
Source: Wikipedia, retrieved 7 August 2026

2007 men entrants
#	Entrant	Entered	Eliminated	Time in match	Placement	Eliminations	Eliminated by	Wrestlers eliminated
1	Ric Flair	0:00	5:40	5:40	30	0	Edge	none
2	Finlay	0:00	32:32	32:32	19	0	Shawn Michaels	none
3	Kenny Dykstra	1:32	5:37	4:05	29	0	Edge	none
4	Matt Hardy	3:04	21:59	18:55	22	0	Randy Orton	none
5	Edge	4:37	48:39	44:02	3	5	Shawn Michaels	Jeff Hardy, Kenny Dykstra, Ric Flair, Super Crazy, Viscera
6	Tommy Dreamer	6:09	12:50	6:41	28	0	Kane	none
7	Sabu	7:41	13:08	5:27	27	0	Kane	none
8	Gregory Helms	9:14	16:04	6:50	26	0	King Booker	none
9	Shelton Benjamin	10:46	33:08	22:22	17	1	Shawn Michaels	Viscera
10	Kane	12:18	25:39	13:21	20	3	King Booker	King Booker, Sabu, Tommy Dreamer
11	CM Punk	13:50	41:06	27:16	9	1	The Great Khali	Viscera
12	King Booker	15:22	24:45	9:23	21	3	Kane	Gregory Helms, Kane, The Sandman
13	Super Crazy	16:55	21:27	4:32	24	0	Edge, Randy Orton	none
14	Jeff Hardy	18:27	22:05	3:38	23	0	Edge	none
15	The Sandman	19:59	20:12	0:13	25	0	King Booker	none
16	Randy Orton	21:32	48:46	27:14	4	2	Shawn Michaels	Matt Hardy, Super Crazy
17	Chris Benoit	23:04	40:56	17:52	12	3	The Great Khali	Johnny Nitro, Kevin Thorn, Viscera
18	Rob Van Dam	24:36	41:06	16:30	10	2	The Great Khali	Chris Masters, Viscera
19	Viscera	26:08	32:30	6:22	18	0	Chris Benoit, CM Punk, Edge, Hardcore Holly, Johnny Nitro, Kevin Thorn, Rob Van Dam, Shawn Michaels, Shelton Benjamin	none
20	Johnny Nitro	27:40	33:58	6:18	16	1	Chris Benoit	Viscera
21	Kevin Thorn	29:13	35:28	6:15	15	1	Chris Benoit	Viscera
22	Hardcore Holly	30:45	41:06	10:21	13	1	The Great Khali	Viscera
23	Shawn Michaels	32:17	56:28	24:11	2	5	The Undertaker	Edge, Finlay, Randy Orton, Shelton Benjamin, Viscera
24	Chris Masters	33:50	37:22	3:32	14	0	Rob Van Dam	none
25	Chavo Guerrero	35:22	41:46	6:24	7	0	The Great Khali	none
26	MVP	36:54	44:25	7:31	5	0	The Undertaker	none
27	Carlito	38:26	41:45	3:19	8	0	The Great Khali	none
28	The Great Khali	39:58	43:43	3:45	6	7	The Undertaker	Carlito, Chavo Guerrero, Chris Benoit, CM Punk, Hardcore Holly, The Miz, Rob Van Dam
29	The Miz	41:31	41:38	0:07	11	0	The Great Khali	none
30	The Undertaker (winner)	43:03	—	13:15	1	3	—	The Great Khali, MVP, Shawn Michaels

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 92-second interval. Times in match are as published.

Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss

Men’s Royal Rumble 2007

What it led to

The Undertaker tours the brands and picks his champion