2013 Royal Rumble
US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona
Men’s Royal Rumble 2013
Winner
John Cena
entered at number 19
- Match time
- 55:05
- Entrants
- 30
- Longest time in match
- 49:47 Dolph Ziggler
- 1 Dolph Ziggler
- 2 Chris Jericho
- 3 Cody Rhodes
- 4 Kofi Kingston
- 5 Santino Marella
- 6 Drew McIntyre
- 7 Titus O'Neil
- 8 Goldust
- 9 David Otunga
- 10 Heath Slater
- 11 Sheamus
- 12 Tensai
- 13 Brodus Clay
- 14 Rey Mysterio
- 15 Darren Young
- 16 Bo Dallas
- 17 The Godfather
- 18 Wade Barrett
- 19 John Cena
- 20 Damien Sandow
- 21 Daniel Bryan
- 22 Cesaro
- 23 The Great Khali
- 24 Kane
- 25 Zack Ryder
- 26 Randy Orton
- 27 Jinder Mahal
- 28 The Miz
- 29 Sin Cara
- 30 Ryback
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.
Cena wins it and gets the rematch he lost
Cena won the Rumble and the title shot. The Rock retained the WWE Championship against CM Punk at Elimination Chamber, which set up a rematch of the previous year's WrestleMania meeting between The Rock and Cena.
WrestleMania 29 70 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 100-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss