2016 Royal Rumble
Amway Center, Orlando, Florida
Men’s Royal Rumble 2016
Winner
Triple H
entered at number 30
- Match time
- 1:01:42
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 5 Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman
- Longest time in match
- 59:48 Roman Reigns
- 1 Roman Reigns
- 2 Rusev
- 3 AJ Styles
- 4 Tyler Breeze
- 5 Curtis Axel
- 6 Chris Jericho
- 7 Kane
- 8 Goldust
- 9 Ryback
- 10 Kofi Kingston
- 11 Titus O'Neil
- 12 R-Truth
- 13 Luke Harper
- 14 Stardust
- 15 Big Show
- 16 Neville
- 17 Braun Strowman
- 18 Kevin Owens
- 19 Dean Ambrose
- 20 Sami Zayn
- 21 Erick Rowan
- 22 Mark Henry
- 23 Brock Lesnar
- 24 Jack Swagger
- 25 The Miz
- 26 Alberto Del Rio
- 27 Bray Wyatt
- 28 Dolph Ziggler
- 29 Sheamus
- 30 Triple H
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.
The champion defends the title inside the match and loses it
The only Royal Rumble where the reigning champion had to defend the title in the match itself. Reigns entered as champion and left without it, and Triple H won. The Authority then made Triple H defend at WrestleMania against the winner of a Fastlane triple threat, which Reigns won.
WrestleMania 32 70 days later
Triple H, Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose
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 113-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss