Top 10 WWE Superstars Who Competed in the Men's 2023 Royal Rumble Match

The 2023 Men's Royal Rumble Match brought 30 WWE Superstars into the ring for a shot at a world championship match at WrestleMania 39. Held on January 28 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, the match gave you everything you'd expect from one of WWE's biggest annual events, including surprise entrants, shocking eliminations, and fierce rivalries. With competitors entering at timed intervals and fighting to throw each other over the top rope, you never knew who would be standing when the dust settled.

For this list, we're looking at the top 10 Superstars who competed in the 2023 Men's Royal Rumble Match, considering their performances, memorable moments, and contributions to the action.

The Top Ten

  1. Gunther

    This Rumble's Iron Man started the match at #1 and went coast to coast, tying Cody Rhodes for the most eliminations in the men's Rumble. He also surpassed Rey Mysterio's record from 2006 for the longest time in a 30-man Royal Rumble, lasting 1:11:40, though he was about five minutes short of surpassing Daniel Bryan's record from the Greatest Royal Rumble in 2018. Gunther came so close to winning before being the last man eliminated by eventual winner Cody Rhodes.

  2. Cody Rhodes

    The men's Royal Rumble winner became only the fifth superstar to win the Rumble from the #30 spot, along with Undertaker, John Cena, Triple H, and Brock Lesnar.

  3. Sheamus

    The #2 entrant had the second-longest time in the Rumble, lasting over 50 minutes, and eliminated The Miz, Otis, and Elias before being double-teamed out of the Rumble by Gunther and Drew McIntyre.

  4. Brock Lesnar

    Brock entered at #12 and threw out Chad Gable, Santos Escobar, and Angelo Dawkins before Bobby Lashley came along and quickly eliminated the Beast Incarnate, who went berserk by throwing the steel steps onto the announce table, attacking Baron Corbin before he could get in the ring and hitting him with an F-5 on the outside, and attacking a referee and hurling him over the barricade.

  5. Booker T

  6. Seth Rollins

    Seth came in at #15, managed to last over 37 minutes, and eliminated Bobby Lashley and Baron Corbin, only to get eliminated by, of all people, Logan Paul.

  7. Kofi Kingston

    Once again, Kofi can't catch a break in the Royal Rumble, failing to save himself from elimination after getting knocked off the ring apron by Gunther and failing to land on the chair Xavier Woods set up to catch Kofi without his feet hitting the ground.

  8. Drew McIntyre

    Drew entered at #9, lasted the third-longest time in the Rumble, and eliminated four superstars before being tossed out by Gunther.

  9. Edge

    Edge came in at #24, lasting just over a minute, and eliminated Damian Priest and Finn Bálor before Bálor came back in to eliminate Edge.

  10. Bobby Lashley

    Entering at #13, Bobby quickly tossed out Brock Lesnar and lasted over seven minutes before being eliminated by Seth Rollins.

    11. The Newcomers
  11. ?

    Damian Priest

  12. ?

    The Miz

    13. The Contenders

  13. Logan Paul

  14. Santos Escobar

  15. Johnny Gargano

  16. Finn Bálor

    Finn entered at #20 and threw out Johnny Gargano with Dominik's aid and Edge after Edge eliminated him from the Rumble.

  17. Dominik Mysterio

BAdd New Item