Every Royal Rumble match winner: Where are they now?

#13 Chris Benoit (2004)

Chris Benoit won the 2004 Royal Rumble match

Chris Benoit was a prominent part of WWE during the initial years of the 21st century. He had a huge fan base behind him and today fans still love him. He won the Royal Rumble match of 2004 and had earned his golden ticket to headline WrestleMania 20 where he defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.

But, unfortunately, in 2007, the whole WWE Universe was shocked when the legend was found hanging in his house after killing his own wife and son the same day.

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#14 Batista (2005, 2014)

Batista won his first Royal Rumble match in 2005

Barista is another veteran in the list. He has also won the Royal Rumble twice in his illustrated career. He won the 18th Royal Rumble match of the WWE history in 2005 and later in 2014 he won his 2nd Rumble match to battle with Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania XXX. However, in the same year, he left WWE, as the company showed him as a quitter in the storyline.

Later in 2018, he returned as a part of The Evolution reunion on the special episode of SmackDown 1000. We are aware that he had teased a match against The Game. So, The Animal could return for a final stint in the year 2019. He also has acted in many Hollywood movies. Also, he is in good terms with WWE and could return sooner rather than later.