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Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble logo used since 2017
Information
Created by
Pat Patterson
Promotion(s)
WWE
Brand(s)
Raw
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
SmackDown
(2003–2011, 2017–present)
ECW
(2007–2010)
First event
Royal Rumble (1988)
Signature match types
Royal Rumble match
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced every January since 1988 by professional wrestling promotion WWE.[1] It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals.[2]
After the initial event was broadcast as a television special on USA Network, the Royal Rumble has been shown on pay-per-view and is one of WWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series.[3]
Contents
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1 History
1.1 Event
1.2 Match
1.3 Prize
1.4 Other Royal Rumble matches
2 Dates, venues, and winners
2.1 Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
2.2 Female Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
3 Royal Rumble records
3.1 Males
3.1.1 Most Rumble victories
3.1.2 Most times being a Rumble runner-up
3.1.3 Winners by entry number
3.1.4 Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
3.1.5 Longest cumulative time spent in Royal Rumbles
3.1.6 Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
3.1.6.1 Non-eliminated wrestlers
3.1.6.2 Wrestlers who had their number stolen or were replaced
3.1.7 Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble
3.1.8 Total eliminations in cumulative Royal Rumbles
3.1.9 Most Rumble appearances
3.1.10 Female entrants in male Royal Rumbles
3.2 Females
3.2.1 Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
3.2.2 Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
3.2.3 Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble
4 Other Royal Rumble matches
5 Video box set
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
9 External links
History
Event
The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, title matches, and various other matches. The first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live on the USA Network.[4] The following year, the event started to be broadcast on pay-per-view[5] and thus became one of WWE's "big four" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and SummerSlam.[6]
The men's Royal Rumble match is usually located at the top of the card, though there have been exceptions, such as the 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2013, and 2018 events.[7] Due to the Rumble match taking up a large amount of time (most Rumble matches last roughly one hour), the Rumble event tends to have a smaller card than most other pay-per-view events, which routinely have six to eight matches per card. The 2008 Royal Rumble was the first WWE pay-per-view to be available in high-definition.[8] The 2018 Royal Rumble was the first to feature a women's Royal Rumble match, which was the main event for that year.
Match
The Royal Rumble is based on the classic Battle Royal match, in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor.[1][2][9] The winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated.[1][10] According to Hornswoggle, who worked for WWE from 2006 until 2016 and participated in two Rumbles, participants may learn their eliminations by knowing the two wrestlers who are eliminated before them and which wrestlers are entering the Royal Rumble in between their elimination.[11]
The Royal Rumble differs from the classical Battle Royal as the contestants do not enter the ring at the same time, but instead are assigned entry numbers, usually via a lottery, although desirable spots are occasionally assigned by other means, the most common being winning a match. This lottery is usually staged right before the event begins.[1] The match begins with the two wrestlers who have drawn entry numbers one and two, with the remaining wrestlers entering the ring at regular timed intervals, either 90 seconds or two minutes, according to their entry number.[1] This format is credited to Pat Patterson.[12] To date, only four men who have been one of the starting wrestlers have won the Royal Rumble: Shawn Michaels, Vince McMahon, Chris Benoit, and Rey Mysterio. The most common number to win is number 27.
Royal Rumble match in 2010
The Royal Rumble match traditionally involves 30 wrestlers and usually lasts an hour, with the longest match, at the 2011 event, lasting over one hour and nine minutes of a three-hour pay-per-view.[13] However, the first televised Rumble match, contested in 1988, involved only 20 men,[14] and lasted 33 minutes of the two-hour broadcast.[13] The 1998 Royal Rumble nominally had the traditional 30-man field, but only 28 individual wrestlers competed; Mick Foley entered the Royal Rumble match three different times—first as Cactus Jack, then as Mankind, and finally as Dude Love.[15] The 2011 Royal Rumble was the first and only to have a 40-man field,[16] out of whom Alberto Del Rio was victorious. The 2018 Royal Rumble was the first to feature a women's Royal Rumble match, with Stephanie McMahon making the official announcement on the December 18, 2017 edition of Raw.[17] The women's Royal Rumble match has all of the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants.[18][19]
Steve Austin holds the current record for most Royal Rumble match wins, with three.[13]
The match has no stipulations or rules other than that elimination must occur by a participant being placed over the top rope and both feet touching the floor. A wrestler who only touches the floor with one foot is not eliminated from the match, a rule which greatly affected the 1995 match, allowing Shawn Michaels to re-enter the ring and win the match. This has been popularized by Kofi Kingston, who although has not won a match, he has found various ways to keep both of his feet from touching the floor.[20] Subsequently, a wrestler who exits the ring without going over the top rope is not eliminated from the contest. For example, during the 1999 match, both Vince McMahon and Steve Austin left the ring, only to return later in the match.[21] In the 1994 match, the last two participants, Bret Hart and Lex Luger, were declared co-winners when it was decided that both of their feet touched the floor at exactly the same time.[22] A similar situation occurred in the 2005 match. However, the match was instead restarted after Batista and John Cena eliminated each other at the same time (as their simultaneous elimination was actually an accident); Batista eliminated Cena afterwards to win the match.[23] Though various referees are charged with observing the match, some eliminations have gone unnoticed to allow the eliminated participants to sneak back into the ring to continue. Steve Austin was able to win in this way during the 1997 match after re-entering following an unacknowledged elimination and eventually tossed Bret Hart, who was the last legal wrestler in the ring, over the top.[24]
Although the vast majority of eliminations are caused by active participants, eliminations caused by other means have occurred, and have been ruled legitimate, including self-eliminations (such as Andre the Giant jumping out of the ring after seeing a snake in 1989, Kane eliminating himself in 1999, and Drew Carey eliminating himself in 2001; however, Randy Savage's jump over the top rope in 1992 was not ruled as self-elimination), elimination from previously-eliminated participants (such as The Undertaker eliminating Maven in 2002, Kurt Angle eliminating Shawn Michaels in 2005, Kane eliminating CM Punk in 2014, and The Wyatt Family eliminating Brock Lesnar in 2016), and elimination from non-participants (such as Shane McMahon eliminating Shawn Michaels in 2006 and The Miz eliminating John Cena in 2011). Furthermore, if an injured wrestler is taken away by medical staff, he can return to the match as long as the match is still ongoing (such as Steve Austin in 1999 or Roman Reigns in 2016), but if the match ends without the injured wrestler returning, he is deemed eliminated (such as Scotty 2 Hotty in 2005 or Curtis Axel in 2015).
Prize
Since 1993, the winner of the Royal Rumble match is traditionally awarded a title match for WWE's top championship at WrestleMania – presently, there are two top championships, the Universal Championship on Raw and the WWE Championship on SmackDown.[25] Similarly, the winner of the women's Royal Rumble match (first contested in 2018) is awarded a match at WrestleMania for either of WWE's top two women's championships, the Raw Women's Championship or the SmackDown Women's Championship.[17]
With the brand extension introduced in mid-2002, the 30 male entrants from 2003 to 2006 consisted of 15 wrestlers from both the Raw and SmackDown brands. At first, the winner of the match received a shot at their brand's top champion.[26] Starting in 2004, the Rumble winner had the option of challenging any brand's champion. For instance, Chris Benoit switched brands after winning the 2004 Royal Rumble and won the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX.[25] From 2007 to 2010, participants from the ECW brand competed along with the Raw and SmackDown brands, with the ECW World Championship added as an option for the winner to challenge for, although no winners ever did.[27] During ECW's participation, the entries for each brand were not evenly divided.[28] The ECW Championship was deactivated in 2010, and the World Heavyweight Championship was unified into the WWE Championship in 2013, leaving the latter as the only title to challenge for until July 2016, when the brand extension returned. With the new brand extension, the winner of the 2017 event earned a match for their brand's top championship, Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, but beginning in 2018, the winner has a choice. Conversely, beginning with the 2018 event, women receive a title opportunity of their choice for a women's championship: the Raw or SmackDown Women's Championship. Due to free agents, Hall of Famers, and wrestlers from the NXT brand also participating, there has not been an even division of wrestlers (in either the men's or women's Rumbles) between Raw and SmackDown since the second brand extension went into effect.
WWE's top championship has been booked as on the line during the Royal Rumble match on two occasions. In 1992, the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship was contested in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, eventually won by Ric Flair,[29] while in 2016, Roman Reigns was scheduled to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship as a participant of that year's Royal Rumble match and was entrant number one. This marked the first time that a reigning champion had to defend his title in the match, which was ultimately won by Triple H, who eliminated Reigns before lastly eliminating Dean Ambrose to win. Reigns would go on to earn a match against Triple H at WrestleMania 32 and won back the title.
From 2001 to 2007, the Royal Rumble match winner had gone on to win a world championship title at WrestleMania.[13] After winning the 2008 match, John Cena became the first winner to use his championship opportunity at an event (No Way Out 2008) other than WrestleMania.[30] He also became the first since The Rock in 2000 to win the Royal Rumble match but fail to win the title in his championship opportunity.
The Royal Rumble winner may also choose to put his championship opportunity on the line in a match. This was first done in 1996, when Shawn Michaels risked his WrestleMania XII title shot in a match against Owen Hart at In Your House 6. The second time was in 1999, when Stone Cold Steve Austin offered to forfeit his title opportunity to the Big Boss Man, who won third place in the Rumble (Austin was actually the runner-up in that rumble, but the winner, Vince McMahon himself, had voluntarily given up his title opportunity) if McMahon could beat him in a cage match at St. Valentine's Day Massacre: In Your House, which Austin would go on to win. The third time was in 2002, when Kurt Angle convinced Triple H to put his WrestleMania X8 championship spot on the line at No Way Out, a match which Angle won. However, Triple H would later defeat Angle and regain his WrestleMania championship spot. The fourth time was in 2006, when Randy Orton goaded Rey Mysterio into putting his main event spot at WrestleMania 22 on the line at No Way Out, a match which Orton won. Mysterio was eventually reinserted into the main event at WrestleMania, making it a triple threat match, and went on to win the World Heavyweight Championship. On the February 25, 2013, edition of Raw, John Cena successfully defended his WrestleMania 29 WWE Championship opportunity in a match against CM Punk. On February 22, 2015, at Fastlane, Roman Reigns defended his WrestleMania 31 WWE World Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Daniel Bryan.
In 2000, The Rock was declared the victor, as the storyline intended. However, it was later revealed that his feet had actually touched before those of the Big Show. A singles match was held at No Way Out, the event following the Royal Rumble, to determine who received the WrestleMania title shot against the reigning champion Triple H. Big Show won with the help of Shane McMahon. Rock then defeated Big Show in a rematch in March on Raw with the help of Vince McMahon, which earned him a title shot and converted the match at WrestleMania into a triple threat that was later made a four-way match when Linda McMahon inserted the recently retired Mick Foley into the match.
Other Royal Rumble matches
WWE has booked several Royal Rumble matches outside of the annual Royal Rumble event:
The very first Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in St. Louis, Missouri on October 4, 1987 where the One Man Gang won a 12-Man Royal Rumble, last eliminating the Junkyard Dog, to earn a WWF World Heavyweight Championship match against Hulk Hogan at the following month's St. Louis house show.
A 20-man Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in Hartford, Connecticut on March 16, 1988 where Ravishing Rick Rude was the winner.
A 30-man Royal Rumble on January 17, 1994 at Madison Square Garden was won by Owen Hart, last eliminating Fatu.
An 18-man Royal Rumble match took place on May 9, 1994 in Osaka, Japan and was won by The Undertaker who last eliminated Bam Bam Bigelow.
There was a Tag Team Royal Rumble on the June 15, 1998 episode of Raw Is War. Kane and Mankind won the match and earned an opportunity for the WWF Tag Team Championship against The New Age Outlaws.
On January 11, 1999, a "Corporate Royal Rumble" involving members of The Corporation and D-Generation X was held on Raw to determine the 30th entry in the Royal Rumble that year. The match was won by Chyna, who last eliminated Mr. McMahon.
A 15-man Royal Rumble was held during the January 29, 2004, edition of SmackDown to crown a contender for Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship at No Way Out. Eddie Guerrero won the match, last eliminating Kurt Angle.
On January 14, 2008, Mr. McMahon organized a mini-Royal Rumble, involving midget wrestlers. Hornswoggle won the match.
On the January 31, 2011, episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble to crown the contender for The Miz's WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber was held. Jerry Lawler won the match, last eliminating Sheamus.
On April 27, 2018, the WWE is going to hold a pay-per-view in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia titled the Greatest Royal Rumble, which is going to feature a 50-man Royal Rumble match.[31]
Dates, venues, and winners
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners
Event
Date
City
Venue
Winner
Entry No.
Ref.
Main event
01 !1 Royal Rumble (1988) January 24, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum Duggan, JimJim Duggan 13 !13 [32][33] The Islanders (Haku and Tama) vs. The Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers) in a two out of three falls match
02 !2 Royal Rumble (1989) January 15, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit Studd, Big JohnBig John Studd 27 !27 [34][35] 30-man Royal Rumble match
03 !3 Royal Rumble (1990) January 21, 1990 Orlando, Florida Orlando Arena Hogan, HulkHulk Hogan 25 !25 [36][37] 30-man Royal Rumble match
04 !4 Royal Rumble (1991) January 19, 1991 Miami, Florida Miami Arena 24 !24 [38][39] 30-man Royal Rumble match
05 !5 Royal Rumble (1992) January 19, 1992 Albany, New York Knickerbocker Arena Flair, RicRic Flair 03 !3 [40][41] 30-man Royal Rumble match for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship
06 !6 Royal Rumble (1993) January 24, 1993 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena Yokozuna 27 !27 [42][43] 30-man Royal Rumble match
07 !7 Royal Rumble (1994) January 23, 1994 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center Bret Hart
Lex Luger 27 !27
23 !23 [44][45] 30-man Royal Rumble match
08 !8 Royal Rumble (1995) January 22, 1995 Tampa, Florida USF Sun Dome Michaels, ShawnShawn Michaels 01 !1 [46][47] 30-man Royal Rumble match
09 !9 Royal Rumble (1996) January 21, 1996 Fresno, California Selland Arena 18 !18 [48][49] Bret Hart (c) vs. The Undertaker for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
10 !10 Royal Rumble (1997) January 19, 1997 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Stone Cold Steve Austin 05 !5 [50][51] Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
11 !11 Royal Rumble (1998) January 18, 1998 San Jose, California San Jose Arena 24 !24 [52][53][54] Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Casket match for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
12 !12 Royal Rumble (1999) January 24, 1999 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond Mr. McMahon 02 !2 [55][56][57] 30-man Royal Rumble match
13 !13 Royal Rumble (2000) January 23, 2000 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden Rock, TheThe Rock 24 !24 [58][59][60] 30-man Royal Rumble match
14 !14 Royal Rumble (2001) January 21, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena Stone Cold Steve Austin 27 !27 [61][62][63] 30-man Royal Rumble match
15 !15 Royal Rumble (2002) January 20, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Triple H 22 !22 [64][65][66] 30-man Royal Rumble match
16 !16 Royal Rumble (2003) January 19, 2003 Boston, Massachusetts FleetCenter Lesnar, BrockBrock Lesnar 29 !29 [67][68] 30-man Royal Rumble match
17 !17 Royal Rumble (2004) January 25, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center Chris Benoit 01 !1 [69][70][71] 30-man Royal Rumble match
18 !18 Royal Rumble (2005) January 30, 2005 Fresno, California Save Mart Center Batista 28 !28 [72][73][74] 30-man Royal Rumble match
19 !19 Royal Rumble (2006) January 29, 2006 Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena Mysterio, ReyRey Mysterio 02 !2 [75][76][77] Kurt Angle (c) vs. Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship
20 !20 Royal Rumble (2007) January 28, 2007 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center Undertaker, TheThe Undertaker 30 !30 [78][79][80] 30-man Royal Rumble match
21 !21 Royal Rumble (2008) January 27, 2008 New York City, New York Madison Square Garden Cena, JohnJohn Cena 30 !30 [81][82][83] 30-man Royal Rumble match
22 !22 Royal Rumble (2009) January 25, 2009 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena Orton, RandyRandy Orton 08 !8 [84][85] 30-man Royal Rumble match
23 !23 Royal Rumble (2010) January 31, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Edge 29 [86][87] 30-man Royal Rumble match
24 !24 Royal Rumble (2011) January 30, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden Del Rio, AlbertoAlberto Del Rio 38 [88] 40-man Royal Rumble match
25 !25 Royal Rumble (2012) January 29, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center Sheamus 22 [89][90][91] 30-man Royal Rumble match
26 !26 Royal Rumble (2013) January 27, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center Cena, JohnJohn Cena 19 [92][93][94] CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock for the WWE Championship
27 !27 Royal Rumble (2014) January 26, 2014 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Consol Energy Center Batista 28 [95][96] 30-man Royal Rumble match
28 !28 Royal Rumble (2015) January 25, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center Reigns, RomanRoman Reigns 19 [97] 30-man Royal Rumble match
29 !29 Royal Rumble (2016) January 24, 2016 Orlando, Florida Amway Center Triple H 30 [98][99] 30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship; reigning champion Roman Reigns defended the title in the match
30 !30 Royal Rumble (2017) January 29, 2017 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Randy Orton 23 [100] 30-man Royal Rumble match
31 !31 Royal Rumble (2018) January 28, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center Shinsuke Nakamura 14 [101][102] 30-woman Royal Rumble match
Asuka 25 [103][104]
32 Royal Rumble (2019) January 27, 2019 Phoenix, Arizona Chase Field TBD Men TBD [105] TBD
TBD Women TBD [105]
Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
Championship
Wins
Losses
Total
WWE Championship
9 8 17
World Heavyweight Championship
5 2 7
Total
13
10
23
– WrestleMania victory
– WrestleMania loss
Winner
Event
Year
Championship match
01 !1 Yokozuna WrestleMania IX 1993 Yokozuna defeated Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
02 !2 Lex Luger WrestleMania X 1994 Luger lost to Yokozuna by disqualification for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
02 !2 Bret Hart WrestleMania X 1994 Hart defeated Yokozuna for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
03 !3 Shawn Michaels WrestleMania XI 1995 Michaels lost to Diesel for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
04 !4 Shawn Michaels WrestleMania XII 1996 Michaels successfully defended his title shot against Owen Hart at In Your House 6. Michaels went on to defeat Bret Hart for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
05 !5 Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania 13 1997 Due to Austin re-entering the Rumble match because the officials did not see when he was thrown out of the ring, WWF President Gorilla Monsoon ruled that he would not be receiving the WrestleMania 13 title shot. A match in February was signed to determine who would receive it, but champion Shawn Michaels' forfeiting the title changed those plans. The WrestleMania main event pitted The Undertaker against Sycho Sid.
06 !6 Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania XIV 1998 Austin defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship.
07 !7 Mr. McMahon WrestleMania XV 1999 The following night on Raw Is War, McMahon renounced his title opportunity to challenge then WWF Champion, The Rock, at WrestleMania. WWF Commissioner Shawn Michaels awarded the title opportunity to the runner-up, Stone Cold Steve Austin, who defeated McMahon in a steel cage match to retain his opportunity and would go on to WrestleMania to defeat The Rock for the WWF Championship.
08 !8 The Rock WrestleMania 2000 2000 Video footage later showed Rock's feet hit the floor first before runner-up Big Show. After multiple attempts to name a rightful No. 1 contender failed, both The Rock and Big Show were added to the main event along with Mick Foley to challenge the champion Triple H. Triple H was able to successfully defend the WWF Championship in a four corner elimination match.
09 !9 Stone Cold Steve Austin WrestleMania X-Seven 2001 Austin defeated The Rock in a no disqualification match for the WWF Championship.
10 !10 Triple H WrestleMania X8 2002 Triple H lost his WrestleMania title shot to Kurt Angle at No Way Out. The following night on Raw, Triple H won his title shot back and would defeat Chris Jericho for the Undisputed WWF Championship.
11 !11 Brock Lesnar WrestleMania XIX 2003 As a member of the SmackDown brand, Lesnar earned a match for his brand's WWE Championship. At WrestleMania XIX, Lesnar defeated Kurt Angle for the WWE Championship.
12 !12 Chris Benoit WrestleMania XX 2004 Benoit won the Rumble as a SmackDown! wrestler, but switched to the Raw brand to challenge Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship. He defeated Triple H and Shawn Michaels in a triple threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship.
13 !13 Batista WrestleMania 21 2005 Batista defeated Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.
14 !14 Rey Mysterio WrestleMania 22 2006 Mysterio lost his WrestleMania title shot to Randy Orton at No Way Out. SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long later added Mysterio to the World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania, making it a triple threat match. At WrestleMania 22, Mysterio defeated the champion Kurt Angle and Orton in a triple threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
15 !15 The Undertaker WrestleMania 23 2007 Undertaker defeated Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship.
16 !16 John Cena No Way Out (2008)
WrestleMania XXIV 2008 Instead of waiting until WrestleMania, Cena used his WWE Championship shot at No Way Out against Randy Orton. Orton remained champion due to being disqualified. A triple threat match for the WWE Championship was held at WrestleMania XXIV, also including Triple H. Orton successfully retained.
17 !17 Randy Orton WrestleMania XXV 2009 Orton lost to Triple H for the WWE Championship.
18 !18 Edge WrestleMania XXVI 2010 Edge lost to Chris Jericho for the World Heavyweight Championship.
19 !19 Alberto Del Rio WrestleMania XXVII 2011 Del Rio lost to Edge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
20 !20 Sheamus WrestleMania XXVIII 2012 Sheamus defeated Daniel Bryan for the World Heavyweight Championship.
21 !21 John Cena WrestleMania 29 2013 On the February 25 episode of Raw, Cena successfully defended his title shot against CM Punk. Cena went on to defeat The Rock for the WWE Championship.
22 !22 Batista WrestleMania XXX 2014 Daniel Bryan defeated Triple H in the opening match, with the winner being inserted into the WWE World Heavyweight Championship match. Bryan defeated the champion Randy Orton and Batista in a triple threat match.
23 !23 Roman Reigns WrestleMania 31 2015 Reigns successfully defended his title shot at Fastlane against Daniel Bryan. Reigns went on to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31. During the match at WrestleMania, Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the Bank contract, converting the singles match between Reigns and Lesnar into a triple threat match. Rollins pinned Reigns to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
24 !24 Randy Orton WrestleMania 33 2017 As a member of the SmackDown brand, Orton earned himself a match for his brand's WWE Championship. However, after his fellow Wyatt Family member Bray Wyatt won the championship at Elimination Chamber and retained it on the following SmackDown, Orton said he would not face Wyatt for the title at WrestleMania. On the February 28 episode of SmackDown, Orton reverted his decision and turned on Wyatt; the following week, he defeated AJ Styles, who had become the new number one contender for the title, to re-earn his title shot against Wyatt at WrestleMania. At the event, Orton defeated Wyatt to win the WWE Championship.
25 !25 Shinsuke Nakamura WrestleMania 34 2018 Nakamura chose to stay on SmackDown and challenge AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, where he ultimately lost the match.
Note: There was no WrestleMania title opportunity for the winners of the 1992 and 2016 Royal Rumble matches. In 1992, Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble match, which was for the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship. In 2016, Triple H won the Royal Rumble match in which Roman Reigns defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Both ultimately lost their championship defenses at WrestleMania (to Randy Savage and Reigns, respectively).
Female Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
Championship
Wins
Losses
Total
WWE SmackDown Women's Championship 0 1 1
Total 0 1 1
Winner
Event
Year
Championship match
1 !1 Asuka WrestleMania 34 2018 Asuka decided to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship, but lost the match, which ended her two-year undefeated streak.
Royal Rumble records
Males
Most Rumble victories
No
Wrestler
Royal Rumble wins
Year
1 Stone Cold Steve Austin 3 1997, 1998, 2001
2 Hulk Hogan 2 1990, 1991
Shawn Michaels 1995, 1996
Triple H 2002, 2016
Batista 2005, 2014
John Cena 2008, 2013
Randy Orton 2009, 2017
Most times being a Rumble runner-up
No
Wrestler
Times
Year
1 Roman Reigns 3 2014, 2017, 2018
2 Big Show 2 2000, 2004
Shawn Michaels 1994, 2007
Triple H 2008, 2009
John Cena 2005, 2010
Winners by entry number
No
Wins
Year
27 4 1989, 1993, 1994, 2001
30 3 2007, 2008, 2016
24 1991, 1998, 2000
19 2 2013, 2015
28 2005, 2014
22 2002, 2012
29 2003, 2010
2 1999, 2006
1 1995, 2004
23 1994, 2017
14 1 2018
38 2011
8 2009
5 1997
18 1996
3 1992
25 1990
13 1988
Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
Top 20 individual longest times in a single Royal Rumble match. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
Time
Year
1 Rey Mysterio 1:02:12 2006[106]
2 Chris Benoit 1:01:31 2004[106]
3 Bob Backlund 1:01:10 1993[106]
4 Triple H 1:00:16 2006
5 Chris Jericho 1:00:13 2017
6 Ric Flair 1:00:02 1992[106]
7 Roman Reigns 59:50 2016
8 Finn Bálor 57:30 2018
9 Mr. McMahon 56:38 1999
Stone Cold Steve Austin 56:38 1999
11 Kane 53:46 2001
12 Rick Martel 52:17 1991[106]
13 The Rock 51:32 1998
14 Chris Jericho 50:50 2016
15 Triple H 49:58 2009
16 Dolph Ziggler 49:47 2013
17 Rey Mysterio 49:24 2009
18 CM Punk 49:11 2014
19 Seth Rollins 48:31 2014
20 Randy Orton 48:27 2009
Note: bold indicates the winner of that year's match
Longest cumulative time spent in Royal Rumbles
Only wrestlers who have spent more than 3 cumulative hours are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
Time
1 Chris Jericho 4:56:00 [107]
2 Triple H 4:00:02
3 Shawn Michaels 3:42:30[107]
4 Isaac Yankem/Diesel/Kane 3:38:46
5 Rey Mysterio 3:29:25
6 Cody Rhodes/Stardust 3:08:30
7 Randy Orton 3:01:40
Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
Only wrestlers who spent 10 seconds or less in a single rumble are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
Time
Year
1 Santino Marella 0:00:01 2009[106]
2 The Warlord 0:00:02 1989[106]
Sheamus 0:00:02* 2018
4 Mo 0:00:03 1995[106]
Owen Hart 0:00:03 1995[106]
6 Bushwhacker Luke 0:00:04 1991
Jerry Lawler 0:00:04 1997
Titus O'Neil 0:00:04 2015
9 The Godfather 0:00:05 2013[106]
10 Gillberg 0:00:07 1999
The Miz 0:00:07 2007
Montel Vontavious Porter 0:00:07 2010
13 Adam Rose 0:00:08 2015
14 Tazz 0:00:10 2001
(*) - WWE's official source mistakenly reports the time as 20 seconds.
Non-eliminated wrestlers
Several times, wrestlers were drawn to compete in the match but did not actually compete. Their participation is counted as zero seconds, with the exception of #6 Hornswoggle:
In 1991, "Macho King" Randy Savage was drawn 18th, but no-showed due to leaving the building after costing Ultimate Warrior the WWF Championship against Sgt. Slaughter.
In 1994, Bastion Booger was drawn 25th, but no-showed due to suffering food poisoning before the match.
In 1998, Skull was drawn 22nd, but no-showed due to being attacked by Los Boricuas after being mistaken for Stone Cold Steve Austin.
In 2004, Spike Dudley was drawn 13th, but was attacked on the ramp by Kane.
In 2005, Scotty 2 Hotty was drawn 15th, but was attacked on the ramp by Muhammad Hassan.
In 2008, Hornswoggle was drawn 9th and eliminated The Miz, however he wasn't brought into the ring until towards the end of the match by Mark Henry and was saved by Finlay, who was drawn 27th, and escorted to the back and never re-entered the match. Finlay would later be disqualified after coming out before his number came up and using his shillelagh to help Hornswoggle.
In 2015, Curtis Axel was drawn 6th, but was attacked on the ramp by Erick Rowan. Unlike other occasions, this was notable for actually being worked into a gimmick for Axel, where he began to imitate Hulk Hogan and wear shirts emblazoned with "AxelMania" and claim that he was never eliminated from the Royal Rumble, therefore he won it, deserving a spot in the main event of WrestleMania.
Wrestlers who had their number stolen or were replaced
Several times, wrestlers were drawn to compete and were instead either attacked backstage or pulled from the match at the last minute, and replaced by other wrestlers.
In 1999, Mosh was drawn 11th, but was attacked by Mabel, who took Mosh's spot.
In 2001, the team of Lo Down (Chaz and D'Lo Brown) defeated Kaientai (Funaki and Taka Michinoku) to earn one entrance spot in the Royal Rumble match, but that was later overturned by Vince McMahon who entered Drew Carey in their spot.
In 2004, Test was drawn 21st, but was attacked by Mick Foley, who took Test's spot.
In 2005, Nunzio was drawn 20th, but was bullied by Kurt Angle before the match, and took Nunzio's spot.
In 2018, Tye Dillinger was drawn 10th, but was attacked by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, the latter of whom took Dillinger's spot.
Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble
Top wrestlers with most eliminations in a single match. Only wrestlers with at least seven eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
No. of eliminations
Year
1 Roman Reigns 12 2014[108]
2 Kane 11 2001[106][109]
3 Hulk Hogan 10 1989[106][110]
Stone Cold Steve Austin 10 1997[106][111]
5 Shawn Michaels 8 1995, 1996
Stone Cold Steve Austin 8 1999
7 Hulk Hogan 7 1991
Yokozuna 7 1993
Diesel 7 1994
Stone Cold Steve Austin 7 1998, 2002
Rikishi 7 2000
The Undertaker 7 2002
The Great Khali 7 2007
CM Punk 7 2011
John Cena 7 2011
Braun Strowman 7 2017
Total eliminations in cumulative Royal Rumbles
Top wrestlers with the most eliminations. Only wrestlers with at least 20 eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.[112]
No
Wrestler
No. of eliminations
Rumbles entered
1 Isaac Yankem/"Diesel"/Kane 44 19[106][113][114]
2 Shawn Michaels 40 12[115][116]
The Undertaker 40 11
4 The Ringmaster/Stone Cold Steve Austin 36 6[106]
5 Triple H 33 9
6 Big Show 31 12
7 Roman Reigns 30 5
8 Hulk Hogan 27 4
9 John Cena 25 9
10 Randy Orton 22 9
Most Rumble appearances
Only wrestlers with at least 10 appearances are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
Rumbles entered
First Rumble
Most recent Rumble
1 Isaac Yankem/"Diesel"/Kane 19 1996 2016
3 Shawn Michaels 12 1989 2010
Big Show 2000 2017
Goldust 1997 2018
5 The Miz 11 2007 2018
The Undertaker 1991 2017
The Sultan/Fatu/Rikishi 1993 2004
7 Mabel/Viscera/Big Daddy V 10 1994 2008
Chris Jericho 2000 2017
Kofi Kingston 2009 2018
Dolph Ziggler 2009 2018
Female entrants in male Royal Rumbles
No
Wrestler
Rumbles entered
1 Chyna 2 (1999, 2000)[56][59]
2 Beth Phoenix* 1 (2010)[87]
3 Kharma 1 (2012)
Only wrestler to appear in both the male and female Royal Rumbles.
Females
Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
As of the 2018 Royal Rumble, only one match has occurred; the top ten times are shown.
No
Wrestler
Time
Year
1 Sasha Banks 54:46 2018
2 Becky Lynch 30:54 2018
3 Natalya 25:34 2018
4 Asuka 19:41 2018
5 Carmella 18:45 2018
6 Nia Jax 17:56 2018
7 Nikki Bella 16:30 2018
Sarah Logan 16:30 2018
9 Brie Bella 11:58 2018
10 Ruby Riott 11:32 2018
Note: bold indicates the winner of that year's match
Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble
As of the 2018 Royal Rumble, only one match has occurred; the top ten times are shown.
No
Wrestler
Time
Year
1 Vickie Guerrero 00:57 2018
2 Tamina 01:34 2018
3 Jacqueline 01:52 2018
4 Beth Phoenix 02:22 2018
5 Lana 02:54 2018
6 Dana Brooke 02:59 2018
7 Torrie Wilson 03:04 2018
8 Mandy Rose 03:52 2018
9 Molly Holly 04:04 2018
10 Kairi Sane 04:49 2018
Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble
As only one match has occurred, only wrestlers with at least three eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.
No
Wrestler
No. of eliminations
Year
1 Michelle McCool 5 2018
2 Nia Jax 4
Nikki Bella
4 Sasha Banks 3
Asuka
Natalya
Trish Stratus
Note: bold indicates the winner of that year's match
Other Royal Rumble matches
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners
Event
Date
City
Venue
Winner
Ref.
Note
1 House show October 4, 1987 St. Louis, MO St. Louis Arena One Man Gang [117][118] 12-man Royal Rumble
2 House show March 16, 1988 Hartford, CT Hartford Civic Center Rick Rude [119][120] 20-man Royal Rumble
3 House show January 17, 1994 New York City Madison Square Garden Owen Hart [121] 30-man Royal Rumble
4 House show May 9, 1994 Osaka, Japan Castle Hall The Undertaker [121] 18-man Royal Rumble
5 Raw June 15, 1998 San Antonio, Texas Freeman Coliseum Kane and Mankind [121] 10-tag team Royal Rumble
6 Raw January 11, 1999 Houston Compaq Center Chyna [121] 10-man Corporation vs. DX "Corporate Rumble", for the #30 spot in the 1999 Royal Rumble
7 SmackDown! January 29, 2004 Washington, D.C. MCI Center Eddie Guerrero [122] 15-man SmackDown! Royal Rumble to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship at No Way Out
8 Raw January 14, 2008 Mobile, Alabama Mobile Civic Center Hornswoggle [123] Mini Royal Rumble; 6-man, all participants were midget wrestlers, with the exception of The Great Khali.
9 Raw January 31, 2011 Providence, Rhode Island Dunkin' Donuts Center Jerry Lawler [124] 7-man Raw Rumble to determine the #1 contender for the WWE Championship at Elimination Chamber
10 Greatest Royal Rumble April 27, 2018 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah International Stadium TBD [31][125] 50-man Royal Rumble
Video box set
In March 2007, WWE released a complete DVD box set titled Royal Rumble: The Complete Anthology, which showcases every Royal Rumble event in its entirety, up to the 2007 Royal Rumble.[126]
See also
List of WWE Network events
List of WWE pay-per-view events
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Harley Race and Gerry Tritz (2004). King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story. Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-58261-818-6.
Davies, Ross (2002). Kevin Nash. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 0-8239-3492-6.
Meltzer, Dave (2004). Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-817-8.
Brian Fritz and Christopher Murray (2006). Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures. ECW Press. ISBN 1-55022-726-2.
Steve Austin and Jim Ross (2003). The Stone Cold Truth. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-7720-0.
Scott Keith (2004). Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation. Citadel Press. ISBN 0-8065-2619-X.
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The following is a list of the largest 100 lakes of the United States by normal surface area. The top twenty lakes in size are as listed by the National Atlas of the United States, a publication of the United States Department of the Interior. The area given is the normal or average area of the lake. The area of some lakes fluctuates substantially. For those lakes partially in Canada or Mexico the area given for the lake is the total area, not just the part of the lake in the United States. Of the top 100 lakes, 55 are man-made and 45 are natural. Three lakes in the top 100 are primarily salt water.
See also: List of largest lakes of the United States by volume
Rank
Name
U.S. states/Canadian provinces/Mexican states
Area
Type
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1 Lake Superior Michigan-Minnesota-Wisconsin-Ontario 31,700 sq mi 82,103 km2 natural [1]
2 Lake Huron Michigan-Ontario 23,000 sq mi 59,570 km2 natural [2]
3 Lake Michigan Illinois-Indiana-Michigan-Wisconsin 22,300 sq mi 57,757 km2 natural [3]
4 Lake Erie Michigan-New York-Ohio-Ontario-Pennsylvania 9,910 sq mi 25,667 km2 natural [4]
5 Lake Ontario New York-Ontario 7,340 sq mi 19,011 km2 natural [5]
6 Great Salt Lake Utah 2,117 sq mi 5,483 km2 natural salt[6]
7 Lake of the Woods Manitoba-Minnesota-Ontario 1,679 sq mi 4,349 km2 natural
8 Iliamna Lake Alaska 1,014 sq mi 2,626 km2 natural
9 Lake Oahe North Dakota-South Dakota 685 sq mi 1,774 km2 man-made [7]
10 Lake Okeechobee Florida 662 sq mi 1,715 km2 natural [8]
11 Lake Pontchartrain Louisiana 631 sq mi 1,634 km2 natural salt [9]
12 Lake Sakakawea North Dakota 520 sq mi 1,347 km2 man-made
13 Lake Champlain New York-Vermont-Quebec 490 sq mi 1,269 km2 natural
14 Becharof Lake Alaska 453 sq mi 1,173 km2 natural
15 Lake St. Clair Michigan - Ontario 440 sq mi 1,140 km2 natural
16 Red Lake Minnesota 427 sq mi 1,106 km2 natural [10]
17 Selawik Lake Alaska 404 sq mi 1,046 km2 natural
18 Fort Peck Lake Montana 393 sq mi 1,018 km2 man-made
19 Salton Sea California 347 sq mi 899 km2 man-made salt[11]
20 Rainy Lake Minnesota-Ontario 345 sq mi 894 km2 natural
21 Devils Lake North Dakota 300.0 sq mi 777 km2 natural [12][13][14][15]
22 Toledo Bend Reservoir Louisiana-Texas 284 sq mi 736 km2 man-made
23 Lake Powell Arizona-Utah 251 sq mi 650 km2 man-made
24 Kentucky Lake Kentucky-Tennessee 250 sq mi 647 km2 man-made
25 Lake Mead Arizona-Nevada 247 sq mi 640 km2 man-made
26 Naknek Lake Alaska 242 sq mi 627 km2 natural
27 Lake Winnebago Wisconsin 215 sq mi 557 km2 natural
28 Mille Lacs Lake Minnesota 207 sq mi 536 km2 natural
29 Flathead Lake Montana 192 sq mi 497 km2 natural
30 Lake Tahoe California-Nevada 191 sq mi 495 km2 natural
31 Pyramid Lake Nevada 183 sq mi 474 km2 natural
32 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Texas 179 sq mi 464 km2 man-made
33 Eufaula Lake Oklahoma 169 sq mi 438 km2 man-made
34 Lake Marion South Carolina 165 sq mi 427 km2 man-made
35 Leech Lake Minnesota 161 sq mi 417 km2 natural
36 Utah Lake Utah 151 sq mi 391 km2 natural
37 Lake Francis Case South Dakota 149 sq mi 386 km2 man-made
38 Lake Pend Oreille Idaho 148 sq mi 383 km2 natural
39 Lake Texoma Oklahoma-Texas 139 sq mi 360 km2 man-made
40 Yellowstone Lake Wyoming 136 sq mi 352 km2 natural
41 Falcon Lake Tamaulipas-Texas 131 sq mi 339 km2 natural
42 Lake Livingston Texas 130 sq mi 337 km2 man-made
43 Lake Roosevelt Washington 128 sq mi 332 km2 man-made
44 Lake Clark Alaska 120 sq mi 311 km2 natural
45 Moosehead Lake Maine 117 sq mi 303 km2 natural
46 Lake Strom Thurmond Georgia-South Carolina 111 sq mi 287 km2 man-made
47 Bear Lake Idaho-Utah 109 sq mi 282 km2 natural
48 Lake Guntersville Alabama 108 sq mi 280 km2 man-made
49 Lake St. Francis New York-Ontario-Quebec 105 sq mi 272 km2 man-made [16]
50 Wheeler Lake Alabama 105 sq mi 272 km2 man-made
51 Amistad Lake Coahuila-Texas 102 sq mi 264 km2 man-made
52 Klamath Lake Oregon 96 sq mi 249 km2 natural
53 Lake Moultrie South Carolina 94 sq mi 243 km2 man-made
54 Lake Winnibigoshish Minnesota 91 sq mi 236 km2 natural
55 Lake Barkley Kentucky-Tennessee 91 sq mi 236 km2 man-made
56 Lake Sharpe South Dakota 89 sq mi 231 km2 man-made
57 American Falls Reservoir Idaho 88 sq mi 228 km2 man-made
58 Lake Hartwell Georgia-South Carolina 87 sq mi 225 km2 man-made
59 Truman Reservoir Missouri 87 sq mi 225 km2 man-made
60 Lake of the Ozarks Missouri 86 sq mi 223 km2 man-made
61 Oneida Lake New York 80 sq mi 207 km2 natural
62 Lake Cumberland Kentucky 79 sq mi 205 km2 man-made
63 Kerr Lake North Carolina-Virginia 78 sq mi 202 km2 man-made
64 Calcasieu Lake Louisiana 77 sq mi 199 km2 natural
65 Lake Murray South Carolina 75 sq mi 194 km2 man-made
66 Grand Lake o' the Cherokees Oklahoma 73 sq mi 189 km2 man-made
67 Lake Winnipesaukee New Hampshire 71 sq mi 184 km2 natural
68 Bull Shoals Lake Arkansas-Missouri 71 sq mi 184 km2 man-made
69 Walter F. George Lake Alabama-Georgia 71 sq mi 184 km2 man-made
70 Lake Martin Alabama 69 sq mi 179 km2 man-made
71 Clear Lake California 68 sq mi 176 km2 natural
72 Robert S. Kerr Lake Oklahoma 68 sq mi 176 km2 man-made
73 Seneca Lake New York 68 sq mi 176 km2 natural
74 Pickwick Lake Alabama-Mississippi 67 sq mi 174 km2 man-made
75 Table Rock Lake Arkansas-Missouri 67 sq mi 174 km2 man-made
76 Cayuga Lake New York 67 sq mi 174 km2 natural
77 Flaming Gorge Reservoir Utah-Wyoming 66 sq mi 171 km2 man-made
78 Lake Vermilion Minnesota 63 sq mi 163 km2 natural
79 Lake Ouachita Arkansas 63 sq mi 163 km2 man-made
80 Lake Mattamuskeet North Carolina 63 sq mi 163 km2 natural
81 Watts Bar Lake Tennessee 61 sq mi 158 km2 man-made
82 Lake Wallula Oregon-Washington 61 sq mi 158 km2 man-made
83 Lake Lanier Georgia 59 sq mi 153 km2 man-made
84 Lake Seminole Florida-Georgia 58 sq mi 150 km2 man-made
85 Lake Tawakoni Texas 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
86 Elephant Butte Lake New Mexico 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
87 Chickamauga Lake Tennessee 57 sq mi 148 km2 man-made
88 Grenada Lake Mississippi 55 sq mi 142 km2 man-made
89 Lake Kissimmee Florida 55 sq mi 142 km2 natural
90 Lake Dardanelle Arkansas 54 sq mi 140 km2 man-made
91 Norris Lake Tennessee 53 sq mi 137 km2 man-made
92 Canyon Ferry Lake Montana 53 sq mi 137 km2 man-made
93 Lake Chelan Washington 52 sq mi 135 km2 natural
94 Cedar Creek Lake Texas 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
95 Lake Norman North Carolina 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
96 Sardis Lake Mississippi 51 sq mi 132 km2 man-made
97 Walker Lake (Nevada) Nevada 50 sq mi 129 km2 natural
98 Lake McConaughy Nebraska 56 sq mi 145 km2 man-made
99 Lake George New York 56 sq mi 145 km2 natural
100 Beaver Lake Arkansas 44.06 sq mi 114 km2 man-made
Notes[edit]
Jump up ^ One of the Great Lakes; considered the largest lake in the United States by the National Atlas of the United States.
Jump up ^ Although it forms one a single hydrological unit with Lake Michigan (their surfaces are at the same elevation and the water flows in either direction in the channel separating them), they are generally considered distinct lakes, and Lake Michigan is generally considered the largest lake entirely within the United States, as Lake Huron and Lake Superior are binational (shared with Canada).
Jump up ^ One of the Great Lakes.
Jump up ^ One of the Great Lakes.
Jump up ^ One of the Great Lakes.
Jump up ^ If Lake Michigan and Lake Huron are considered the same lake, the largest lake entirely within the United States. Also the largest salt lake in the United States.
Jump up ^ Largest man-made lake (reservoir) by surface area in the United States.
Jump up ^ Largest lake in the South
Jump up ^ Often considered an estuary rather than a lake
Jump up ^ includes both Upper and Lower Red Lake
Jump up ^ highly variable in area
Jump up ^ The area of Devils Lake was taken from the summer 2011 record peak of 1,454.4 ft (443.3 m) MSL. Devils Lake has experienced severe flooding and has risen more than 31 feet (9.4 m) since 1993. Area has increased by 4 times.
Jump up ^ Devils Lake Elevation-Volume Table
Jump up ^ USGS Devils Lake Flood History
Jump up ^ National Weather Service Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (NWS AHPS) for Devils Lake at Creel Bay
Jump up ^ Part of St. Lawrence Seaway
See also[edit]
List of lakes of the United States
List of largest lakes of the United States by volume
External links[edit]
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