Royal Rumble 2023 best photos: Rhea Ripley wins Women's Royal Rumble from No. 1 spot (2024)

Wrestling Junkie Staff

January 30, 2023 11:22 am ET

Rhea Ripley has become a force that can’t be denied.

That much was clear even before the Royal Rumble rolled into San Antonio on Jan. 28, but Ripley reinforced that thought big time by entering No. 1 and winning the Women’s Royal Rumble, finally eliminating Liv Morgan, who entered No. 2.

Take a look back at Rhea’s victory with some of the most enduring images from her hour-plus stint in the ring.

WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley enters the arena during the women’s WWE…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley enters the arena during the women’s WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers battle during the women’s WWE Royal Rumble at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers battle during the women’s WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Wrestlers compete during the women’s Royal Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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WWE Royal Rumble 2023: Women's Royal Rumble match

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley (left) and Liv Morgan wrestle during the…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley (left) and Liv Morgan wrestle during the women’s WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley eliminates Liv Morgan to win the women’s…

Jan 28, 2023; San Antonio, TX, USA; Rhea Ripley eliminates Liv Morgan to win the women’s WWE Royal Rumble at the Alamodome. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Royal Rumble 2023 best photos: Rhea Ripley wins Women's Royal Rumble from No. 1 spot (2024)

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Has any woman won the Royal Rumble from number one? ›

Rhea Ripley entered the 2023 Women's Royal Rumble match at #1 and lasted a total of 1 hour 1 minute 8 seconds and eliminated seven to win the Royal Rumble match. Rhea Ripley became the Iron Survivor of the match and became the first woman to win the Rumble match entering first.

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Did Rhea Ripley win the women's Royal Rumble? ›

After being the last competitor eliminated in the 2021 Royal Rumble match, Ripley won it in 2023, becoming the only woman—and fourth winner overall—to win the Rumble as the first entrant. She'd use that victory to challenge and defeat Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39.

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How many eliminations did Rhea Ripley have in the 2023 Royal Rumble? ›

“The Eradicator” Rhea Ripley has the most number of Women's Royal Rumble match eliminations with 20 eliminations in her four appearances. Ripley's four appearances include a Rumble match win. Ripley's most eliminations came from the 2021 and 2023 Rumble match, where she eliminated 7 on either occasion.

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Who won the female Royal Rumble in 2023? ›

The following week, Edge and Phoenix challenged Bálor and Ripley to a mixed tag team match at Elimination Chamber, which Bálor accepted. Also, on Raw, women's Royal Rumble match winner Rhea Ripley announced that she would challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39.

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How many people have won Royal Rumble from 1? ›

Only three wrestlers have gone from start to finish to win the Royal Rumble (Shawn Michaels in 1995, Chris Benoit in 2004 and Rhea Ripley in 2023). Batista is the only person to win from the same spot twice, at No.

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Who is the Favourite for women's Royal Rumble? ›

Jade Cargill is the bookmakers favourite to win the 2024 Women's Royal Rumble

Women's Royal Rumble Winner 2024	Odds	Probability
Liv Morgan	6/1	14.3%
Bianca Belair	8/1	11.1%
Becky Lynch	8/1	11.1%
Charlotte Flair	8/1	11.1%

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How much money does Rhea Ripley make? ›

Rhea Ripley's primary source of income is her WWE contract, which includes a reported base salary of $250,000 annually. Her earnings extend beyond her base salary, encompassing revenue from merchandise sales, pay-per-view appearances, sponsorships, deals with WWE Shop, and appearances in WWE 2K games.

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Who is Rhea Ripley in a relationship with? ›

The Eradicator may be Dirty Dom's Mami, but she has been with AEW star Buddy Matthews since 2022. The Australian grapplers have been engaged to be married since last summer, and while no date has been announced, Ripley recently provided an update on the wedding.

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Who was the first black woman to win the Royal Rumble? ›

Belair made her professional wrestling debut in 2016 for WWE's developmental brand NXT, competing for the NXT Women's Championship on multiple occasions. After being drafted to SmackDown, she won the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match, becoming the second African American after The Rock to win a Royal Rumble match.

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Who won the 2024 Women's Royal Rumble? ›

The women's match, which was the opening bout, was won by Bayley from SmackDown, who also broke the record for longest time spent in the women's match, lasting 1:03:03. The men's match, which was the main event of the card, was won by Raw's Cody Rhodes for a second consecutive year.

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Who will be in Royal Rumble 2024? ›

2024 WWE Royal Rumble matches

Cody Rhodes.
CM Punk.
Shinsuke Nakamura.
Bobby Lashley.
Drew McIntyre.
Gunther.
Chad Gable.
Otis.

Jan 27, 2024

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Did Rhea Ripley lose her title? ›

Less than two weeks after an overwhelmingly successful and definitive WrestleMania title defense, Rhea Ripley was officially stripped of the Women's World Championship due to injury, ending Mami's reign at 379 days.

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Who eliminated Brock in Royal Rumble 2023? ›

Brock Lesnar went on a Royal Rumble rampage of eliminations before being tossed out by Bobby Lashley after three minutes. After a Rey Mysterio no-show, Dominik Mysterio walked out with Mysterio's mask.

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What happened to Rey Mysterio Royal Rumble 2023? ›

Rey Mysterio's music hit for him to enter at number seventeen, but he failed to make his way down the aisle. From there, his son Dominik entered at number eighteen, ripping apart one of his father's masks as he made his way down the aisle, implying that he had taken out his old man backstage.

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Who owns WWE? ›

TKO Group Holdings Inc

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How many women's royal rumbles have there been? ›

Meanwhile, for the seventh time since its inception, the WWE Women's Royal Rumble will be staged alongside the men's event, with a host of wrestlers looking to get their hand on the title after Rhea Ripley went the distance last time out.

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Has anyone won the Royal Rumble twice in a row? ›

Unfortunately, he fell short at WrestleMania that year, failing to capture the WWE Championship from Diesel. However, in 1996, Shawn Michaels did what only Hulk Hogan had done before him: Win the Royal Rumble in back-to-back years.

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Who has the most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble women's? ›

Most Eliminations in a Single Women's Royal Rumble Match

In the 2020 edition of Royal Rumble, then-NXT superstars Shayna Baszler and Bianca Belair both eliminated eight superstars and made the world know about themselves.

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Who won the women's WWE Royal Rumble 2024? ›

The women's match, which was the opening bout, was won by Bayley from SmackDown, who also broke the record for longest time spent in the women's match, lasting 1:03:03. The men's match, which was the main event of the card, was won by Raw's Cody Rhodes for a second consecutive year.

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