document_title: Michonne

question_text: when does michonne come in the walking dead

text: Michonne

text: Appearances[edit]

text: Comic book series[edit]

text: Early storylines (2005–08)[edit]

text: Michonne is introduced as a mysterious woman armed with a katana. She first appears towing two armless, jawless zombies in shackles and causes no small consternation among the group. She saves Otis from zombies and follows him to the abandoned prison where the group is based.[6] She immediately bonds with Tyreese, recognizing him from his days in the NFL, and shares his passion for weightlifting.[7] They sleep together, precipitating Tyreese's breakup with Carol Peletier; Michonne and Tyreese then become a couple.[8]

text: Michonne reveals some details of her life before the apocalypse. She was a lawyer who had recently ended her marriage and lost custody of her children.[9] At first, she appears to have suffered some kind of trauma or mental illness, often carrying on conversations with herself or with her deceased boyfriend, as Andrea first notices in the prison.[8] Michonne later admits to Rick Grimes that she has imaginary conversations with her dead boyfriend to keep herself from breaking down, and as a coping mechanism to deal with the real world's horrors. In return, Rick shows her a rotary telephone he used to "call" his late wife, Lori.[10]

text: Michonne is among the small group sent out to investigate a helicopter crash, and they stumble upon the town of Woodbury.[11] Woodbury's Governor betrays and captures them, and violently rapes and tortures Michonne.[12] He soon realizes she must be dealt with more aggressively when she kills all the participants in a gladiator-style tournament.[13] The group escapes, but Michonne remains behind, saying "she has to take care of some things".[14] She mutilates the Governor before making her way back to the prison with the rest of the group.[15] When the Governor retaliates, Michonne and Tyreese go on the offensive, attempting guerrilla warfare in order to buy the prison time to prepare for the next attack.[16] Instead Michonne is forced to flee after nearly being captured, and Tyreese is captured and used as a bargaining tool to get into the prison.[17] When this fails, the Governor kills Tyreese with Michonne's katana. Moments later, she returns and reclaims her sword, disappearing into the woods nearby.[18]

text: Post-prison (2008–10)[edit]

text: After the events at the prison, she returns to look for the RV survivors and puts Tyreese's reanimated remains to peace.[19] When she finds only footprints, she begins to follow them and stumbles upon Rick and his son, Carl. She saves Carl from a roamer and joins up with Rick and Carl.[20] She bonds with them and keeps Rick's self-conversations secret.[10] Michonne protects Carl as a mother would, and goes to great lengths to protect Rick out of respect for him.[20] They rejoin other surviving members of the group at Hershel's farm.[10] Michonne travels with the survivors in search of safety, and inquires about Morgan Jones' whereabouts.[21] When Rick asks if she finds Morgan attractive, Michonne admits that she does, but is still grieving over Tyreese's death.[21]

text: Alexandria (2010–12)[edit]

text: When the survivors locate the town of Alexandria, a safe haven from the undead, and think they have finally been given an opportunity to rest, Michonne has a difficult time relinquishing her sword, as seen with her confrontation with Alexandria resident Douglas.[22] Another resident, Olivia, persuades Douglas to allow Michonne to keep her weapon.[22] Michonne settles into her new "home" and even hangs her sword above the mantle. She recalls all of the horrific ways she has used it to survive, and finally proclaims, "I am through with you."[22]

text: Michonne begins to let her guard down, and Rick asks Douglas if there is a job for her in the community. Since there is no need for lawyers, Douglas recommends making her a constable to uphold the law in Alexandria.[23] Michonne attends a welcome party held by Douglas in honor of Alexandria's new residents, but is quiet and reserved during the festivities. When one of Alexandria's residents, Barbara, tries playing matchmaker between Michonne and a young man named Heath, Michonne wearies of the conversation among the partygoers and attempts to leave. Barbara makes a well-intentioned attempt to dissuade her, but becomes insistent about what Michonne would care to eat and says she'd hate to cook a meal Michonne did not enjoy. Michonne snaps and asks if that's all she truly concerns herself about. The guests grow silent. Michonne, uncomfortable, leaves.[24]

text: She finds Morgan, who confesses to having left the party earlier, and they commiserate about not caring for chipper people. Michonne admits their conversation made her feel even more alone. She lets her guard down and rests her head on Morgan's shoulder. They end up having sex that night,[24] but Michonne is annoyed and turned off by Morgan's refusal to let go of the fact that his wife is dead and gone.[25]

text: Michonne ends up falling for Morgan. The two ultimately get a chance to make up afterwards, with her agreeing to take things slow and get to know each other better.[26] She's devastated when he gets bitten, amputating his arm in an attempt to save his life.[27] Michonne later apologizes to a seemingly-unconscious Morgan. She says she doesn't mean to be an insensitive person and asks for his forgiveness, only to realize he has already died.[28]

text: The group successfully fends off an attack when Alexandria is swarmed by walkers, later holding funerals for Morgan and other fallen friends.[29] Rick finds Michonne sitting at Morgan's grave, and she says she would have lived with Morgan for the rest of her life.[30] Michonne asks Rick if this is funny, to which he replies everyone wants a relationship, and Michonne says she doesn't think she will ever be happy.[30] Michonne helps in clearing up the last of the zombie horde in Alexandria and Rick approaches her, asking how she feels. Michonne replies that she is getting by, and thinks it's nice someone cares about her.[31]

text: War against Negan (2012–14)[edit]

text: Michonne and Abraham are clearing roamers away from the Alexandria Safe-Zone perimeter when they are surprised by an unknown man, later revealed to be named Paul Monroe and nicknamed "Jesus".[32] Paul reveals he has traveled from a community nearby and wishes to establish an alliance between them all.[32] Rick lashes out at Paul, knocking him unconscious, and Michonne helps in tying him up.[33] Rick, Michonne, and Abraham set out to scout the area for an impending threat, but realize Paul was telling the truth, and Rick decides to work with him.[33] Rick, Michonne, Paul, Glenn, Carl and Andrea travel to Paul's community, the "Hilltop".[34] Along the way, Paul helps the group defeat walkers even with his hands tied, proving his trustworthiness.[33]

text: Once inside Hilltop, the group learns that Hilltop's leader, Gregory, has established a deal with Negan, the brutal leader of a group of bandits known as "The Saviors".[35] The Saviors keep the area clear of the dead in exchange for half of everything the Hilltop survivors manage to gather.[35] However, the Saviors have been abusing members of the Hilltop Colony and Rick volunteers to help deal with Negan, a decision Michonne seems angry about.[35] The group is attacked by a group of Saviors on their way back to Alexandria, but Rick's group emerges victorious and kills all but one of them.[36] Rick spares him so he can deliver a message to Negan, saying they are protecting Hilltop now and want half of Negan's supplies.[36]

text: Abraham is killed by the Saviors and Eugene is captured, sparking a conflict between Alexandria and the Saviors.[37] Michonne travels with Rick, Carl, Glenn, Maggie and Sophia to Hilltop, but they are captured by Negan along the way.[38] Negan savagely bashes Glenn's head in with a baseball bat and leaves the other survivors, saying they will be back to collect half of Alexandria's supplies.[38] Michonne and the others return to Alexandria, to find a battle has taken place between the Safe Zone and the Saviors, resulting in Rick's group capturing one of Negan's men.[39] Rick lets the man go free, but Carl disappears sometime later, and Michonne joins Rick, Andrea, and Jesus on a trip to Negan's community, suspecting the Saviors have kidnapped Carl.[40] After a brief scuffle between Negan and Rick, it is revealed Carl is safe and they return to Alexandria.[41]

text: Michonne tries unsuccessfully to seduce Heath, who reveals Maggie told him about what happened between Michonne and Tyreese.[41] She leaves and asks Heath to pretend as if the moment had never happened.[41] Michonne and Carl are later seen fighting a group of walkers, and Carl is surprised by one of them, which falls on top of him.[42] Carl says he is useless with only one eye, but Michonne assures him Rick is fine with only one hand.[42] Michonne later tells Andrea that she feels as if she cannot talk normally to anyone anymore, including Heath.[42]

text: Michonne, Rick and several others travel to a community known as "The Kingdom" where Rick plans to get help from Ezekiel to defeat Negan.[43] She and Ezekiel become romantically involved, despite starting off on the wrong foot.[43] Michonne participates in the war against Negan and the Saviors, which ends in Rick's group emerging victorious and imprisoning Negan.[44]

text: Disappearance and The Walking Dead: Michonne (2014–2016)[edit]

text: After the war, there is a time-skip. Michonne is not seen for a long period of time. Rick states that he still misses her "even after all this time."[45] Michonne's disappearance is explained in the video game.

text: War with the Whisperers (2015–ongoing)[edit]

text: Michonne is first revealed stepping off of a sailboat. She immediately shows her negative feelings toward Ezekiel by asking herself, "Seriously, there was no one else he (Rick) could have sent?" As Rick asks many questions as to why Michonne had left Ezekiel and the Kingdom, she reveals that she abandoned her daughters during the outbreak and that she would never be able to start a new life with all of her regret. The conversation ends with Rick telling her to "get her shit together" and to "go back home."[46]

text: Rick and Michonne discover the decapitated heads of Ezekiel and Rosita on pikes, and Michonne is devastated by her lover's death. They later find out that someone helped Negan escape from his cell.[47] Michonne initially desires to go back to sailing with Pete, but Rick encourages her to become the Kingdom's new leader, since Eziekiel was killed.[48] Despite having defeated Negan, Rick's group becomes involved in another war with a group known as the "Whisperers".[49] Michonne and her allies eventually come out on top, but Alexandria is swarmed by an incredibly large herd of walkers.[50] The survivors are able to drive the walkers from Alexandria, but Andrea is bitten on the neck and dies.[51] Michonne and Maggie are seen taking her body away, as the group mourns their losses and rebuild.[52] Rick decides to form a careful alliance with Negan, as he appears to have changed his ways.[53]

text: Television series[edit]

text: Season 2[edit]

text: Michonne makes her first appearance as a hooded figure near the end of the second-season finale, "Beside the Dying Fire" (though at the time Danai Gurira had not been cast for this role), wherein she saves Andrea from a walker by decapitating it with her katana, which features a triquetra on the inner crossguard.[54][55]

text: As in the comics, she is accompanied by two chained walkers, side-by-side with their arms and lower jaws removed to prevent them from attacking. In removing their ability to eat, Michonne effectively tamed these walkers. Michonne has demonstrated economic uses for her pet walkers, such as using them as human pack mules by loading supplies onto their backs as well as a camouflage/repellent, as their presence and scent fools other walkers into thinking those accompanying them are also walkers. Michonne later decapitates the walkers shortly before she and Andrea are discovered by Merle.

text: Season 3[edit]

text: In the episode "Walk with Me", Michonne and Andrea are taken by a group led by Merle Dixon (Michael Rooker) from a nearby town called Woodbury, run by the Governor (David Morrissey). Andrea, having been severely ill after spending eight months on the road, embraces the town's sense of community which Michonne resists, suspicious of The Governor and his leadership. In the episode "Say the Word", Michonne ultimately decides to leave alone after failing to convince Andrea to leave. In the episode "Hounded", Michonne's suspicions of The Governor's true nature prove to be true as Merle and his men go after her under the orders of killing her. However, Michonne kills two of Merle's men and escapes. She then spies Maggie (Lauren Cohan) and Glenn (Steven Yeun) on a supply run in a nearby town and overhears directions to the prison where they are staying, but Michonne is not able to make contact with them as they are ambushed and kidnapped by Merle. A wounded and weakened Michonne soon arrives at the prison with Maggie and Glenn's basket of infant supplies. In the episode "When the Dead Come Knocking", Michonne is brought into the prison, albeit cautiously, by Carl (Chandler Riggs) and Rick (Andrew Lincoln), who directs Hershel (Scott Wilson) to tend to her wounds. Michonne informs them of Glenn and Maggie's abduction by Merle, of the Governor, and of Woodbury. In the mid-season finale "Made to Suffer", she accompanies Rick, Daryl (Norman Reedus), unaware he is Merle's brother, and Oscar (Vincent M. Ward) to rescue Glenn and Maggie from Woodbury. In the process, Daryl is kidnapped. After Glenn and Maggie are rescued, Michonne breaks off from the larger group and proceeds to discover the Governor's zombie-head aquaria and reanimated daughter, Penny, whom she kills despite his pleas not to. She and the Governor get into a hand-to-hand fight, which she wins, stabbing him in the eye during the scuffle. Andrea's arrival and intervention at gunpoint prevents Michonne from killing the Governor, and Michonne instead withdraws. When Michonne returns to Rick's group, they question her reliability after her disappearance, but she counters that they need her due to the loss of Daryl.

text: In the mid-season premiere "The Suicide King", Rick continues to show distrust toward Michonne, and tells her that she will be sent away when she is fully recovered. In the episode "Home", Michonne observes Rick as he hallucinates an encounter with his recently deceased wife, Lori (Sarah Wayne Callies). When the Governor and his men attack the prison, Michonne helps defend it. In the episode "I Ain't a Judas", when Andrea comes to the prison to start a negotiation with them, Michonne tells her The Governor sent Merle to kill her, demonstrating that he won't allow anyone to leave (or live) who isn't under his control. In the episode "Clear", Rick has her join him and Carl on a weapons run to Rick's hometown, where she bonds with the two and eventually earns their trust (Rick confirms to her that she is "one of us"). She confides in him about his hallucinations and tells him she used to speak to her dead boyfriend. In the episode "This Sorrowful Life", Rick reveals to Merle that the Governor claimed he would leave the prison group alone if they handed over Michonne. Merle takes it upon himself to capture her and deliver her to the Governor, but as they talk in the car he has second thoughts and releases her; he instead ambushes the Governor's group alone and kills a number of them before the Governor finds him and kills him. In the season finale "Welcome to the Tombs", following another attack on the prison Rick, accompanied by Michonne and Daryl, sets out to locate the Governor. However, they come across the scene where the Governor slaughtered his own troops. One survivor (Karen) (Melissa Ponzio) leads the group back to Woodbury to locate Andrea, as they fear the worst for her safety after learning she had fled Woodbury for the prison, but never arrived there. They manage to find Andrea but not before she has been bitten by the reanimated Milton (Dallas Roberts), whom she managed to kill. Michonne offers to stay with her in her last minutes before killing herself to prevent reanimation, using a pistol borrowed from Rick. While Michonne is with Andrea in the room, the others outside the room hear a gunshot offscreen. Michonne is seen with Woodbury's remaining citizens and the rest of the group returning to the prison, as they also bring Andrea's corpse back to bury it.[56]

text: Season 4[edit]

text: In the season premiere "30 Days Without an Accident", Michonne comes back to the prison from her tireless search for the Governor which have proved unsuccessful. In the episode "Infected", Michonne is about to head back out on her search, but tries to get back in when a walker attack is announced and she injures her ankle. Beth (Emily Kinney) tends to her wounds, and asks her to watch Rick's baby Judith; when Beth leaves the room, Michonne breaks down crying as she cradles the baby. In the episode "Isolation", she volunteers to go with Bob (Lawrence Gilliard Jr.) and Daryl to get antibiotics from a veterinary college to treat a deadly illness that has broken out among the prison population, and Tyreese (Chad Coleman) joins them before they leave. On the car radio they hear a message offering sanctuary at a place called Terminus before the car is swarmed by walkers and they are forced to flee on foot. In the episode "Indifference", they obtain the needed medicine from the college. Daryl and Tyreese argue with Michonne that the Governor won't be found, and that she is more needed at the prison, and she ultimately agrees to give up her search. In the episode "Internment", they return to the prison with the medicine after Rick and Carl have defended the prison from a walker herd. Michonne takes the bodies to be burnt offsite and Hershel decides to go with her. In the episode "Dead Weight", Michonne and Hershel are seen chatting and laughing in the distance as they prepare the bodies for disposal, unaware they are being watched by The Governor who aims his gun at them. In the mid-season finale "Too Far Gone", the Governor kidnaps Hershel and Michonne and convinces his new group to use them as hostages to take over the prison. At the prison, the Governor takes a well-armed caravan with a tank and demands that Rick order his group to leave the prison, using Hershel and Michonne as leverage. Rick tries to reason with the Governor with the offer of living together peacefully but The Governor declares him a liar and decapitates Hershel with Michonne's katana. Rick's group opens fire, and Michonne rolls away and unties herself. The Governor orders his group to kill everyone at the prison, and they attack, breaking down the fences with their vehicles. When the Governor is punching Rick in the face, Michonne impales him through the chest with her katana and escapes as the prison is overwhelmed by walkers drawn by the noise.

text: In the mid-season premiere "After", Michonne returns to the prison, where she discovers Hershel's reanimated head. After putting her katana through his head as a mercy kill, she takes two new walker pets and travels through the woods. While sleeping, she has a nightmare about her former life. The nightmare reveals that Michonne lived a comfortable life with her boyfriend Mike and her young son Andre before the apocalypse.[57] While walking through the forest, she encounters a walker that looks disturbingly similar to her. Realizing the walkers will not attack her because they think she is already dead, Michonne chooses to embrace life instead and cuts down the entire herd of walkers. Following this, she has an emotional breakdown and has a brief monologue addressing Mike. Later in the episode she investigates footprints belonging to Rick and Carl and follows them to a house that they have taken shelter in, crying when she sees them.[58] In the episode "Claimed", Michonne joins Carl on a run for more supplies in the neighborhood and reveals more about her past in an effort to cheer him up. She reveals she had a three-year-old son named Andre Anthony who died shortly after the outbreak began. Rick, Carl and Michonne are forced to travel in the direction of a camp known as Terminus because a group of men intrude on their house.[59] In the episode "Us", Michonne, Rick, and Carl are following a set of train tracks, and it is revealed that the group of men have been tracking them. In the season finale "A", Michonne, Rick and Carl are nearing Terminus. In the night they are ambushed by the group of marauders and held at gunpoint. Daryl, who is travelling with the marauders, attempts to reason with the leader – Joe (Jeff Kober), to no avail. Joe orders his gang to beat Daryl to death, before telling Rick his group will rape Michonne and Carl before assassinating him. Enraged when Dan (Keith Brooks) tries to rape Carl, Rick snaps and brutally kills Joe by biting out a chunk of his throat. In the following confusion, Michonne manages to get hold of a gun and kill two marauders. With the marauders dead, the reunited gang continue to Terminus. On the outskirts of Terminus, Michonne confesses to Carl the details of Andre's death and the reasoning behind keeping two walker pets. Upon entering Terminus and realizing it is a trap, Michonne along with Rick, Carl and Daryl flee across the grounds, to eventually become captured. Forced into a container, the group are reunited with Glenn, Maggie, Bob and Sasha, as well as meeting Sergeant Abraham Ford, Dr. Eugene Porter, Rosita Espinosa and Tara Chambler. Michonne is present as the season closes with Rick uttering the words: "...they're screwing with the wrong people."

text: Season 5[edit]

text: In the season five premiere "No Sanctuary" Michonne and the others are able to escape Terminus and are reunited with Carol, Tyreese and Judith. In the episode "Strangers", as the group continues travelling Michonne offers to take out a nearby walker only to realize her sword was left behind in Terminus and kills it with a gun instead. As they travel they encounter Fr. Gabriel Stokes (Seth Gilliam) whom they distrust but he gives them shelter in his church. Abraham tries to insist they travel to Washington D.C. where they can cure the outbreak, but Michonne insists to him they find supplies first. Later Gabriel leads Rick, Michonne, Bob and Sasha to a store to find supplies where Michonne reveals the sword was not hers to begin with but she found it and confesses to missing Andrea and Hershel but not the sword. In the episode "Four Walls and a Roof", the group takes shelter in the church while being hunted by the last of the cannabalistic members of Terminus. Rick's group gains the upper hand and Michonne helps in killing Gareth and the others. She discovers the Terminus group has been keeping her katana, which she takes back. In the episode "Crossed", the group learns Beth is still alive and being held captive in a hospital in Atlanta, so Rick leads a team to rescue her, leaving Michonne, Carl and Judith at the church. In the mid-season finale "Coda", Michonne helps defend against a herd of walkers that attack but the church is quickly overrun. They are saved by the timely arrival of Glenn, Maggie, Abraham and the others, and decide to help Rick in Atlanta. Upon arrival at the hospital, Michonne and the others witness Daryl carrying Beth's corpse out of the building.

text: In the midseason premiere "What Happened and What's Going On", Michonne pushes the idea of going to Washington, D.C. despite Noah's (Tyler James Williams) community being overrun in Richmond, Virginia. Later, Tyreese is bitten and Michonne is forced to amputate his arm, but he dies of blood loss anyway. In the episode "Them", Michonne shows concern for Sasha telling her not to give in to anger like Tyreese over her recent losses, but Sasha then breaks formation in silently pushing away walkers by attacking them. Sasha walks off irritated. The group trudge on sixty miles to DC, as they face a tornado in the process. In the episode "The Distance", Maggie and Sasha introduce Aaron (Ross Marquand) to the group, who reveals himself as a recruiter for a safe haven, Alexandria, and takes them there despite going a dangerous route because of their previous mistrusting of communities like Terminus and Woodbury.[60]), they are hesitant to trust him because of what happened in Woodbury and Terminus. Rick initially decides not to take the risk, prompting Michonne to step in and challenge his decision. She argues that the group should give Aaron a chance for the sake of survival, successfully convincing Rick to change his mind.[61] The group arrives at the gates of Alexandria the next day. Rick hears children laughing inside the community's walls, and Michonne smiles, knowing they have made the right decision.

text: In the episode "Remember", Rick's group has difficulty assimilating into the daily routines of the Alexandria residents.[62] The people of Alexandria, led by politician Deanna Monroe (Tovah Feldshuh), have been shielded from many of the dangers and tribulations that the new world holds, which causes Rick's group to believe they are weak. Deanna asks Rick and Michonne to become the town constables, and they both accept their new roles. In the episode "Forget", Michonne has traded in her usual clothes for a police uniform.[63] Deanna explains to Rick and Michonne that their basic roles as constables are to keep the peace and establish a sense of civilization inside the walls of Alexandria. Deanna invites the entire group to a welcoming party at her house, and Michonne reluctantly attends. Abraham finds her outside by herself, and the two have a discussion about adjusting to their new lives. Michonne is later seen hanging her sword on the fireplace mantle of one of Alexandria's houses, though she doesn't appear happy about doing so.

text: In the episode "Try", Rosita tells Michonne that Sasha has gone missing from her post in the tower. Worried, they venture outside the walls to look for her. They find several dead walkers and realize Sasha is actively hunting them. They track her down and help her eliminate a large pack of walkers, which leads to an outburst from Sasha. Later, when Rick and Pete fight in the street, Rick begins ranting to the gathered crowd and pointing a gun at them, and Michonne eventually silences him by knocking him unconscious. In the season finale "Conquer", Rick admits to Michonne that he and Carol stole guns from the armory and tries to return the gun, though Michonne says she would not have stopped him, and that she knocked out Rick to protect him, not Alexandria. She also tells Rick she is confident that they can find a way to integrate with Alexandria, but she will still follow him even if they cannot. At the town forum, Michonne is one of the people who speak in Rick's defense then witnesses Rick arrive with a dead walker, who got in because Gabriel left the gate open, and addresses Alexandria itself and how they aren't ready to survive but they have to be and he'll show them how. Pete arrives, drunk and angered, during the meeting with Michonne's katana, bent on assassinating Rick, and Michonne witnesses him killing Reg, Rick killing Pete and Morgan's arrival. Michonne is later seen contemplating mounting her katana back on the wall, but ultimately decides to carry it.

text: Season 6[edit]

text: Season 6 finds Rick, Michonne and the others struggling to keep the Alexandria members safe while also teaching them how to survive. In the season premiere "First Time Again", the group discovers an enormous herd of roamers trapped inside a quarry not far from Alexandria. They decide to use the herd as a learning opportunity and also eliminate the threat before it becomes a problem later. While trying to draw the herd away from the walls, Michonne, Rick, Morgan and a few others hear a horn sounding from Alexandria. The noise draws the attention of the walkers and the herd begins heading toward the walls. Morgan is sent ahead of the others to find out what is causing the noise. Rick decides to split up to draw more walkers in another direction, giving Michonne and Glenn the task of ensuring they get the others back to Alexandria and find out what is going on. In the episode "Thank You", Michonne, Glenn, and Heath struggle to stay ahead of the herd and keep the others alive. Glenn gets separated from the group and only Michonne and Heath return to Alexandria alive. In the episode "Now", Michonne informs Maggie she isn't sure what happened to Glenn, but that he would send up a signal if he was alive. Rick returns to Alexandria as well, but has been followed by the herd, and barely makes it back inside Alexandria's walls as Michonne helps close the gates. With walkers gathered outside the walls, the group must decide how to address the problem while waiting for Glenn, Daryl, Sasha and Abraham to return. Rick and Michonne learn more about what happened when the Wolves attacked, and Carol informs them that Morgan allowed several of the Wolves to escape (later killed by Rick). In the episode "Heads Up", Morgan maintains his belief that "all life is precious", and Michonne argues that life is not as simple as four words anymore.

text: In the mid-season finale episode "Start to Finish", the herd finally breaks through Alexandra's walls after knocking over the guard tower. Michonne, Rick, and Deanna flee towards the houses, but Deanna gets knocked over and falls onto a saw blade, causing a mortal wound to her side. Rick, Michonne, Deanna, Gabriel, Jessie, Carl, and others manage to get inside a house and struggle to keep the walkers from breaking in. Michonne tends to Deanna's wound, only to discover a walker bite on her side. Realizing her end is near, Deanna and Michonne bond while waiting out the herd. Michonne affirms her belief that the new plans Deanna drew up for Alexandria can still work, and Deanna encourages Michonne to find her own answer for what survival means for her. Michonne admits she isn't sure, but later promises she will figure it out. The walkers eventually break into the house and the group is forced to move quickly and leave the dying Deanna. Michonne spends a few last minutes with her, offering to put her down before she turns, but Deanna insists on ending her own life with a gun. Deanna tells her to "give them hell" and Michonne leaves. Rick devises a plan for the group to cover themselves in guts from two walkers they have killed, which allows them to move outside the house undetected by the dead. However, Jessie's son, frightened by the situation, begins calling out to his mother as the group joins hands and moves through the herd.

text: In the midseason premiere, Jessie and her sons are devoured by the walkers.[64] Michonne is forced to stab Ron, who shoots Carl in the eye. Rick and Michonne get Carl to the infirmary and help the surviving residents drive the herd out of Alexandria. Two months later, Alexandria is being rebuilt and things have more or less returned to normal. After sharing a sincere moment with Carl, Michonne realizes what she desires in her life. That night, she and Rick kiss and have sex, beginning a romantic relationship.[65] However, Rick's group soon becomes involved in a conflict with Negan, who captures most of the survivors and kills one of them with "Lucille" a bat wrapped in barbed wire.[66]

text: Season 7[edit]

text: In the season premiere, "The Day Will Come When You Won't Be", Michonne witnesses the deaths of group members Abraham and Glenn. She is later held at gunpoint, along with the rest of the group, as Negan commands Rick to chop off Carl's left arm to remove the last of Rick's disobedience. Michonne tells Negan that they now understand, but Negan tells her that its Rick who doesn't understand. Thankfully, Negan stops Rick as it was all a test to break his will, which is successful. Sasha then helps get Maggie to the doctor at the Hilltop after Negan and his people leave. Michonne goes with Rick and the others in the RV.[67] In Service, Michonne is shown walking outside Alexandria with a rifle she concealed in the house before the Saviors arrive. She is shown practicing her marksmanship by shooting at a walker with the rifle to prepare for the fight she feels is coming. When she returns, Rick states he needs the rifle as the Saviors want all their guns. Michonne doesn't want want her community surrender their guns, but eventually hands it over. Rick later tells her about his old partner and friend being Judith's real father, and that he had to accept it in order to raise her and keep her alive as his own daughter. Stating that this is their life now and he had to accept it as she does. Michonne later reappears in Sing Me a Song, where she is shown walking along whistling to lure walkers. She then kills them and drags their bodies over to a pile. This causes a female Savior to stop driving and observe the pile, allowing Michonne to take her hostage and demand that she take her to Negan. The following episode, "Hearts Still Beating", shows Michonne attempting to talk to the Savior, who remains silent. They arrive outside the Sanctuary and Michonne realizes the power and scope of the Saviors. She later returns to find the Saviors killed Spencer and Olivia and took Eugene hostage. She finds Rick in the jail cell Morgan built and attempts to convince him that they're fighters and that, despite Negan's power, they can find a way to win. Rick agrees, having seen the costs of subjugation and the two reunite with Maggie and Daryl at the Hilltop (along with Carl, Rosita, and Tara) as the group walks off to plan their next move. In "Rock in the Road", Michonne is part of the group that sets out with Rick and Jesus to the Kingdom to enlist their help. When this fails, they come across wired explosives, placed by the Saviors, to deter walker herds. Michonne aids Rick in stealing them and tells him that they can win, just to put a smile on his face. The episode ends with the group being captured by an unknown group of survivors which results in Rick smiling at the discovery of a potential ally. In "New Best Friends", Michonne is part of the group that meets with the this new group. When Rick is tested by being pitted against an armored walker, Michonne helps advise him on how to kill it. He later thanks her by gifting her a metal cat sculpture he found. In "Say Yes", Michonne goes out scavenging with Rick to find the guns they need. They enjoy their time together and are eventually able to discover a carnival wrought with reanimated soldiers. They stumble upon a large amount of packaged food and discuss their future after the Saviors have been dealt with. The next day, their plans go awry and they are quickly swarmed by walkers. At one point, Rick is seemingly killed and Michonne goes into a catatonic state, nearly allowing herself to be killed before Rick is revealed to be okay and they manage to win. Michonne later confides to Rick that she can't bear the thought of losing him, but agrees that she'll take charge if he dies in the upcoming fight. In the season finale "The First Day of the Rest of Your Life", Rick and his group are betrayed by Jadis and the Scavengers, and it is revealed that Sasha has died. Michonne participates in the ensuing battle, but she is badly hurt and nearly dies. She is later seen resting in bed, with Rick by her side.

text: Development[edit]

text: Her first appearance in the season finale of Season 2 of the TV series was just a cameo and she was played by a stand-in.[68]

text: Producer Frank Darabont stated in an interview with Fearnet in 2011 that Michonne would appear in the third season of the show.[69] After Darabont was fired, there was speculation that those plans might have changed. However, in an interview with The Watercooler in late January 2012, Gale Anne Hurd confirmed that Michonne would appear in future seasons.

text: Danai Gurira was officially announced, during an episode of Talking Dead, to have been cast as Michonne. During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Kirkman was quoted saying "there's a lot to that role, and Danai, more than any other actress, showed us that she could exhibit that strength and show what an intense character she could be and, at the same time, have that emotional core and be able to show a vulnerability to a certain extent that we don't see much of but is definitely there." He added, "She really was the whole package, and I think she's going to do a really good job".[70] Danai later commented on implementing her comic counterpart's traits:

text: "I was trying to really investigate a character and allow her to have as much dimension as possible and crack it open even more. What you see through the writing and vision of the creator, you add to it by bringing your full humanity and by really delving into the character's background and their motives and fears; all those things can make a multidimensional character come to life. That's how I've been trained from the beginning and how I've created characters in the past on the stage or through my playwriting. I plan to bring all of that to the table to allow Michonne to be as rich and complex as possible. I'm excited to bring her to life as someone who really has a lot of life and a lot of complexity."[71]

text: Reception[edit]

text: This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (September 2015)

text: Michonne was voted #86 on IGN's Top 100 Comic Book Heroes.[5] Regarding the television portrayal of the character, her scowling expression, reserved nature, and "Magical Negro"[72] qualities have been much-discussed by reviewers.[73][74] Michonne's uniquely independent nature has been praised, with one website commenting, "A case could be made that no character is as independently strong as Michonne."[75] However, others have criticized Michonne's lack of development on the show, writing that she "was quickly sinking into the "strong black woman" trope. She is constantly assaulted and manhandled with seemingly very little concern shown for her wellbeing."[76]

text: Rolling Stone ranked Michonne 1st in a list of 30 best Walking Dead characters, saying, "She survived on her own for months, figuring out how to thrive in the wilderness under the harshest of circumstances. Yet she's also adapted well to living in a group, and has even started to draw on her pre-apocalypse past as a mother and an academic to start thinking about how best to rebuild society. Savage when she has to be, tender and affectionate with her friends and lovers, both nurturing and deadly as they come, this character (courtesy of Danai Gurira’s continually extraordinary performance) represents this series at its best. Michonne hasn’t lost touch with her humanity. And she's a thrill to watch on a killing spree."[77]


document_title: NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

question_text: who won the most nba defensive player of the year

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text: NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award

text: Winners[edit]

text:
^

Denotes player who is still active in the NBA

*

Inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player has received the award

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text:
Season

Player

Position

Nationality

Team

1982–83

Sidney Moncrief

Guard

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks

1983–84

Sidney Moncrief (2)

Guard

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks

1984–85

Mark Eaton

Center

 United States

Utah Jazz

1985–86

Alvin Robertson

Guard

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

1986–87

Michael Cooper[a]

Guard/Forward

 United States

Los Angeles Lakers

1987–88

Michael Jordan*[a][b]

Guard

 United States

Chicago Bulls

1988–89

Mark Eaton (2)

Center

 United States

Utah Jazz

1989–90

Dennis Rodman*[a]

Forward

 United States

Detroit Pistons

1990–91

Dennis Rodman* (2)[a]

Forward

 United States

Detroit Pistons

1991–92

David Robinson*[a][b]

Center

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

1992–93

Hakeem Olajuwon*[a][b]

Center

 Nigeria[c]

Houston Rockets

1993–94

Hakeem Olajuwon* (2)[a][b]

Center

 Nigeria[c]

Houston Rockets

1994–95

Dikembe Mutombo*

Center

 Zaire[d]

Denver Nuggets

1995–96

Gary Payton*[a]

Guard

 United States

Seattle SuperSonics

1996–97

Dikembe Mutombo* (2)

Center

 Zaire[d]

Atlanta Hawks

1997–98

Dikembe Mutombo* (3)

Center

 Democratic Republic of the Congo[d]

Atlanta Hawks

1998–99

Alonzo Mourning*[a]

Center

 United States

Miami Heat

1999–00

Alonzo Mourning* (2)[a]

Center

 United States

Miami Heat

2000–01

Dikembe Mutombo* (4)

Center

 Democratic Republic of the Congo[d]

Philadelphia 76ers

2001–02

Ben Wallace[a]

Center

 United States

Detroit Pistons

2002–03

Ben Wallace (2)[a]

Center

 United States

Detroit Pistons

2003–04

Ron Artest[a][e]

Forward

 United States

Indiana Pacers

2004–05

Ben Wallace (3)[a]

Center

 United States

Detroit Pistons

2005–06

Ben Wallace (4)[a]

Center

 United States

Detroit Pistons

2006–07

Marcus Camby

Center

 United States

Denver Nuggets

2007–08

Kevin Garnett[a][b]

Forward/Center

 United States

Boston Celtics

2008–09

Dwight Howard^

Center

 United States

Orlando Magic

2009–10

Dwight Howard^ (2)

Center

 United States

Orlando Magic

2010–11

Dwight Howard^ (3)

Center

 United States

Orlando Magic

2011–12

Tyson Chandler^[a]

Center

 United States

New York Knicks

2012–13

Marc Gasol^

Center

 Spain

Memphis Grizzlies

2013–14

Joakim Noah^

Center

 France[f]

Chicago Bulls

2014–15

Kawhi Leonard^[a]

Forward

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

2015–16

Kawhi Leonard^[a] (2)

Forward

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

2016–17

Draymond Green^

Forward

 United States

Golden State Warriors

2017–18

Rudy Gobert^

Center

 France

Utah Jazz

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text:
Rank
Player
Team
No.
Years

1
Dikembe Mutombo
Denver Nuggets (1) /Atlanta Hawks (2) /Philadelphia 76ers (1)
4
1995, 1997, 1998, 2001

Ben Wallace
Detroit Pistons
2002, 2003, 2005, 2006

3
Dwight Howard
Orlando Magic
3
2009, 2010, 2011

4
Sidney Moncrief
Milwaukee Bucks
2
1983, 1984

Mark Eaton
Utah Jazz
1985, 1989

Dennis Rodman
Detroit Pistons
1990, 1991

Hakeem Olajuwon
Houston Rockets
1993, 1994

Alonzo Mourning
Miami Heat
1999, 2000

Kawhi Leonard
San Antonio Spurs
2015, 2016


document_title: Royal Rumble

question_text: who is the winner if royal rumble 2018

question_tokens: who is the winner if royal rumble 2018

text: Royal Rumble

text: History

text: Event

text: The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, title matches, and various other matches. The first Royal Rumble 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]

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text: 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.

text: Match

text: 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]

text: 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.

text: 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 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]

text: 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]

text: 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).

text: Prize

text: 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]

text: 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.

text: 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.

text: 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.

text: 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.

text: 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.

text: Non-PPV Royal Rumble matches

text: WWE has booked several Royal Rumble matches outside of the annual Royal Rumble event:

text:
The first Royal Rumble match broadcast outside of its pay-per-view was a Tag Team Royal Rumble on June 15, 1998. 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.

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text: WWE has also booked two Royal Rumble matches which were never televised, both in 1994. The first, a 30-man Royal Rumble on January 17, was won by Owen Hart, last eliminating Fatu. The second, an 18-man Royal Rumble match, took place on May 9 in Osaka, Japan, and was won by The Undertaker, who last eliminated Bam Bam Bigelow.

text: Dates, venues, and winners

text:
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners

Event
Date
City
Venue
Winner
Entry No.
Ref.
Final match

01 !1
Royal Rumble (1988)
January 24, 1988
Hamilton, Ontario
Copps Coliseum
Duggan, JimJim Duggan
13 !13
[31][32]
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
The Summit
Studd, Big JohnBig John Studd
27 !27
[33][34]
30-man Royal Rumble match

03 !3
Royal Rumble (1990)
January 21, 1990
Orlando, Florida
Orlando Arena
Hogan, HulkHulk Hogan
25 !25
[35][36]
30-man Royal Rumble match

04 !4
Royal Rumble (1991)
January 19, 1991
Miami
Miami Arena
24 !24
[37][38]
30-man Royal Rumble match

05 !5
Royal Rumble (1992)
January 19, 1992
Albany, New York
Knickerbocker Arena
Flair, RicRic Flair
03 !3
[39][40]
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
[41][42]
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
[43][44]
30-man Royal Rumble match

08 !8
Royal Rumble (1995)
January 22, 1995
Tampa, Florida
USF Sun Dome
Michaels, ShawnShawn Michaels
01 !1
[45][46]
30-man Royal Rumble match

09 !9
Royal Rumble (1996)
January 21, 1996
Fresno, California
Selland Arena
18 !18
[47][48]
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
[49][50]
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
[51][52][53]
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
[54][55][56]
30-man Royal Rumble match

13 !13
Royal Rumble (2000)
January 23, 2000
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Rock, TheThe Rock
24 !24
[57][58][59]
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
[60][61][62]
30-man Royal Rumble match

15 !15
Royal Rumble (2002)
January 20, 2002
Atlanta
Philips Arena
Triple H
22 !22
[63][64][65]
30-man Royal Rumble match

16 !16
Royal Rumble (2003)
January 19, 2003
Boston
FleetCenter
Lesnar, BrockBrock Lesnar
29 !29
[66][67]
30-man Royal Rumble match

17 !17
Royal Rumble (2004)
January 25, 2004
Philadelphia
Wachovia Center
Chris Benoit
01 !1
[68][69][70]
30-man Royal Rumble match

18 !18
Royal Rumble (2005)
January 30, 2005
Fresno, California
Save Mart Center
Batista
28 !28
[71][72][73]
30-man Royal Rumble match

19 !19
Royal Rumble (2006)
January 29, 2006
Miami, Florida
American Airlines Arena
Mysterio, ReyRey Mysterio
02 !2
[74][75][76]
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
[77][78][79]
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
[80][81][82]
30-man Royal Rumble match

22 !22
Royal Rumble (2009)
January 25, 2009
Detroit, Michigan
Joe Louis Arena
Orton, RandyRandy Orton
08 !8
[83][84]
30-man Royal Rumble match

23 !23
Royal Rumble (2010)
January 31, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
Philips Arena
Edge
29
[85][86]
30-man Royal Rumble match

24 !24
Royal Rumble (2011)
January 30, 2011
Boston, Massachusetts
TD Garden
Del Rio, AlbertoAlberto Del Rio
38
[87]
40-man Royal Rumble match

25 !25
Royal Rumble (2012)
January 29, 2012
St. Louis, Missouri
Scottrade Center
Sheamus
22
[88][89][90]
30-man Royal Rumble match

26 !26
Royal Rumble (2013)
January 27, 2013
Phoenix, Arizona
US Airways Center
Cena, JohnJohn Cena
19
[91][92][93]
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
[94][95]
30-man Royal Rumble match

28 !28
Royal Rumble (2015)
January 25, 2015
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo Center
Reigns, RomanRoman Reigns
19
[96]
30-man Royal Rumble match

29 !29
Royal Rumble (2016)
January 24, 2016
Orlando, Florida
Amway Center
Triple H
30
[97][98]
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
[99]
30-man Royal Rumble match

31 !31
Royal Rumble (2018)
January 28, 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Wells Fargo Center
Shinsuke Nakamura
14
[100][101]
30-woman Royal Rumble match

Asuka
25
[102][103]

32 !32
Royal Rumble (2019)
January 27, 2019
Phoenix, Arizona
Chase Field
TBD Men
TBD
[104]
TBD

TBD Women
TBD
[104]

text: Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity

text:
Championship
Wins
Losses
Total

WWE Championship
9
7
16

World Heavyweight Championship
5
2
7

Total
13
9
22

text:
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. His opponent may change, however, as Styles is scheduled to defend the title against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, and John Cena in a six-pack challenge at Fastlane.

text: 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.

text: Female Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity

text:
Winner
Event
Year
Championship match

1 !1
Asuka
WrestleMania 34
2018
On the January 29 episode of Raw, Asuka was convinced to wait until after Elimination Chamber to make her choice, as there may be a different Raw Women's Champion decided in the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match, which may affect her decision.

text: Royal Rumble records

text: Males

text: Most Rumble victories

text:
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

text: Most times being a Rumble runner-up

text:
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

text: Winners by entry number

text:
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

9
2008

5
1997

18
1996

3
1992

25
1990

13
1988

text: Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

text: Top 20 individual longest times in a single Royal Rumble match. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
No
Wrestler
Time
Year

1
Rey Mysterio
1:02:12
2006[105]

2
Chris Benoit
1:01:31
2004[105]

3
Bob Backlund
1:01:10
1993[105]

4
Triple H
1:00:16
2006

5
Chris Jericho
1:00:13
2017

6
Ric Flair
1:00:02
1992[105]

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[105]

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

text: Note: bold indicates the winner of that year's match

text: Longest cumulative time spent in Royal Rumbles

text: Only wrestlers who have spent more than 3 cumulative hours are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
No
Wrestler
Time

1
Chris Jericho
4:56:00 [106]

2
Triple H
4:00:02

3
Shawn Michaels
3:42:30[106]

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

text: Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

text: Only wrestlers who spent 10 seconds or less in a single rumble are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
No
Wrestler
Time
Year

1
Santino Marella
0:00:01
2009[105]

2
The Warlord
0:00:02
1989[105]

Sheamus
0:00:02*
2018

4
Mo
0:00:03
1995[105]

Owen Hart
0:00:03
1995[105]

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[105]

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

text: (*) - WWE's official source mistakenly reports the time as 20 seconds.

text: Non-eliminated wrestlers

text: 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:

text:
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.

tag: ol

text: Wrestlers who had their number stolen or were replaced

text: 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.

text:
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.

text: Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble

text: Top wrestlers with most eliminations in a single match. Only wrestlers with at least seven eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
No
Wrestler
No. of eliminations
Year

1
Roman Reigns
12
2014[107]

2
Kane
11
2001[105][108]

3
Hulk Hogan
10
1989[105][109]

Stone Cold Steve Austin
10
1997[105][110]

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

text: Total eliminations in cumulative Royal Rumbles

text: Top wrestlers with the most eliminations. Only wrestlers with at least 20 eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.[111]

text:
No
Wrestler
No. of eliminations
Rumbles entered

1
Isaac Yankem/"Diesel"/Kane
44
19[105][112][113]

2
Shawn Michaels
40
12[114][115]

The Undertaker
40
11

4
The Ringmaster/Stone Cold Steve Austin
36
6[105]

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

text: Most Rumble appearances

text: Only wrestlers with at least 10 appearances are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
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

text: Female entrants in male Royal Rumbles

text:
No
Wrestler
Rumbles entered

1
Chyna
2 (1999, 2000)[55][58]

2
Beth Phoenix*
1 (2010)[86]

3
Kharma
1 (2012)

text: Only wrestler to appear in both the male and female Royal Rumbles.

text: Females

text: As of the 2018 Royal Rumble, only one match has occurred; the top ten times are shown.

text:
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

text:
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

text: As only one match has occurred, only wrestlers with at least three eliminations are shown. As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

text:
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

text: Non-PPV Royal Rumble matches

text:
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
[116][117]
12-man Royal Rumble

2
House show
March 16, 1988
Hartford, CT
Hartford Civic Center
Rick Rude
[118][119]
20-man Royal Rumble

3
House show
January 17, 1994
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Owen Hart
[120]
30-man Royal Rumble

4
House show
May 9, 1994
Osaka, Japan
Castle Hall
The Undertaker
[120]
18-man Royal Rumble

5
Raw
June 15, 1998
San Antonio, Texas
Freeman Coliseum
Kane and Mankind
[120]
10-tag team Royal Rumble

6
Raw
January 11, 1999
Houston
Compaq Center
Chyna
[120]
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
[121]
15-man SmackDown! Royal Rumble

8
Raw
January 14, 2008
Mobile, Alabama
Mobile Civic Center
Hornswoggle
[122]
Mini Royal Rumble; 6-man, all participants were midget wrestlers, with the exception of Great Khali.

9
Raw
January 31, 2011
Providence, Rhode Island
Dunkin' Donuts Center
Jerry Lawler
[123]
7-man Raw Rumble

text: Video box set

text: 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.[124]