Royal Rumble winners losing at Wrestlemania

[D Mac]

Which wrestlers who won the Rumble went on to lose the Main Event at Mania?

Were there any, surely there were.

[IC Champion]

Shawn Michaels at Wresltemania 11

[IC Champion]

Lex Luger at Mania 10

[thedamndest]

Yokozuna at Wrestlemania 9 (beat Bret, but lost to Hogan)
Rocky at Wrestlemania 2000

[Savio]

Cena A year ago

[CSL]

Hogan 1990 and Flair 1992 (didn't go on last at Mania though)

Neither were under the 'Winner goes to Mania' gimmick though

[Kane86]

The Rock I forget which rumble it was but he lost at Wrestlemania 2000 in that fatal four way

[XL]

lol. Perhaps it was Royal Rumble 2000?

[Loose Cannon]

wow, you're a fucking idiot.

[Kane86]

wow, you're a fucking idiot.

shit, Four Fifty is a fucking Idiot....

[Nark Order]

LOL

[FourFifty]

shit, I am a fucking idiot

That is so going in my sig!

[Triple Naitch]

Did Hacksaw ever get a title match after winning the first Rumble?

[RatedGSuperstar]

Duggan participated in the first-ever Royal Rumble match in 1988, where he was the thirteenth entrant. He won the match (which consisted only of 20 men) after he last eliminated One Man Gang, thus making history as the first-ever Royal Rumble winner and receiving a push.[2][3][15][6] He then started a feud with King Harley Race, whom Duggan defeated several times in both televised and non-televised shows.[16] At WrestleMania IV, he participated in a 14-man tournament for the vacant WWF Championship, where he lost to Ted DiBiase in the first round after interference from André the Giant.[17]

The WWE title shot started in 1993.

[Jeritron]

I'd like to see more royal rumble winners that aren't already former champions and/or established stars.
It hasn't really happened since 2005.

I feel like they're due for a guy who's on the verge of the main event winning, rather than a top guy winning again.

[Loose Cannon]

yes, definately agree with you there.

and no, Hacksaw never got a Title shot, thank god

[Jeritron]

I'd also like to see new stars main eventing PPVs and winning rumbles well before winning titles. Stone Cold and Shawn Michaels were both headlining PPVs and winning royal rumbles well before they won the strap.

For instance a guy like MVP or whoever they want to push into the main event next. Fuck having the MITB cash-in be his elevation. Have him cash it in prior to a PPV, hype the match, and he loses.
Have him win the royal rumble, and either lose the title match, or flat out lose his right to challenge.
Make people want it more. That way when he wins the next year it means something.

There needs to be more 5 year plans in the WWE talent horizon, and less of "he's hot so lets put the title on him within 6 months"

[RatedGSuperstar]

I think Jeri's on to something, although sometimes I think it works to put a title on a guy early for storyline purposes (Orton winning his first WH title kicking off the break up of Evolution, although they could have held off for a couple months).

Look at the reactions that Stone Cold and Michaels got when they finally won. Jeff Hardy got a pretty big pop at Armageddon. You can look at Benoit at WrestleMania. Look at Eddie beating Brock at No Way Out. Hell, look at how the crowd went nuts for Jericho's first (unofficial) world title win over Triple H on an episode of Raw (the one where Trips had it "erased from the record books").

The Orton/HHH feud has been good enough that I wouldn't mind if HHH retained at WrestleMania and they trade the title back and forth between now and SummerSlam. But I do think eventually a MITB winner will lose, and while the IWC would likely explode if it happened to someone like Christian or MVP, it'd would do them a lot of good in the long run.