Who was the first wrestler to win two Royal Rumble matches?

Hulk Hogan was the first wrestler to win two Royal Rumble matches.

Hogan won the Royal Rumble in consecutive years, taking the 1990 match and then winning again in 1991. His second victory made him the first two-time winner of WWE’s signature over-the-top-rope battle royal.

In the 1991 match, Hogan last eliminated Earthquake to secure the victory. The result also strengthened his position as the leading WWE challenger to Sgt. Slaughter, who held the WWF Championship at the time.

Hogan’s record was later matched and surpassed by other wrestlers. Steve Austin became the first three-time Royal Rumble winner in 2001, while John Cena, Randy Orton and others also joined the multiple-winner group. This question concerns the first wrestler to win twice, not the first entrant or the wrestler with the most eliminations.