André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

The André the Giant Memorial Battle Royal is a namesake battle royal held as part of WrestleMania Weekend by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE. The winner of the match receives the André the Giant Memorial Trophy. The inaugural battle royal was held at WrestleMania XXX in 2014 and was won by Cesaro. The most recent winner of the 2025 match was Carmelo Hayes ahead of WrestleMania 41. The match is named in honor of André the Giant, the first WWE Hall of Fame inductee who at over seven feet tall and weighing over 500 pounds was known as "The King of the Battle Royal" due to winning a large majority of such matches he participated in. A short-lived female counterpart called the WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal was held in 2018 and 2019. Originally established as an annual battle royal held at either WrestleMania itself or its Kickoff pre-show, the match did not occur at WrestleMania 36 in 2020 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. It returned in 2021, airing on a special "WrestleMania Edition" of SmackDown the night before WrestleMania 37. The SmackDown prior to WrestleMania has since been established as the start of WrestleMania Weekend with the battle royal becoming a fixture of the special episode.