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The 2018 Royal Rumble PPV was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, [9] contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. [10] [11] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin holds the record for most Royal Rumble match wins with three [7]
For a second consecutive year, Cody Rhodes won the men's Royal Rumble match, becoming only the fourth person to win back-to-back Rumbles, after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1997 and 1998), Shawn Michaels (1995 and 1996), and Hulk Hogan (1990 and 1991). The main event was the Men's Royal Rumble match.
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The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
At the event, all men's main roster championships at the time were defended, in addition to a 50-man Royal Rumble match, titled the Greatest Royal Rumble match. The card comprised 10 matches. In the main event, Raw's Braun Strowman won the Greatest Royal Rumble match to win the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Trophy and Championship.
The 2011 event was the 24th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 30, 2011, at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. [1] The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers, but for 2011, the match was instead scheduled to have 40 participants.
The 2013 Royal Rumble was the 26th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on January 27, 2013, at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania.
Roman Reigns won the 2015 Royal Rumble match. The main event was the traditional 30-man Royal Rumble match, where the winner would receive a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31. The Miz and R-Truth started the match at #1 and #2 respectively. Bubba Ray Dudley made his return to WWE at #3 eliminating Miz and Truth.