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The 2000 Royal Rumble was the 13th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and 100th PPV overall produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on January 23, 2000, at Madison Square Garden in New York City , New York .
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]
Here is the full list of men's Royal Rumble winners from each year: 1988: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. 1989: Big John Studd. ... 2000: The Rock. 2001: Stone Cold Steve Austin (third win) 2002: Triple H.
A 4-man Royal Rumble took place on the January 8, 2004 episode of SmackDown, when Paul Heyman pit Chris Benoit against the three members of the F.B.I. Benoit won the match. A 15-man Royal Rumble was held during the January 29, 2004 episode of SmackDown to crown a contender for Brock Lesnar's WWE Championship at No Way Out.
Royal Rumble victors are 5-2 − a 71.4% win percentage − in WrestleMania matches with two straight wins. Here is the history of what women's Royal Rumble winners did at WrestleMania: 2018 ...
The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four", [2] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring. [3]
He is also a five-time WWE United States Champion, a two-time WWE Tag Team Champion, a two-time World Tag Team Champion, a two-time Royal Rumble winner, and a one-time Money in the Bank winner. He has headlined multiple major WWE pay-per-views, including its flagship event WrestleMania five times ( 22 , 23 , 27 , 28 and 29 ).
The journey to WrestleMania is officially underway, and two spots have been secured. The 2025 Royal Rumble officially kicked off the start of WWE's biggest time of the year, as the iconic first ...