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The 2009 Royal Rumble was the 22nd annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on January 25, 2009, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
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]
As Reigns attempted a Spear on Orton, Orton countered into an RKO and eliminated Reigns to win the match and earn himself a match for his brand's WWE Championship at WrestleMania 33. As a result of his win, Orton became a two-time Royal Rumble winner (the first time was in 2009), and the seventh wrestler to win multiple Royal Rumble matches.
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners Event Date City Venue Winner Ref. Note 1 House show October 4, 1987 St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Arena: One Man Gang [113] [114] 12-man Royal Rumble 2 House show March 14, 1988 East Rutherford, New Jersey: Brendan Byrne Arena: Jake Roberts [115] 22-man Royal Rumble 3 House show March 16, 1988
Pages in category "Royal Rumble match winners" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Royal Rumble: San Antonio, TX: Randy Orton won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a title match for his brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33 [8] Since Randy Orton was a member of the SmackDown brand, he earned a match for the WWE Championship. (c) – denotes defending champion(s)
Royal Rumble: Anaheim, CA: 2 2: 7 This was an "I quit" match which The Rock won by knocking Mankind unconscious while an audio recording of Mankind saying "I quit" was played when The Rock placed the microphone against his face. WWE recognizes The Rock's reign as ending on January 31, 1999, when the following match aired on tape delay. [74] 44 ...
The event's main featured match is a battle royal-type match, also titled the Royal Rumble. It is regarded as one of the "Big Four", as along with WrestleMania , SummerSlam and Survivor Series , as it was one of the original four annual WWE pay-per-views.