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The 2010 Royal Rumble was the 23rd 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 31, 2010, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.
The 2023 Royal Rumble was a financial success for WWE. The company reported that it was the biggest gate in Royal Rumble history, garnering more than US$7.7 million, more than 50% than the previous record set by the 2017 event. It also had a 52% increase in viewership over the previous record set by the 2022 event. Additionally, the 2023 event ...
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]
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.
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The Bloodline at Royal Rumble 2023. On August 23, 2020, at SummerSlam, Reigns returned to WWE programming. Within a week, Reigns won the Universal title for a second time at Payback and turned heel for the first time since 2014, aligning himself with Paul Heyman. He has since then branded himself as The Tribal Chief.
CM Punk at Survivor Series: WarGames in 2023. As the show was about to go off the air, CM Punk, who had been fired from All Elite Wrestling nearly three months prior, made his surprise return to WWE for the first time since the 2014 Royal Rumble (discounting his time with FS1's show WWE Backstage).
At the Royal Rumble, JTG entered his second royal rumble match but only lasted 25 seconds getting eliminated by CM Punk. [34] At WrestleMania XXVI, Cryme Tyme competed in the dark match battle royal, but neither won the match. [35] On the April 2, 2010 episode of SmackDown, Cryme Tyme was quickly defeated by John Morrison and R-Truth. [36]