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The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2023, just the women's match winner received a choice of which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 39.
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]
The women's Royal Rumble match notably marked the WWE in-ring debut of Jade Cargill, who signed with the company in September 2023. TNA Knockouts World Champion Jordynne Grace from Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) also made a surprise appearance in the women's eponymous match.
At the Royal Rumble on 28 January 2023, Ripley appeared at ringside during the men's Royal Rumble match to assist her stablemates in their attack on Edge, only to be speared by Edge's wife, Beth Phoenix. Later that night, Ripley won the women's Royal Rumble match from the #1 spot by last eliminating Liv Morgan, who entered
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]
Full show match results and video highlights from WWE Royal Rumble 2024, as CM Punk and Cody Rhodes aim for WrestleMania XL.
Cody Rhodes won the 2023 men’s Royal Rumble match at that event, while Rhea Ripley was the last superstar standing in the women’s Royal Rumble match. When is the 2024 Royal Rumble? The 2024 ...
On January 28, 2023, Green made her surprise return to WWE at the 2023 Royal Rumble as a participant in the Women's Royal Rumble match. Entering the match at number 20, Green was quickly eliminated by Rhea Ripley in five seconds, a Women's Royal Rumble record.