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The event was held at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.. The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick event produced every January by WWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views (PPV), along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, originally dubbed the "Big Four", [2] and as of August 2021, it is considered one of the "Big Five", along with ...
The 2018 Royal Rumble PPV was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, [10] contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. [11] [12] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin holds the record for most Royal Rumble match wins with three [8]
Matches not in order. Men's Royal Rumble match. Women's Royal Rumble match. Ladder match for Undisputed WWE Championship: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens. ... 2022: Ronda Rousey. 2023: Rhea Ripley.
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 American professional wrestling promotion WWE has been broadcasting pay-per-view (PPV) events since the 1980s, when its classic "Big Four" events (Royal Rumble, WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series) were first established—the company's very first PPV was WrestleMania in 1985.
The penultimate match was the women's Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 39. Rhea Ripley (#1) and Liv Morgan (#2) began the match. Emma, in her first Royal Rumble match, entered at #4 and began to target Ripley. Dana Brooke (#3), Emma, and Morgan tried to eliminate Ripley, however, Ripley fought them off.
The final was originally scheduled to occur at the 2018 Royal Rumble, but was moved up to the January 23 episode of SmackDown Live. However, on the January 16 episode, after Jinder Mahal and Bobby Roode won their respective semifinals matches, Roode challenged Mahal to have the final that night and Bryan scheduled it for that episode's main ...
The WWE loves a round number, and the Road to WrestleMania 40 (aka WrestleMania XL) starts here, with Royal Rumble 2024.