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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]
For a second consecutive year, Cody Rhodes won the men's Royal Rumble match, becoming only the fourth person to win back-to-back Rumbles, after "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1997 and 1998), Shawn Michaels (1995 and 1996), and Hulk Hogan (1990 and 1991). The main event was the Men's Royal Rumble match.
Full show match results and video highlights from WWE Royal Rumble 2024, as CM Punk and Cody Rhodes aim for WrestleMania XL.
The 2018 Royal Rumble PPV was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, [11] contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. [12] [13] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin holds the record for most Royal Rumble match wins with three [9]
The WWE loves a round number, and the Road to WrestleMania 40 (aka WrestleMania XL) starts here, with Royal Rumble 2024.
The event was held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.. The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling 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, dubbed the "Big Four". [1]
As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2000 event, the winner received a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 2000. The main event was the 2000 Royal Rumble match, which The Rock won by last eliminating Big Show.
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.