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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]
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
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The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) produced every January by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, which were dubbed the "Big Four", [2] and was considered one of the "Big Five" PPVs, along with King of the Ring. [3]
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 ...
Here is the full list of men's Royal Rumble winners from each year: 1988: “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. 1989: Big John Studd ... Here is the full list of women's Royal Rumble winners from each year ...
The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] For the past two years, the men and women had the choice to challenge for the top championships of the Raw and SmackDown brands at WrestleMania.
[40] [41] WWE's website has also posted photo galleries dedicated to the number one entrants and winners in the Royal Rumble history, both of which completely ignore Chris Benoit and the year of 2004. [42] [43] The pay-per-view and the Royal Rumble match, however, exist in their entirety on the WWE Network unedited. [44]