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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. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] As a result of the reintroduction of the brand extension, the winner of the 2017 Royal Rumble match earned a match for their brand's top championship at WrestleMania 33 : Raw's WWE ...
A 30-man Royal Rumble on January 17, 1994, at Madison Square Garden was won by Owen Hart, last eliminating Fatu. An 18-man Royal Rumble match took place on May 9, 1994, in Osaka, Japan and was won by The Undertaker, last eliminating Bam Bam Bigelow. There was a tag team Royal Rumble on the June 15, 1998 episode of Raw.
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]
Royal Rumble January 29, 2017: San Antonio, Texas: Alamodome: 52,020 30-man Royal Rumble match [73] FMW: 5th Anniversary Show May 5, 1994: Kawasaki, Japan: Kawasaki Stadium: 52,000 Atsushi Onita vs. Genichiro Tenryu in an Exploding Barbed Wire Cage Deathmatch [74] NJPW: Wrestling World 2001 January 4, 2001: Tokyo, Japan: Tokyo Dome: 52,000
30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship: February 21 Fastlane: Quicken Loans Arena: Cleveland, Ohio: 14,446 Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose in a triple threat match: March 12 Roadblock: Ricoh Coliseum: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: 9,000 Triple H (c) vs. Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight ...
Royal Rumble: San Antonio, TX: Randy Orton won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns to earn a title match for his brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33 [8] Since Randy Orton was a member of the SmackDown brand, he earned a match for the WWE Championship. (c) – denotes defending champion(s)
At Royal Rumble on 27 January 2013, McIntyre competed in the 30-man Royal Rumble match, but was eliminated by Chris Jericho. [98] On 12 April episode of SmackDown, in an attempt to make a name for themselves, 3MB tried to attack Triple H, but were attacked themselves by The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns). [99]
At the event, all men's main roster championships at the time were defended, in addition to a 50-man Royal Rumble match, titled the Greatest Royal Rumble match. The card comprised 10 matches. In the main event, Raw's Braun Strowman won the Greatest Royal Rumble match to win the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble Trophy and Championship.