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Announced on September 30, 2016, the 2017 event was the 30th Royal Rumble and was scheduled to be held on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, marking the second Royal Rumble to be held at this venue after the 1997 event, and the fourth to be held in the state of Texas, after the 1989, 1997, and 2007 events.
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]
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.
WWE announced on Monday the Royal Rumble will take place outside of North America for the first time when Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, plays host in 2026.
Royal Rumble January 27, 2019: Phoenix, Arizona: Chase Field † 48,193 30-man Royal Rumble match [33] WCW: WCW Monday Nitro (Ep. 147) July 6, 1998: Atlanta, Georgia: Georgia Dome: 41,412 Hollywood Hogan (c) vs. Bill Goldberg for the WCW World Heavyweight Championship [34] [35] AWA: Ed Don George vs. Danno O'Mahoney July 30, 1935: Boston ...
30-man Royal Rumble match [39] Royal Rumble. January 27, 2024 St. Petersburg, Florida: Tropicana Field: 48,044 30-woman Royal Rumble match, Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight, Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul, 30-man Royal Rumble match Royal Rumble January 26, 2020: Houston, Texas: Minute Maid Park: 42,715 30-man Royal Rumble ...
The winners of the 2024 30-man and 30-woman Royal Rumble matches — essentially a free-for-all in the ring in which the objective is to throw your opponents over the top rope — will be granted ...
Marella returned on January 27, 2013, at the Royal Rumble, entering the Royal Rumble match at number 5 before being the first man eliminated by Cody Rhodes. [96] After a two-month absence, Marella returned to Raw on the April 1 episode, losing to Mark Henry. [97] Marella returned on the September 9 episode of Raw, defeating Antonio Cesaro. [98]