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For 2000, the winner earned a match for the WWF Championship at WrestleMania 2000. The 2000 event was the 13th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 23, 2000, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. [10] [11]
This was a Winner Takes All match, where Brown also defended the European Championship. ... January 23, 2000: Royal Rumble: New York, NY: 2 35: 34
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]
Winner Date won Notes Royal Rumble: The Rock: January 23 Last eliminated the Big Show to win a WWF Championship match at WrestleMania 2000, but was unsuccessful in winning the title. King of the Ring: Kurt Angle: June 25 Defeated Rikishi in the tournament final to win and be crowned King of the Ring.
At the Royal Rumble on January 23, 2000, The Rock entered the Royal Rumble match and was one of the final two remaining, along with Big Show. In an attempt at a "false finish", Big Show intended to throw The Rock over the top rope in a running powerslam -like position, before The Rock countered the move on the ring apron, sending Big Show to ...
A 22-man Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in East Rutherford, New Jersey on March 14, 1988 where Jake Roberts was the winner. A 22-man Royal Rumble match took place at a house show in Hartford, Connecticut on March 16, 1988, where Ravishing Rick Rude was the winner.
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]
2.5.3 World Television Champion and Team Canada (2000–2001) 2.6 Independent circuit ... First Royal Rumble winner (1988–1989) Duggan in a WWF event.