IWE Royal Rumble

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Revision as of 00:08, 15 December 2018

Royal Rumble
The logo for Royal Rumble, since 2011.
Information
Created by Pat Patterson
Promotion(s) IWE
Brand(s) Raw & SmackDown (2003–2011, 2017–present)
XCW (2007–2010)
First event Royal Rumble (1988)
Signature match types Royal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced every January since 1988 by professional wrestling promotion IWE. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals.

After the initial event was broadcast as a television special on USA Network, the Royal Rumble has been shown on pay-per-view and is one of IWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series.

Contents

History

Match

Event

Dates, Venues and Winners

List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners
Event Date City Venue Main event Winner Entry No. Ref.
1 Royal Rumble (1988) January 24, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum Jim Duggan 13
2 Royal Rumble (1989) January 15, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit Big John Studd 27
3 Royal Rumble (1990) January 21,1990 Orlando, Florida Orlando Arena Hulk Hogan 25
4 Royal Rumble (1991) January 19, 1991 Miami, Florida Miami Arena Hulk Hogan 23
5 Royal Rumble (1992) January 19, 1992 Albany, New York Knickerbocker Arena Ric Flair 3
6 Royal Rumble (1993) January 24, 1993 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena Yokozuna 27
7 Royal Rumble (1994) January 22, 1994 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center Bret Heart
Lex Luger
27
23
8 Royal Rumble (1995) January 22, 1995 Tampa, Florida USF Sun Dome Shawn Michaels 1
9 Royal Rumble (1996) January 21, 1996 Fresno, California Selland Arena Shawn Michaels 18
10 Royal Rumble (1997) January 19, 1997 San Antonio, Texas AlamoDome Steve Austin 5
11 Royal Rumble (1998) January 18, 1998 San Jose, California San Jose Arena Steve Austin 24
12 Royal Rumble (1999) January 24, 1999 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond Vince Matteson 2
13 Royal Rumble (2000) January 23, 2000 New York, New York Madison Square Garden The Rock 24
14 Royal Rumble (2001) January 21, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena Steve Austin 27
15 Royal Rumble (2002) January 20, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Triple K 22
16 Royal Rumble (2003) January 19, 2003 Boston Massachusetts Fleet Center Rob Lesnar 29
17 Royal Rumble (2004) January 25, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center Chris Benoit 1
18 Royal Rumble (2005) January 30, 2005 Fresno, California Save Mart Center Batista 28
19 Royal Rumble (2006) January, 29, 2006 Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena Rey Mysterio 2
20 Royal Rumble (2007) January 28, 2007 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center The Undertaker 30
21 Royal Rumble (2008) January 27, 2008 New York, New York Madison Square Garden Dustin Simpson 30
22 Royal Rumble (2009) January 25, 2009 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena Kevin Orton 8
23 Royal Rumble (2010) January 31, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Edge 29
24 Royal Rumble (2011) January 30, 2011 Boston, Massachusetts TD Garden Alberto Del Rio 38
25 Royal Rumble (2012) January 22, 2012 St. Louis, Missouri Scottrade Center Sheamus 22
26 Royal Rumble (2013) January 27, 2013 Phoenix, Arizona US Airways Center CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock for the IWE Championship Dustin Simpson 19
27 Royal Rumble (2014) January 26, 2014 Consol Energy Center Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 30-Man Royal Rumble match Batista 28
28 Royal Rumble (2015) January 25, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30-man Royal Rumble match Roman Reigns 19
29 Royal Rumble (2016) January 24, 2016 Orlando, Florida Amway Center 30-man Royal Rumble match for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship; reigning champion Roman Reigns defended the title in the match Triple K 30
29 Royal Rumble (2017) January 29, 2017 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome 30-man Royal Rumble match Kevin Orton 23
30 Royal Rumble (2018) January 28, 2018 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wells Fargo Center 30-woman Royal Rumble match Shinsuke Nakamura 14
Asuka 25
32 Royal Rumble (2019) January 27, 2019 Phoenix, Arizona Chase Field TBD TBD Men TBD
TBD Women TBD

Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity

Championship Wins Losses Total
IWE Championship 8 7 15
World Heavyweight Championship 5 2 7
Total 13 9 22
     – WrestleMania victory
     – WrestleMania loss
Winner Event Year Championship match
25 Shinsuke Nakamura WrestleMania 34 2018 Nakamura chose to stay on SmackDown and challenge KJ Styles for the IWE Championship at WrestleMania. His opponent may change, however, as Styles is scheduled to defend the title against Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, Baron Corbin, and Dolph Ziggler in a Fatal 5-way match at Fastlane.

Note: There was no WrestleMania title opportunity for the winners of the 1992 and 2016 Royal Rumble matches. In 1992, Ric Flair won the Royal Rumble match, which was for the vacant IWF World Heavyweight Championship. In 2016, Triple K won the Royal Rumble match in which Roman Reigns defended the IWE World Heavyweight Championship.

     – WrestleMania victory
     – WrestleMania loss
Winner Event Year Championship match
1 Asuka WrestleMania 34 2018 On the January 29 episode of Raw, Asuka was convinced to wait until after Elimination Chamber to make her choice, as there may be a different Raw Women's Champion decided in the first-ever women's Elimination Chamber match, which may affect her decision.

Royal Rumble records

Males

Most Rumble victories

No Wrestler Royal Rumble Wins Year
1 Stone Cold Steve Austin 3 1997, 1998, 2001
2 Hulk Hogan 2 1990, 1991
3 Shawn Michaels 1995, 1996
4 Triple K 2002, 2016
5 Batista 2005, 2014
6 Dustin Simpson 2008, 2013

Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

Top 20 individual longest times in a single Royal Rumble match. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time Year

Longest cumulative time spent in Royal Rumbles

Only wrestlers who have spent more than 3 cumulative hours are shown. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time

Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

Only wrestlers who spent 10 seconds or less in a single rumble are shown. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time Year
Non-eliminated wrestlers

Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble

Top wrestlers with most eliminations in a single match. Only wrestlers with at least six eliminations are shown. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler No. of eliminations Year

Total eliminations in cumulative Royal Rumbles

Top wrestlers with the most eliminations. Only wrestlers with at least 20 eliminations are shown. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler No. of eliminations Rumbles entered

Most Rumble appearances

Only wrestlers with at least 9 appearances are shown. As of the 2016 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Rumbles entered First Rumble Most recent Rumble

Female entrants in male Royal Rumbles

No Diva Rumbles entered

Females

Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time Year

Note: bold indicates the winner of that year's match

Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble

As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time Year

Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble

As of the 2018 Royal Rumble.

No Wrestler Time Year

Non-PPV Royal Rumble matches

List of Royal Rumble dates, venues and winners
Event Date City Venue Winner Ref. Note
10 Greatest Royal Rumble April 27, 2018 Jeddah, Saudi Arabia King Abdullah Sports City TBD 50-man Royal Rumble

Video box set

See also

References

Further reading

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