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'''Royal Rumble''' is a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] and [[IWE Network]] [[List of IWE Network events|event]] produced by [[IWE]] for their [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. It will take place on January 31, 2021 at [[Tropicana Field]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. It will be the thirty-fourth event under the [[Royal Rumble]] chronology and feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called [[IWE ThunderDome|ThunderDome]]. | '''Royal Rumble''' is a [[Professional Wrestling|professional wrestling]] [[Pay-Per-View|pay-per-view]] and [[IWE Network]] [[List of IWE Network events|event]] produced by [[IWE]] for their [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] and [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. It will take place on January 31, 2021 at [[Tropicana Field]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]]. It will be the thirty-fourth event under the [[Royal Rumble]] chronology and feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called [[IWE ThunderDome|ThunderDome]]. | ||
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
The [[IWE Royal Rumble|Royal Rumble]] is an annual [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] pay-per-view, produced every January by [[IWE]] since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]], [[IWE SummerSlam|SummerSlam]], and [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], dubbed the "Big Four". It is named after the [[Royal Rumble Match|Royal Rumble match]], a modified [[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. Both the men's and women's matches generally feature 30 wrestlers. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a [[Professional Wrestling Championship#World championships|world championship]] match at that year's WrestleMania. The 2021 Royal Rumble will be the 34th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. | The [[IWE Royal Rumble|Royal Rumble]] is an annual [[Gimmick (professional wrestling)|gimmick]] pay-per-view, produced every January by [[IWE]] since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with [[IWE WrestleMania|WrestleMania]], [[IWE SummerSlam|SummerSlam]], and [[IWE Survivor Series|Survivor Series]], dubbed the "Big Four". It is named after the [[Royal Rumble Match|Royal Rumble match]], a modified [[Battle Royal (professional wrestling)|battle royal]] in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. Both the men's and women's matches generally feature 30 wrestlers. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a [[Professional Wrestling Championship#World championships|world championship]] match at that year's WrestleMania. The 2021 Royal Rumble will be the 34th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown [[IWE Brand Extension|brands]]. | ||
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+ | The Royal Rumble match was created by [[IWE Hall of Fame]]r [[Greg <!--Trenary--> Patterson (wrestler)|Pat Patterson]], and the match was originally tested at a [[House Show|house show]] in October 1987 before making its televised debut at the [[IWF Royal Rumble (1988)|inaugural Royal Rumble]] event in 1988. Patterson died on December 2, 2020 at the age of 79, marking the 2021 event as the first Royal Rumble following his death. | ||
====Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic==== | ====Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic==== | ||
- | + | As a result of the [[COVID-19 Pandemic|COVID-19 pandemic]], IWE had to present the majority of its programming for Raw and SmackDown from a [[Behind Closed Doors (Sport)|behind closed doors]] set at the [[IWE Performance Center]] in [[Orlando, Florida]] beginning mid-March 2020, although in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. On August 17, IWE announced that all future shows and pay-per-views would be held at Orlando's [[Amway Center]] for the "foreseeable future", beginning with the August 21 episode of ''[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]]''. Furthermore, the shows now feature a new fan viewing experience called the "[[IWE ThunderDome|ThunderDome]]", which utilizes drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections. Approximately 1,000 LED boards were installed to allow fans to virtually attend the events for free and be seen on the rows and rows of LED boards. Arena audio is also mixed with that of the virtual fans so that chants from the fans can be heard. After their contract with the Amway Center expired, IWE relocated the ThunderDome to [[Tropicana Field]] in [[St. Petersburg, Florida]], which began with the December 11 episode of ''SmackDown''. | |
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+ | In November 2020, it was reported that IWE were looking to host the 2021 Royal Rumble at a venue that could have live fans in attendance, as the promotion wanted fans for the event, even if it was just for this one show. However, the ongoing pandemic put a stop to those plans, and while dismantling the ThunderDome to have live fans in attendance at Tropicana Field was possible, IWE decided that the massive undertaking to do so was not worth doing for just one night. | ||
=== Storylines === | === Storylines === | ||
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]''. | The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray [[Face (professional wrestling)|heroes]], [[Heel (professional wrestling)|villains]], or [[Glossary of professional wrestling terms#Tweener|less distinguishable characters]] in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, ''[[IWE Raw|Monday Night Raw]]'' and ''[[IWE SmackDown|Friday Night SmackDown]]''. | ||
- | == | + | ==Results== |
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!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|No. | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|No. | ||
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Results |
!style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulation | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Stipulation | ||
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- | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1 | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|1{{small|<sup>P</sup>}} |
- | | | + | |[[Hauna Knudson|Nia Jax]] and [[Shayna Baszler]] defeated [[Shane Leung (wrestler)|Asuka]] and [[Allyson Meyer (wrestler)|Charlotte Flair]] (c) |
- | | | + | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Tag team match|Tag team match]] for the [[IWE Women's Tag Team Championship]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|2 | ||
- | | | + | |[[Dax Hoovestall|Drew McIntyre]] (c) defeated [[Bill Coldberg|Goldberg]] |
- | | | + | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Singles match|Singles match]] for the [[IWE Championship]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|3 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Tascha Anderson|Sasha Banks]] (c) defeated [[Shanelle Van Dyke (wrestler)|Carmella]] (with Reginald Thomas) by submission |
- | | | + | |Singles match for the [[IWE SmackDown Women's Championship]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|4 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Melissa Cirillo|Bianca Belair]] won by last eliminating [[Demi Dymon Blixt|Rhea Ripley]] |
- | |[[ | + | |30-woman [[Royal Rumble Match|Royal Rumble match]] for a [[Professional Wrestling Championship#Gender championships|women's championship]] match at [[IWE WrestleMania 37|WrestleMania 37]] |
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!bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5 | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|5 | ||
- | |[[ | + | |[[Kevin Anoa'i|Roman Reigns]] (c) (with [[Paul Heyman]]) defeated [[Russell <!--Dalton--> Steen|Kevin Owens]] |
- | |[[Professional wrestling match types# | + | |[[Professional wrestling match types#Last Man Standing match|Last Man Standing match]] for the [[IWE Universal Championship]] |
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- | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"| | + | !bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|6 |
- | |[[ | + | |[[Kevin Copeland (wrestler)|Edge]] won by last eliminating [[Kevin Orton]] |
- | | | + | |30-man [[Royal Rumble Match|Royal Rumble match]] for a [[Professional Wrestling Championship#World championships|world championship]] match at [[IWE WrestleMania 37|WrestleMania 37]] |
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- | | colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | + | | colspan="4" bgcolor="#e3e3e3"|{{center|(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match<br>'''P''' – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show}} |
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- | === | + | ===Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations=== |
- | + | :{{Color box|#FBB|border=black}} – [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] | |
- | + | :{{Color box|#BBF|border=black}} – [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] | |
- | + | :{{Color box|#FFA|border=black}} – [[NXT (IWE brand)|NXT]] | |
- | :{{Color box|# | + | :{{Color box|#EEA|border=black}} – [[NXT UK (IWE brand)|NXT UK]] |
- | :{{Color box|# | + | :{{Color box|silver|border=black}} – [[IWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer (HOF)]] |
- | :{{Color box|#FFF|border=black}} | + | :{{Color box|#FFF|border=black}} – [[Free Agent|Free agent]] |
+ | :{{Color box|gold|border=black}} – Winner | ||
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- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Draw |
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Entrant |
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Brand/<br>Status |
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Order | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Eliminated by | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Time | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Elimination(s) | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Heather Hultin (wrestler)|Bayley]] |
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- | | | + | |[[Faith Grover (wrestler)|Naomi]] |
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+ | |'''3''' | ||
+ | |'''[[Melissa Cirillo|Bianca Belair]]''' | ||
+ | |'''SmackDown''' | ||
+ | |'''—''' | ||
+ | |'''Winner''' | ||
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+ | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
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+ | |[[Jessie Stacey|Billie Kay]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
- | |[[ | + | |6 |
- | | | + | |[[Shayna Baszler]] |
- | | | + | |Raw |
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+ | |[[Miranda Toni Reich<!--(-Rossall)-->|Toni Storm]] | ||
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+ | |Jillian Hall | ||
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|- style="background: #BBF;" | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Angela Blake|Ruby Riot]] |
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+ | |[[Annie McCarvel|Victoria]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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|- style="background: #BBF;" | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
- | |[[ | + | |13 |
- | | | + | |[[Ravyn Scott|Liv Morgan]] |
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+ | |[[Demi Dymon Blixt|Rhea Ripley]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Allyson Meyer (wrestler)|Charlotte Flair]] |
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+ | |[[Aubrey Allen|Dana Brooke]] | ||
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+ | |[[Jessica <!--Anderson (2000 pg. 104)--> Wilson|Torrie Wilson]] | ||
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+ | |[[Lacey Burwell|Lacey Evans]] | ||
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+ | |[[Sari Pasma|Mickie James]] | ||
+ | |Raw | ||
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+ | |[[Cassandra Davidson|Nikki Cross]] | ||
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+ | |[[Kayla Cummins|Alicia Fox]] | ||
+ | |Free agent | ||
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+ | |[[Jessica Burwell|Mandy Rose]] | ||
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+ | |[[Claire Carkluis|Dakota Kai]] | ||
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|- style="background: #BBF;" | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
- | |[[ | + | |24 |
- | | | + | |[[Shanelle Van Dyke (wrestler)|Carmella]] |
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|- style="background: #BBF;" | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Ana Salazar|Tamina]] |
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Kara Perry (wrestler)|Lana]] |
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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- | |- style="background: # | + | |[[Allison Hunthausen|Alexa Bliss]] |
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+ | |[[Cristel <!--Zapata--> Quiroga|Ember Moon]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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+ | |[[Hauna Knudson|Nia Jax]] | ||
+ | |Raw | ||
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+ | |[[Shannon Furlong (wrestler)|Natalya]] | ||
+ | |[[IWE SmackDown|SmackDown]] | ||
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|} | |} | ||
- | === | + | ===Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations=== |
- | + | :{{Color box|#FBB|border=black}} – [[Raw (IWE brand)|Raw]] | |
- | + | :{{Color box|#BBF|border=black}} – [[SmackDown (IWE brand)|SmackDown]] | |
- | + | :{{Color box|#FFA|border=black}} – [[NXT (IWE brand)|NXT]] | |
- | :{{Color box|# | + | :{{Color box|#EEA|border=black}} – [[NXT UK (IWE brand)|NXT UK]] |
- | :{{Color box|# | + | :{{Color box|silver|border=black}} – [[IWE Hall of Fame|Hall of Famer (HOF)]] |
- | :{{Color box|#FFF|border=black}} | + | :{{Color box|#FFF|border=black}} – [[Free Agent|Free agent]] |
+ | :{{Color box|gold|border=black}} – Winner | ||
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|- | |- | ||
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Draw |
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Entrant |
- | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"| | + | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Brand/<br>Status |
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Order | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Eliminated by | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Time | ||
+ | !style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3"|Elimination(s) | ||
+ | |- style="background: gold" | ||
+ | |'''1''' | ||
+ | |'''[[Kevin Copeland (wrestler)|Edge]]''' | ||
+ | |'''HOF''' | ||
+ | |'''—''' | ||
+ | |'''Winner''' | ||
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+ | |'''3''' | ||
+ | |- style="background: #FBB" | ||
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+ | |[[Kevin Orton]] | ||
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+ | |[[Ryan <!--Barnhart--> Sebei|Sami Zayn]] | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Mustafa Mikel Fritz (wrestler)|Mustafa Ali]] |
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Nick Kessler|Dolph Ziggler]] |
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|- style="background: #BBF;" | |- style="background: #BBF;" | ||
- | |[[ | + | |7 |
- | | | + | |[[Shinsuke <!--Park--> McKinnon|Shinsuke Nakamura]] |
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+ | |[[Michael Ferry|Carlito]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Austin <!--Eli--> Eason|Xavier Woods]] |
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+ | |[[Cory Elliot (wrestler)|Big E]] | ||
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|- style="background: #FBB;" | |- style="background: #FBB;" | ||
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+ | |[[Joe Linderman|John Morrison]] | ||
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- | | | + | |[[Ricochet<!--Stewart Osorio-Jaschke--> (wrestler)|Ricochet]] |
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- | | | + | |[[Tyler Shull (wrestler)|Elias]] |
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+ | |[[Dustin Maichelle|Damian Priest]] | ||
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Royal Rumble (2021) | ||
Promotion | IWE | |
Brand(s) | Raw SmackDown | |
Date | January 31, 2021 | |
City | St. Petersburg, Florida | |
Venue | Tropicana Field | |
IWE Network event chronology | ||
← Previous TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs | Next → NXT TakeOver | |
Royal Rumble chronology | ||
← Previous 2020 | Next → 2022 |
Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view and IWE Network event produced by IWE for their Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on January 31, 2021 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the thirty-fourth event under the Royal Rumble chronology and feature IWE's virtual fan viewing experience called ThunderDome.
Contents |
[edit] Production
[edit] Background
The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every January by IWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. Both the men's and women's matches generally feature 30 wrestlers. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. The 2021 Royal Rumble will be the 34th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands.
The Royal Rumble match was created by IWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, and the match was originally tested at a house show in October 1987 before making its televised debut at the inaugural Royal Rumble event in 1988. Patterson died on December 2, 2020 at the age of 79, marking the 2021 event as the first Royal Rumble following his death.
[edit] Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, IWE had to present the majority of its programming for Raw and SmackDown from a behind closed doors set at the IWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida beginning mid-March 2020, although in late May, the promotion began using Performance Center trainees to serve as the live audience, which was further expanded to friends and family members of the wrestlers in mid-June. On August 17, IWE announced that all future shows and pay-per-views would be held at Orlando's Amway Center for the "foreseeable future", beginning with the August 21 episode of SmackDown. Furthermore, the shows now feature a new fan viewing experience called the "ThunderDome", which utilizes drones, lasers, pyro, smoke, and projections. Approximately 1,000 LED boards were installed to allow fans to virtually attend the events for free and be seen on the rows and rows of LED boards. Arena audio is also mixed with that of the virtual fans so that chants from the fans can be heard. After their contract with the Amway Center expired, IWE relocated the ThunderDome to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, which began with the December 11 episode of SmackDown.
In November 2020, it was reported that IWE were looking to host the 2021 Royal Rumble at a venue that could have live fans in attendance, as the promotion wanted fans for the event, even if it was just for this one show. However, the ongoing pandemic put a stop to those plans, and while dismantling the ThunderDome to have live fans in attendance at Tropicana Field was possible, IWE decided that the massive undertaking to do so was not worth doing for just one night.
[edit] Storylines
The show will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by IWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on IWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.
[edit] Results
No. | Results | Stipulation | |
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1P | Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler defeated Asuka and Charlotte Flair (c) | Tag team match for the IWE Women's Tag Team Championship | |
2 | Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Goldberg | Singles match for the IWE Championship | |
3 | Sasha Banks (c) defeated Carmella (with Reginald Thomas) by submission | Singles match for the IWE SmackDown Women's Championship | |
4 | Bianca Belair won by last eliminating Rhea Ripley | 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 37 | |
5 | Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Kevin Owens | Last Man Standing match for the IWE Universal Championship | |
6 | Edge won by last eliminating Kevin Orton | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 37 | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
P – indicates the match will take place on the pre-show |
[edit] Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations
- – Raw
- – SmackDown
- – NXT
- – NXT UK
- – Hall of Famer (HOF)
- – Free agent
- – Winner
Draw | Entrant | Brand/ Status | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Elimination(s) |
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1 | Bayley | SmackDown | ||||
2 | Naomi | Raw | ||||
3 | Bianca Belair | SmackDown | — | Winner | ||
4 | Billie Kay | SmackDown | ||||
5 | Shotzi Blackheart | NXT | ||||
6 | Shayna Baszler | Raw | ||||
7 | Toni Storm | NXT | ||||
8 | Jillian Hall | Free agent | ||||
9 | Ruby Riot | SmackDown | ||||
10 | Victoria | Free agent | ||||
11 | Peyton Royce | Raw | ||||
12 | Santana Garrett | NXT | ||||
13 | Liv Morgan | SmackDown | ||||
14 | Rhea Ripley | NXT | ||||
15 | Charlotte Flair | Raw | ||||
16 | Dana Brooke | Raw | ||||
17 | Torrie Wilson | Free agent | ||||
18 | Lacey Evans | Raw | ||||
19 | Mickie James | Raw | ||||
20 | Nikki Cross | Raw | ||||
21 | Alicia Fox | Free agent | ||||
22 | Mandy Rose | Raw | ||||
23 | Dakota Kai | NXT | ||||
24 | Carmella | SmackDown | ||||
25 | Tamina | SmackDown | ||||
26 | Lana | Raw | ||||
27 | Alexa Bliss | Raw | ||||
28 | Ember Moon | NXT | ||||
29 | Nia Jax | Raw | ||||
30 | Natalya | SmackDown |
[edit] Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations
- – Raw
- – SmackDown
- – NXT
- – NXT UK
- – Hall of Famer (HOF)
- – Free agent
- – Winner
Draw | Entrant | Brand/ Status | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Elimination(s) |
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1 | Edge | HOF | — | Winner | 3 | |
2 | Kevin Orton | Raw | ||||
3 | Sami Zayn | SmackDown | ||||
4 | Mustafa Ali | Raw | ||||
5 | Josh Hooper | Raw | ||||
6 | Dolph Ziggler | SmackDown | ||||
7 | Shinsuke Nakamura | SmackDown | ||||
8 | Carlito | Free agent | ||||
9 | Xavier Woods | Raw | ||||
10 | Big E | SmackDown | ||||
11 | John Morrison | Raw | ||||
12 | Ricochet | Raw | ||||
13 | Elias | Raw | ||||
14 | Damian Priest | NXT | ||||
15 | The Miz | Raw | ||||
16 | Riddle | Raw | ||||
17 | Daniel Bryan | SmackDown | ||||
18 | Kane | Free agent | ||||
19 | King Corbin | SmackDown | ||||
20 | Otis | SmackDown | ||||
21 | Dominik Mysterio | SmackDown | ||||
22 | Bobby Lashley | Raw | ||||
23 | The Hurricane | Free agent | ||||
24 | Christian | Free agent | ||||
25 | KJ Styles | Raw | ||||
26 | Rey Mysterio | SmackDown | ||||
27 | Sheamus | Raw | ||||
28 | Cesaro | SmackDown | ||||
29 | Seth Rollins | SmackDown | ||||
30 | Braun Strowman | Raw |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
← 2020 • 2021 IWE Network events • 2021 → | ||||
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IWE | Superstar Spectacle • Royal Rumble • Elimination Chamber • Fastlane • WrestleMania 37 • WrestleMania Backlash • Hell in a Cell • Money in the Bank • SummerSlam • Extreme Rules • Crown Jewel • Survivor Series | |||
NXT | NXTakeOver: Vengeance Day • TakeOver: Stand & Deliver • TakeOver: In Your House • TakeOver 36 • WarGames |