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The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by IWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event was created in 1988, with its inaugural event taking place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. The event however was not a pay-per-view but was originally shown as a television special on USA Network. The following year's event was the first Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. The first Royal Rumble match was won by Jim Duggan. The event's main feature is a Battle Royal-type match, entitled the Royal Rumble. The pay-per-view is a part of IWE's "Big Four, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series.
Professional wrestling is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event features several professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
History
Match
Event
Dates, Venues and Winners
| #
| Event
| Date
| City
| Venue
| Winner
| Entry No.
| Main Event
|
| 1
| Royal Rumble (1988)
| January 24, 1988
| Hamilton, Ontario
| Copps Coliseum
| Jim Duggan
| 13[1]
|
|
| 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 Johnson
| 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
| Kevin Hunter
| 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 McAlmond
| 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[Note 2][2]
|
|
| 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
| Dustin Simpson
| 19
| CM Punk (c) vs. The Rock for the IWE Championship
|
| 27
| Royal Rumble (2014)
| January 26, 2014
| Consol Energy Center
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Batista
| 28
| 30-Man Royal Rumble match
|
| 28
| Royal Rumble (2015)
| January 25, 2015
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| Wells Fargo Center
| Roman Reigns
| 19
| 30-man Royal Rumble match
|
| 29
| Royal Rumble (2016)
| January 24, 2016
| Orlando, Florida
| Amway Center
| Triple K
| 30
| 30-man Royal Rumble match for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship; reigning champion Roman Reigns defended the title in the match
|
| 30
| Royal Rumble (2017)
| January 29, 2017
| San Antonio, Texas
| Alamodome
| TBD
| TBD
| TBD
|
^ 1. This Rumble featured 20 participants.
^ 2. This Rumble featured 40 participants.
Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity
| Championship
| Wins
| Losses
| Total
|
| IWF/IWE (World Heavyweight) Championship – Undisputed IWF Championship
| 8
| 7
| 15
|
| World Heavyweight Championship
| 5
| 2
| 7
|
| Total
| 13
| 9
| 22
|
|
| Winner
| Event
| Year
| Championship match
|
Royal Rumble records
Most Rumble Victories
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.
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.
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.
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
Non-PPV Royal Rumble matches
List of Royal Rumble dates, venues and winners
|
| Event
| Date
| City
| Venue
| Winner
| Ref.
| Note
|
Video box set
See also
References
Further reading
External links
