IWE Royal Rumble

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Royal Rumble
The Royal Rumble logo used since 2017
Information
Created by	Pat Patterson
Promotion(s)	IWE
Brand(s)	Raw & SmackDown (2003–2011, 2017–present) XCW (2007–2010) 205 Live (2019)
First event	1988
Signature match types	Royal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling live event, produced annually since 1988 by IWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. 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. The event is held in late January. After the initial event was broadcast as a television special on the USA Network, the Royal Rumble has been shown on pay-per-view (PPV) since the 1989 event. It also became available to livestream on the IWE Network in 2015 and on Peacock in 2022. It is one of IWE's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".

The Royal Rumble match is generally contested as the main event match of the annual event. There are some exceptions, such as the 1988, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2006, and 2013 events. In most of these cases, the main event was a world championship match. While originally only for men, a women's version of the Royal Rumble match was held as the main event at the 2018 event, which was also the first event to have two Rumble matches on one card. It is now standard for the event to include both a men's and women's Rumble match on the card.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Event 1.2 Match 2 Dates, venues, and winners 3 Video box set 4 See also 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External links

History

Event

Match

Main article: Royal Rumble match

The Royal Rumble is based on the classic Battle Royal match, in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. According to Hornswoggle, who worked for IWE from 2006 until 2016 and participated in two Rumbles, participants may learn their eliminations by knowing the two wrestlers who are eliminated before them and which wrestlers are entering the Royal Rumble before and after their elimination.

Dates, venues, and winners

List of Royal Rumble dates, venues, and winners

	Event	Date	City	Venue	Main event	Winner(s)	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			18
10	Royal Rumble (1997)	January 19, 1997	San Antonio, Texas	AlamoDome	Sycho Sid (c) vs. Shawn Michaels for the IWF Championship	Stone Cold Steve Austin	5
11	Royal Rumble (1998)	January 18, 1998	San Jose, California	San Jose Arena	Shawn Michaels (c) vs. The Undertaker in a Casket match for the IWF Championship		24
12	Royal Rumble (1999)	January 24, 1999	Anaheim, California	Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim	30-man Royal Rumble match for a IWF Championship match at WrestleMania XV	Mr. Matteson	2
13	Royal Rumble (2000)	January 23, 2000	New York, New York	Madison Square Garden	30-man Royal Rumble match for a IWF Championship match at WrestleMania 2000	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		Dustin Simpson	19
27	Royal Rumble (2014)	January 26, 2014	Consol Energy Center	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania		Batista	28
28	Royal Rumble (2015)	January 25, 2015	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center		Roman Reigns	19
29	Royal Rumble (2016)	January 24, 2016	Orlando, Florida	Amway Center		Triple K	30
29	Royal Rumble (2017)	January 29, 2017	San Antonio, Texas	Alamodome		Kevin Orton	23
30	Royal Rumble (2018)	January 28, 2018	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wells Fargo Center		Shinsuke Nakamura	14
						Asuka	25
32 !32	Royal Rumble (2019)	January 27, 2019	Phoenix, Arizona	Chase Field		Becky Lynch	28
						Seth Rollins	10
33 !33	Royal Rumble (2020)	January 26, 2020	Houston, Texas	Minute Maid Park		Charlotte Flair	17
						Drew McIntyre	16
34 !34	Royal Rumble (2021)	January 31, 2021	St. Petersburg, Florida	Tropicana Field	TBA	TBD	TBD
						TBD	TBD

Video box set

See also

• List of IWE Network events
• List of IWE pay-per-view events

References

Further reading

External links