IWE Royal Rumble

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

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.

Contents

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

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

No Diva Rumbles entered

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

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