IWE Royal Rumble (2025)

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Royal Rumble (2025)
Promotional poster featuring Bianca Belair,
Rhea Ripley, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes,
Liv Morgan, and CM Punk
Promotion IWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Date February 1, 2025
City Indianapolis, Indiana
Venue Lucas Oil Stadium
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The 2025 Royal Rumble, also promoted as Royal Rumble: Indianapolis, is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by IWE. It will be the 38th annual Royal Rumble and it will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, marking the first Royal Rumble to not take place during the month of January. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will also be IWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to air on Netflix in most markets outside the US, following the IWE Network's move to the service in January 2025.

The event is based around the Royal Rumble match, and the winner traditionally receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2025 event, the men's and women's winners receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 41. The men's winner can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed IWE Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's IWE Women's Championship.

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Production

Background

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The event will be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.

The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling event that was previously produced every January by IWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion'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 concept of the event is based around 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.

From the event's inception in 1988 up through the 2024 event, the Royal Rumble was held annually in late January. On June 24, 2024, IWE announced a partnership with the Indiana Sports Corp. which would see the 2025 Royal Rumble, as well as a future WrestleMania and a future SummerSlam, held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The date for the 38th annual Royal Rumble was announced for Saturday, February 1, thus marking the first Royal Rumble held outside of January. It will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions and in addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, and Netflix in most other international markets, marking the first WWE PPV and livestreaming event to air on Netflix following the IWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025. Tickets will go on sale on November 15, 2024.

The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2025, the men and women can choose which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 41; the men can choose Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed IWE Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's IWE Women's Championship.

Storylines

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. 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.

On November 13, it was announced that Dustin Simpson would compete at the Royal Rumble event, which would be his last since Simpson will retire at the end of the year. It is unclear if Cena will be competing at the Royal Rumble match or in another match.

Matches

No. Matches* Stipulation
1 Charlotte Flair won by last eliminating Roxanne Perez 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's world championship match at WrestleMania 41
The winner will get to choose between the Women's World Championship) and the IWE Women's Championship.
Men's Royal Rumble match 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 41
The winner will get to choose between the World Heavyweight Championship and the Undisputed IWE Championship.
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens Ladder match for the Undisputed IWE Championship
The "Undisputed" and "Winged Eagle" championship belts will be suspended above the ring.
#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) (c) vs. The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) Two out of three falls match for the IWE Tag Team Championship
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
*Card subject to change

Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

     – Raw
     – SmackDown
     – NXT
     – TNA
     – Unaffiliated
     – Winner
Draw Entrant Brand/Status Order Eliminated by Time Elimination(s)
1 Iyo Sky Raw 0
2 Liv Morgan Raw 0
3 Roxanne Perez NXT 0
4 Lyra Valkyria Raw 2 Ivy Nile 0
5 Chelsea Green SmackDown 0
6 B-Fab SmackDown 1 Chelsea Green 0
7 Ivy Nile Raw 0
8 Zoey Stark Raw 0
9 Lash Legend NXT 0
10 Bianca Belair SmackDown 0
11 Shayna Baszler Raw 0
12 Bayley Raw 0
13 Sonya Deville Raw 0
14 Maxxine Dupri Raw 4 Shayna Baszler, Sonya Deville, and Zoey Stark 0
15 Naomi SmackDown 0
16 Jaida Parker NXT 0
17 Piper Niven SmackDown 0
18 Natalya Raw 0
19 Jordynne Grace Unaffiliated 0
20 Michin SmackDown 0
21 Alixa Bliss Unaffiliated
22 Zelina Vega SmackDown
23 Candice LaRae SmackDown
24 Stephanie Vaquer NXT
25 Trish Stratus HOF
26 Raquel González Raw
27 Charlotte Flair SmackDown
28 Giulia NXT
29 Nia Jax SmackDown
30 Nikki Bella HOF

Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

     – Raw
     – SmackDown
     – NXT
     – TNA
     – Unaffiliated
     – Winner
Draw Entrant Brand/Status Order Eliminated by Time Elimination(s)
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References

External links

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