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The WWE Royal Rumble logo circa 2009.

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event, produced every January by professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event was created in 1988 with the inaugural event held 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; Royal Rumble (1989) 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 part of WWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The Royal Rumble has been classified as being one of WWE's most popular pay-per-view events.


History

Match

The idea behind the Royal Rumble match is credited to Pat Patterson. Before the match begins, the contestants draw spots in the Rumble. The match consists of thirty men, beginning with the two men who chose entry numbers one and two in the ring. At regular timed intervals, usually ninety seconds, one of the remaining 28 wrestlers enters the ring. Participants must eliminate all other opponents, and the winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated.

Steve Austin holds the current record for most Royal Rumble match wins; with three.

Similar to a Battle Royal, a wrestler is eliminated when leaving the ring over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. A referee, who is situated at ringside, must witness an elimination in order for it to be valid. A wrestler who is eliminated without a referee noticing may sometimes sneak back into the match. For example, Stone Cold Steve Austin was eliminated during the 1997 event, but he re-entered without the referees' knowledge and eventually won the match. Moreover, a wrestler who exits the ring without going over the top rope is not eliminated from the contest. During the 1999 Rumble match, both Vince McMahon and Steve Austin left the ring, only to return later in the match. In the 1994 match, the last two participants Bret Hart and Lex Luger were declared co-winners when it was decided that both of their feet touched the floor at exactly the same time. A similar situation occurred in the 2005 match, however the match was restarted after Batista and John Cena eliminated each other at the same time. Batista eliminated Cena afterwards to win the match. It is also possible for a participant to be eliminated by acts of an external force (such as a previously eliminated participant) so long as the interference results in the legal elimination of the participant. For instance, in the 2006 match, Shawn Michaels was removed from the match by Shane McMahon, who was never admitted in the match and simply was interfering to eliminate Michaels.

The reward for the 1992 Royal Rumble was the WWF Championship. The tradition of granting a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania started in 1993. Despite being introduced in late 2002, it was not until 2004 that a winner had the choice of fighting for the World Heavyweight Championship instead of the WWE Championship at WrestleMania. Due to the revival of the ECW World Championship in mid-2006, the 2007 event added this championship as a choice to the winning stipulation. From 2001 to 2007 the Royal Rumble match winner has gone on to win a World Championship title at WrestleMania. After winning the 2008 match, John Cena became the first superstar to use his championship opportunity at an event (No Way Out 2008) other than WrestleMania. He also became the first man since 2000 to win the Royal Rumble match but fail to win the title in his championship opportunity as a result.


Pay-per-view

The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, championship matches, and various other matches. The first Royal Rumble took place on January 24, 1988 and was broadcast live on the USA Network. The following year, the event was rebranded as a pay-per-view. It is part of WWE's "classic four" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, and SummerSlam.

The Royal Rumble match is usually situated at the top of the card. This, however, is not always the case, as the 2006 event had the match in the middle of the pay-per-view.

The first Rumble match featured only twenty men, and it was called the Rumble Royale. It lasted approximately thirty-three minutes of the two-hour broadcast. The modern Rumble matches are much longer, with the longest match, at the 2002 event, lasting over one hour and nine minutes of an approximately three-hour pay-per-view.

With the brand extension introduced in mid-2002, the 30 entrants from 2003 to 2006 consisted of 15 wrestlers from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands. At first, the winner of the match received a shot at his brand's champion. Starting in 2004, the Rumble winner had the option of challenging either brand's champion. For instance, Chris Benoit switched brands in 2004 and won the World Heavyweight Championship. The 2007 Royal Rumble marked the first year participants from the ECW brand competed along with the RAW and SmackDown! brands (the entries for each brand are no longer evenly divided, however). The winner of the Royal Rumble now has the option to challenge for the ECW Championship as well.

The 2008 Royal Rumble was the first WWE pay-per-view to be available in high-definition.

Dates, venues, & winners

Event Date City Venue Winner Entry #
Royal Rumble (1988) January 24, 1988 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum Jim Duggan 13
Royal Rumble (1989) January 15, 1989 Houston, Texas The Summit Big John Studd 27
Royal Rumble (1990) January 21, 1990 Orlando, Florida Orlando Arena Hulk Hogan 25
Royal Rumble (1991) January 19, 1991 Miami, Florida Miami Arena Hulk Hogan 24
Royal Rumble (1992) January 19, 1992 Albany, New York Knickerbocker Arena Ric Flair 3
Royal Rumble (1993) January 24, 1993 Sacramento, California ARCO Arena Yokozuna 27
Royal Rumble (1994) January 22, 1994 Providence, Rhode Island Providence Civic Center Bret Hart
Lex Luger 		27
23
Royal Rumble (1995) January 22, 1995 Tampa, Florida USF Sun Dome Shawn Michaels 1
Royal Rumble (1996) January 21, 1996 Fresno, California Selland Arena Shawn Michaels 18
Royal Rumble (1997) January 19, 1997 San Antonio, Texas Alamodome Steve Austin 5
Royal Rumble (1998) January 18, 1998 San Jose, California San Jose Arena Steve Austin 24
Royal Rumble (1999) January 24, 1999 Anaheim, California Arrowhead Pond Vince McMahon 2
Royal Rumble (2000) January 23, 2000 New York, New York Madison Square Garden The Rock 24
Royal Rumble (2001) January 21, 2001 New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans Arena Steve Austin 27
Royal Rumble (2002) January 20, 2002 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Triple H 22
Royal Rumble (2003) January 19, 2003 Boston, Massachusetts Fleet Center Brock Lesnar 29
Royal Rumble (2004) January 25, 2004 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wachovia Center Chris Benoit 1
Royal Rumble (2005) January 30, 2005 Fresno, California Save Mart Center Batista 28
Royal Rumble (2006) January 29, 2006 Miami, Florida American Airlines Arena Rey Mysterio 2
Royal Rumble (2007) January 28, 2007 San Antonio, Texas AT&T Center The Undertaker 30
Royal Rumble (2008) January 27, 2008 New York, New York Madison Square Garden John Cena 30
Royal Rumble (2009) January 25, 2009 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena Randy Orton 8
Royal Rumble (2010) January 24, 2010 Atlanta, Georgia Philips Arena Edge 30

Video box set

WWE released a complete DVD box set entitled Royal Rumble: The Complete Anthology, which showcases every Royal Rumble event in its entirety, up to the 2007 Royal Rumble, on March 13, 2007.

See also

References

General

Specific

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Further reading

  • Harley Race and Gerry Tritz (2004). King of the Ring: The Harley Race Story. Sports Publishing. ISBN 1582618186.
  • Davies, Ross (2002). Kevin Nash. The Rosen Publishing Group. ISBN 0823934926.
  • Meltzer, Dave (2004). Tributes II: Remembering More of the World's Greatest Professional Wrestlers. Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1582618178.
  • Brian Fritz and Christopher Murray (2006). Between the Ropes: Wrestling's Greatest Triumphs and Failures. ECW Press. ISBN 1550227262.
  • Steve Austin and Jim Ross (2003). The Stone Cold Truth. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0743477200.
  • Scott Keith (2004). Wrestling's One Ring Circus: The Death of the World Wrestling Federation. Citadel Press. ISBN 080652619X.

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