[5] Before the match begins, the contestants draw spots in the Rumble. The Royal Rumble match traditionally involves 30 wrestlers and usually lasts an hour (the 2011 edition had a 40-man field). The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, championship matches, and various other matches. Jericho comes back with a sloppy bulldog but misses the Lionsault. [1] The match consists of thirty men, beginning with the two men who chose entry numbers one and two in the ring. [16] The following year, the event became a pay-per-view. Heyman gets on the apron yet again, so Brock yanks him in.

Batista returns with a chair, but Taker shrugs him off and bats him through the ropes. Back in, Steiner lays in some chops. He brings a garbage can full of plunder. How interesting would this matchup be in 2005. Since the inception of the Women's Royal Rumble in 2018, Jax is the only wrestler to ever take part in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches on the same card, and one of two, along with Beth Phoenix, to score eliminations in both. Brock Lesnar competes against the Big Show and more. Although he has not won a Royal Rumble match, Kofi Kingston has become synonymous with finding various ways to keep at least one of his feet from touching the floor. Cornette takes his jacket off and chokes Steiner with it. Steiner runs into a boot in the corner.

[21] Starting in 2004, the Rumble winner had the option of challenging either brand's champion. [11] The tradition of granting a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania started in 1993. [1] Participants must eliminate all other opponents, and the winner of the event is the last wrestler remaining after all others have been eliminated. The Final Four are Undertaker, Batista, Brock Lesnar & Kane. Matt Hardy is #13, bringing M’Fer Shannon Moore with him. Final Thoughts: It has the Match of the Year and a pretty good Rumble, so that makes it an automatic thumbs up. Benoit holds out as long as he can, but in the end, he has to tap. brands. Maven goes after Cena and Kane. [12] The 2007 Royal Rumble marked the first year participants from the ECW brand competed along with the RAW and SmackDown! Chris Nowiniski is #3 but doesn’t get in. [13] From 2001 to 2007 the Royal Rumble match winner has gone on to win a World Championship title at WrestleMania. He snags a chair from ringside and BLASTS Shawn with it. Solid Recommendation for the 2003 Royal Rumble. The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view consisting of the Royal Rumble match, championship matches, and various other matches. Van Dam saves Kane from a powerbomb, and they team up to clothesline him out. Steiner knocks Triple H down and yells that “he’s the man.” I guess that makes Triple H the catcher in the relationship. [1] At regular timed intervals, usually ninety seconds, one of the remaining 28 wrestlers enters the ring. Triple H grabs his sledgehammer from under the ring and hits Steiner in the gut. Shawn Michaels returns to attack Jericho. Chokeslam to Maven, and there he goes. Click here for our privacy policy. He destroys everyone. The reward for the 1992 Royal Rumble was the WWF Championship. [3] The Royal Rumble is also one of WWE's more popular pay-per-views. [8] In the 1994 match, the last two wrestlers, Bret Hart and Lex Luger were declared co-winners when it was decided that both of their feet touched the floor at the same time. Eddy walks up the corner into a huracanrana on Jericho. Bill DeMott is #9. [7] A wrestler who is eliminated without a referee noticing may sometimes sneak back into the match. Only wrestlers with at least three eliminations are shown. Funny line of the night from Cole: Paul Heyman putting all his eggs in the Big Show’s basket. WWE has also booked several Royal Rumble matches outside of pay-per-view events: Male Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity, Female Royal Rumble winner's championship opportunity, Most times being a Royal Rumble runner-up, Longest time spent in a single Royal Rumble, Longest cumulative time spent in Royal Rumbles, Shortest time spent in a single Royal Rumble, Wrestlers who had their number stolen or were replaced, Most eliminations in a single Royal Rumble, Total eliminations in cumulative Royal Rumbles, Highest number of wrestlers in a single elimination, Wrestlers who have competed multiple times in the same night, Female entrants in male Royal Rumble matches, Male entrants in female Royal Rumble matches.

[1][3] According to Hornswoggle, who worked for WWE from 2006 until 2016 and participated in three Royal 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. Heyman calls for another. There goes Matt Hardy via an F5. Available in 2 Languages

[15] 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. Ask 411 Wrestling: How Many Men Faced Hulk Hogan One-On-One? The first Royal Rumble took place on January 24, 1988 and was broadcast live on the USA Network. Directed by Kevin Dunn. [13] From 2001 to 2007 the Royal Rumble match winner has gone on to win a World Championship title at WrestleMania.

Dawn cheapshots her, so they start the match. [19], The first Rumble match featured only twenty men,[20] and it was called the Rumble Royale. Steiner with a Boston Crab, but Triple H makes the ropes. Gotta give the guys in there credit. The event was created in 1988 with the inaugural event held on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. Highest number of wrestlers working together to eliminate one wrestler (four wrestlers minimum).

They seem to form a bond, but Rosey turns on him. [4] What’s with Steiner’s belly button? Several times, wrestlers were drawn to compete in the match, but did not actually compete. Batista last-eliminated John Cena to earn a World championship match at WrestleMania 21. Booker T comes over, so they throw him out too.

[21] Starting in 2004, the Royal Rumble winner had the option of challenging for either brand's top championship. Triple H finally ends the sequence with a sort of Diamond Cutter. Actually, this match isn’t nearly as bad as I was expecting. Jericho is left alone to recover. Tommy Dreamer is #10. A-Train starts derailing everyone in sight. The fifth time was in 2015 at Fastlane, where Roman Reigns defended his WrestleMania 31 WWE World Heavyweight Championship opportunity against Daniel Bryan. Is that where he injects or something? Recap of the Scott Steiner vs. Torrie finishes with a swinging neckbreaker, but in the words of Michael “Phil Donahue” Cole, it won’t bring her father back. Bubba whips Regal and Storm into one another and gets two on Storm. [1][4], Similar to a Battle Royal, a wrestler is eliminated when thrown over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. Shannon tries to help out Matt again. Rosey reverse thrust kicks Van Dam. Chris Jericho is #2, but Christian comes out in his place. Lesnar sneaks up behind Taker and throws him over. The Royal Rumble winner may also choose to put his championship opportunity on the line in a match. [10] The 2018 Royal Rumble was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match,[11] contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. Back in for another suplex. He hits Triple H with it, busting him open.

The Royal Rumble is also one of WWE's more popular pay-per-views. Heyman jumps on the apron and grabs Lesnar’s ankle. On the following night's episode of Raw, during a confrontation at the beginning of the program between Triple H and Shawn Michaels, the Raw Sheriff Stone Cold Steve Austinintervened and announced that even though he could not make a match between the two (Austin having lost his General Manager powers in November 2003), he would "uphold the law" and announced that Michaels would not get the next shot at Triple H because he did not win the Royal Rumble. Hunter rakes the eyes, but Steiner comes back with a belly-to-belly. Triple H and Flair decide to take a walk in lieu of accidentally getting paralyzed by the Booty Daddy. He tries to make up with Edge, but Edge spears him. ****3/4. [17] It is part of WWE's "classic five" pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, Survivor Series, SummerSlam, and King of the Ring. Yes, they lie sometimes! Royal Rumble (2003) was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). That’s too much for Hebner, so he disqualifies Hunter at 18:15. brands. Royal Rumble 2003 was the sixteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The beginning of his music made me think JBL was coming out for a moment. Since the return of the brand extension, the number of participants from each brand has not been evenly divided, as each match has featured wrestlers from NXT as well as surprise appearances from former wrestlers. Rikishi stops him cold with a thrust kick. RVD and Kane tell each other they won’t hesitate to eliminate the other one. Jericho goes into the ringpost, but he’s not yet eliminated. Brock Lesnar wins the 2003 Royal Rumble Match, last eliminating The Undertaker. [22] During ECW's participation, the entries for each brand were not evenly divided. In 1992, the vacant WWF World Heavyweight Championship was contested in the 1992 Royal Rumble match, which was won by Ric Flair,[24] while in 2016 Roman Reigns was scheduled to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship as a participant of that year's Royal Rumble match as entrant number one. Jericho throws Van Dam to the apron. [14] Today, Rumble matches are much longer, with the longest match, at the 2002 event, lasting over 1 hour and 9 minutes of a 3-hour pay-per-view. ONE, TWO, THR-NO! He tries to hook the Tarantula on Jericho, but Jericho tosses him over.

Lesnar hotshots him. It only gets two. [12] Beginning in 2004, the winner had their choice of a World Heavyweight Championship or WWE Championship match at WrestleMania. There goes Batista via an Undertaker clothesline. Van Dam finally goes out and gets him.

This page was last edited on 30 September 2020, at 19:13. Why not just separate them and then start the match. D-Von and Regal go next. The Greatest Royal Rumble (the only edition to have a 50-man field)[7] was the longest, lasting one hour and 17 minutes of a five-hour pay-per-view event while the first televised Rumble match in 1988 involved only 20 men[8] and lasted 33 minutes of the two-hour broadcast.

brands. Brock hits a few belly-to-belly suplexes. [4] According to CM Punk, who worked for WWE from 2006 until 2014, wrestlers are given a list of entry numbers and eliminations and are supposed to build the match from there.[5]. Bubba hits the Bionic Elbow on Regal, but he’s still able to make the save after an Atomic Bomb on Storm. No WrestleMania title opportunity was awarded in the 2016 Royal Rumble match as the WWE World Heavyweight Championship itself, held by Roman Reigns, was at stake. Thirty Superstars compete in the annual Royal Rumble with the winner advancing to WrestleMania for an opportunity at the WWE Championship. As a result of NXT becoming one of WWE's three main brands in September 2019, NXT's championships became eligible choices, beginning with the 2020 event. Benoit kicks away over and over again, but every time Angle tenaciously maintains the hold. With Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar, Mark Calaway. Good technique there. Rosey is #16, still doing the 3-Minute Warning thing.