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Royal Rumble (2003)
Royal Rumble (2003), WWE pay-per-view, January 19, 2003, FleetCenter, Boston. Brock Lesnar won the 30-man Rumble; Kurt Angle beat Chris Benoit in a classic WWE Championship match; Triple H retained by DQ versus Scott Steiner.
Royal Rumble (2004)
Royal Rumble (2004), WWE pay-per-view, January 25, 2004, Wachovia Center, Philadelphia; Chris Benoit won the 30-man Royal Rumble match in 61:30, last eliminating Big Show, before about 485,000 buys.
Royal Rumble (2005)
Royal Rumble (2005): 18th annual WWE pay-per-view, January 30, 2005, Save Mart Center, Fresno, California. Batista won the 30-man Rumble after a botched double elimination with John Cena; Vince McMahon tore both quads fixing it.
Royal Rumble (2006)
Royal Rumble (2006), WWE's 19th Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 29, 2006, Miami: Rey Mysterio won from entry No. 2 in a record 1:02:12; Cena regained the WWE title from Edge; Angle retained against Henry.
Royal Rumble (2007)
Royal Rumble (2007), WWE's 20th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 28, 2007, AT&T Center, San Antonio: Undertaker won from entry No. 30, last eliminating Shawn Michaels, to face Batista at WrestleMania 23; Cena beat Umaga Last Man Standing.
Royal Rumble (2008)
Royal Rumble (2008), WWE pay-per-view, January 27, 2008, Madison Square Garden, New York City. John Cena returned from a torn pectoral at entry No. 30 to win the Rumble, last eliminating Triple H, earning a WrestleMania XXIV title shot; Orton retained the WWE Championship.
Royal Rumble (2009)
Royal Rumble (2009), WWE's 22nd Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 25, 2009, Detroit. Randy Orton (entry #8) won, eliminating Triple H; Edge beat Jeff Hardy for the WWE title after Matt Hardy's betrayal.
Royal Rumble (2010)
Royal Rumble (2010): WWE pay-per-view, January 31, 2010, Philips Arena, Atlanta; 23rd annual edition. Edge returned from a seven-month Achilles injury as 29th entrant to win the 30-man Rumble, earning a WrestleMania XXVI title match against Chris Jericho.
Royal Rumble (2011)
Royal Rumble (2011), WWE's 24th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, held January 30, 2011 at TD Garden in Boston; first and only 40-man Rumble, won by No. 38 entrant Alberto Del Rio over Santino Marella in 1:09:49.
Royal Rumble (2012)
Royal Rumble (2012), WWE pay-per-view held January 29, 2012 at Scottrade Center, St. Louis; 25th edition. Sheamus won the 30-man Royal Rumble Match from entry No. 22, last eliminating Chris Jericho, earning a WrestleMania XXVIII title match.
Royal Rumble (2013)
Royal Rumble (2013): WWE's 26th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 27, 2013, Phoenix. The Rock ended CM Punk's 434-day WWE Championship reign; John Cena won the 30-man Rumble from entry No. 19.
Royal Rumble (2014)
Royal Rumble (2014), WWE's 27th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, January 26, 2014, Pittsburgh. Batista won the 30-man match; Roman Reigns set a 12-elimination record; fans revolted over Daniel Bryan's exclusion.
Royal Rumble (2015)
Royal Rumble (2015): WWE pay-per-view, January 25, 2015, Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia. Roman Reigns won the 30-man Rumble (last eliminating Rusev) with Rock's help; Lesnar retained the WWE World Heavyweight title vs Cena and Rollins; the finish drew #CancelWWENetwork backlash.
Royal Rumble (2016)
Royal Rumble (2016), WWE pay-per-view, January 24, 2016, Amway Center, Orlando; Triple H entered No. 30, last eliminated Dean Ambrose to win the WWE World Heavyweight Championship from defending champion Roman Reigns; AJ Styles debuted.
Royal Rumble (2017)
Royal Rumble (2017), WWE's 30th annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view, held January 29, 2017 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas; Randy Orton won the Rumble match and John Cena beat AJ Styles for the WWE Championship before 52,000 fans.
Royal Rumble (2018)
Royal Rumble (2018), WWE pay-per-view, January 28, 2018, Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, 30th anniversary; first Women's Royal Rumble won by Asuka, men's by Shinsuke Nakamura, Ronda Rousey's WWE debut.
Royal Rumble (2019)
Royal Rumble (2019): WWE pay-per-view, January 27, 2019, Chase Field, Phoenix. Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch won the men's and women's Rumble matches to earn WrestleMania 35 title shots; Nakamura and Miz & Shane won titles.
Royal Rumble (2020)
Royal Rumble (2020): WWE pay-per-view, January 26, 2020, Minute Maid Park, Houston, over 42,000 fans. Charlotte Flair and Drew McIntyre won the Rumble matches; Lynch, Bayley, and The Fiend retained titles.
Royal Rumble (2021)
Royal Rumble (2021), WWE pay-per-view on January 31, 2021 at the ThunderDome in Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg. Edge won the men's Rumble from No. 1 (58:27), Bianca Belair the women's from No. 3; Reigns, McIntyre, and Banks retained titles.
Royal Rumble (2022)
Royal Rumble 2022 was a WWE pay-per-view event held in St. Louis on January 29, 2022, where Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey won the Rumble matches.
Royal Rumble (2023)
Royal Rumble (2023): WWE pay-per-view, January 28, 2023, Alamodome, San Antonio. Cody Rhodes and Rhea Ripley won the Rumble matches; Reigns retained over Owens as Zayn turned; record $7.7M gate.
Royal Rumble (2024)
Royal Rumble (2024), WWE premium live event on January 27, 2024 at Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay; Cody Rhodes and Bayley won the Rumble matches, Reigns retained, 48,044 attendance record.
Royal Rumble (2025)
Royal Rumble (2025), WWE event in Indianapolis on Feb 1, 2025; Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair won the Rumble matches; record 70,347 attendance and largest single-night gate in WWE history.
Royal Rumble (2026)
Royal Rumble (2026) was a WWE event held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on January 31, 2026, the first Royal Rumble held outside North America, where Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan won the two Rumble matches.
Royal Rumble (2027)
Royal Rumble (2027) is WWE's scheduled 40th annual Royal Rumble Premium Live Event, believed set for the weekend of February 6, 2027, venue unannounced, preceded by the January 2027 Road to Royal Rumble European Tour.
Royal Rumble match
The Royal Rumble match is a WWE battle royal held annually since 1988, in which 30 wrestlers enter at intervals and the winner earns a WrestleMania title match.
Royce Gracie
Royce Gracie, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1966, is a retired Brazilian mixed martial artist who won UFC 1, 2, and 4 and spread Brazilian jiu-jitsu worldwide.
Royce Isaacs
Royce Isaacs, "The Mile High Samurai" (also billed Royce Isaac$), is an American professional wrestler from Denver, Colorado; one-half of the World Class Wrecking Crew with Jorel Nelson, a former NJPW STRONG Openweight Tag Team and NWA World Tag Team champion known for catch-wrestling-based submission grappling.
Royler Gracie
Royler Gracie (born 1965, Rio de Janeiro), son of Hélio Gracie, is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and ADCC champion: four world titles 1996-1999, three ADCC golds 1999-2001, famous losses to Sakuraba and Eddie Bravo, later teaching in San Diego.
Ruben Limardo
Rubén Darío Limardo Gascón (Ruben Limardo), Venezuelan left-handed épée fencer born 1985 in Ciudad Bolívar; 2012 London Olympic champion, first Venezuelan Olympic gold since 1968, two-time world silver medalist.