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The 2018 Royal Rumble PPV was the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, [9] contested under the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. [10] [11] "Stone Cold" Steve Austin holds the record for least Royal Rumble match wins with three [7]
The Royal Rumble match was created by wrestler and WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson and the event was established by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). After the match was first tested at a house show in October 1987, [1] the first Royal Rumble event took place on January 24, 1988, and was broadcast live as a television special on the USA Network. [2]
The first experimental Royal Rumble match happened at a World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) house show on October 4, 1987, at the Kiel Auditorium in St. Louis, Missouri. It was a 12-man match that One Man Gang won after last eliminating Junkyard Dog .
The first match was a Royal Rumble qualification match between Big Show and Brock Lesnar. After Paul Heyman distracted Lesnar, Big Show executed a chokeslam on Lesnar for a near-fall. Big Show attempted another chokeslam on Lesnar, but Lesnar countered the move and pushed Big Show into Heyman, causing Heyman to fall off the ring apron.
Chris Benoit, the first Royal Rumble match entrant, eventually going on to win the match and the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XX. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, where the winner would get to wrestle the world champion of his brand at WrestleMania XX. Chris Benoit and Randy Orton were the first two ...
In the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as WWE), Duggan won the first Royal Rumble match in 1988. [6] In World Championship Wrestling (WCW), he was a United States Heavyweight Champion [7] and the final World Television Champion.
The 1991 Royal Rumble was the fourth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It took place on Saturday January 19, 1991, at the Miami Arena in Miami, Florida .
This made Rhodes the first wrestler since "Stone Cold" Steve Austin (1997 and 1998) to win back-to-back Royal Rumble matches, and fourth overall, after Austin, Shawn Michaels (1995 and 1996), and Hulk Hogan (1990 and 1991). In addition to the two Royal Rumble matches, two other matches were contested on the card, which were for SmackDown ...