Royal Rumble (2017)
Royal Rumble was a wrestling pay-per-view and livesteaming event made by WWE. It happened on January 29, 2017 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was the thirtieth Royal Rumble event, the second to take place at the Alamodome and the fourth to take place in Texas.
| Royal Rumble | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tagline(s) | Remember the Rumble[1] | |||
| Information | ||||
| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Brand (s) | Raw SmackDown | |||
| Date | January 29, 2017 | |||
| Attendance | 52,020 | |||
| Venue | Alamodome | |||
| City | San Antonio, Texas | |||
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||||
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Eight matches were performed at the event. The most important match was the Royal Rumble match. Randy Orton won it by last eliminating Roman Reigns for a world championship match at WrestleMania 33. This made Orton a two-time Royal Rumble match winner.[2] Tye Dillinger also wrestled on WWE's main roster for the first time in the Royal Rumble match. John Cena beat WWE Champion AJ Styles in another important match that was for the title. That was the 13th time Cena won the title (which is a record) and the 16th time he won a world championship. That meant he tied Ric Flair's record as listed by WWE.[a]
Results change
- On the pre-show, Becky Lynch, Nikki Bella and Naomi beat Alexa Bliss, Mickie James and Natalya in a six-women tag team match.
- On the pre-show, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson beat Cesaro and Sheamus (champions) in a tag team match with two referees for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship.
- On the pre-show, Nia Jax beat Sasha Banks.
- Charlotte Flair (champion) beat Bayley for the WWE Raw Women's Championship.
- Kevin Owens (champion) beat Roman Reigns in a No Disqualification match for the WWE Universal Championship where Chris Jericho was in a cage held above the ring.
- Neville beat Rich Swann for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
- John Cena beat AJ Styles for the WWE Championship
- Randy Orton won the Royal Rumble by last eliminating Roman Reigns for a world championship match at WrestleMania 33.
Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations change
| Draw | Entrant | Brand | Elimination Order | Eliminated by | Time[2][3] | Elimination(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Cass | Raw | 3 | Braun Strowman | 09:57 | 0 |
| 2 | Chris Jericho | Raw | 27 | Roman Reigns | 1:00:13 | 2 |
| 3 | Kalisto | SmackDown | 4 | Braun Strowman | 08:17 | 0 |
| 4 | Mojo Rawley | SmackDown | 2 | 06:16 | 0 | |
| 5 | Jack Gallagher | Raw | 1 | Mark Henry | 03:20 | 0 |
| 6 | Mark Henry | Raw | 5 | Braun Strowman | 03:17 | 1 |
| 7 | Braun Strowman | Raw | 9 | Baron Corbin | 13:11 | 7 |
| 8 | Sami Zayn | Raw | 25 | The Undertaker | 47:12 | 0 |
| 9 | Big Show | Raw | 6 | Braun Strowman | 01:42 | 0 |
| 10 | Tye Dillinger | NXT | 8 | Braun Strowman | 05:27 | 0 |
| 11 | James Ellsworth | SmackDown | 7 | Braun Strowman | 00:15 | 0 |
| 12 | Dean Ambrose | SmackDown | 16 | Brock Lesnar | 26:55 | 0 |
| 13 | Baron Corbin | SmackDown | 21 | The Undertaker | 32:39 | 1 |
| 14 | Kofi Kingston | Raw | 10 | Cesaro | 16:13 | 0 |
| 15 | The Miz | SmackDown | 24 | The Undertaker | 32:44 | 0 |
| 16 | Sheamus | Raw | 14 | Chris Jericho | 12:13 | 2 |
| 17 | Big E | Raw | 12 | Sheamus and Cesaro | 09:46 | 0 |
| 18 | Rusev | Raw | 20 | Goldberg | 22:31 | 0 |
| 19 | Cesaro | Raw | 13 | Chris Jericho | 06:44 | 2 |
| 20 | Xavier Woods | Raw | 11 | Sheamus | 04:47 | 0 |
| 21 | Bray Wyatt | SmackDown | 28 | Roman Reigns | 24:11 | 0 |
| 22 | Apollo Crews | SmackDown | 15 | Luke Harper | 05:46 | 0 |
| 23 | Randy Orton | SmackDown | — | Winner | 20:52 | 1 |
| 24 | Dolph Ziggler | SmackDown | 17 | Brock Lesnar | 04:21 | 0 |
| 25 | Luke Harper | SmackDown | 22 | Goldberg | 09:56 | 1 |
| 26 | Brock Lesnar | Raw | 19 | Goldberg | 04:30 | 3 |
| 27 | Enzo Amore | Raw | 18 | Brock Lesnar | 00:18 | 0 |
| 28 | Goldberg | Raw | 23 | The Undertaker | 03:21 | 3 |
| 29 | The Undertaker | Unassigned | 26 | Roman Reigns | 05:30[b] | 4 |
| 30 | Roman Reigns | Raw | 29 | Randy Orton | 05:05 | 3 |
Footnotes change
References change
- ↑ Chris E. Hayner (January 18, 2017). "Randy Orton's 'Royal Rumble' win shows WWE is scared of the future". Screener. Archived from the original on June 30, 2017. Retrieved June 30, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Benigno, Anthony; Taylor, Scott (January 29, 2017). "Randy Orton won the 30-Superstar Royal Rumble Match". WWE. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved January 29, 2017.
- ↑ WWE.com Staff (January 30, 2017). "Full 2017 Royal Rumble Match statistics: entrants, eliminations, times and more". WWE. Archived from the original on February 1, 2017. Retrieved January 30, 2017.