The Royal Rumble match was created by WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson, and the match was originally tested at a house show in October 1987 before making its televised debut at the inaugural Royal Rumble event in 1988. For 2021, the men and women could choose which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 37 the men could choose Raw's WWE Championship, SmackDown's Universal Championship, or the NXT Championship, while the women could choose the Raw Women's Championship, SmackDown Women's Championship, or NXT Women's Championship. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers. It featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands with a select few NXT wrestlers and WWE veterans also appearing in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches. The 2021 event was the 34th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 31, 2021. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced every January by WWE since 1988. 4.2 Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations.4.1 Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations.The event also featured the official in-ring return as well as the final appearance of Christian in WWE, who had last wrestled in a match in March 2014 shortly after the event, he signed with rival promotion, All Elite Wrestling (AEW). In other prominent matches, Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing match to retain the Universal Championship and in the opening bout, Drew McIntyre defeated Goldberg to retain the WWE Championship. The women's Royal Rumble match was won by SmackDown's Bianca Belair. In the main event, Raw's Edge won the men's Royal Rumble match, marking his second overall Rumble win after last winning it in 2010, thus becoming the eighth two-time winner, the third wrestler to win it as the number one entrant, the fifth wrestler to win it as one of the two starting wrestlers, and the first wrestler to win it after being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. Six matches were contested at the event, including one on the Kickoff pre-show. The men could choose to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship, SmackDown's Universal Championship, or the NXT Championship, while the women had the choice between the Raw Women's Championship, the SmackDown Women's Championship, and the NXT Women's Championship. For the 2021 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches received a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 37. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. It was the first Royal Rumble event held since the death of Pat Patterson, who created the Royal Rumble match. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network and took place on January 31, 2021, from the WWE ThunderDome, hosted at Tropicana Field in St. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
The 2021 Royal Rumble was the 34th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by WWE. But let’s be honest - it’s Royal Rumble, you’re tuning in no matter what other matches are planned.Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers There’s also been talk that Matt Riddle could be challenging Bobby Lashley for the United States championship, as they’ve been linked on television multiple times recently.
No one has officially declared for the match just yet.Īs far as rumors, there was a rumor that Daniel Bryan could be challenging Roman Reigns for the Universal title on this show but that’s out the window with the announcement of Bryan in the Rumble, or at least it would seem to be.
We’re still a full month out from showtime, and only one thing is official for the show so far:ĭaniel Bryan officially declared his intention to enter this match on Friday Night SmackDown this week. It will crown the next number one contender to either the Raw (World) or SmackDown (Universal) championship for the men, and either the Raw or SmackDown women’s title for the women. Petersburg, Florida, the company’s annual beginning of the year showcase featuring its most popular gimmick match. 31, 2021, at the ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St.
The next pay-per-view (PPV) on the WWE schedule is the Royal Rumble event set to take place on Sun., Jan.