Royal Rumble (2016)
Royal Rumble (2016) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on January 24, 2016, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It was the 29th Royal Rumble event held by WWE. In the main event match, Triple H won his second Royal Rumbe match and his ninth WWE World Heavyweight Championship (his 14th world championship overall). The match also featured the WWE debut of AJ Styles, who previously was a top star in WWE's rival promotion Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.
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| Promotion | WWE | |||
| Date | January 24, 2016 | |||
| Attendance | 15,170 | |||
| Venue | Amway Center | |||
| City | Orlando, Florida | |||
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Background
As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner.
The Royal Rumble match was originally announced with the usual stipulation, which would have seen the winner receive WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 32.[1] However, champion Roman Reigns attacked Triple H at the end of TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs and disrespected WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon and his family over the following weeks. On the January 5 episode of Raw, McMahon decided that Reigns had to defend his title in the Royal Rumble match.[2] Two weeks later, Reigns was forced to enter the match as the number one entrant.[3]
Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1P | Jack Swagger and Mark Henry defeated The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor), Damien Sandow and Darren Young, and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) | Fatal four-way tag team match to qualify for the Royal Rumble match[5] | 8:00 |
| 2 | Dean Ambrose (c) defeated Kevin Owens | Last Man Standing match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship[6] | 20:22 |
| 3 | The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) (with Xavier Woods) defeated The Usos (Jey and Jimmy Uso) | Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[7] | 10:52 |
| 4 | Kalisto defeated Alberto Del Rio (c) | Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[8] | 11:31 |
| 5 | Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Becky Lynch | Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[9] | 11:40 |
| 6 | Triple H won by last eliminating Dean Ambrose | 30-man Royal Rumble match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[10] | 1:01:42 |
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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
- – NXT
- – Winner
| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Times[10] | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roman Reigns (c) | 28 | Triple H | 59:48 | 5 |
| 2 | Rusev | 1 | Roman Reigns | 01:30 | 0 |
| 3 | AJ Styles | 11 | Kevin Owens | 28:58 | 2 |
| 4 | Tyler Breeze | 2 | Roman Reigns and AJ Styles | 01:18 | 0 |
| 5 | Curtis Axel | 3 | AJ Styles | 01:30 | 0 |
| 6 | Chris Jericho | 26 | Dean Ambrose | 51:20 | 1 |
| 7 | Kane | 9 | Braun Strowman | 19:07 | 1 |
| 8 | Goldust | 4 | Titus O'Neil | 06:18 | 0 |
| 9 | Ryback | 8 | Big Show | 12:37 | 0 |
| 10 | Kofi Kingston | 6 | Chris Jericho | 08:26 | 0 |
| 11 | Titus O'Neil | 7 | Big Show | 09:06 | 1 |
| 12 | R-Truth | 5 | Kane | 00:59 | 0 |
| 13 | Luke Harper | 19 | Brock Lesnar | 24:16 | 4 |
| 14 | Stardust | 14 | Luke Harper | 14:12 | 0 |
| 15 | Big Show | 10 | Braun Strowman | 04:58 | 2 |
| 16 | Neville | 13 | Luke Harper | 10:17 | 0 |
| 17 | Braun Strowman | 20 | Brock Lesnar | 18:01 | 5 |
| 18 | Kevin Owens | 12 | Sami Zayn | 04:58 | 1 |
| 19 | Dean Ambrose | 29 | Triple H | 29:57 | 1 |
| 20 | Sami Zayn | 16 | Braun Strowman | 04:55 | 1 |
| 21 | Erick Rowan | 17 | Brock Lesnar | 04:35 | 2 |
| 22 | Mark Henry | 15 | The Wyatt Family (Braun Strowman, Erick Rowan, and Luke Harper)[a] | 00:47 | 0 |
| 23 | Brock Lesnar | 21 | 09:31 | 4 | |
| 24 | Jack Swagger | 18 | Brock Lesnar | 00:15 | 0 |
| 25 | The Miz | 22 | Roman Reigns | 08:55 | 0 |
| 26 | Alberto Del Rio | 23 | 07:02 | 0 | |
| 27 | Bray Wyatt | 25 | Sheamus and Triple H | 11:25 | 0 |
| 28 | Dolph Ziggler | 24 | Triple H | 07:10 | 0 |
| 29 | Sheamus | 27 | Roman Reigns | 08:46 | 1 |
| 30 | Triple H | - | Winner | 09:03 | 4 |
- ↑ Strowman, Harper, and Rowan returned to the ring to eliminate Brock Lesnar, after they were eliminated by him.
Royal Rumble (2016) Media
The event was held at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida.
References
- ↑ Martin, Adam (December 29, 2015). "WWE Raw Results – 12/28/15 (John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
- ↑ Tedesco, Mike (January 5, 2016). "WWE Raw Results – 1/4/16 (Reigns vs. Sheamus)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
- ↑ Tedesco, Mike (January 19, 2016). "WWE Raw Results – 1/18/16 (Final hype for Royal Rumble)". WrestleView. Archived from the original on January 20, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ Caldwell, James (January 24, 2016). "1/24 WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results – Caldwell's Complete Live PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on January 28, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ WWE.com Staff (January 15, 2016). "Jack Swagger & Mark Henry won the Fatal 4-Way Tag Team Match". WWE. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ↑ Taylor, Scott (January 4, 2016). "Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose def. Kevin Owens (Last Man Standing Match)". WWE. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ Powers, Kevin (January 15, 2016). "WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day def. The Usos". WWE. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ↑ Burdick, Michael (January 15, 2016). "Kalisto def. United States Champion Alberto Del Rio". WWE. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2016.
- ↑ Melok, Bobby (January 15, 2016). "Divas Champion Charlotte def. Becky Lynch". WWE. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Murphy, Ryan (December 21, 2015). "Triple H won the 2016 Royal Rumble Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship". WWE. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.