Royal Rumble (2017)

Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble
Tagline(s)	Remember the Rumble
Information
Promotion	WWE
Brand (s)	Raw; SmackDown
Date	January 29, 2017
Attendance	52,020
Venue	Alamodome
City	San Antonio, Texas
Royal Rumble chronology

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.

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

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

– Raw

– SmackDown

– NXT

– Unassigned

– Winner

Draw	Entrant	Brand	Elimination Order	Eliminated by	Time^[2]^[3]	Elimination(s)
01 1	Cass, BigBig Cass	Raw	03 3	Braun Strowman	00957 09:57	0 0
02 2	Jericho, ChrisChris Jericho	Raw	27 27	Roman Reigns	10013 1:00:13	02 2
03 3	Kalisto, Kalisto	SmackDown	04 4	Braun Strowman	00817 08:17	0 0
04 4	Rawley, MojoMojo Rawley	SmackDown	02 2	Braun Strowman	00616 06:16	0 0
05 5	Gallagher, JackJack Gallagher	Raw	01 1	Mark Henry	00320 03:20	0 0
06 6	Henry, MarkMark Henry	Raw	05 5	Braun Strowman	00317 03:17	01 1
07 7	Strowman, BraunBraun Strowman	Raw	09 9	Baron Corbin	01311 13:11	07 7
08 8	Zayn, SamiSami Zayn	Raw	25 25	The Undertaker	04712 47:12	0 0
09 9	Show, BigBig Show	Raw	06 6	Braun Strowman	00142 01:42	0 0
10 10	Dillinger, TyeTye Dillinger	NXT	08 8	Braun Strowman	00527 05:27	0 0
11 11	Ellsworth, JamesJames Ellsworth	SmackDown	07 7	Braun Strowman	00015 00:15	0 0
12 12	Ambrose, DeanDean Ambrose	SmackDown	16 16	Brock Lesnar	02655 26:55	0 0
13 13	Corbin, BaronBaron Corbin	SmackDown	21 21	The Undertaker	03239 32:39	01 1
14 14	Kingston, KofiKofi Kingston	Raw	10 10	Cesaro	01613 16:13	0 0
15 15	Miz, TheThe Miz	SmackDown	24 24	The Undertaker	03244 32:44	0 0
16 16	Sheamus, Sheamus	Raw	14 14	Chris Jericho	01213 12:13	02 2
17 17	E, BigBig E	Raw	12 12	Sheamus and Cesaro	00946 09:46	0 0
18 18	Rusev, Rusev	Raw	20 20	Goldberg	02231 22:31	0 0
19 19	Cesaro, Cesaro	Raw	13 13	Chris Jericho	00644 06:44	02 2
20 20	Woods, XavierXavier Woods	Raw	11 11	Sheamus	00447 04:47	0 0
21 21	Wyatt, BrayBray Wyatt	SmackDown	28 28	Roman Reigns	02411 24:11	0 0
22 22	Crews, ApolloApollo Crews	SmackDown	15 15	Luke Harper	00546 05:46	0 0
23 23	Orton, RandyRandy Orton	SmackDown	30 —	Winner	02052 20:52	01 1
24 24	Ziggler, DolphDolph Ziggler	SmackDown	17 17	Brock Lesnar	00421 04:21	0 0
25 25	Harper, LukeLuke Harper	SmackDown	22 22	Goldberg	00956 09:56	01 1
26 26	Lesnar, BrockBrock Lesnar	Raw	19 19	Goldberg	00430 04:30	03 3
27 27	Amore, EnzoEnzo Amore	Raw	18 18	Brock Lesnar	00018 00:18	0 0
28 28	Goldberg, Goldberg	Raw	23 23	The Undertaker	00321 03:21	03 3
29 29	Undertaker, TheThe Undertaker	Unassigned	26 26	Roman Reigns	00530 05:30^[b]	04 4
30 30	Reigns, RomanRoman Reigns	Raw	29 29	Randy Orton	00505 05:05	03 3

Royal Rumble (2017) Media

The event was held at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
John Cena defeated AJ Styles to become a record 13-time WWE Champion and 16-time overall world champion, a feat previously only accomplished by Ric Flair as recognized by WWE.

Footnotes

↑ Flair won additional 14 world championships, which are not listed by WWE.
↑ WWE lists his time in the match as 8:46

References

↑ 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.

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[3] Flair won additional 14 world championships, which are not listed by WWE.

[5] WWE lists his time in the match as 8:46

[1] 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.

[2017Rumble-2] 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.

[4] 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.

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