Royal Rumble | ||||
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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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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]
Draw | Entrant | Brand | Elimination Order | Eliminated by | Time[2][3] | Elimination(s) |
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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 |