Royal Rumble (2023)

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Royal Rumble
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Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
PromotionWWE
Brand(s)Raw
SmackDown
DateJanuary 28, 2023
CitySan Antonio, Texas
VenueAlamodome
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The 2023 Royal Rumble is the upcoming 36th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, January 28, 2023, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as part of the Alamodome's 30th anniversary celebration.

Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2023 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches receive a choice of which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 39. The men can choose to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship—currently held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship—while the women have the choice between the Raw Women's Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship.

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Background[]

The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick event, produced every January by WWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five".[1][2] 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. The 2023 event will be the 36th event in the Royal Rumble chronology. Announced on September 7, 2022, the 2023 event is scheduled to be held on Saturday, January 28 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas as part of the Alamodome's 30th anniversary celebration. It will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands. In addition to airing on pay-per-view worldwide, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network in international markets. Tickets went on sale on September 30 with premium hospitality packages also available.[3][4]

The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2023, the men and women could choose which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 39; the men can choose Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship—currently held and defended together as the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship—while the women can choose the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship.[5][6]

Storylines[]

The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portray heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands,[7][8] while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ Hamilton, Ian. Wrestling's Sinking Ship: What Happens to an Industry Without Competition. p. 160.
  2. ^ News 3 Staff (August 22, 2021). "Las Vegas to host WWE's Money in the Bank in 2022". KSNV. Retrieved May 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "San Antonio to host 2023 Royal Rumble". WWE. September 7, 2022. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
  4. ^ Lambert, Jeremy (September 7, 2022). "WWE Announces Date And Location For WWE Royal Rumble 2023". Fightful. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Specialty Matches: Royal Rumble". WWE. Retrieved December 3, 2007.
  6. ^ Waldman, Jon (February 2, 2005). "Statistical survival – breaking down the Royal Rumble". SLAM! Wrestling. Retrieved December 9, 2007.
  7. ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on November 29, 2013. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
  8. ^ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved March 21, 2012.
  9. ^ Steinberg, Brian (May 25, 2016). "WWE's 'Smackdown' Will Move To Live Broadcast On USA (Exclusive)". Variety. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016. Retrieved May 25, 2016.

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