RIPTIDE: Rumble

Royal Rumble Matches featuring Raw and Smackdown Superstars and surprise entrants offer a path to chase championship glory at WrestleMania. Brock Lesnar defends the WWE Championship against Bobby Lashley in a clash of the titans.

Royal Rumble 2016 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on January 24, 2016 at Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. It was the 29th event under the Royal Rumble chronology and the first WWE pay-per-view of 2016. This was the fifth Royal Rumble to be held in the state of Florida after the 1990, 1991, 1995 and 2006 editions. It was the second Royal Rumble in Orlando since 1990 and the first pay-per-view event at Amway Center since it opened in 2010.

The Road to WrestleMania begins with Royal Rumble. Thirty men and 30 women compete in the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble Matches. Universal Champion “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt defends his title against Daniel Bryan, Asuka challenges Becky Lynch for the Raw Women’s Championship and much more.

The annual beginning of the Road to WrestleMania featured Drew McIntyre defending his WWE Championship against Goldberg, Kevin Owens facing "The Head of the Table" Roman Reigns in a Last Man Standing Match for the Universal Championship, and of course, the annual Men's and Women's Royal Rumble Matches that determined who will headline the Showcase of the Immortals.

Royal Rumble (2025) was the 38th annual Royal Rumble presented by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event took place on February 1, 2025 at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.