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On Saturday night, WWE’s Royal Rumble event kicked off the Road to WrestleMania. And while some...
Read MoreOn Saturday night, WWE’s Royal Rumble event kicked off the Road to WrestleMania. And while some...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 27, 2023 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2023
WrestleMania championship matches are on the line as WWE superstars battle in the annual Royal...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Schwartz | Jan 23, 2023 | Opinion
On Saturday, January 28, WWE will present its annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view (I still can’t call...
Read MorePosted by Jonathan Schwartz | Feb 5, 2022 | Opinion
THIS SHOW SUCKS (AND THAT’S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING) On Saturday, January 30, World Wrestling...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Feb 2, 2022 | News
The WrestleMania plans WWE had for Shane McMahon have been junked. Ringside News reports that...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Feb 1, 2022 | News
While appearing on The Sessions with Renée Paquette podcast, Lena Fanene, (formerly WWE Superstar...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Jan 30, 2022 | PPV Reports 2022
By NICK TYLWALK and DALE PLUMMER — Slam Wrestling There’s no one formula to what makes a...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 29, 2022 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2022
The road to WrestleMania begins now. Which man and which woman will pave their way to the Showcase...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 24, 2022 | TV Reports
The Raw before the Royal Rumble features a spelling bee, some half-joking father/son...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 21, 2022 | TV Reports
Here’s what you’ll get for your Friday night WWE entertainment: a solid build for...
Read MorePosted by Dave Hillhouse | Jan 15, 2022 | TV Reports
There was a time when you’d tune into SmackDown as the “wrestling” show of the...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | May 6, 2021 | Gary Howard Memorial Library, Interviews
You have to wonder if Drew McIntyre would even be holding a virtual book signing to promote the...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Feb 1, 2021 | PPV Reports 2021
By NICK TYLWALK and DALE PLUMMER — Slam Wrestling Almost a year into the realities forced by the...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 31, 2021 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021
Event Countdown Day(s) : Hour(s) : Minute(s) : Second(s) Buzz! That familiar sound is ready to be...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 20, 2021 | By The Numbers, Event Reports, PPV Reports 2021
The Royal Rumble turns 34 this year and during its tenure as one of the WWE’s big four...
Read MorePosted by Slam Wrestling | Jan 19, 2021 | News
Who is ‘Mr. Royal Rumble’? You decide. Starting today, the WWE is holding a virtual...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Aug 20, 2020 | Grappling with Gaming, News
The Royal Rumble has been one of the WWE’s big four events since it began in 1988 in Hamilton,...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jun 30, 2020 | Grappling with Gaming
Ravensburger wants you to get ready to rumble from the comfort of your own home. On July 26th, the...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 27, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020
There are some years when the Royal Rumble is worth watching just for the spectacle of their...
Read MorePosted by Matt Bishop | Jan 20, 2020 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2020
HOUSTON — In the realm of modern-day WWE, few events have captured the live crowd more than...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 28, 2019 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2019
How much of a good thing is too much? WWE rarely worries about excess, but it tested the limits of...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Jan 29, 2018 | PPV Reports 2018
With apologies to “Mama” Cass Elliot, the road is definitely a place for a lady...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | Jan 6, 2018 | Classics, Interviews
“Don’t ever put cake in front of a wrestler,” Pat Patterson admonished the...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 29, 2017 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2017
The Royal Rumble is the one show that really benefits from the brand split. Well maybe not the...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 22, 2017 | Documentary Reviews, Other Reviews
It is the first stop on the road to WrestleMania. From its humble beginnings in Hamilton, Ontario,...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 25, 2016 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2016
WWE fans cannot catch a break. Every time they rejoice, thinking the company has turned the corner...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 26, 2015 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2015
After a disastrous 2014 Royal Rumble in Pittsburgh, where the crowd hijacked the show with boos....
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Jan 26, 2015 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2015
PHILADELPHIA – It was a little disconcerting at the Royal Rumble Sunday night in...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Byer | Jan 27, 2014 | Opinion
No matter how you try and spin it, what happened at the 2014 edition of the Royal Rumble was a...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 27, 2014 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2014
When you think of U.S. cities with wrestling crowds that are going to voice their opinions no...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 28, 2013 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2013
Last year’s WrestleMania was heavily focused on the showdown between The Rock and John Cena, a...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Asher | Jan 25, 2013 | Interviews
The Royal Rumble PPV is second only to WrestleMania in the WWE in terms of importance. While fans...
Read MorePosted by Matthew Asher | Jan 22, 2013 | Interviews
The Royal Rumble: a mainstay match in the WWE for 25 years. Truly the one match every year where...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 30, 2012 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2012
For the second straight year, fans most likely came into the Royal Rumble without a very good idea...
Read MorePosted by Bob Kapur | May 31, 2011 | Interviews
When Kevin Nash returned to WWE, it was on one of the company’s biggest shows, the Royal...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 31, 2011 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2011
When it was first announced that the field for the 2011 Royal Rumble was going to be expanded from...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 28, 2011 | Interviews
The returning Edge may have won last year’s Royal Rumble, but the most memorable image was...
Read MorePosted by Greg Oliver | Jan 29, 2010 | Interviews
It’s really early Thursday morning and John Morrison is up at the crack of dawn to promote...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 26, 2009 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2009
The 2009 edition of the Royal Rumble may not have had as many twists, turns or surprises as some...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 28, 2008 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2008
Almost every year, the Royal Rumble entertains fans with drama surrounding the WrestleMania title...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Jan 30, 2006 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2006
Another Royal Rumble is in the books, and the build-up toward WrestleMania — which is the...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 30, 2006 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2006
How’s that saying go? If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it? The Royal Rumble has...
Read MorePosted by Dale Plummer | Jan 31, 2005 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2005
By DALE PLUMMER and NICK TYLWALK Even the most die-hard WWE apologist would have to admit that...
Read MorePosted by Nick Tylwalk | Jan 26, 2004 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2004
AT THE RUMBLE – There was a moment during Sunday night’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view,...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 25, 2004 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2004
Sixteen years after the Royal Rumble concept debuted at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario, a...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 21, 2002 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2002
The WWF Royal Rumble has always been about surprises. Surprising match-ups. Surprising tactics. Surprising finales. This year’s annual free-fall for a WWF World Heavyweight Title shot at WrestleMania had none of these....
Read MorePosted by John Molinaro | Jan 18, 2002 | Classics, Interviews
It’s days away from the Royal Rumble, traditionally one of the W.W.F.’s biggest...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 22, 2001 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2001
It’s pay-per-view time again and wouldn’t you know it, BIG surprises are promised...
Read MorePosted by John Powell | Jan 24, 2000 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 2000
He said it best himself. Finally, The Rock is going to WrestleMania. As many fans...
Read MorePosted by Chris Gramlich | Jan 25, 1999 | Event Reports, PPV Reports 1999
The Royal Rumble happens just once a year and maybe this is a good thing. The first WWF Pay Per...
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