royal rumble

The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by WWE, a professional wrestling promotion based in Connecticut. The event's main feature is a Battle Royal-type match named the Royal Rumble, with other matches scheduled on the undercard. The inaugural Royal Rumble took place on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. The event however was not a pay-per-view but was originally shown as a television special on USA Network. The first Royal Rumble match was won by Jim Duggan. The following year's event was the first Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. The annual pay-per-view is one of WWE's "Big Four" events, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The match is based on the traditional battle royal match, in which a set number of participants aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. The winner of the event is the last participant remaining after all...