Royal Rumble (2017)

Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on January 29, 2017 at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was the thirtieth Royal Rumble event held by WWE, the second to take place at the Alamodome and the fourth to take place in Texas.

Royal Rumble
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
Pay-per-view chronology
NXT TakeOver: San Antonio Royal Rumble Elimination Chamber (2017)
Royal Rumble chronology
2016 Royal Rumble 2018

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]

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[3][4]
1P	Naomi, Nikki Bella, and Becky Lynch defeated Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, and Natalya	Six-woman tag team match[5]	9:35
2P	Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated Cesaro and Sheamus (c)	Tag team match for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship[6] Two referees were assigned to the match.	10:30
3P	Nia Jax defeated Sasha Banks	Singles match[7]	5:10
4	Charlotte Flair (c) defeated Bayley	Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[8]	13:05
5	Kevin Owens (c) defeated Roman Reigns	No Disqualification match for the WWE Universal Championship[9] Chris Jericho was locked above the ring in a shark cage.	22:55
6	Neville defeated Rich Swann (c) by submission	Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship[10]	14:00
7	John Cena defeated AJ Styles (c)	Singles match for the WWE Championship[11]	24:10
8	Randy Orton won by last eliminating Roman Reigns	30-man Royal Rumble match for a World Championship]match at WrestleMania 33[2]	1:02:07
(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match P – This match took place on the pre-show

Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

  – Raw

  – SmackDown

  – NXT

  – Unassigned

  – Winner

Draw	Entrant	Brand	Elimination Order	Eliminated by	Time[2][12]	Elimination(s)
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

Footnotes

1. Flair won additional 14 world championships, which are not listed by WWE.
2. WWE lists his time in the match as 8:46