Royal Rumble

==IWE Royal Rumble Event==
The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by professional wrestling promotion International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). The event was created in 1988 with the inaugural event held 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 following year's event was the first Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. The first Royal Rumble match was won by Jimmy D. The event's main feature is a Battle Royal-type match, entitled the Royal Rumble. The pay-per-view is a part of IWE's "Big Four", along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The Royal Rumble has been classified as being one of IWE's most popular pay-per-view events. 
Professional wrestling is a non-competitive professional sport, where matches are prearranged by the promotion's writing staff, and is also considered an athletic performing art, containing strong elements of catch wrestling, mock combat, and theatre. Each PPV event features several professional wrestling matches that involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers are portrayed as either villains or heroes in the scripted events that build tension and culminate into a wrestling match or series of matches.
==History==
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==Dates, Venues and Winners==
# 	Event 	Date 	City 	Venue 	Winner 	Entry #
1 	Royal Rumble (1988)	January 24, 1988 	Hamilton, Ontario 	Copps Coliseum 	Jim Duggan 	13
2 	Royal Rumble (1989)	January 15, 1989 	Houston, Texas 	The Summit 	Big John 	27
3 	Royal Rumble (1990)	January 21,1990 	Orlando, Florida 	Orlando Arena 	Hulk Hogan 	25
4 	Royal Rumble (1991)	January 19, 1991 	Miami, Florida 	Miami Arena 	Hulk Hogan 	23
5 	Royal Rumble (1992)	January 19, 1992 	Albany, New York 	Knickerbocker Arena 	Ric Flair 	3
6 	Royal Rumble (1993)	January 24, 1993 	Sacramento, California 	ARCO Arena 	Taylor McCormack 	27
7 	Royal Rumble (1994)	January 22, 1994 	Providence, Rhode Island 	Providence Civic Center	Bret HartLex Luger	2723
8 	Royal Rumble (1995)	January 22, 1995 	Tampa, Florida 	USF Sun Dome 	Ryan Barnhart 	1
9 	Royal Rumble (1996)	January 21, 1996 	Fresno, California 	Selland Arena 	Ryan Barnhart 	18
10	Royal Rumble (1997)	January 19, 1997 	San Antonio, Texas 	AlamoDome 	Steve Johnson 	5
11	Royal Rumble (1998)	January 18, 1998 	San Jose, California 	San Jose Arena 	Steve Johnson 	24
12	Royal Rumble (1999)	January 24, 1999 	Anaheim, California 	Arrowhead Pond 	Mr. Bayer 	2
13	Royal Rumble (2000)	January 23, 2000 	New York, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Sam Simkins 	24
14	Royal Rumble (2001)	January 21, 2001 	New Orleans, Louisiana 	New Orleans Arena 	Steve Johnson 	27
15	Royal Rumble (2002)	January 20, 2002 	Atlanta, Georgia 	Philips Arena 	Triple K 	22
16	Royal Rumble (2003)	January 19, 2003 	Boston Massachusetts 	Fleet Center 	Rob Lesner 	29
17	Royal Rumble (2004)	January 25, 2004 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	Wachovia Center 	Kevin Hunter 	1
18	Royal Rumble (2005)	January 30, 2005 	Fresno, California 	Save Mart Center 	Jesse Dern 	28
19	Royal Rumble (2006)	January, 29, 2006	Miami, Florida 	American Airlines Arena	Scott Wright 	2
20	Royal Rumble (2007)	January 28, 2007 	Indianapolis, Indiana 	Conseco Fieldhouse 	Martin McAlmond 	30
21	Royal Rumble (2008)	January 27, 2008 	New York, New York 	Madison Square Garden 	Dustin Simpson 	30
22	Royal Rumble (2009)	January 25, 2009 	Detroit, Michigan 	Joe Louis Arena 	Kevin McAlmond 	8
23	Royal Rumble (2010)	January 31, 2010 	Atlanta, Georgia 	Philips Arena 	Chris Gomez 	29
24	Royal Rumble (2011)	January 30, 2011 	Boston, Massachusetts 	TD Garden 	James Marlen 	38