Royal Rumble (2014)

Royal Rumble (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by WWE. It took place on January 26, 2014 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the 27th Royal Rumble event held by WWE and the first to be held in Pittsburgh.

Five matches happened at the event. The most important match was the Royal Rumble match. Batista won it by last eliminating Roman Reigns. In the match, Reigns eliminated twelve men, which broke Kane's record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match. Alexander Rusev also made his WWE main roster debut in the match.

The match is also known for being CM Punk's last wrestling match before he walked out of WWE. Punk later returned to wrestling at AEW's The First Dance in August 2021, and finally made his return to WWE at Survivor Series: WarGames two years later in November.

 Results 

 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 
 – NXT – Winner

No.EntrantOrderEliminated byTimeEliminationsCM Punk27Kane49:123Seth Rollins25Roman Reigns48:373Damien Sandow1CM Punk02:170Cody Rhodes11Goldust21:011Kane2CM Punk01:101Alexander Rusev3CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, and Seth Rollins07:060Jack Swagger6Kevin Nash12:240Kofi Kingston7Roman Reigns12:421Jimmy Uso5Dean Ambrose07:530Goldust12Roman Reigns12:001Dean Ambrose2633:413Dolph Ziggler806:090R-Truth4Dean Ambrose00:280Kevin Nash9Roman Reigns02:361Roman Reigns29Batista33:5112The Great Khali10The Shield (Reigns, Rollins, Ambrose)00:240Sheamus28Roman Reigns28:221The Miz16Luke Harper12:090Fandango13El Torito03:020El Torito14Roman Reigns01:491Antonio Cesaro2416:570Luke Harper2315:212Jey Uso17Luke Harper04:320John Bradshaw Layfield15Roman Reigns00:490Erick Rowan18Batista05:050Ryback1904:010Alberto Del Rio2003:000BatistaWinner14:344Big E Langston21Sheamus02:490Rey Mysterio22Seth Rollins02:100
Kane was already eliminated when he returned to eliminate CM Punk later in the match.

 References 

Category:2014 in professional wrestling
Category:Royal Rumble
Category:Sports in Pittsburgh