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Royal Rumble 2019


Date
Sun 27th January 2019 (UTC)

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00:00:00 UTC

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24-11-24 16:00 (PST Los Angeles)
24-11-24 18:00 (CST Chicago)
24-11-24 19:00 (EST New York)
24-11-25 00:00 (GMT London)
24-11-25 01:00 (CET Paris)
24-11-25 04:00 (GST Dubai)
24-11-25 05:30 (IST Kolkata)
24-11-25 09:00 (JST Tokyo)
24-11-25 11:00 (AEDT Sydney)

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Season
2019

Round
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Description
Royal Rumble (2019) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for their Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands. It took place on January 27, 2019, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the thirty-second event promoted under the Royal Rumble chronology.

Ten matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show. In the main event, Seth Rollins won the men's Royal Rumble match, while Becky Lynch won the women's Royal Rumble match after losing her SmackDown Women's Championship match against Asuka in the opening match. Other prominent matches included Brock Lesnar retaining the Universal Championship against Finn Bálor, Daniel Bryan defeating AJ Styles to retain the WWE Championship, and Ronda Rousey defeating Sasha Banks to retain the Raw Women's Championship.

The event featured the return of Jeff Jarrett, who competed in his first WWE match since the 1999 No Mercy.

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Background
Traditionally, the winner of the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches earns a world championship match at WrestleMania—this year's being WrestleMania 35. The men had their choice of either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women could choose either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship.

During the event, WWE reported there was 48,193 people in attendance. However, pro wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer claimed WWE's figure was false and the total audience was above 40,000, with only 34,000 paid-attendance.

Storylines
The card consisted of ten matches, including three on the pre-show. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters to build tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. Results were predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brands, with storylines produced on their weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and the cruiserweight-exclusive 205 Live.

At TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs, Fabulous Truth (Carmella and R-Truth) defeated Mahalicia (Alicia Fox and Jinder Mahal) to win the second season of Mixed Match Challenge. Their prize for winning was each getting the #30 spot in their respective Royal Rumble matches at the pay-per-view. In the weeks following TLC, multiple wrestlers were announced for both Rumble matches.

At Crown Jewel, Brock Lesnar defeated Braun Strowman to regain the then vacant Universal Championship, thanks in part to then-Acting Raw General Manager Baron Corbin. At TLC, Strowman defeated Corbin in a Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match, thus stripping Corbin of his authoritative power and earning a Universal Championship match against Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. On the January 14 episode of Raw, Corbin confronted Strowman and insulted him, leading to a chase to the parking area where Corbin hid in a limousine. Strowman shattered the glass and broke the door off, only for WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to appear, revealing that was his limo. Mr. McMahon then fined Strowman $100,000. Strowman then argued with Mr. McMahon, who then cancelled his match with Lesnar. An angry Strowman proceeded to flip over the limo. Later that night, John Cena, Drew McIntyre, Corbin, and Finn Bálor expressed their interests in facing Lesnar at the Royal Rumble. Mr. McMahon scheduled a fatal four-way match where the winner would face Lesnar, which Bálor won after defending his spot earlier in the night against Jinder Mahal. Due to this, Bálor was subsequently removed from the Royal Rumble match.

At TLC, Daniel Bryan defeated AJ Styles to retain the WWE Championship. On the January 1, 2019 episode of SmackDown, Styles earned another opportunity against Bryan at the Royal Rumble by defeating Randy Orton, Mustafa Ali, Rey Mysterio, and Samoa Joe in a fatal five-way match.

At TLC, Asuka defeated Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a triple threat Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match to win the SmackDown Women's Championship. Following the event, The McMahon Family (Vince McMahon, Shane McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, and Triple H) decreed that champions would no longer have automatic rematch clauses, ruling Lynch out of a guaranteed rematch. After she, Flair, and Carmella all pleaded their cases for why they deserved a title opportunity on the January 1, 2019 episode of SmackDown, WWE Chief Operating Officer Triple H scheduled a triple threat match between the three for the following week to determine Asuka's challenger at the Royal Rumble, which was won by Lynch.

At TLC, Ronda Rousey retained the Raw Women's Championship against Nia Jax. On the January 7, 2019 episode of Raw, Rousey appeared on Alexa Bliss' interview segment, "A Moment of Bliss", and stated that she wanted to face Sasha Banks next, believing Banks to be a true test of her abilities. Jax interrupted, wanting a rematch against Rousey. Banks then came out and challenged Jax to a match in which the winner would face Rousey for the Raw Women's Championship at the Royal Rumble, which Banks won.

At Crown Jewel, Shane McMahon won the WWE World Cup, replacing The Miz in the finals, who was deemed unable to compete due to a pre-match brawl. Following this, The Miz began a pursuit to form a tag team with Shane, claiming that they could be the best tag team in the world. Shane finally agreed to the pairing, and on the January 8, 2019 episode of SmackDown, Miz challenged The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship at the Royal Rumble, and The Bar accepted.

On the TLC pre-show, Buddy Murphy retained the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Cedric Alexander. On the December 26, 2018 episode of 205 Live, General Manager Drake Maverick scheduled Murphy to defend the title at the Royal Rumble in a fatal four-way match with his opponents to be decided in qualifying matches. The following week, Kalisto and Akira Tozawa qualified for the match by defeating Lio Rush and Drew Gulak, respectively. Hideo Itami won the final spot by defeating Alexander. The match was scheduled for the pre-show.

On the December 25, 2018 episode of SmackDown, Rusev defeated Shinsuke Nakamura to win the United States Championship. On the January 1, 2019 episode, while Rusev and his wife/manager Lana were celebrating the title win, Nakamura attacked Rusev with Lana also getting hurt in the scuffle. On the January 15 episode, Rusev was scheduled to defend the title against Nakamura on the Royal Rumble pre-show.


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Result List


Result Description
1P Bobby Roode and Chad Gable defeated Scott Dawson and Rezar (with Drake Maverick) Tag team match[24]
Had Dawson and Rezar won, both The Revival and AOP would have received a Raw Tag Team Championship match 6:55
2P Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Rusev (c) (with Lana) Singles match for the WWE United States Championship[25] 10:15
3P Buddy Murphy (c) defeated Akira Tozawa, Hideo Itami, and Kalisto Fatal four-way match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship[26] 12:05
4 Asuka (c) defeated Becky Lynch by submission Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship[27] 17:10
5 The Miz and Shane McMahon defeated The Bar (Cesaro and Sheamus) (c) Tag team match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship[28] 13:20
6 Ronda Rousey (c) defeated Sasha Banks Singles match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship[29] 13:55
7 Becky Lynch won by last eliminating Charlotte Flair 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 35[30] 1:12:00
8 Daniel Bryan (c) defeated AJ Styles Singles match for the WWE Championship[31] 24:35
9 Brock Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Finn Bálor by submission Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship[32] 8:40
10 Seth Rollins won by last eliminating Braun Strowman 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 35[33] 57:35


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