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The 2025 Royal Rumble, also promoted as Royal Rumble: Indianapolis, is an upcoming professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It will be the 38th annual Royal Rumble and it will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, marking the first Royal Rumble to not take place during the month of January. The event will air via pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming and feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. This will also be WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to air on Netflix in most markets outside the US, following the WWE Network's move to the service in January 2025.
The event is based around the Royal Rumble match, and the winner traditionally receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2025 event, the men's and women's winners receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 41. The men's winner can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.
Background[]
Production[]
[[null|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aerial_view_of_Indianapolis,_Indiana,_with_a_focus_on_Lucas_Oil_Stadium,_highsm.40934.jpg%7Cthumb%7CThe event will be held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana.]] The Royal Rumble is an annual professional wrestling event that was previously produced every January by WWE since 1988. It is one of the promotion's five biggest events of the year, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank, referred to as the "Big Five". The concept of the event is based around the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time.
From the event's inception in 1988 up through the 2024 event, the Royal Rumble was held annually in late January. On June 24, 2024, WWE announced a partnership with the Indiana Sports Corp. which would see the 2025 Royal Rumble, as well as a future WrestleMania and a future SummerSlam, held at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The date for the 38th annual Royal Rumble was announced for Saturday, February 1, thus marking the first Royal Rumble held outside of January. It will feature wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brand divisions and in addition to airing on traditional pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide, it will be available to livestream on Peacock in the United States, and Netflix in most other international markets, marking the first WWE PPV and livestreaming event to air on Netflix following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025. Tickets will go on sale on November 15, 2024.
The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For 2025, the men and women can choose which world championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 41; the men can choose Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.
Storylines[]
The event will include matches that result from scripted storylines. Results are predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands, while storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, Tuesday Night NXT, Saturday Night ECW: Hardcore Hotline, and Friday Night SmackDown.
Cody Rhodes vs Kevin Owens
DIY vs Motor City Machine Guns
Bron Breakker vs Dragon Lee
The Men's Royal Rumble
The Women's Royal Rumble
Matches[]
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
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| 1 | Iyo Sky wins after last eliminating Charlotte Flair | 30 Woman Royal Rumble Match for a opportunity to win the WWE Women's World or the WWE Undisputed Women's Championships | |
| 2 | DIY defeated Motor City Machine Guns 2-1 | Two out of Three Falls Tag Team match for the WWE Tag Team Championships | |
| 3 | Bron Breakker (c) defeats Dragon Lee via pinfall | Singles Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship | |
| 4 | Cody Rhodes (c) defeated Kevin Owens | One-on-One Ladder match for the WWE Championship | |
| 5 | Sami Zayn after last eliminating John Cena | 30 Man Royal Rumble Match for a opportunity to win the WWE or the WWE World Heavyweight Championships | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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Participants for the Women's[]
| No. | Wrestler | Brand | # of Eliminations | Elimination # | Eliminated By |
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| 1 | Iyo Sky | RAW | 5 | Winner | N/A |
| 2 | Liv Morgan | RAW | 3 | 27 | Iyo Sky |
| 3 | Roxanne Perez | NXT | 2 | 28 | Charlotte Flair |
| 4 | Zoey Stark | RAW | 0 | 1 | Zelina Vega |
| 5 | Zelina Vega | RAW | 1 | 3 | Roxanne Perez |
| 6 | Chelsea Green | SmackDown | 1 | 13 | Naomi |
| 7 | B-Fab | SmackDown | 0 | 2 | Liv Morgan |
| 8 | Candice LeRae | Smackdown | 0 | 14 | Bayley |
| 9 | Bayley | SmackDown | 1 | 15 | Bianca Belair |
| 10 | Mia Yim | SmackDown | 0 | 7 | Chelsea Green |
| 11 | Lash Legend | NXT | 0 | 9 | Charlotte Flair |
| 12 | Andrea Parker | ECW | 0 | 4 | Codi Nicole |
| 13 | Natalya | RAW | 0 | 5 | Lyra Valkyria |
| 14 | Jaida Parker | NXT | 0 | 6 | Mia Yim |
| 15 | Lyra Valkyria | RAW | 2 | 10 | Iyo Sky |
| 16 | Ivy Nile | RAW | 0 | 8 | Lyra Valkyria |
| 17 | Codi Nicole | ECW | 1 | 11 | Iyo Sky |
| 18 | Dakota Kai | RAW | 0 | 12 | Nia Jax |
| 19 | Naomi | SmackDown | 0 | 20 | Nia Jax |
| 20 | Charlotte Flair | N/A | 4 | 29 | Iyo Sky |
| 21 | Bianca Belair | SmackDown | 1 | 17 | Nia Jax |
| 22 | Piper Niven | SmackDown | 0 | 16 | Jordynne Grace |
| 23 | Nia Jax | SmackDown | 5 | 26 | Charlotte Flair |
| 24 | Jordynne Grace | N/A | 1 | 25 | Iyo Sky |
| 25 | Stephanie Vaquer | NXT | 0 | 24 | Charlotte Flair |
| 26 | Kelani Jordan | NXT | 0 | 19 | Nia Jax |
| 27 | Trish Stratus | N/A | 0 | 18 | Nia Jax |
| 28 | Anna Bowens | ECW | 0 | 22 | Roxanne Perez |
| 29 | Alexa Bliss | N/A | 0 | 21 | Liv Morgan |
| 30 | Nikki Bella | N/A | 0 | 23 | Liv Morgan |
Participants For the Men's[]
| No. | Participant | Brand | # of Eliminations | Elimination # | Eliminated By | Notes |
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| 1 | Rey Mysterio | RAW | 0 | 12 | Penta | |
| 2 | Penta | RAW | 2 | 17 | Drew McIntyre | |
| 3 | Carmelo Hayes | SmackDown | 0 | 11 | Trick Williams and Jimmy Uso | |
| 4 | Chad Gable | RAW | 0 | 1 | Otis | |
| 5 | Dragon Lee | SmackDown | 0 | 7 | Bron Breakker | |
| 6 | Otis | RAW | 1 | 2 | Bron Breakker & IShowSpeed | |
| 7 | Andrade | SmackDown | 0 | 8 | Roman Reigns | |
| 8 | Vic Wayne | NXT | 0 | 5 | Bron Breakker | |
| 9 | Bron Breakker | RAW | 3 | 10 | Roman Reigns | |
| 10 | IShowSpeed | N/A | 1 | 3 | Bron Breakker | Originally, Akira Tozawa was supposed to enter the ring, but was attacked by Chad Gable following his elimination |
| 11 | Giovanni Vinci | SmackDown | 0 | 4 | Andrade | |
| 12 | Sheamus | RAW | 0 | 6 | Roman Reigns | |
| 13 | Jimmy Uso | SmackDown | 0 | 14 | Drew McIntyre | |
| 14 | Joe Hendry | TNA | 0 | 9 | Roman Reigns | |
| 15 | Roman Reigns | SmackDown | 4 | 20 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | |
| 16 | Trick Williams | NXT | 1 | 28 | Sami Zayn | |
| 17 | "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio | RAW | 0 | 13 | Penta | |
| 18 | Je'Von Evans | NXT | 0 | 16 | John Cena | |
| 19 | Damian Priest | SmackDown | 0 | 15 | John Cena | |
| 20 | John Cena | N/A | 4 | 29 | Sami Zayn | |
| 21 | CM Punk | RAW | 1 | 21 | Drew McIntyre | |
| 22 | Seth "Freakin" Rollins | RAW | 1 | 19 | CM Punk | |
| 23 | Jey Uso | RAW | 2 | 25 | Sami Zayn | |
| 24 | Casey Wang | NXT | 0 | 22 | John Cena | |
| 25 | Sami Zayn | RAW | 3 | Winner | N/A | |
| 26 | Drew McIntyre | RAW | 3 | 24 | Jey Uso | |
| 27 | AJ Styles | SmackDown | 0 | 27 | Jacob Fatu | |
| 28 | Sean Maverick | NXT | 0 | 18 | John Cena | |
| 29 | Jordan Pierce | NXT | 0 | 23 | Jacob Fatu | |
| 30 | Jacob Fatu | SmackDown | 2 | 26 | Jey Uso |