#Wwe royal rumble 2017 entrants professional#

For 2014, the winner received a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX. The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. On the final episode of Raw before the Royal Rumble event, Batista returned to WWE after an absence of nearly four years, and the Royal Rumble match was scheduled to be his first return match. The 2014 event was the 27th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 26, 2014, at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is named after 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. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the 'Big Four'. The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV), produced every January by WWE since 1988.

5.1 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations.

The event received 467,000 buys, down 8.8% from the 512,000 buys for the previous year's event.

#Wwe royal rumble 2017 entrants professional#

The event also marked the final WWE appearance of CM Punk, who walked out on the company the next day despite still being under contract, and subsequently retired from professional wrestling later that year, until 2021 when he debuted with rival promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

However, the bout between Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt was highly praised by fans and critics. Fans worldwide (including retired wrestler Mick Foley) voiced their displeasure over social media, and the event was covered by many major news outlets as one of the worst Royal Rumble pay-per-views. The event is known for the overwhelmingly negative crowd response during the OrtonвЂ“Cena title match, as well as towards the end of (and after) the Royal Rumble match, when the fans booed the Rumble winner Batista, repeatedly chanted for Daniel Bryan (who had competed earlier in the night and was not involved in the main event), and rooted for man in place, Roman Reigns (who was a heel at the time). On the event's Kickoff pre-show, The New Age Outlaws ( Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) defeated Goldust and Cody Rhodes to become the new WWE Tag Team Champions. Also on the event's card, Randy Orton successfully defended the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against John Cena, Bray Wyatt defeated Daniel Bryan, and Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show. A returning Batista won by last eliminating Roman Reigns to become a two-time Royal Rumble winner. The main event was the 2014 Royal Rumble match. The event featured five professional wrestling matches, including one match on the Kickoff pre-show. For the 2014 event, the winner received a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXX this was the first time since 2002 in which there was only one eligible championship for the Rumble winner to challenge for.

As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. It was the first Royal Rumble to be held in the city of Pittsburgh.

It took place on January 26, 2014, at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 2014 Royal Rumble was the 27th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers