Episode 1734
Royal Rumble (2022)
Mon, 2022-Jan-31 01:48 UTC
Length - 3:12
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The 2022 Royal Rumble was the 35th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling live event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) worldwide and was available to stream through Peacock in the United States and the WWE Network internationally, which made it the first Royal Rumble to air on Peacock. It took place on January 29, 2022, at The Dome at America's Center in St. Louis, Missouri.
Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2022 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches received a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 38. The men could choose to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown's Universal Championship, while the women had the choice between the Raw Women's Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship.
Six matches were contested at the event. In the main event, Brock Lesnar won the men's Royal Rumble match after losing his WWE Championship to Bobby Lashley earlier in the night, therefore becoming the first former world champion to win the Rumble on the same night he lost the title. This also made him the ninth two-time Rumble winner, the first being in 2003, also setting a record for the longest time between Rumble wins (19 years) as well as setting the record for least time spent in the match before winning it (2:30). The women's Royal Rumble match was won by Ronda Rousey, which was her first appearance in WWE since WrestleMania 35 in 2019. In the opening bout, Seth "Freakin" Rollins defeated Roman Reigns by disqualification, but Reigns retained the Universal Championship as titles do not change hands by disqualification unless stipulated. Notably, Jackass actor/stuntman Johnny Knoxville and reggaeton singer Bad Bunny appeared in the men's Royal Rumble match and Impact Knockouts World Champion Mickie James appeared in the women's.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:48 UTC on Monday, 31 January 2022.
For the full current version of the article, see Royal Rumble (2022) on Wikipedia.
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