Thursday, February 13, 2025
WWE Royal Rumble 2025

WWE Royal Rumble 2025

Date:
February 1, 2025
Location:
Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana

Highlights:

  • Royal Rumble 2025 was the first PLE to air live on Netflix after the WWE Network was taken down in international markets.
  • It was the first Royal Rumble to be hosted in an NFL stadium.
  • Charlotte Flair made history by becoming the first two-time Women’s Royal Rumble winner.
  • Jey Uso made history by becoming the first wrestler without a World Championship reign in any promotion to win the Royal Rumble since Rey Mysterio in 2006.
  • Roxanne Perez set the longest time record for a woman in Royal Rumble history, with a time of 1 hour, 7 minutes and 47 seconds.
  • The men’s Royal Rumble match was the longest ever held, with a time of 1 hour, 20 minutes and 15 seconds.
  • The Street Profits interfered in the WWE Tag Team Championship match, effectively helping DIY to retain, despite wanting revenge for the team sidelining them.
  • The Royal Rumble’s saw the returns of Alexa Bliss, Trish Stratus, AJ Styles, and Nikki Bella. Jordynne Grace made her effective WWE debut after signing a contract.
  • TNA World Champion Joe Hendry made history by entering the Royal Rumble.
  • John Cena made his final Royal Rumble appearance after announcing his retirement, making it to the final two, before being eliminated by Jey Uso.
  • Carmelo Hayes took out Akira Tozawa during his entrance, so Triple H told famous streamer IShowSpeed to enter the Rumble. He got in some moves, before being brutally speared by Bron Breakker. He was thrown out, only to be caught by the eliminated Otis, who then threw him over the announce table.
  • Roxanne Perez, NXT Women’s Champion Giulia, Stephanie Vaquer, Jaida Parker, and Lash Legend represented NXT in the Women’s Royal Rumble match. No male NXT stars featured in the Men’s Rumble.
  • Nia Jax set a new record for eliminations in the Women’s Rumble. She eliminated 9 superstars, including: Iyo Sky, Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Zelina Vega, Stephanie Vaquer, Trish Stratus, Raquel Rodriguez and Nikki Bella.
  • Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu each eliminated 4 superstars, therefore sharing the most eliminations in the match, but getting nowhere near the record of 13.

Event Card

30-MAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH:
Jey Uso defeated CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, John Cena, LA Knight, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins and more

30-WOMAN ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH:
Charlotte Flair defeated Bayley, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Naomi, Nia Jax, Raquel Rodriguez and more

LADDER MATCH FOR THE UNDISPUTED WWE CHAMPIONSHIP:
Cody Rhodes (c) retained against Kevin Owens

TWO-OUT-OF-THREE FALLS MATCH FOR THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP:

#DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) (c) defeated The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) by 2–1