The Royal Rumble is one of WWE's Big Four Pay-Per-Piews (along with SummerSlam, Survivor Series, and the granddaddy of them all WrestleMania). Ironically, the Royal Rumble didn't start out as a PPV. Instead, the first Royal Rumble took place on January 24, 1988 in Hamilton, Ontario as a TV Special on the USA Network. The following year, the Royal Rumble became a PPV and has been an annual January tradition since.
This year, when the event commences at Boston's TD Garden, the Royal Rumble Match will have 40 participants as opposed to the usual 30 in order to raise the stakes. The main reason that I like the Royal Rumble Match is because of its unpredictability.
But along with the 40-man Royal Rumble Match, there are likel...
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