WWE Royal Rumble Tickets

The Royal Rumble is one of many events of its kind by the wrestling promotion giant World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The company was created in the early 1950s as a professional wrestling promoter and has since grown into an entertainment and media empire. It is now the biggest and most recognizable professional wrestling promotion brand in the world, with more than tens of millions of viewers in America alone. Its events are broadcasted in numerous languages in well over a hundred countries. Aside from its flagship product of professional wrestling entertainment, the company also has such widespread interests as film and music.

As part of its efforts to expand its line-up of events, the company began the WWE Royal Rumble in 1988 as a live arena match. The Royal Rumble was originally broadcast as television special but became an instant hit and was immediately picked up for another year. Thereon, the event was rebranded and promoted as an annual pay-per-view occasion. It is now considered one of the WWE’s iconic "big four," a collection of the company’s biggest and longest-running annual pay-per-view events.

As an event, the format of WWE Royal Rumble is very versatile. It is based on the classic Battle Royale layout and features a total of thirty wrestlers going against an elimination match. However, the wrestlers do not enter the ring all at once but are, instead, given entry numbers by way of a lottery. Some numbers are deemed more desirable than others and contestants can get these spots by winning a specific match before the Royal Rumble competition. The wrestlers who draw - or win - the numbers one and two start the match. After that, each of the remaining participants enters the ring according to their assigned entry number after regular intervals of either one and-a-half or two minutes.

According to the rules of the match, each wrestler must try to eliminate his opponents from the game by throwing them over the top rope of the ring. Furthermore, the contestant being eliminated must have both of his feet touching the floor outside of the ring to be disqualified from the match. These specific stipulations are the only ones that guide the competition but are, nevertheless, very strict. This is especially true of the over-the-top-rope rule and any wrestler who is not thrown out of the ring in the specified manner is not eliminated. This has resulted in interesting incidents, such as in 1999, when Steve Austin and Vince McMahon left the ring without going over the top rope. They were not eliminated and were able to return to the match later on in the evening.

In addition to this, a Royal Rumble competition can even end a tie. The most notable occurrence of this was in 1994, when Lex Luger and Bret Hart were both declared winners after it was determined that both of their feet touched the ground at the same time during elimination. The Royal Rumble is made even more interesting by the fact that the winning contestant can choose from a number of different championship titles to claim for himself. Said winner can go on to have a match at WrestleMania for a shot at the WWE Championship or a World Championship. And, starting in 2007, the winner of Royal Rumble can even choose to take a shot at the ECW World Championship.

Needless to say, the WWE Royal Rumble is a thrilling event in which unpredictable outcomes, visceral thrill and stunning showmanship are guaranteed. It has all the hallmarks of a great live wrestling match: several opponents in a raw, no-holds-barred match in a singular ring, ferociously demonstrating their skill and fighting prowess in their attempt to emerge victorious and glorious. All of this while being surrounded by thousands of spectators, cheering and screaming from the stands for their favorite contender. Eager fans should get their WWE Royal Rumble tickets , which are now widely available.