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Rumble (2012)

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Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers
Tagline(s) Remember the Rumble[1]
Theme
song(s) "Blow Your Mind" by Ohana Bam[2]
Information
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) Raw
SmackDown
Sponsor(s) Vudu[3]
Date January 29, 2017
Venue Alamodome
City San Antonio, Texas
WWE Network event chronology
NXT TakeOver: San Antonio Royal Rumble (2017) Elimination Chamber (2017)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2016) Royal Rumble (2017)
Royal Rumble (2017) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands. It will take place on January 29, 2017, at the The card will include matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands.[5][6][7] Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live,[8] and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight exclusive.[9]

As is tradition, the card will be highlighted by the 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner will receive a world championship match at WrestleMania 33 for either Raw's WWE Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. After defeating Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in his first match in 12 years, Goldberg declared himself the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match on the November 21, 2016 episode of Raw.[10] The following week, Paul Heyman commented that he and Lesnar had been humiliated by Goldberg, whom they had underestimated, and that Lesnar would also compete in the Royal Rumble as Lesnar "has something to prove".[11] On the January 2, 2017 episode of Raw, The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods) announced their participation in the match. Later, Goldberg appeared on the first edition of The Kevin Owens Show in regards to the match, where Chris Jericho and Braun Strowman also announced their participation.[12] On the January 3 episode of SmackDown Live, Baron Corbin became the first SmackDown wrestler to announce his participation in the match.[13] Seth Rollins confirmed his entrant via Twitter on January 9.[14] On that night's episode of Raw, The Undertaker declared that he would be in the match.[15] On the January 10 episode of SmackDown Live, on the Ambrose Asylum, Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose announced his participation in the match, followed by The Miz.[16] Afterwards on Talking Smack, Dolph Ziggler announced his participation in the match.[17] Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus confirmed their entries via Twitter on January 16.[18] Later that night on Raw, Titus O'Neil challenged The New Day for one of their spots. Big E accepted the challenge and defeated O'Neil.[19] On the January 17 episode of SmackDown Live, Bray Wyatt stated that he, Randy Orton, and Luke Harper would be entrants in the match.[20]

At Roadblock: End of the Line on December 18, 2016, Kevin Owens retained the WWE Universal Championship against United States Champion Roman Reigns after Chris Jericho attacked Owens with a Codebreaker, giving Owens the win by disqualification. After the match, Jericho, who lost to Seth Rollins earlier that night, revealed it was his plan so that Owens would win and retain the title. Reigns and Rollins attacked both by performing Double Powerbombs on Jericho and Owens through broadcast tables.[21] The following night on Raw, Owens and Jericho celebrated Owens' win, stating their friendship was even stronger now. Raw General Manager Mick Foley then came out and announced that Reigns would get a rematch against Owens for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, and Jericho would be suspended above the ring inside of a shark cage, ensuring that Jericho would not interfere in the match. Foley threatened that if Jericho does not enter the cage, he will be fired. Both were then put into a tag team

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