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On Saturday, World Wrestling Entertainment will be one of the largest Premium Live events, the 2025 Royal Rumble, organized in the city center in the Lucas Oil Stadium. It will be the first time in the 37-year history of the event that the Royal Rumble took place in Indianapolis.

The Royal Rumble is the first of several large WWE events that in the coming years as part of an agreement with Indiana Sports Corp. drive to Indianapolis. WWE fans will be able to see Wrestlemania and Summerlam in Indianapolis.

This week offers numerous secondary events and activities before the main event on Saturday evening, including WWE Smackdown, which is planned on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

However, the main attraction is the popular Royal Rumble -Match, which takes place on Saturday at 6 p.m. But what exactly is the Royal Rumble and what can fans expect this year?

How important is the Royal Rumble event?

The Royal Rumble is one of the Premium Live events from WWE. In 1988 it debut WWE’s third longest running event, behind which only Wrestlemania and Survivor Series. It is one of the most popular shows of the company, and WWE sees it as the beginning of the “street to Wrestlemania”.

Indianapolis has organized numerous WWE television programs and premium live events in the past over 30 years, but these events have always been held in the Gainbridge Fieldhouse or in the former Market Square Arena. This year’s Royal Rumble is only the second WWE show, which takes place in an Indianapolis football stadium. The first was wrestlemania 8 in the Hoosier Dome in 1992 in front of 62,000 fans.

Why does this year’s Royal Rumble take place in the Lucas Oil Stadium?

For most of its history, the Royal Rumble was held in smaller arenas the size of Gainbridge Fieldhouse. With the exception of 2021 during the pandemic, however, the Royal Rumble was held at larger venues – either NFL stadiums or Major League Baseball Parks – Since 2019. The event also took place in 1997 and 2017 in the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

How many people are expected at this year’s event?

Up to 65,000 people will be present in the Lucas Oil stage. This would make this year’s show the most visited Royal Rumble in history before The Alamodome event took place in 1997 with just more than 60,000 fans.

How does the Royal Rumble Match work?

The match is a variant of a traditional exaggerated struggle Royal. There are two Royal Rumble games – one for the men’s plan and one for the women.

Each match has 30 wrestlers. The match begins with two wrestlers, and after a two-minute interval, a new wrestler will enter the match-with the fans present who come into practice by counting from 10 to the next entry.

A wrestler is eliminated by being thrown over the top rope, with both feet hit the floor. The last person who stands wins the match and deserves a championship game in Wrestlemania that takes place in Las Vegas this year.

Who is in this year’s Royal Rumble?

Every year the Royal Rumble Match offers a combination of current wrestlers, returning wrestlers and legends from previous years. In this year’s games, only a handful of wrestler, male and female, were announced as competitors.

The wrestlers announced so far are: John Cena, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Seth “Freakin” Rollins, Drew Mcintyre, Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura.

The women’s play contains the following wrestlers, which have been announced to this day: Bayley, Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, Naomi, Nia Jax and Charlotte Flair.

What are the origins of the Royal Rumble?

The concept of the Royal Rumble Match was created by the WWE Hall of Famer Pat Patterson at the end of the 1980s, who was a close advisor to the WWE owner Vince McMahon at that time. The idea became the former NBC sports president Dick Ebersol, who organized a WWE special in the USA network and wanted a unique match for the show.

Patterson spoke in an interview with the WWE Confidential Show from 2003 about the creation of the event.

Has the Royal Rumble Match always presented 30 wrestlers?

No. The first Royal Rumble had participated 20 wrestlers. In 2011 the match contained 40 wrestlers, and in April 2018 WWE organized a special event called “Greatest Royal Rumble”, which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and contained 50 wrestlers.

Has anyone ever won the Royal Rumble Match from Indiana?

No, but several natives in Indiana took part in the Royal Rumble. These include the ultimate warrior (Crawfordsville), Mick Foley (Bloomington), Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr. (Hammond) and Ruby Riott (Lafayette).

Have wrestler won several Royal Rumble games?

Stone Cold Steve Austin is the only person who wins three royal rums (1997, 1998, 2001). Others won the event twice: Hulk Hogan (1990, 1991), Shawn Michaels, (1995, 1996), Triple H (2002, 2016), Brock Lesnar (2003, 2022), Batista (2005, 2014), John Cena ( 2005, John Cena (2005, 2014), John Cena ((2003 2008, 2013), Randy Orton (2009, 2017), Edge (2010, 2021) and Cody Rhodes (2023, 2024).

Only Hogan, Michaels, Austin and Rhodes won the match in two years.

What other games take place at this year’s Royal Rumble?

The undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes will defend his championship against Kevin Owens in a ladder game where you have to climb a ladder to get the championship belt that is blocked over the ring.

In addition, the WWE -TAG team championship as a Champions DIY (Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano) will defend against the Motor City Maschinen guns (Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley).

Are tickets available for the Royal Rumble?

Yes. Tickets are still available from Ticketmaster.

Where can I look at the Royal Rumble when I don’t have tickets?

WWE flows all Premium -Live events, including the Royal Rumble on Peacock. The show is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.

Since the countdown for the Royal Rumble continues in Indy, you can watch the highlights of last year’s show here.