Royal Rumble one of biggest nights of the year in WWE
One of the biggest nights of the year in WWE, the 33rd Royal Rumble, took place Sunday night.
The event, which was over in time for this edition, emanated from Chase Field, the home of the Arizona Diamondbacks, in Phoenix and between 25,000-30,000 tickets were sold with the configuration and setup prepared for 40,000.
Over the years, 1,010 wrestlers have appeared in Rumble matches going into Sunday鈥檚 event with Kane eliminating 43 of the 976 wrestlers tossed out.
Only six men have won the Rumble more than once with Triple H, Hulk Hogan, Batista, Shawn Michaels, John Cena and Randy Orton winning twice, and Stone Cold Steve Austin three times.
If The Rock won the men鈥檚 Rumble, it could set up the one big dream match that Vince McMahon has wanted for the last five years in Brock Lesnar vs. The Rock.
Only 20 male wrestlers had been announced, including the top three favorites, all from Raw, in Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and Braun Strowman.
Mysterio is fourth all-time with a cumulative three hours and 37 minutes in Rumble matches. If he lasted five minutes on Sunday night, he would have passed Shawn Michaels for third and if he lasted 23 minutes, he would have passed Triple H for second.
Chris Jericho holds the record at four hours and 59 minutes spent in Rumble matches.
If Samoa Joe was victorious, he would be the 11th first-time entrant to win the men鈥檚 Rumble.
Rousey leaving WWE?
TMZ reported on Thursday that Ronda Rousey may be leaving WWE after Mania. WWE countered saying that Rousey is under contract until April 10, 2021.
The Raw women鈥檚 champion has made it known that she wants to start a family soon, so this could be where all of the chatter stems from.
Abyss and Dutt to WWE?
Word broke earlier this week that Abyss and Sonjay Dutt are both free from their Impact contracts and could be signing with WWE.
On This Day 鈥�
In 1993, Andre the Giant passed away from congestive heart failure, due to a tumor on his pituitary gland causing it to produce excess growth hormone, a condition known as acromegaly.
Later that year, Andre was the first wrestler inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and remains the only wrestler to be inducted individually and without other wrestlers.
This week鈥檚 question
Now that he has asked for his release, will Velveteen Dream be going to AEW? Stephanie, Carroll Township.
For those who did not see it, Dream sent a tweet Monday that has led fans to believe that he is leaving WWE/NXT.
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鈥淯ntil we can come 2 an agreement as 2 what MY WORTH actually is, there won鈥檛 be any appearances or performances from 鈥楾he Velveteen DREAM鈥� or my likeness.鈥�
While AEW will become a hot topic of interest any time information like this gets out, I have been told that this is part of a storyline.
Deadline for this column was before the NXT TakeOver: Phoenix on Saturday night, so Dream may have appeared there or may have even appeared in Sunday鈥檚 Rumble.