Īfter 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 Novemepisode of Raw. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive. The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands. The card featured eight matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. This was subsequently also the first time in which two world championships were eligible to be challenged for by the winner of the titular match since the 2013 event. This made it the first Royal Rumble to feature the Universal Championship, following its introduction on Raw in July 2016 after the WWE World Heavyweight Championship became exclusive to SmackDown and was renamed to the WWE Championship. As a result of the reintroduction of the brand extension, the winner of the 2017 Royal Rumble match earned a match for their brand's top championship at WrestleMania 33: Raw's WWE Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. It was the first Royal Rumble to occur under the second brand extension introduced in July 2016, which split the roster between the Raw and SmackDown brands, where wrestlers were exclusively assigned to perform, thus the 2017 event included wrestlers from both brands. The 2017 event was the 30th event in the Royal Rumble chronology and was scheduled to be held on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event, produced every January by WWE since 1988. 4.1 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations.Also on the undercard, Kevin Owens retained the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in a no disqualification match, Charlotte Flair retained the Raw Women's Championship against Bayley, and Neville defeated Rich Swann to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.
One of the more notable matches saw John Cena defeat AJ Styles to capture his record 13th WWE Championship and his 16th overall world championship, tying Ric Flair's official record. Seven other matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. This made Orton the seventh multiple Rumble winner. The main event was the 2017 Royal Rumble match, which was won by SmackDown's Randy Orton, who last eliminated Raw's Roman Reigns. However, due to the brand split that was reintroduced in July 2016, the winner received a match for their respective brand's world championship at WrestleMania 33, either Raw's WWE Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. This was the second Royal Rumble to be held in the Alamodome, after 1997, and the fourth to be held in the state of Texas, after the 1989, 1997, and 2007 events. The event aired on pay-per-view (PPV) and the WWE Network and took place on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions.
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The 2017 Royal Rumble was the 30th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling event produced by WWE. Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers