Royal Rumble is Real Road to Wrestlemania

 

 

Royal Rumble is Real Road to Wrestlemania

The Royal Rumble kicks off Road to Wrestlemania. Last night’s WWE Royal Rumble Pay Per View was once again very entertaining. This year’s Rumble took the number of wrestlers from 30 to 40. I have to say, it went unnoticed. The 10 extra men did little to ratchet up the excitement and shock of previous Rumbles. In the end, Albert Del Rio was left standing. We will see him at Wrestlemania.

While not adding anything in the way of great surprises, the 2011 Royal Rumble was exactly what it claimed to be. It was a good night of entertainment, just not much more. The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling pay-per-view event, produced every January by professional wrestling promotion World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). The event was created in 1988 with the inaugural event held on January 24, 1988 at the Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario. The event however was not a pay-per-view but was originally shown as a television special on USA Network.

The following year’s event was the first Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. The first Royal Rumble match was won by Jim Duggan. The event’s main feature is a Battle Royal-type match, entitled the Royal Rumble. The pay-per-view is a part of WWE’s “Big Four”, along with Wrestlemania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The Royal Rumble has been classified as being one of WWE’s most popular pay-per-view events.

Yesterday’s Royal Rumble saw the Return of Booker T and Big Sexy Kevin Nash, known in WWE circles as Diesel. Both had short stints in the Rumble but manage to get WWE fans pretty excited about their return. Look for both of them to have significant story Lines leading up to Wrestlemania