Royal Rumble (2018)

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The 2018 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 31st annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 28, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the third Royal Rumble held at the venue, after the 2004 event, when it was known as the Wachovia Center, and the 2015 event. The event was based around the Royal Rumble match, a modified 30-person battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time and the winner received a world championship match at WrestleMania. For the first time, the event featured a women's Royal Rumble match. As a result and also for the first time, there were two Royal Rumble matches on the card, one for men and one for women, which is now standard, with the winners of each receiving a choice of which championship to challenge...

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