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The Royal Rumble is a pay-per-view event held yearly in January by the WWE that began in 1988. The Royal Rumble is a specific match held within the WWE event that changes venues every year. The match is designed to have 30 men select a number and start out with the first two men who naturally, drew number one and number two enter the ring and battle for roughly 60 seconds until the next opponent enters the ring. This takes place until all 30 participants are in the match. You ultimately want to have a higher number and more specifically number 27 as this number has produced the most winners in the history of the Royal Rumble. Despite, the success of number 27 there have been a few men who have completed the seemingly impossible task of running a complete rumble outlasting all 29 participants. In order to eliminate the opponent from the match one must throw or push an opponent over the top rope and have both feet touch the floor. If (and this has happened many times) the opponent has just one foot or if they are able to scale the barricade to get back to the ring this is acceptable. As long as both feet do not touch the floor then the competitor is not eliminated. The main focus is to be the last man standing and when you are indeed the last remaining man standing you are rewarded with a guaranteed match at the biggest pay-per-view of the year Wrestlemania. Commonly the match lasts roughly 60 minutes.

The 2013 Royal Rumble was held in Phoenix, Arizona and had 30 participants the winner had a high number and stayed in the match for 19 minutes the winner of this year's match was John Cena. The 26th annual Royal Rumble had a few other matches on the card. The Rock took on CM Punk where The Rock became the new WWE champion. Other matches from the night included World Heavyweight Champion Alberto Del Rio vs. The Big show in a Last Man Standing match where Del Rio retained the gold.

In recent years, this WWE event seen on pay-per-view is known as "The Road to Wrestlemania" as the event sets the stage for things to come.