The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event held annually by WWE since 1988. It is one of the company’s “Big Four” pay-per-view events, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. The Royal Rumble match is a battle royal in which 30 wrestlers compete for a chance to headline WrestleMania, WWE’s biggest annual event. The winner of the Royal Rumble match receives a championship match at WrestleMania.
The 2025 Royal Rumble is scheduled to take place on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This will be the first Royal Rumble to be held in San Antonio since 1997. The event will be broadcast live on Peacock in the United States and on the WWE Network internationally.