Royal Rumble (2019)
World Wrestling Entertainment event
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- The 2019 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE.
- During the event, WWE reported there were 48,193 people in attendance.
- For the 2019 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches received a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 35.
- In total, 10 matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show.
- In the opening bout, Lynch lost her SmackDown Women's Championship match against Asuka.
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WikipediaThe 2019 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 32nd annual Royal Rumble and took place on January 27, 2019, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and 205 Live brand divisions. During the event, WWE reported there were 48,193 people in attendance.
Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2019 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches received a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania 35. The men could choose to challenge for either Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women had the choice between the Raw Women's Championship and the SmackDown Women's Championship.
In total, 10 matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. In the main event, Raw's Seth Rollins won the men's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Braun Strowman, also from Raw, while SmackDown's Becky Lynch won the women's Royal Rumble match by lastly eliminating Charlotte Flair, also from SmackDown. In the opening bout, Lynch lost her SmackDown Women's Championship match against Asuka. Other prominent matches included Brock Lesnar retaining Raw's Universal Championship against Finn Bálor, Daniel Bryan defeating AJ Styles to retain SmackDown's WWE Championship, and Ronda Rousey defeating Sasha Banks to retain the Raw Women's Championship. The event also featured the return of Jeff Jarrett, who competed in his first WWE match since No Mercy in October 1999.
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