Tropicana Field To Host The 2024 WWE Royal Rumble

Author Geno

September 13th, 2023 1:29 PM

Today WWE announced that the Royal Rumble will be held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Pro wrestling has a long history in Tampa going back all the way to the days of Dusty Rhodes at the Armory. Even now, many top WWE superstars you see on TV today got their start at a little gym on Dale Mabry in Tampa. And now St. Pete will get a chance to be in the spotlight.

WWE says this marks the first time that Royal Rumble will be held in Tampa Bay in front of fans since 1995. The wrestlers will be in the area for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa. Following the Rumble event on Saturday, January 27, WWE’s big weekly TV show Monday Night Raw will come from Amalie Arena in Tampa on January 29.

WWE held its biggest annual event WrestleMania at Raymond James Stadium in 2021. There have been several live events since at Amalie Arena. Plus WWE’s developmental wrestling league NXT continues to showcase up and coming talent in small venues like The Minnreg Hall in Largo.

The 2024 WWE Royal Rumble will be headlined by the 30-man and 30-woman Royal Rumble matches. The winners of both receive a Championship match opportunity at WrestleMania 40. More information on the ticket on-sale will be announced in the coming weeks.

WrestleMania: 10 Interesting Facts About 'The Showcase of the Immortals'

• WrestleMania almost wasn’t WrestleMania

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  Legendary WWE Hall of Fame ring announcer Howard Finkel is credited with coining the name “WrestleMania,” but before landing on that perfect name, Vince McMahon wanted to call his annual showcase “The Colossal Tussle.”

• WrestleMania 35 was the first WrestleMania to be headlined by women.

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  It took over three decades for women to headline “The Showcase of Immortals,” but it finally happened in WrestleMania 35 when Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey faced off in a Winner Takes All Triple Threat match for the WWE Raw Women's Championship and the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship.

• Run-DMC provided a WrestleMania first.

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  The iconic rap group was the first act to ever perform at WrestleMania outside of the singing of the National Anthem and “America the Beautiful” when they performed “WrestleMania Rap” at WrestleMania 5. Many other acts have performed at WrestleMania since including Flo Rida, Diddy and Motorhead.
• WrestleMania 2 is the only WrestleMania to happen on a weekday.

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  Up until WrestleMania 36, which saw the event split into a two-night affair, WrestleMania 2 was the only WrestleMania to not take place on a Sunday. Instead, it took place on Monday, April 7, 1986.

• WrestleMania 28 holds the record for most PPV buys.

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  The WrestleMania that billed the "once in a lifetime" match between The Rock and John Cena saw 1,217,000 PPV buys, which is the most PPV buys for a single WrestleMania ever. Of course, that “once in a lifetime” tag wasn’t exactly true, and The Rock vs. John Cena would headline WrestleMania 29.

• “Macho Man” Randy Savage has the record for most WrestleMania wins in a single night.

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  OH, YEAH! WrestleMania 4 featured a 14-man tournament for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship. Savage would end up winning the title defeating Butch Reed, Greg Valentine, One Man Gang, and “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase.
• Longest match in WrestleMania history.

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  The legendary iron man match between Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania XII still holds the record for longest WrestleMania match clocking in at one hour, one minute and 52 seconds.

• Shortest match in WrestleMania history.

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  The shortest WrestleMania match happened in recent history at WrestleMania 32 when The Rock squashed Erick Rowan in just six seconds.

• Most losses at WrestleMania.

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  Triple H may be one of the most prolific wrestlers in WWE history, but he also has the notorious honor of having the most losses at WrestleMania with 13. Yikes!
• Total attendance at WrestleMania.

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  Overall, a combined 1,956,981 fans have attended WrestleManias 1-38.

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