The WWE on Monday touted historic numbers across the Royal Rumble, which noticed Jey Uso and Charlotte Aptitude win the boys’s and girls’s marquee matches over the weekend.
The Royal Rumble happened at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, remodeling the house of the Indianapolis Colts into a professional wrestling spectacle. The corporate introduced it was the “most-successful and highest-grossing Royal Rumble” in its historical past.
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Jey Uso factors to the WrestleMania 41 signal. (WWE)
WWE mentioned the 2025 occasion drew the biggest gate for any single-night occasion within the promotion’s historical past. Round 70,342 followers attended the occasion. The attendance determine sits solely behind WrestleMania 40’s Evening 1 and a couple of attendance at Lincoln Monetary Subject in Philadelphia.
The corporate added that viewership was up 14% within the U.S. from final yr. Bayley and Cody Rhodes every received their Rumble matches and went to WrestleMania 40 to win their respective titles.
WWE mentioned merchandise and sponsorship gross sales had been additionally up.
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John Cena raises Jey Uso’s hand. (WWE)
Social media gave the impression to be excited about streamer IShowSpeed’s look within the males’s Rumble match. He took the place of Akira Tozawa who wasn’t capable of compete within the match on the final second. IShowSpeed entered the ring and did a backflip to hype of the followers.
However the streamer’s time was short-lived. Bron Breakker bounced off the ropes at full pace and practically broke IShowSpeed in half with a spear. WWE Chief Content material Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque applauded IShowSpeed for his willingness to take the spear.
The second generated greater than 300,000,000 views throughout social media platforms in lower than 24 hours.
The 2025 Royal Rumble happened at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. (WWE)
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The Royal Rumble is the primary premium stay occasion on the street to WrestleMania 41. Uso and Aptitude are assured world title matches. It’s as much as them to choose who they are going to face.
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