On the January 8 episode, Kane attacked Lesnar from behind, followed by an attack from Strowman. Raw General Manager Kurt Angle then decided that Lesnar would defend the title against both Kane and Strowman in a triple threat match at the event. The two then feuded over the next several weeks, leading to a match on the December 11 episode to determine the number one contender against Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, but the match ended in a double countout. Later on in the match, Kane turned on Strowman and crushed him in the back of a garbage truck their team ultimately lost. During the match, Kane accidentally hit Strowman with a chair, which caused tension between the two. Kane was then added to Strowman's team at TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs in the 5-on-3 handicap Tables, Ladders, and Chairs match. On the Octoepisode of Raw, Kane returned from a ten-month hiatus and helped Braun Strowman to defeat Roman Reigns in a steel cage match. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and 205 Live, the latter of which is cruiserweight-exclusive.
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The matches resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches, with results predetermined by WWE's writers on the Raw and SmackDown brands. The card consisted of nine matches, including three on the Kickoff pre-show. 2018 was the thirty-first event in the Royal Rumble chronology and featured wrestlers from the Raw and SmackDown brands, with some NXT wrestlers and WWE veterans appearing in both the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches. For 2018, the men and women could choose to challenge for either brand's top championship at WrestleMania 34: the men had their choice between Raw's Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women could choose either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. This subsequently made the 2018 event the first to have two Royal Rumble matches, which is now standard. 2018 was the first Royal Rumble event to feature a women's version of the match, which also had 30 participants. Up until 2018, only one Royal Rumble match occurred at the event, which was for men. The match generally features 30 wrestlers. It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a modified battle royal in which the participants enter at timed intervals instead of all beginning in the ring at the same time. It is one of the promotion's original four pay-per-views, along with WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series, dubbed the "Big Four". The Royal Rumble is an annual gimmick pay-per-view, produced every January by WWE since 1988. 4.2 Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations.4.1 Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations.The event was also notable for the surprise debut of former UFC mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey following the women's match, officially confirming that she had signed full-time with WWE. Other prominent matches included Brock Lesnar retaining the Universal Championship in a triple threat match against Braun Strowman and Kane, and AJ Styles retained the WWE Championship against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match. The men's Royal Rumble match was won by Shinsuke Nakamura. In the main event, Asuka won the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match, which was also the second women's match to main event a WWE pay-per-view, and the first to main event one of WWE's "Big Four" pay-per-views. Nine matches were contested at the event, including three on the Kickoff pre-show.
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It was the thirty-first event under the Royal Rumble chronology, the first to include a women's Royal Rumble match, and consequently, two Royal Rumble matches. It took place on January 28, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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The 2018 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE featuring wrestlers primarily from their Raw and SmackDown brand divisions, as well as surprise appearances from competitors on the NXT brand.
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SmackDown Date JanuCity Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Venue Wells Fargo Center Attendance 17,629 WWE Network event chronology ← PreviousĮlimination Chamber Royal Rumble chronology ← Previous Promotional poster featuring various WWE wrestlers Promotion WWE Brand(s) Raw