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WWE: Royal Rumble returns to Philadelphia in 2018

Royal Rumble will be hosted in Philadelphia in 2018.

By Raja

Bengaluru, Jan 30: As we are done with this year's Royal Rumble event, it seems that the preparations for next year are already on the card. [Royal Rumble: Twitter reactions]

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Philly.com reported that WWE will be returning with the 31st edition of the Royal Rumble PPV to the city of Philadelphia. The Wells Fargo Center will be the host of it.

Royal Rumble poster (Image courtesy: wwe.com)


It will be a big week for the WWE with the NXT Takeover: Philadelphia also on the list. Apart from this two WWE Network specials, the very next episodes of Monday Night Raw and Smackdown Live will also be hosted at the same venue.

This is the schedule that was published on the website:

January 27 - NXT Takeover: Philadelphia

January 28 - Royal Rumble

January 29 - RAW

January 30 - SmackDown Live



WWE nowadays hosts the big 4 PPVs in the calendar in a different way. The cities willing to host one of them has to bid to the company.

Previously, cities only had to bid to host the Wrestlemania PPV. But, the rules are now same with the other three i.e. Royal Rumble, Summerslam and Survivor Series, as well.

This tradition is followed ever since the brand extension was done in July 2016.

The cities generally try to be the host of these big 4 PPVs since it attracts a lot of fans not only around the United States but also fans across all over the world. This benefits the economy of the state to a certain extent.



The executive vice-president of WWE, John Saboor said that there will be a number of charity works on that 2018 weekend.

He also praised the fans of Philadelphia over the years and the good relationship between WWE and the authorities of the city.

WWE conducted Royal Rumble at the same venue of Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in the year 2015.

The show witnessed Roman Reigns winning the prestigious battle royal to go towards the main event of Wrestlemania.

With 17000 plus crowd, the event was a successful one and WWE will look forward to delivering another big edition of this dual brand PPV, next year.

OneIndia News

Story first published: Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 11:38 [IST]
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