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MUMBAI:
All the slam-bang action from Royal Rumble, the WWE’s number
two annual event, will be available exclusively on Ten Sports, the
most watched sports channel in the Sub-continent.
For
the past 20 years, the road to Wrestlemania, which is the premier
event of WWE, begins at the Royal Rumble. The winner in the 30-man
over-the-top rope war earns an opportunity to face a World Champion
on the grandest stage of them all.
And
the not-to-miss action starts 11:00am IST on Sunday, February 10,
followed by a repeat telecast at 10:30pm the same day.
The
objective in a Royal Rumble match is to throw your opponent over
the top rope. Their feet must touch the floor for their elimination
to be official. The last man standing in the ring is the winner.
The Royal Rumble, which is held at the Madison Square Garden this
year, features 30 elite superstars of WWE from Raw, SmackDown and
ECW – and all of them have to earn their place in qualifying
matches.
Superstars
enter the Rumble every 90 seconds. The luck of the draw can be vital
in this match. Superstars who draw the first two spots in the match
have much less of a chance of winning than the lucky soul who grabs
the 30th spot.
But
drawing No1 is not always a death knell. Shawn Michaels and Rey
Mysterio, who drew Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in different years
and still went on to win the Rumble.
Royal
Rumble’s track record is a strong measure of a champion. From
‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin (who holds the most Royal Rumble
wins in history with three) to Triple H to Batista to Undertaker
last year, 15 out of the 17 different winners of the Rumble have
been World Champions.
Ten
Sports is the exclusive home in the Subcontinent for all of WWE’s
explosive action
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