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Promotion | WWE | |||
Date | January 26, 2014 | |||
Attendance | 15,715[1] | |||
Venue | Consol Energy Center | |||
City | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | |||
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Royal Rumble (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) show made by WWE. It took place on January 26, 2014 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the twenty-seventh Royal Rumble event held by WWE and the first to be held in Pittsburgh.
Five matches happened at the event. The most important match was the Royal Rumble match. Batista won it by last eliminating Roman Reigns. In the match, Reigns eliminated twelve men, which broke Kane's record for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble match. Alexander Rusev also made his WWE main roster debut in the match.
The match is also known for being CM Punk's last wrestling match before he walked out of WWE.[2] Punk later returned to wrestling at AEW's The First Dance in August 2021,[3] and finally made his return to WWE at Survivor Series: WarGames two years later in November.[4]