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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Royal Rumble 2025 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis will go down as one of the most successful events in WWE history.
Saturday night’s event — which saw Jey Uso eliminate John Cena to secure a main event spot at WrestleMania 41 — was the highest-grossing Royal Rumble in WWE history, according to Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque, aka retired wrestler Triple H.
“For a single-night event, it’s the largest gate that WWE has ever done,” the former wrestler said during the post-show press conference.
The gate money is made from attendance, not attendance itself.
Royal Rumble 2025 also had the third-largest crowd of any live WWE event in history, with an announced attendance of 70,347, according to Levesque.
The only event to beat that gate was last year’s WrestleMania 40, which took place over two nights.
Levesque says Royal Rumble fans came from all 50 states and 48 countries.
Royal Rumble weekend, which also included Friday Night SmackDown at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, is part of a first-of-its kind partnership between WWE and Indiana Sports Corp. The deal will bring WWE’s three largest stadium events to Lucas Oil Stadium, including WrestleMania and a two-night SummerSlam, in future years.
The partnership also includes Raw, SmackDown, NXT, and other WWE live events in cities across Indiana, including Fort Wayne and Evansville.
Indianapolis will host WWE’s three largest stadium events at Lucas Oil Stadium, including WrestleMania and a two-night SummerSlam, in future years.
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