Fan Backlash Over 2025 WWE Royal Rumble Match Winners

Fan Backlash Over 2025 WWE Royal Rumble Match Winners

Fan Backlash Over 2025 WWE Royal Rumble Match Winners – The road to WrestleMania 41 is officially set, with “Main Event” Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair emerging victorious in their respective Royal Rumble matches at WWE Royal Rumble 2025. Both now have guaranteed world title matches at WrestleMania 41.

Despite the monumental wins, fan reception has been mixed. By Sunday morning, YouTube videos highlighting their victories received more dislikes than likes, signaling some backlash. Additionally, the event holds a 5.78/10 rating on the Cagematch wrestling database, further reflecting the divided reaction. However, sentiment on other social media platforms has leaned more positively, suggesting a split in opinion rather than outright rejection.

WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque addressed the results by posting on X, celebrating Uso and Flair’s victories with the caption: “Tickets: Punched.” WWE also issued an official statement highlighting Royal Rumble 2025’s success, declaring it the most financially successful Royal Rumble event in history.

According to WWE’s announcement, the event set multiple records, including:

  • Gate Revenue: The largest gate for any single-night event in WWE history, with 70,342 fans at Lucas Oil Stadium.
  • Viewership: The highest-viewed Royal Rumble ever, up 14% domestically and even higher internationally due to the shift to Netflix.
  • Merchandise: Sales increased by over 95% from the previous record set in 2024, making it the highest-grossing non-WrestleMania event ever.
  • Sponsorship Revenue: Increased 94% compared to 2024, with every match having a sponsor.
  • Social Media Engagement: Bron Breakker spearing streamer IShowSpeed became the most-viewed Royal Rumble social post ever, surpassing 300 million views in under 24 hours.

The event also marked the first Royal Rumble in Indianapolis under WWE’s new partnership with Indiana Sports Corp, ensuring the city will host WrestleMania, SummerSlam, and Royal Rumble in the coming years.

Here is WWE’s official statement:

ROYAL RUMBLE® 2025 GENERATES LARGEST GATE FOR ANY SINGLE-NIGHT EVENT IN WWE HISTORY

Royal Rumble at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Shatters Event Gate, Viewership, Merchandise, Sponsorship & Social Records

February 3, 2025 – WWE®, part of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO), today announced that Royal Rumble® 2025, which emanated from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, became the most-successful and highest-grossing Royal Rumble event in company history.

Highlights include:

GATE: Royal Rumble 2025 generated the largest gate for any single-night event in WWE history. Saturday’s PLE, which drew 70,342 fans to Lucas Oil Stadium, is only behind WrestleMania® 40 Saturday & Sunday for any single-night gate.
VIEWERSHIP: Royal Rumble 2025 set the event’s all-time viewership record, up nearly 14 percent domestically, distributed on Peacock, from last year’s record-setting audience. International viewing numbers are up even higher year-over-year with Royal Rumble shifting to Netflix globally.
MERCHANDISE: In partnership with Fanatics, merchandise sales were up more than 95 percent versus the previous Royal Rumble record set last year in 2024, making Royal Rumble 2025 the highest-grossing non-WrestleMania event of all-time.
SPONSORSHIP: Sponsorship revenue was up 94 percent versus the previous record set in 2024. Royal Rumble featured 14 total partners, with 100 percent of the matches sponsored.
SOCIAL: Royal Rumble 2025 set a record for the most social video views in Royal Rumble history. WWE Superstar Bron Breakker spearing popular streamer IShowSpeed became the most-viewed Royal Rumble social post of all-time, generating more than 300,000,000 social views in less than 24 hours.

Royal Rumble 2025 marked the first Premium Live Event to take place in Indianapolis as part of a first-of-its-kind partnership struck last year with Indiana Sports Corp that will see WWE’s three largest stadium events – WrestleMania, SummerSlam® and Royal Rumble – take place in Indianapolis.

The record-breaking event was highlighted by WWE Superstars Charlotte Flair and Jey Uso winning the Royal Rumble matches to earn world title bouts at WrestleMania.

While some fans remain divided over the Rumble winners, WWE is touting the event as a historic success on all fronts.

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