Tampa Bay to host Royal Rumble 2024

[Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast]

www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/article/royal-rumble-comes-to-tampa-in-2024

WWE, part of TKO Group Holdings, in conjunction with the Tampa Bay Rays, Visit St. Pete/Clearwater and the Tampa Bay Sports Commission, announced that Tampa Bay will host the 37th Royal Rumble in 2024.

WWE will head to town for an entire weekend of events across St. Petersburg, Clearwater and Tampa, Fla., highlighted by the Royal Rumble on Saturday, Jan. 27 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. Two days later, Monday Night Raw will emanate from Amalie Arena in Tampa on Jan. 29. This marks the first time that Royal Rumble will be held in Tampa Bay in front of fans since 1995.

[Rudy Gobert Fadeaway]

Part of TKO group holdings

[CMWaters]

So is Shawn Michaels gonna try to return at #1 and relive 1995?

Seriously though, I may have to go to this (making it my second Royal Rumble...my last one being the 2004 one).

[Killah Ray]

I might make the drive down for this one. Mania is stupid expensive and it’d make a great birthday present for my son.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Back in the Trop!

I'm a believer that the Rumble should always be in a baseball stadium. The season isn't going on, and baseball stadiums always make for a great set/visual. Even the Trop they're gonna go all out since fans will be there, and make it look nice.

[clc]

Was hoping it was the Pirate themed stadium to coincide with a return of the Pirate Princess.

[Renslayer]

The trop is ugly looking for baseball, so I'm hoping wwe can make it look good

[06vwgti]

Sept 13, 2023 9:53:11 GMT -5 Renslayer said:

The trop is ugly looking for baseball, so I'm hoping wwe can make it look good

It's better than sitting and watching a game outside during a hot humid summer no matter how ugly it is.

[fw91]

Besides being ugly isn’t the Trop a nightmare to get to? Like no mass transit?

[Jonathan Michaels]

Official poster/people whose jobs are safe for a bit.

[Instant Classic]

I live in Jacksonville and that sounds tempting.

[Deleted]

Love to see IYO finally make the main poster..think it might be her first one.

And also as per me looking at at things that most definetly are not there...but 3 outta 4 JD members together and Priest placed outside of them instead of beside them.

[theironyuppie]

Sept 13, 2023 9:27:52 GMT -5 CMWaters said:

So is Shawn Michaels gonna try to return at #1 and relive 1995?

Seriously though, I may have to go to this (making it my second Royal Rumble...my last one being the 2004 one).

This year's Women's Rumble had some Shawn homages, with Rhea winning from #1 and doing the dangling-from-the-ropes spot at the end,

[Nosnorb]

I hope WWE got a good deal on using the place, because I have no idea why they are holding one of their Big 4 events in that Monstrosity

[Beets by Schrute]

Sept 13, 2023 11:02:47 GMT -5 Jonathan Michaels said:

Official poster/people whose jobs are safe for a bit.

I feel like they’re looking down at me after I got knocked the f*** out.

[The Legend of Groose]

Back to the Thunderdome...

[Chiral]

The poster is like those anime arts where the mains are all lying on the grass together.

[MiLB Fan]

Sept 13, 2023 12:41:25 GMT -5 Beets by Schrute said:

Sept 13, 2023 11:02:47 GMT -5 Jonathan Michaels said:

Official poster/people whose jobs are safe for a bit.

I feel like they’re looking down at me after I got knocked the f*** out.

Well, the new company IS called TKO Group Holdings.

[MiLB Fan]

Sept 13, 2023 12:12:39 GMT -5 Nosnorb said:

I hope WWE got a good deal on using the place, because I have no idea why they are holding one of their Big 4 events in that Monstrosity

Gotta check off that last box on the “host the Royal Rumble at places named for orange juice” list. (Minute Maid Park did it in 2020.)

[Nosnorb]

Sept 13, 2023 10:44:22 GMT -5 fw91 said:

Besides being ugly isn’t the Trop a nightmare to get to? Like no mass transit?

Urinatingtree explained why it's so hard to get to in his video on the Rays (3.00-4:30, language warning)