Royal Rumble (2017) the pay-per-view (PPV) event for the Raw and SmackDown. It will take place on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.This will be the 30th event under the Royal Rumble chronology. The event is also the second Royal Rumble to be held in the Alamodome, after 1997, and the fourth to be held in the state of Texas
As is tradition, the card will be highlighted by the 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner will receive a world championship match at WrestleMania 33 for either Raw's WWE Universal Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. After defeating Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in his first match in 12 years, Goldberg declared himself the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match