Royal Rumble 2017 Date and Location Revealed

According to F4WOnline.com, the 2017 Royal Rumble will take place on Sunday, January 22 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

Los Angeles had been the regular stop for SummerSlam until Brooklyn was so successful last year in selling out three straight nights that the decision was made to do it again.

Now that SummerSlam is considered a regular event for the Barclays Center, Los Angeles was without a regular major event of the year. WWE likes to have those major celebrity tie-ins with the show and outside activities for the event that kicks off the road to WrestleMania, so having the Rumble there is a perfect fit.

This will be the 30th Royal Rumble in company history, and the sixth in California. The last time the Rumble was there was in January 2005 in Fresno when Batista won. That was also the second Rumble in Fresno. Previous California Rumbles were in Sacramento, San Jose, and Anaheim.

There is no word when tickets will be going on sale for the show.