WWE pay-per-view and livestreaming event The 2017 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's main roster brands, Raw and SmackDown. It was the 30th annual Royal Rumble event and took place on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. This was the third Royal Rumble in San Antonio, after 1997 at the same venue and 2007 at the AT&T Center, and the fourth overall in the U.S. state of Texas, with 1989 in Houston. 1,435,899 views on January 30, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: Fred Korematsu, HTTP 404, Millennials, Dulce María. Wiki link