WWE premium live event The 2025 Royal Rumble, also promoted as Royal Rumble: Indianapolis, was a professional wrestling premium live event (PLE) produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions. It was the 38th annual Royal Rumble and took place on Saturday, February 1, 2025, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. This was the first Royal Rumble to not take place during the month of January, and also WWE's first PLE to air on Netflix in most markets outside the United States, following the WWE Network's merger under the service in January 2025. It was also the first Royal Rumble to be held in an active National Football League stadium. Wikipedia's most-read article for 2 days in a row: 1,743,626 views in all, peaking at 1,297,812 on February 2, 2025. Sat, Feb 1: 445,814 views Sun, Feb 2: 1,297,812 views Wiki link