Battle royal (professional wrestling)
Typical battles royal begin with a number of participants in the ring, who are then eliminated by going over the top rope and having both feet touch the venue floor.
In 2024, it returned to having two winners with the co-winners then facing each other for the right to challenge the reigning ring holder from the prior year.
MJF is the only wrestler to have won the ring, winning it every year since its inception—since 2022, he has received a bye in the battle royal.
The first was on the November 20, 2019, episode of Dynamite, where Adam Page and MJF were the cowinners of the inaugural battle royal.
[8] Then-AEW Executive Vice President and wrestler Cody Rhodes stated that the original ring was valued at US$42,000.
[10] The third match occurred on the December 8, 2021, episode of Dynamite, with MJF and Dante Martin cowinning the battle royal.
MJF defeated Martin by submission to win the AEW Dynamite Diamond Ring for the third time.
[11] The fourth match took place on the December 7, 2022, episode of Dynamite, but with a slight change over the previous three iterations.
Prior to the battle royal, Starks had also won a tournament to become the number one contender for the AEW World Championship, also held by MJF.
[15] MJF subsequently defeated Robinson to retain the Dynamite Diamond Ring for the fifth consecutive year.
Adam Cole and Kyle O'Reilly co-won the battle royal and were scheduled to face each other at the fifth annual Winter Is Coming special of Dynamite the following week with the winner of that match facing MJF for the Dynamite Diamond Ring at the Worlds End pay-per-view event on December 28.
[19] A WWE women's battle royal with the addition of fetish outfits, such as french maid, lingerie, nurse and schoolgirl.
A battle royal with hardcore rules (no disqualifications and no count-outs) involving several competitors in the ring at the same time.
[20] Generally used in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, a reverse battle royal begins with wrestlers surrounding the ring instead of inside it.
It begins with two wrestlers in the ring, with the remaining participants introduced one by one at a set time period, usually 90 seconds or two minutes.
New Japan Pro-Wrestling's annual "Rumble" battle royal takes place on the pre-show of the first night of the two-night Wrestle Kingdom show on January 4.
Participants enter at one-minute intervals and are eliminated via pinfall, submission, or by being thrown over the top rope.
[22] Typically leaning towards light comedy, the match includes past stars as surprise entrants.
On March 3, 2021, Unagi Sayaka won the inaugural "All-Star Rumble" at Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella.
[26] A variation in Dragongate exclusive to Sambo Hall shows in the promotion's home city of Kobe, Japan.
The match is typically more comedic in tone, is contested by members of the roster lower on the card, and is rarely for any defined prize.
is Insane Championship Wrestling's (ICW) own hybrid of WWE's Royal Rumble and Money in the Bank matches, and is named for the Glaswegian term for a street fight.
It has mostly the same rules as WWE's Royal Rumble, where two competitors draw the numbers 1 and 2 and the remaining participants enter the match one-by-one every 2 minutes.
Upwards to 20 participants enter every 90 seconds and elimination occurs by either pinfall or submission and has to take place inside the ring.
One notable version was the battle royal prior to WrestleMania XV, where each wrestler fought as a singles competitor, with the final two in the ring named joint winners, earning the right to challenge for the promotion's tag team championship later that night.
