The Royal Rumble will finally be taking place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Sunday night. While several fans have been anticipating an announcement confirming the site of next year’s WrestleMania event, WWE has instead decided to announce the location for the Royal Rumble in 2019. WWE has confirmed that Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona will host the event next year. The baseball stadium seats around 48,500 people. Other WWE events for that week, such as NXT Takeover, Raw, and Smackdown, will be taking place at Phoenix’s Talking Stick Resort Arena. The next Royal Rumble pay-per-view takes place on January 27th, 2019.
PHOENIX, get ready to host a monumental weekend next year as @WWE #RoyalRumble 2019 comes to #ChaseField, home of the @Dbacks! https://t.co/qyaDhA2oxK
— WWE (@WWE) January 24, 2018
It’s been a while since Impact Wrestling has hosted any live events, but that is still something that the company intends on rolling out later on this year. Events finally took place late last year, but news on future live events remained silent until now. Destiny Wrestling recently confirmed that an Impact live event will be taking place on March 4th in Mississauga, Ontario. The show is expected to feature top names such as Alberto El Patron, Matt Sydal, Eli Drake, Allie, and Austin Aries. Details on the upcoming live event had been provided courtesy of a tweet sent out by Destiny. Check out the link below for more information on the event coming up this March.
we are proud to announce that Sunday March 4 will be @IMPACTWRESTLING Live Road Show with Impact champion @AustinAries plus @PrideOfMexico @TheEliDrake @AllieImpact @TheMooseNation and many more stars! clink link for tickets https://t.co/AlQaOUGppl pic.twitter.com/vJ4dHOGHHR
— Destiny Wrestling (@DestinyWrestle) January 24, 2018
Ronda Rousey’s arrival in WWE is all but confirmed at this point. Recent reports from the Wrestling Observer, and videos from TMZ showing Rousey and Triple H having meetings, have only fueled speculation on her rumored debut even further. During a recent media call for NXT Takeover: Philadelphia, Triple H himself commented on Rousey’s possible WWE arrival. He stated that they have had discussions, and Rousey has also been training for pro wrestling for four years now, but the two sides are still extremely busy with other projects. As a result, Triple H claimed that no deal between Rousey and WWE has been finalized as of yet.