WWE Royal Rumble 2023 Stadium Location Revealed?

Where are WWE headed next on their Stadium world tour?

by Michael Hamflett
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The 2023 WWE Royal Rumble is potentially set to take place in The Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, according to Fightful.

The outlet are reporting that the 1997 and 2017 home for the venue is the current frontrunner for the award next year as WWE continue increasing the number of shows held in front of mammoth audiences. This would be the fourth Rumble in five years to take place in a stadium, with 2021's emanating from The ThunderDome due to pandemic restrictions at the time.

It jives with prior reports that the company wanted more venues like this for their major shows - a philosophy evident this summer when the company will present three in a row. July's Money In The Bank, August's SummerSlam and September's Clash At The Castle will fill (or as-good-as-fill) venues in Las Vegas, Nashville and Cardiff respectively.

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Regardless of if the Texas hotspot is chosen, expect Royal Rumble to follow suit with similar size and scale.

The Alamodome is becoming something a favourite for the January Classic, having hosted Shawn Michaels' homecoming WWE Championship victory in '97 and Randy Orton's second battle royal victory two decades later. The latter gained a degree of infamy for the size of the ramp, with phone footage revealing the off-camera motor-cart journeys the bigger wrestlers took to the ring.

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Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 7 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 30 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz", Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 50,000,000 total downloads. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett