WWE have officially announced that the 2017 WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view will take place on Sunday, January 29th, 2017 at the 65,000 seater Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.

Tickets for the event will go on sale on October 14th, with an online pre-sale taking place several days prior. In an interesting note, this will be the 20th anniversary of the 1997 Royal Rumble pay-per-view that was held at the same arena which saw Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid for the WWF Championship and Stone Cold Steve Austin winning the Royal Rumble match.