ACW Royale Rumble



Royale Rumble is an annual CPV event from Anime Championship Wrestling. It is the first CPV of the year (depending on the CPV cycle.) Also, it is the CPV that begins the road to Animania, ACW's biggest event of the year.

The name is a play on of the WWE's Royal Rumble. Each year, the main event is a classic Royal Rumble match. Plus, all of the World Titles (Excel, Impulse, and Turbo) are defended in the CPV.

Results

 * 1. Impulse Sprint Tournament Finals (Winner faces Naruto Uzumaki later in the CPV) - Beast Boy def. Trunks
 * 2. Aang def. Sokka by Disqualification
 * 3. Akuma def. Zuko
 * 4. ACW Impulse Championship - Naruto Uzumaki def. Beast Boy to retain
 * 5. ACW Excel Championship - Gaara def. Miroku the Monk & Haru Glory to retain
 * 6. Royale Rumble - Nightwing won the 20-Man Over the Top Royale Rumble

Facts

 * The 20 participants of the Royale Rumble are the following (in order): Speed Racer, Android 17, Mugen, Hotspot, Tenchi Masaki, Monkey D. Luffy, Gohan, Trunks, Cyborg, Sokka, Aang, Edward Elric, Saint Seiya, Aqualad, Speedy, Neji, Jin, Roronoa Zoro, Nightwing, and Sasuke Uchiha.
 * At the end of this production, Hakeem caught a sickness that prevented him from commentating the Royale Rumble match.
 * The last Click Per View event to be recorded with a camera. However, the Royale Rumble match was used with a Capture Card.
 * Speed Racer, Tenchi Masaki, and Saint Seiya were promoted as surprise legend entrants.
 * The winner of the Impulse Sprint Tournament Finals match would face the ACW Impulse champion, Naruto, later in the night.
 * During the ACW Excel Championship match, Sasuke Uchiha interfered and had beaten down Haru Glory. Sasuke dragged Haru to the back so Miroku and Gaara were the remaining people to finish the match.
 * During the end of the Royale Rumble, for revenge for earlier tonight, Haru Glory took down and distracted Sasuke Uchiha when he was in the final two with Nightwing. Nightwing then proceeded to throw Sasuke over the top rope to win.
 * During Jin being eliminated, Nightwing proceeded to beat down Jin afterwards on the outside. Nightwing went through the ropes, not over, making him still a participant in the Royale Rumble match.
 * This is Sokka & Akuma's first ACW CPV match
 * Official theme song was: The Pixies - "Ugly"

Royale Rumble 2008
Royale Rumble 2008 will be held at Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena. There will be two (or three if Excel is back from hiatus) Royale Rumble matches from Impulse and Turbo.