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.

Royale Rumble is one of the "Big Four" events along with Animania, Fusion, and Anime Revolution.

Results
Pre-show --
 * Monkey D. Luffy defeated Edward Elric

Impulse Sprint Tournament Finals (Winner faces Naruto) --
 * Beast Boy defeated Trunks

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 * Aang vs. Sokka ended by Disqualification when Sokka hit Aang with a trash can

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 * Akuma defeated Zuko


 * Naruto defeated Beast Boy to retain the Impulse championship
 * Naruto and Terra attacked Beast Boy after the match.

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 * Gaara defeated Miroku the Monk and Haru Glory to retain the Excel Championship
 * 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 mat

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 * Nightwing eliminated Sasuke Uchiha to win the 20-Man Royale Rumble
 * Haru Glory took down and distracted Sasuke 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.
 * At the end of this production, Hakeem caught a sickness that prevented him from commentating the Royale Rumble match.
 * Speed Racer, Tenchi Masaki and Saint Seiya were promoted as surprise legend entrants.

Facts

 * The last Click Per View event to be recorded with a camera. However, the Royale Rumble match was used with a Capture Card.
 * This is Sokka & Akuma's first ACW CPV match
 * Official theme song was: The Pixies - "Ugly"

Royale Rumble 2008
Royale Rumble 2008 was held at Cleveland, Ohio at the Quicken Loans Arena. There were three Royale Rumble matches from Excel, Impulse and Turbo.

Results
Pre-Show
 * Joe Higashi defeated Chaotzu
 * This is Higashi's debut match.

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Tag Team Turmoil:
 * White Tigers (Rai Chou & Rei Kon) defeated Straw Hat Crew (Monkey D. Luffy & Roronoa Zoro) to win the Impulse Tag Team Championship
 * Rei Kon pinned Luffy

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 * Kazuki Muto eliminated Seto Kaiba to win the 30-man Turbo Royale Rumble
 * Seto made a one time appearance deal with ACW in him entering the Turbo match. He was released weeks before the CPV.
 * Cyborg 002, Cyborg 009, Flint the Time Detective, Hikaru Shindo, Kai Hiwatari, Kenshin Himura, Kiyo, Kririn, Syrus Truesdale, Tapion, Tien & Lady Wulong were surprise entrants..
 * This match was under extreme rules.
 * Takeshi Jin lasted the longest in this match. Roy Mustang lasted only 20 seconds.
 * A mysterious promo played during the match. Because of this, Jaden Yuki's elimination was never seen.

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Last Man Standing:
 * Speedy defeated Naruto
 * Speedy KO'd Naruto with the Golden Arrow.

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 * Obelisk (Roy Mustang & Zane Truesdale) defeated Hibiki Tokai & Kazuki Muto to win the Turbo Tag Team Championship
 * Roy pinned Kazuki.
 * This is the Turbo tag team title's retirement match.
 * The mysterious promo in the Turbo Rumble played again during this match.

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 * Momochi Zabuza defeated KYO to retain the Turbo Championship


 * Naruto eliminated Broly to win the 20 man Impulse Royale Rumble
 * Cyborg made 5 consecutive unassisted eliminations in the match.
 * Speed Racer & Astro Boy were surprise entrants.

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 * Beast Boy defeated Edward Elric to retain the Impulse Championship


 * Haru Glory eliminated Ryu to win the 20 man Excel Royale Rumble
 * Dan Hibiki, Ken Masters & Ryu made their debuts.
 * Weregarurumon, Straight Cougar and Sagat were surprise entrants.
 * Excel made its hiatus return at the CPV by having its Rumble match.

Facts

 * The first in ACW and CAW history to host three Rumble matches in one night.
 * This would be Turbo's last CPV as a brand. There will be one more match to close out Turbo with the ACW Turbo Championship at Animania II.
 * The song used for Royale Rumble: Evil (A Chorus of Resistance) - Project 86