<Tr> <Td> Royal Rumble (2014) </Td> <Td> Royal Rumble (2015) </Td> <Td> Royal Rumble (2016) </Td> </Tr> <P> Royal Rumble (2015) was a professional wrestling pay - per - view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE . It took place on January 25, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . It was the twenty - eighth annual Royal Rumble event and the first to air on the WWE Network . </P> <P> Six matches were contested at the event, with one being shown on the pre-show . In the main event, Roman Reigns won the traditional Royal Rumble match to receive a shot for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 31 . Elsewhere on the event's card, The Usos defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship, while the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar successfully defended his title against Seth Rollins and John Cena in a triple threat match . </P> <P> Like the previous year's event, the 2015 Royal Rumble was marked by the strongly negative audience reaction to the main Royal Rumble match, which was won by Roman Reigns . The event as a whole, however, received mixed reviews, with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple threat match receiving the most praise from critics and fans . The event received 145,000 buys (excluding WWE Network views), down from the previous year's 467,000 buys . </P>

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