The 2016 Royal Rumble was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the 29th annual Royal Rumble and took place on January 24, 2016, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida. This was the fifth Royal Rumble event to be held in the U.S. state of Florida, after the 1990, 1991, 1995, and 2006 events, and the second in Orlando, and it was WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event to be held at the Amway Center.