Royal Rumble (2022)

Retro Royal Rumble (2022) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and WWE Network event produced by WWE as a cross-branded show featuring Raw and Smackdown. It took place on January 30, 2022, in San Antonio Texas. It was the thirty-fifth Royal Rumble event, and the fourth under Universe chronology.

Fourteen matches were contested at the event. In the main event Triple retained the WWE Universal Championship in a No Holds Barred match against Eddie Guerrero before AJ Styles cashed in his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeated Triple H for the title. The rest of the card featured every WWE championship being defended, along with three singles matches and the annual Royal Rumble match, notable for being placed half-way through the show for the first time in history.

The Intercontinental Championship, Womens Championship, Womens Tag team Championship, Universal Tag Team Championship and Universal Championships all changed hands at the event.