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Akio Ōtsuka (born November 24, 1959) is a legendary Japanese voice actor (seiyuu) and narrator whose deep, resonant bass voice has made him one of the most recognizable figures in the global entertainment industry. Associated with Mausu Promotion, he is best known as the iconic voice of Solid Snake and Big Boss in the Metal Gear series, as well as the title character in Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack. His extensive filmography includes definitive roles such as Batou in Ghost in the Shell, Shunsui Kyōraku in Bleach, Marshall D. Teach (Blackbeard) in One Piece, and All For One in My Hero Academia. Beyond anime and gaming, he is the primary Japanese dubbing voice for Hollywood stars Steven Seagal, Nicolas Cage, and Antonio Banderas.
The 2024 Royal Rumble is the upcoming 37th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the second Royal Rumble to be held at the stadium after the 2021 event, though the first with live fans in attendance due to the COVID-19 pandemic that year. This will subsequently be the first Royal Rumble held in the Tampa Bay area to have live fans in attendance since the 1995 event. The event is based around the Royal Rumble match, and the winner traditionally receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2024 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania XL. The men can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's WWE Women's Championship and SmackDown's Women's World Championship.
