You're going to stay in it for twenty.' [16][21] At Armageddon, Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels in a Three Stages of Hell to win the World Heavyweight Championship. [12] This led to a title match between Storm and Regal and Dudley Boyz at Royal Rumble. Tajiri entered at #8. They faced off in the opening match of the night. The secondary rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Lance Storm and William Regal and Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von) over the World Tag Team Championship. Edge and Christian fought each other until Jericho eliminated both of them from the match and became the only remaining person until Rob Van Dam entered at #12. After Lesnar returned to the ring, Big Show charged at him in the corner but Lesnar avoided the charge and pulled Big Show out of the corner by performing a German Suplex and got a near-fall. Kane and Batista started teaming as they were the remaining participants from Raw and battled Lesnar and Undertaker, who were the remaining participants from SmackDown!.
[1] It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals. Click here to learn more. Cena won the Rumble … Copyright 2020 Shazzu, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Randy Orton's two Royal Rumble wins, in 2009 and 2017, both resulted in bad matches at Wrestlemania. Lesnar started dominating Big Show and hit him with two consecutive Belly to Belly Suplexes and attempted to perform a third one but Big Show prevented Lesnar from performing the move by grabbing his throat. As a result, Angle retained the WWE Championship. Tajiri entered at #8. Edge hit DeMott with a kendo stick, causing DeMott to get eliminated by falling over the top rope to the floor. Unique lists featuring pop culture, entertainment and crazy facts. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which included wrestlers from both brands. D-Von grabbed the brass knuckles and hit Storm with it and pinned him to win the Tag Team Championship. At WrestleMania 25, Orton lost to Triple H in the main-event. With Kurt Angle, Chris Benoit, Brock Lesnar, Mark Calaway. Shelton Benjamin entered at #23 and began teaming with his Team Angle partner Haas. Tommy Dreamer entered at #10. Royal Rumble 2003 . Haas started fighting with Matt. RVD and Jeff started double-teaming Jericho. [28] At No Way Out, Triple H defeated Steiner to retain the title. Jeff performed a Swanton Bomb on Moore, that hurt both Matt and Moore. DeMott started attacking all the participants and had nearly eliminated Jericho. Booker T entered at #24 and performed a Scissors Kick on Kane and a Flapjack on Matt.
The match generally features 30 wrestlers. Michaels returned to the ring after being attacked by Jericho earlier in the match and avenged his elimination by attacking Jericho, helping Test to eliminate Jericho from the match. [12] On the January 13 episode of Raw, a Royal Rumble qualification match took place in which Jeff Hardy defeated Raven. Angle has a (supposedly) injured right knee which has a brace on it. However, despite helping Angle in winning the title, Lesnar was not given his title shot as on December 19 edition of SmackDown Angle and Big Show's manager Paul Heyman cancelled Lesnar's title shot and Big Show was given his title rematch. "Main eventing for several years by that point.
Royal Rumble featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw and SmackDown! For 2003, the winner earned a match for their brand's top championship at WrestleMania XIX: Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's WWE Championship. Jeff performed a Twist of Fate on Matt and climbed the top rope to perform a Swanton Bomb, but Matt's manager Shannon Moore joined the ring and covered Matt with his body. Batista was angered at his elimination, so he distracted Undertaker by attempting to hit him with a chair but Undertaker avoided it and nailed Batista with a chair. brand in the match, because it was going to be the first Royal Rumble match to take place after WWE's brand extension.
The Royal Rumble is an annual pay-per-view, produced every January by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) since 1988. These WWE Superstars won the Royal Rumble but still had terrible title matches at WrestleMania. The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Steiner won by disqualification resulting in Triple H retaining the championship. The predominant match on the SmackDown! On January 9 edition of SmackDown, Josh Mathews announced that Dawn and Torrie would wrestle in a match at Royal Rumble built as a "stepmother vs stepdaughter" match.
But the dream match was a complete disappointment. brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship, which Angle won by making Benoit tap out to the Ankle Lock. Well, a few years anyway, I started feeling like I need to share my advice because I would say about my third year, 2003, I had this Cage Match and then I had this [championship match against Chris Benoit] at the Royal Rumble and I remember when I got done with the match, I went to the back and Triple H came up to me and said, 'Listen, man, you just raised the bar.
At Armageddon, Angle defeated Big Show after interference from Brock Lesnar, to win his third WWE Championship. The following is the list of Royal Rumble Winners from 1988 to present: 1988: Hacksaw Jim Duggan – first ever winner of event 1989: Big John Studd (via eliminating Ted DiBiase) 1990: Hulk Hogan (via eliminating Mr. As a result, he began a rivalry with the WWE Champion Kurt Angle. Heyman distracted Lesnar by climbing the apron and Lesnar pulled him into the ring and attempted to perform a F5 on Heyman but Big Show prevented Lesnar from hitting F5 by delivering him a Chokeslam. Steiner started chasing Flair but the referee interjected himself to stop Steiner. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. Kurt Angle entered WWE in 1999 and in less than twelve months' time, he had already won the Intercontinental, European, and WWE Championships. We would like to send you notifications for the latest news and updates. Lesnar accepted the challenge. RELATED: Hulk Hogan: His 10 Most Controversial Victories. The week before the event however, Al Wilson (Kayfabe) died of a heart attack during his honeymoon with Dawn. Should you use any of the above quotes, please credit Fightful for the transcription by linking back to this article.
Flair interfered in the match, prompting the referee to eject him from ringside. You just had the best match I ever saw. After entering the ring, Guerrero was attacked by Mysterio. Edge also attempted to eliminate Jericho but he held on. Jericho chose #2 because #1 was already given to Michaels.
brand but after McMahon rejected Steiner's advances, he moved to the Raw brand. Bubba Ray attempted to pin Storm but Regal interfered and broke the pinfall. The Royal Rumble winner has a lot to prove on the Road to WrestleMania and at the event itself.
The Royal Rumble is based on the classic Battle Royal match, in which a number of wrestlers (traditionally 30) aim at eliminating their competitors by tossing them over the top rope, with both feet touching the floor. Tajiri fought with Christian, while Edge and Jericho fought with each other. The Royal Rumble match traditionally involves 30 wrestlers and usually lasts an hour (the 2011 edition had a 40-man field). The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. Bill DeMott entered at #9. Benoit applied the sharpshooter on Angle, but Angle touched the ropes. Prior to the event, Angle had promised Lesnar to get his suspension lifted if he helped Angle in defeating Big Show for the title.