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Royal Rumbleprofessional wrestlingpay- per- view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Sony's Play. Station 2, took place on January 2. Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and featured talent from the Raw and Smack. Down! brands. As has been customary since 1.

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Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's Wrestle. Mania, in this instance Wrestle. Mania XX. Beginning with this Royal Rumble, the winner could challenge at Wrestle. Mania his choice of either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. Six professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event was the annual 3.

Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. Chris Benoit, the first entrant, won the match by last eliminating The Big Show, the twenty- fourth entrant. This win resulted in Benoit breaking the longevity record last held by Bob Backlund, staying in the match for over one hour.[3] The primary match on the Raw brand was a Last Man Standing match between Triple H and Shawn Michaels for the World Heavyweight Championship, which ended in a draw. The predominant match on the Smack.

Down! brand was Brock Lesnar versus Hardcore Holly for the WWE Championship, which Lesnar won to retain the championship. The featured match on the undercard was a Tables match for the World Tag Team Championship[3][4] between Evolution (Ric Flair and Batista) and the Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D- Von), which Evolution won to retain the titles. Background[edit]The professional wrestling matches at Royal Rumble featured professional wrestlers performing as characters in scripted events pre- determined by the hosting promotion, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).[5][6] Storylines between the characters were produced on WWE's weekly television shows Raw and Smack. Down! with the Raw and Smack.

Down! brands—storyline divisions in which WWE assigned its employees to different programs.[7]The buildup to the Royal Rumble match started on the January 1, 2. Smack. Down, when John Cena interrupted a promo of the Smack.

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Down General Manager. Paul Heyman about Tribute to the Troops in Iraq event. This angered Heyman and Heyman forced Cena to compete in a Handicap match with a partner and the two needed to win the match to gain entry in the Royal Rumble match. Cena's partner was revealed to be Chris Benoit and the two defeated The Full Blooded Italians (Nunzio, Chuck Palumbo and Johnny Stamboli) in a Handicap match to qualify for the Royal Rumble match. As a result, all the three members of Full Blooded Italians lost their spots in the Royal Rumble match. If Cena and Benoit would have lost, neither would have been able to participate in the match. Watch One Way Download Full. After the match, Kurt Angle announced that he would participate in the Royal Rumble match and would win it.

Later that night, Benoit insulted Heyman and Heyman forced Benoit to compete at the #1 spot in the Royal Rumble.[8] On January 5, Kane announced that he was going to win the Royal Rumble but was confronted by Booker T, who claimed that he would eliminate Kane from the match and win the match.[9] Three days later on Smack. Down, Benoit defeated the Full Blooded Italians in a Handicap Mini Royal Rumble to retain his spot in the Royal Rumble.[1. Goldberg defeated Matt Hardy and announced that he would participate in the Royal Rumble match on January 1. On the January 1. Smack. Down, several qualifying matches were held for the Royal Rumble, including a battle royal between Full Blooded Italians, which Nunzio won.[1. On January 1. 9 Goldberg, Randy Orton, Rob Van Dam, Booker T, Mark Henry and Chris Jericho won matches to qualify for a Battle Royal to determine the #3.

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Royal Rumble match. Goldberg won the Battle Royal and earned the #3. Royal Rumble.[1. 3]The main rivalry heading into the event from the Smack. Down brand was between Brock Lesnar and Hardcore Holly over the WWE Championship.

The rivalry could be dated back to September 1. Smack. Down, when Lesnar defeated Holly in a non- title match and injured him by breaking his neck, putting him out of action for over a year.[1.

A year later, at Survivor Series, Holly returned to WWE from injury to take revenge from Lesnar.[1. On Smack. Down, on December 1. Heyman announced that Holly would team with Shannon Moore in a tag team match against A- Train and Matt Morgan, in which Holly could get a match of his choosing if he won but if he lost, his WWE contract would be terminated. Holly and Moore won the match, allowing Holly to wrestle a match of his choosing.[1.

On the January 1 episode of Smack. Down, Holly intentionally got disqualified in a match against Big Show by brutally assaulting him.[8] On the January 8 episode of Smack. Down, Holly defeated Big Show in a Street Fight.[1. As a result, Big Show placed a restraining order on Holly and Lesnar stayed with Big Show to protect himself from Holly.[1.

On the January 2. Smack. Down, Holly attacked Lesnar during a Handicap match pitting Lesnar, Big Show, Matt Morgan and Rhyno against John Cena and Chris Benoit in a Handicap match.[1.

This led to a match between Lesnar and Holly for the WWE Championship at Royal Rumble. The main rivalry heading into the event from the Raw brand was between Triple H and Shawn Michaels over the World Heavyweight Championship. At Armageddon, Triple H defeated then- champion Goldberg and Kane in a No Disqualification. Watch Tekken: A Man Called X Streaming. Triple Threat match to win the World Heavyweight Championship.[1. On the December 1.

Raw, Michaels and Rob Van Dam defeated Evolution (Triple H, Ric Flair and Batista in a Handicap match, when Michaels pinned Triple H.[1. As a result of pinning Triple H, Michaels earned a World Championship match against Triple H on December 2. Watch The Lizzie Mcguire Movie Streaming.

Raw. Michaels seemingly pinned Triple H to win the title but the Raw General Manager. Eric Bischoff declared the match a draw because both men's shoulders were down on the mat during the pinfall. As a result, Triple H retained the title.[2. On January 5, the self- proclaimed Sheriff of Raw. Stone Cold Steve Austin announced that Triple H would defend the title against Michaels in a Last Man Standing match at Royal Rumble.[9]A secondary rivalry heading into the event from the Smack. Down brand was between Eddie Guerrero and Chavo Guerrero.

At Survivor Series, Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny) defeated Los Guerreros (Eddie and Chavo) to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship.[2. After the event, Los Guerreros started to break up as a team when Chavo began blaming Eddie for the team's recent failure. On the November 2. Smack. Down, Los Guerreros defeated World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) but after the match, Haas and Benjamin attacked Chavo and injured his leg. This caused Chavo to blame Eddie for the injury.[2.

On the November 2. Smack. Down, Chavo was attacked again and he blamed Eddie again.[2.

This continued on the December 4 episode of Smack. Down, when Eddie helped Chavo in defeating Benjamin in a one- on- one match.

Chavo blamed Eddie for stealing the spotlight that Chavo needed.[2. On January 1, on Smack.

Down, Eddie and Chavo finally broke up the team after losing to World's Greatest Tag Team.[8] However, on the January 8 episode of Smack. Down, Kurt Angle reunited Los Guerreros and earned them a Tag Team Championship match against Basham Brothers, which Los Guerreros lost. After the match, Los Guerreros finally ended when Chavo attacked Eddie and caused him to bleed. As a result, Chavo became a villain.[1. On the January 1. Smack. Down, Angle informed Eddie that the Smack. Down General Manager Paul Heyman had made a match between Eddie and Chavo at Royal Rumble.[1.

Another secondary rivalry heading into the event from the Smack. Down brand was between Rey Mysterio and Jamie Noble over the WWE Cruiserweight Championship.