This year marked the first of the miraculous Kofi Kingston escapes, which has become somewhat of a yearly tradition and many speculate on how Kofi will think of a new way to avoid elimination year after year. Chyna turned against Kane and reunited with Triple H at WrestleMania XV, but they would both help Shane McMahon defeat X-Pac later in the event, making Triple H a member of The Corporation. Austin went to the announce table and attacked McMahon, throwing him into the crowd and then back to ringside, hitting him with a chair. Remember, no EMW ShowTime and no EMW Starlets this week due to EMW Saturday Night's Main Event which will be posted on CAWUnderground. This Rumble is oft-forgotten because of what Chris Benoit is now known for. Next weekend, we will post history for the Royal Rumble 2010-2019.

The 2005 Royal Rumble match (Wow, if there was ever a match that I shortchanged, this was it.

Secondly, Test was supposed to enter, but Mick Foley took his place to get his hands on Randy Orton. It took place on January 24, 1999, at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in Anaheim, California.

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Rock then brought a ladder into the match but was knocked down with the ladder on top of him, he escaped just as Mankind delivered a running elbow drop onto the ladder, though he would still not quit. 2016. [14] Austin proceeded to face The Rock at WrestleMania XV, winning the WWF Championship for the second year in a row.[15]. The opening match began slowly, with Boss Man taunting Road Dogg and being met with a crotch chop. Rock then chased Mankind out of the ring and up the walkway, hitting him repeatedly with a chair until he fell unconscious on the concrete. The 2008 Royal Rumble event returned to Madison Square Garden and was every bit as memorable as the 2000 edition. [12][13], The European Championship match started with X-Pac running roughshod over Gangrel using a variety of spinning kicks. [8] As the feud between DX and The Corporation intensified, the New Age Outlaws turned to singles wrestling as Road Dogg found himself caught up in the hardcore division and became Hardcore Champion on December 21. EMW Mega Events. Having been screwed again, Mankind hijacked the $100,000 bounty money The Rock earned for helping eliminate Austin, and began to throw it in the crowd, holding it ransom for a rematch. Mankind stood up only to be met with three hard steel chair shots but still refused to quit, saying he'd have to be killed first. Chris Benoit entered the Royal Rumble at #1 and outlasted all 29 entrants to win the match. This is the second of three featured articles looking back at the history of the Royal Rumble from the very first event in 1988 up to last year’s event in 2019. Leaving just Reigns left to eliminate, The Rock would return and help Reigns fend off Kane and Big Show.

With the 12th entrant in the match, there were four Raw guys and four Smackdown guys in the ring at the same time. Daniel Bryan was very much still the guy in the fans eyes, and the crowd were thunderous when Bryan entered at #10, he would only last 10 minutes before Bray Wyatt eliminated him.

It is named after the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal whose participants enter at timed intervals.

Randy Orton won his first Royal Rumble in 2009. After a minor absence, Women's Champion Sable returned to Raw with an open invitation on December 28, but before the match a fan came into the ring, later identified as Tori to give her a rose. Inside the ring Boss Man took to hurling his opponent into the turnbuckles and then crushing him with a bear hug. The Texas crowd were treated to a brilliant ending as Undertaker and Shawn went at it as only these two men could. Royal Rumble 2000 took place at Madison Square Garden. The 1999 Royal Rumble was the twelfth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). The Undertaker who entered last at number 30 would go on to win the to earn a World Championship match at WrestleMania 23.

Royal Rumble 2005 was held at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. Eliminating four people, lastly, Ryback on his way to victory meaning Cena would face The Rock for the WWE Championship a rematch from the previous years 'Once in a Lifetime' match from Wrestlemania 28.

First, Spike Dudley got chokeslammed on the entrance ramp by Kane after his elimination. NIWA (National Internet Wrestling Alliance), NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association).

Undertaker would eventually besting his longtime rival (a rivalry that would renew over the next few years) The Dead Man went on to the show of shows, defeating Batista to capture the World Championship and extend his winning streak at Wrestlemania to 15-0. When the eleventh man was scheduled to enter, nobody showed and backstage Mabel was shown throwing Headbanger Mosh into a wall before entering the Rumble himself in Mosh's place. Benoit currently of Smackdown would switch brands to challenge the World Champion Triple H. At Wrestlemania 20, Benoit would get his career-defining moment, forcing Triple H to tap out in a triple threat match also including Shawn Michaels. Back to Bryan, his popularity couldn't be ignored and he earned himself a match at Wrestlemania beating Batista and Randy Orton to win the Championship, in one of the greatest Wrestlemania moments of all time. Triple H entered at #29, coming in the match and clearinghouse seemingly looking set for victory until the buzzer went for the 30th entrant. It came down to Cena and Triple H, with the former winning the match with an AA (Or FU as it was known back then) to Triple H over the top rope. Royal Rumble 2002 took place at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia (now State Farm Arena). And that brings us up to 2019, who will be the winners of this year's Royal Rumble matches? New Special Tuesday Edition of EMW ShowTime is now up! Welcome Guest. Eliminating Santino Marella for the win, for a split second everyone thought Santino was going to pull off the biggest Rumble upset of all time, but we would have no fairytale ending as Del Rio would recover and counter Marellas attempt to eliminate Del Rio. February 27, 2020. EMW News. Royal Rumble 2005 – Part 1 of 2 – Grilling JR, Jim Ross and Conrad Thompson.

Battling Shawn Michaels for the victory in the final two. At the end of the Rumble, John Cena and Batista threw each other out of the ring at the same time, but unlike 1994, the refs couldn’t decide who won. One of the few things non old school related that happened in the night is that “The Animal” Batista threw his name in the 27th annual Royal Rumble Match. EMW Saturday Night's Main Event (06.01.13) is now up on CAWUnderground.

Roman would make it to the final three but would be eliminated by Triple H himself and Triple H would also eliminate Dean Ambrose to win the WWE Championship. three times in a row; the audio was actually a recording from a promo Mankind made on Heat in the match build up, so Mankind never actually quit, but the Rock was declared the winner nonetheless. None of them were competitors. The Royal Rumble is a professional wrestling event, produced every January since 1988 by professional wrestling promotion WWE. Foley entered one more time as the #28 entrant, this time as Dude Love, spending another seven minutes in the ring.

EMW House Shows. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Road Dogg found some short success when Boss Man tried to run and jump onto him, but was left with his crotch caught on the ropes. The Royal Rumble centered on the continuing heated rivalry between Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mr. McMahon, with those men entering the main event at #1 and #2, respectively.