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The 2008 Royal Rumble was the 21st annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. The event took place on January 27, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York.
On New Year's Eve, Triple H was scheduled to face Ric Flair in which Flair's win or retire ultimatum was still active. Regal announced that if Triple H lost the match in any way, he would not participate in the Royal Rumble match at the 2008 Royal Rumble. This was to give Triple H a reason to want to win the match rather than avoid ending the ...
The episode comprised interviews of various WWE wrestlers, a weather report from John "Bradshaw" Layfield, plus a re-airing of the WWE Championship triple threat match and the Royal Rumble match from the night before. [52] [53] King of the Ring: April 27, 2015 () Green Bay, Wisconsin: Resch Center: 3.76/1.2 share [54]
The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers and the winner traditionally earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] For 2007, the winner could choose to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship , SmackDown!'s World Heavyweight Championship , or the ECW World Championship at WrestleMania 23 .
At the 2013 Royal Rumble, John Cena won the Royal Rumble match to earn himself a world title match at WrestleMania 29. Later that night, The Rock defeated CM Punk to end Punk's 434 day reign as champion. [68] The following night on Raw, Cena chose to face The Rock for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29. [69]
The Road to WrestleMania 40 begins with the WWE Royal Rumble 2024 being held Saturday, Jan. 27 at 5 pm PT/8 pm ET at Tropicana Field in Florida. Find out how to stream the live event, get full ...
The U.S Capitol is seen after U.S, President-elect Donald Trump called on U.S. lawmakers to reject a stopgap bill to keep the government funded past Friday, raising the likelihood of a partial ...
A match between the two was then booked for the Royal Rumble. [27] Royal Rumble Qualification Matches. Booker T and Charlie Haas defeated Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak - Smackdown house show, January 9; Shelton Benjamin defeated Maven - Raw, January 10; Edge defeated Rhyno - Raw, January 10; Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Akio - Smackdown, January 18