Royal Rumble (2004)

Royal Rumble (2004)
Information
PromotionWorld Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)Raw
SmackDown!
DateJanuary 25, 2004
Attendance17,289[1][2]
VenueWachovia Center
CityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon (2003) Royal Rumble (2004) No Way Out (2004)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2003) Royal Rumble (2004) Royal Rumble (2005)

Royal Rumble (2004) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 25, 2004, at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the 17th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have both his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received a world championship match at WrestleMania XX. Starting this year, he was allowed choose whether he wanted to face Raw's World Heavyweight Champion or SmackDown's WWE Champion.

Qualification matches

Results

No. Results[1] Stipulations Times[1]
1H Victoria (with Steven Richards) defeated Molly Holly Singles match 4:58
2 Evolution (Batista and Ric Flair) (c) defeated The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley) Tables match for the World Tag Team Championship 4:22
3 Rey Mysterio (c) defeated Jamie Noble (with Nidia) Singles match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship 3:12
4 Eddie Guerrero defeated Chavo Guerrero (with Chavo Guerrero Sr.) Singles match 8:04
5 Brock Lesnar (c) defeated Hardcore Holly Singles match for the WWE Championship 6:30
6 Triple H (c) vs. Shawn Michaels ended in a draw Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship 22:47
7 Chris Benoit won by last eliminating Big Show 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania XX 1:01:31
  • (c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
  • H – This match aired before the pay-per-view on Sunday Night Heat

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

  – Raw
  – SmackDown!
  – Winner
Draw[8] Entrant[8] Brand Order eliminated[9] Eliminated by[9] Time[9] Eliminations
1 Chris Benoit SmackDown! — Winner 1:01:31[a] 6
2 Randy Orton Raw 19 Mick Foley 33:44 5
3 Mark Henry 3 Chris Benoit 05:14 1
4 Tajiri SmackDown! 2 Rhyno and Mark Henry 03:39 0
5 Bradshaw 1 Chris Benoit 00:38 0
6 Rhyno 8 14:00 1
7 Matt Hardy Raw 9 René Duprée 14:18 0
8 Scott Steiner 5 Booker T 06:49 0
9 Matt Morgan SmackDown! 11 Chris Benoit 12:14 1
10 The Hurricane Raw 4 Matt Morgan 00:19 0
11 Booker T 13 Randy Orton 09:11 2
12 Kane 6 Booker T 01:40 1
13 Spike Dudley[b] 7 Unable to compete 00:00 0
14 Rikishi SmackDown! 12 Randy Orton 03:48 1
15 René Duprée Raw 10 Rikishi 00:33 1
16 A-Train SmackDown! 14 Chris Benoit 01:44 0
17 Shelton Benjamin 15 Randy Orton 00:37 0
18 Ernest Miller 16 00:56 0
19 Kurt Angle 28 Big Show 29:04 1
20 Rico Raw 17 Randy Orton 01:06 0
21 Mick Foley[c] 18 Himself 00:43 2
22 Christian 20 Chris Jericho 07:39 0
23 Nunzio SmackDown! 23 Goldberg 03:48 0
24 Big Show 29 Chris Benoit 22:38 4
25 Chris Jericho Raw 27 Big Show 14:58 1
26 Charlie Haas SmackDown! 21 Goldberg 06:53 0
27 Billy Gunn 22 05:37 0
28 John Cena 25 Big Show 07:37 0
29 Rob Van Dam Raw 26 Big Show 06:44 0
30 Goldberg 24 Kurt Angle 02:04 3
  1. ↑ Benoit broke the record for the longest time spent in a Royal Rumble match, which was previously held by Bob Backlund (1:01:10) in 1993. This record was broken by Rey Mysterio (1:02:15) in 2006.
  2. ↑ Dudley was attacked by Kane before he made it to the ring, and therefore was unable to compete and never officially entered the match.
  3. ↑ Foley replaced Test, who was found unconscious.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Royal Rumble 2004 Results". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
  2. ↑ "Royal Rumble 2004 official results". World Wrestling Entertainment. January 25, 2004. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
  3. ↑ Giebink, Dusty (January 2, 2004). "1/1 Smackdown review: Giebink's detailed report on show". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  4. ↑ Maes, Jeremy (January 28, 2004). "1/18 WWE Heat review: Test, Scott Steiner, Bizzaro Born Thrillers, Miss Jackie". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  5. ↑ Giebink, Dusty (January 18, 2004). "1/17 Velocity review: Dragon vs. Moore, Morgan vs. Jordan for a spot in the Rumble". Pro Wrestling Torch. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Plummer, Dale (January 16, 2004). "Smackdown: Heyman loves his soaps". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Plummer, Dale (January 23, 2004). "Smackdown: Guerrero family feud grows". Slam! Sports. Canadian Online Explorer. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Rumble Match: Chris Benoit (spot No. 1) wins the Royal Rumble Match". World Wrestling Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 16, 2006. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Royal Rumble 2004". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on February 26, 2011. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
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