Royal Rumble (2005)

Royal Rumble (2005)
Royal Rumble (2005)
Tagline(s)	All the rumbling, minus the dancing and singing
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw; SmackDown!
Date	January 30, 2005
Attendance	12,000
Venue	Save Mart Center
City	Fresno, California
Pay-per-view chronology
Royal Rumble chronology

Royal Rumble (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 30, 2005, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. It was the 18th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

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
John Cena defeated René Duprée - SmackDown, January 18
Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero - SmackDown, January 18
Viscera defeated Tajiri in a battle royal - Raw, January 24
Batista defeated Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier in a handicap match - Raw, January 24
Muhammad Hassan defeated Val Venis - Raw, January 24
Kane defeated Gene Snitsky and Maven in a triple threat match - Raw, January 24
Paul London defeated Funaki, Shannon Moore, and Spike Dudley in a fatal four-way match - SmackDown, January 25

Results

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times^[2]
1^H	Maven defeated Rhyno	Singles match	7:01
2	Edge defeated Shawn Michaels	Singles match	18:32
3	The Undertaker defeated Heidenreich	Casket match	13:20
4	John "Bradshaw" Layfield (c) defeated Big Show and Kurt Angle	Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship	12:04
5	Triple H (c) defeated Randy Orton	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	21:28
6	Batista won by last eliminating John Cena	30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 21	51:27
(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^[3]	Entrant^[3]	Brand	Order eliminated^[3]	Eliminated by^[3]	Time^[4]	Eliminations
1	Eddie Guerrero	SmackDown!	11	Edge	28:11	3
2	Chris Benoit	Raw	25	Batista & Ric Flair	47:26	2
3	Daniel Puder	SmackDown!	1	Hardcore Holly	04:09	0
4	Hardcore Holly	SmackDown!	2	Chris Benoit & Eddie Guerrero	01:59	1
5	The Hurricane	Raw	3	Eddie Guerrero	01:04	0
6	Kenzo Suzuki	SmackDown!	4	Rey Mysterio	03:31	0
7	Edge	Raw	28	Batista & John Cena	40:19	5
8	Rey Mysterio	SmackDown!	27	Edge	38:25	2
9	Shelton Benjamin	Raw	10	Edge	14:35	1
10	Booker T	SmackDown!	9	Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero	10:42	3
11	Chris Jericho	Raw	21	Batista	28:22	2
12	Luther Reigns	SmackDown!	7	Booker T	07:13	1
13	Muhammad Hassan	Raw	5	Booker T, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge, Luther Reigns & Shelton Benjamin	00:54	0
14	Orlando Jordan	SmackDown!	8	Booker T	03:36	0
15	Scotty 2 Hotty		6	Unable to compete^[a]	N/A	0
16	Charlie Haas		13	Shawn Michaels	06:20	0
17	René Duprée		16	Chris Jericho	11:32	0
18	Simon Dean	Raw	12	Shawn Michaels	00:20	0
19	Shawn Michaels	Raw	15	Kurt Angle^[b]	04:56	3
20	Kurt Angle	SmackDown!	14	Shawn Michaels	00:37	1
21	Jonathan Coachman	Raw	23	Ric Flair	13:48	0
22	Mark Jindrak	SmackDown!	19	Kane	08:15	0
23	Viscera	Raw	17	John Cena	03:00	0
24	Paul London	SmackDown!	18	Gene Snitsky	03:15	0
25	John Cena	SmackDown!	29	Batista^[c]	15:28	3
26	Gene Snitsky	Raw	20	Batista	03:38	1
27	Kane	Raw	22	John Cena	03:54	1
28	Batista	Raw	—	Winner^[c]	10:54	6
29	Christian	Raw	24	Batista	02:09	0
30	Ric Flair	Raw	26	Edge	01:58	2

↑ Scotty was attacked by Hassan before he made it to the ring, and therefore was unable to compete and never officially entered the match.
↑ Angle had been eliminated by Shawn Michaels and then returned to the ring and eliminated Michaels to get revenge.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Cena countered Batista's finisher, the Batista Bomb with a headscissors takedown, which sent both men over the top rope and both hit the floor at the same time. After two referees argued about who touched the floor first, WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon came to the ring and ordered the match to be restarted with the final two participants. Batista then eliminated Cena to definitely win the match.

References

↑ "Royal Rumble 2005 poster". Hoffco, Inc. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
↑ "Royal Rumble 2005". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Rumble Match: Batista (spot No. 28) wins the Royal Rumble Match". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
↑ "Royal Rumble 2005: Royal Rumble Entrance & Elimination Information". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

[5] Scotty was attacked by Hassan before he made it to the ring, and therefore was unable to compete and never officially entered the match.

[6] Angle had been eliminated by Shawn Michaels and then returned to the ring and eliminated Michaels to get revenge.

[Cena-7] 3.0 ^3.1 Cena countered Batista's finisher, the Batista Bomb with a headscissors takedown, which sent both men over the top rope and both hit the floor at the same time. After two referees argued about who touched the floor first, WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon came to the ring and ordered the match to be restarted with the final two participants. Batista then eliminated Cena to definitely win the match.

[1] "Royal Rumble 2005 poster". Hoffco, Inc. Archived from the original on March 14, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2008.

[2] "Royal Rumble 2005". Pro Wrestling History. Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

[RRfacts-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Rumble Match: Batista (spot No. 28) wins the Royal Rumble Match". World Wrestling Entertainment. Retrieved April 8, 2011.

[4] "Royal Rumble 2005: Royal Rumble Entrance & Elimination Information". Pro Wrestling History. Retrieved January 22, 2012.

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