royal_rumble royal_rumble eighteenth annual royal_rumble professional wrestling pay view event produced world_wrestling_entertainment wwe presented playstation took place january california featured talent raw smackdown brands customary royal_rumble match winner received match year wrestlemania instance wrestlemania choice world heavyweight championship professional wrestling matches featured event scheduling main event main event annual man royal_rumble match featured wrestlers brands eighth won match eliminating john_cena fifth primary match raw brand triple versus randy_orton world heavyweight championship triple won pinfall performing pedigree primary match smackdown brand triple threat match reigning champion big won pinning angle performing hell time wrestling classic tag team match assigned background professional wrestling matches royal_rumble featured professional wrestlers performing characters scripted events pre determined hosting promotion world_wrestling_entertainment wwe storylines characters produced wwe weekly television shows raw smackdown raw smackdown brands storyline divisions wwe assigned employees different programs main feud heading royal rumble raw brand triple randy_orton world heavyweight championship feud started night summerslam kicked evolution triple following month triple defeated win world heavyweight championship survivor series defeated team triple triple edge elimination match won match team eliminating triple months later new year revolution pay view weeks royal_rumble triple won match win vacant world heavyweight championship triple won match eliminating following outside interference evolution members night raw defeated number contender title royal rumble following week verbal confrontation arena triple ambushed backstage fought tried use steel chair triple fled january episode raw faced match referee knocked triple came attacked flair fought men won match main feud smackdown brand big feuding december episode smackdown angle challenged match cabinet orlando jordan interfered attacked angle causing match end disqualification continued attack angle match big came beat signaled wanted title weeks followed triple threat match title booked royal_rumble following set angle anger big angle angered response realizing aligned big confronted angle turned big beat angle january episode smackdown smackdown general manager booked man standing match angle later night eventually turned match ended contest later revealed match big idea feud heading event smackdown undertaker feud started mercy pay view october helped defeat undertaker ride match attacking undertaker putting survivor series undertaker defeated pinfall executing armageddon cost undertaker title match fatal way involved booker pushing undertaker backwards holding position pinned booker hell smackdown general manager let undertaker stipulation match royal_rumble mentioned fear undertaker chose face match royal_rumble preliminary raw brand feud shawn_michaels edge feud started taboo tuesday michaels voted edge face triple world heavyweight championship new year revolution edge lost shot title elimination chamber michaels special referee michaels edge followed making cover believing michael fault crowned champion edge michaels men booked match royal_rumble event event went live pay view defeated match taped sunday night heat match aired edge michaels edge mocked michaels performing michaels signature match edge gained advantage edge rear mat slam outside ring michaels fought edge left ring michaels came referee distraction edge michaels outside inside ring michaels knocked edge second rope executed diving elbow drop edge countered attempt electric chair drop applied michaels broke hold attempted roll edge rolled pinned michaels holding ropes second match match undertaker match started forth sent undertaker undertaker came applying triangle choke interfered attacked undertaker double teamed undertaker called opened kane revealed inside climbed attacked fought audience sent undertaker steel steps pushed undertaker applying cobra clutch undertaker stopped lid closing arm gaining control briefly fought undertaker undertaker fought executed shortly undertaker closed lid win match match triple threat match champion big opening minutes angle stayed outside ring leaving big angle came ring break pinfall attempt big kept advantage men angle hit big television monitor send announce table leaving angle big returned minutes later continued control match big tackled steel performed angle steel chair shortly attacked big helped ring executed hell angle pinned retain title fourth match triple randy_orton world heavyweight championship prior match raw general manager banned ringside control start match triple countered attempt throwing ring triple kept advantage targeted left knee kicked announce table kept advantage suffered concussion missing ddt triple knocked referee took beneath ring tried hit pulled triple performed pedigree win retain title final match royal_rumble match match began stole entrance number taking spot match tenth raw general manager came ringside smackdown general manager came soon participants divided brands fought worked eliminate thirteen fifteenth attacked entrance entered match angle twentieth dominated entering match shawn_michaels eliminated angle came later eliminate michaels continued attack spent lot time match holding rope wrestler final participants remaining john_cena edge edge fought threw rope stayed apron edge executed spear eliminate eliminated edge attacking tried perform outside fought attempted outside countered sending rope touching floor time raw brand believed winner smackdown believed winner following wwe chairman vince_mcmahon came ring process legitimately tearing muscles ordered match restarted final participants john_cena tossed rope following win match aftermath following weeks raw surrounded choice champion face wrestlemania triple devised scheme run resembling challenge instead aware scheme chose face triple world heavyweight championship wrestlemania leaving evolution stable process won title feud continued drafted smackdown june remained champion january episode smackdown surrendered title injury john_cena went win tournament number contender wrestlemania tournament concluded match way won performing following began angle defeated win title wrestlemania feud ended retained title quit match judgment day hold title new year revolution edge money bank contract won wrestlemania defeat match following royal_rumble randy_orton began feuding undertaker shawn_michaels respectively big faced barbed wire steel cage match title way won retain title briefly feuded christian moving feud undertaker spanned months losing title match way big faced match wrestlemania briefly feuded results royal_rumble match entrances red raw indicates raw superstar blue smackdown indicates smackdown superstar new came approximately seconds attacked ring unable compete officially entered match eliminated shawn_michaels returned ring eliminated michaels retaliation
Royal Rumble (2005)