Royal Rumble 2005

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Royal Rumble 2005
Promotion	WWE
Date	January 30, 2005
Venue	Save Mart Center
City	Fresno, California, USA
Attendance	12,000
Last Event	New Year's Revolution
Next Event	No Way Out

Results

• Edge defeated Shawn Michaels
  • Edge pinned Michaels with a roll up while holding the ropes.
• The Undertaker defeated Heidenreich in a Casket Match
  • Undertaker put Heidenreich in the casket and shut the lid to win.
  • Snitsky and Kane both interfered during the match.
• John Bradshaw Layfield defeated Kurt Angle and The Big Show in a Triple Threat Match to retain the WWE Championship
  • JBL pinned Kurt Angle after a Clothesline From Hell.
  • During the match, JBL's Cabinet interferred in his behalf and Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns interferred on Angle's behalf.
• Triple H defeated Randy Orton to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
  • Triple H pinned Orton after a Pedigree.
• Royal Rumble Match
  • See Below

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Order of Entrance (Number eliminated)

1. Eddie Guerrero (11)
2. Chris Benoit (25)
3. Daniel Puder (1)
4. Hardcore Holly (2)
5. The Hurricane (3)
6. Kenzo Suzuki (4)
7. Edge (28)
8. Rey Mysterio (27)
9. Shelton Benjamin (10)
10. Booker T (9)
11. Chris Jericho (21)
12. Luther Reigns (7)
13. Muhammad Hassan (5)
14. Orlando Jordan (8)
15. Scotty 2 Hotty (6) ¹
16. Charlie Haas (13)
17. Rene Dupree (16)
18. Simon Dean (12)
19. Shawn Michaels (15) ²
20. Kurt Angle (14)
21. Jonathan Coachman (23)
22. Mark Jindrak (19)
23. Viscera (17)
24. Paul London (18)
25. John Cena (29) ³
26. Gene Snitsky (20)
27. Kane (22)
28. Batista ³
29. Christian (24)
30. Ric Flair (26)

• Winner: Batista
• 1. Scotty was attacked on the outside by Hassan before entering the match.
• 2. Kurt Angle came back in the ring after being eliminated and eliminated Michaels before attacking him on the outside.
• 3. Cena and Batista eliminated each other at the same time. After a winner could not be determined, the match was restarted under sudden death rules. Batista would win this restart and was declared the winner.

External links and references

• Official Website