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

Royal Rumble 2005 was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 30, 2005 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and featured talent from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured performers from both brands. Batista, the twenty-eighth entrant, won the match by last eliminating John Cena, the twenty-fifth entrant. The predominant match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Triple H won by pinfall after executing a Pedigree. The primary match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship between champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), Kurt Angle, and The Big Show. JBL won the match and retained the title after pinning Angle following a Clothesline from Hell.

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

External links and references

• Official Website