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Royal Rumble 2006

Promotion	WWE
Date	January 29, 2006
Venue	American Airlines Arena
City	Miami, Florida
Attendance	16,178
Last Event	New Year's Revolution
Next Event	No Way Out

Royal Rumble 2006 was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment's The Con. It took place on January 29, 2006 in the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania 22) for his choice at either the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship.

Six professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The primary match on the SmackDown! brand was Kurt Angle versus Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Angle won after pinning Henry with a roll-up. The predominant match on the Raw brand was Edge versus John Cena for the WWE Championship, which Cena won after forcing Edge to submit to the STFU. The featured match on the undercard was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. Rey Mysterio, the second entrant, won the match by last eliminating Randy Orton, the thirtieth entrant.

EVENT HISTORY

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Background

See also: Professional wrestling

Royal Rumble featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on Raw and SmackDown! – World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) primary television programs. Wrestlers portrayed a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches. The event featured wrestlers from WWE's Raw and SmackDown! brands – a storyline division in which WWE employees were assigned to a television program of the same name.

The main feud heading into the Royal Rumble on the Raw was between Edge and John Cena, with the two feuding over the WWE Championship. The feud started at New Year's Revolution when Cena won an Elimination Chamber also involving 5 other superstars. Immediately after the match, however, Vince McMahon came out and stated that Edge was cashing in his Money in the Bank contract that he won at WrestleMania 21. Edge then came out with Lita and, two spears later, he pinned Cena to become WWE Champion. Then the next night, Edge held a live sex celebration which got smashed up by Cena and Cena delivered an FU on Lita and sent a message to Edge.

The main feud heading into the Royal Rumble on the Smackdown! brand was between Kurt Angle and Mark Henry over the World Heavyweight Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was originally held by Batista. He defended the title against Henry at a SmackDown! live event in a steel cage match. Henry was disqualified in the match and Batista retained the title but his triceps were injured. As a result, he was forced to vacate the title on the January 13 episode of SmackDown!. Later on, a 20-man battle royal was arranged to determine the new World Heavyweight Champion. Raw superstar Kurt Angle won the battle royal last eliminating Mark Henry and winning the vacant title thus also starting a rivalry between the two. This also made Angle leave Raw and move to SmackDown!. The next week, Henry defeated Rey Mysterio to become the Number One Contender to Angle's title.

Prior to the annual Royal Rumble match, several qualifying matches for the match took place on WWE's flagship television programs. The first three qualifying matches were held on the January 9, 2006 edition of Raw. Chavo Guerrero defeated Rob Conway, Shelton Benjamin defeated Val Venis and Kane defeated Snitsky, meaning they had earned a place in the Rumble. A Battle Royal also took place on the January 16, 2006 edition of WWE Heat in addition to a Singles match between Trevor Murdoch and Antonio Thomas, which Murdoch won.

Royal Rumble qualification matches

Chavo Guerrero defeated Rob Conway - Raw, January 9
Shelton Benjamin defeated Val Venis - Raw, January 9
Kane defeated Snitsky - Raw, January 9
Sylvan defeated Scotty 2 Hotty - Velocity, January 15 (aired January 21)
Trevor Murdoch defeated Antonio Thomas - Heat, January 16 (aired January 20)
Viscera defeated Lance Cade, Gregory Helms and Tyson Tomko in a battle royal - Heat, January 16 (aired January 20)
Jonathan Coachman defeated Jerry Lawler - Raw, January 23
The Mexicools (Psicosis and Super Crazy) defeated The Dicks (Chad and James) and The Full Blooded Italians (Nunzio and Vito) in a Triple Threat match - Friday Night SmackDown!, January 24 (aired January 27)

Results

Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
(c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.

Heat Finlay defeated Brian Kendrick (2:07)
Gregory Helms defeated Kid Kash (c), Funaki, Jamie Noble, Nunzio & Paul London in a Invitational Six Way Texas Tornado Match to win the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (7:40)
Mickie James defeated Ashley (with Trish Stratus as Special Referee) (7:44)
The Boogeyman defeated John Bradshaw Layfield (w/ Jillian Hall) (1:54)
Rey Mysterio won the Royal Rumble (1:02:12)
John Cena defeated Edge (c) (w/ Lita) to win the WWE Championship (14:02)
Kurt Angle (c) defeated Mark Henry to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (9:29)

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Draw	Entrant	Brand	Order	Eliminated by	Time
1	Triple H	Raw	28	Mysterio	1:00:09
2	Rey Mysterio	SD!	na	WINNER	1:02:12
3	Simon Dean	SD!	1	Mysterio and Triple H	0:45
4	Psicosis	SD!	2	Mysterio	1:15
5	Ric Flair	Raw	3	Triple H	1:20
6	The Big Show	Raw	7	Triple H	9:02
7	Jonathan Coachman	Raw	4	Big Show	0:30
8	Bobby Lashley	SD!	6	Big Show & Kane	4:17
9	Kane	Raw	8	Triple H	3:33
10	Sylvan	SD!	5	Lashley	0:18
11	Carlito	Raw	26	Van Dam	38:29
12	Chris Benoit	SD!	17	Orton	30:31
13	Booker T	SD!	9	Benoit	0:18
14	Joey Mercury	SD!	22	Nitro	29:14
15	Tatanka	SD!	12	Mercury & Nitro	14:09
16	Johnny Nitro	SD!	23	Michaels	25:45
17	Trevor Murdoch	Raw	13	Michaels	13:41
18	Eugene	Raw	15	Benoit	16:25
19	Road Warrior Animal	SD!	10	Van Dam	2:49
20	Rob Van Dam	Raw	27	Mysterio	30:52
21	Orlando Jordan	SD!	21	Orton	16:09
22	Chavo Guerrero	Raw	11	Triple H	0:59
23	Matt Hardy	SD!	14	Viscera	7:42
24	Super Crazy	SD!	16	Mysterio	7:40
25	Shawn Michaels	Raw	25	Shane McMahon	12:55
26	Chris Masters	Raw	19	Carlito	7:01
27	Viscera	Raw	18	Carlito & Masters	5:20
28	Shelton Benjamin	Raw	24	Michaels	6:51
29	Goldust	Raw	20	Van Dam	3:09
30	Randy Orton	SD!	29	Mysterio	13:04

Other on-screen talent

Commentators

Interviewers

Ring announcer

Referees

Also See

DVD release

Royal Rumble 2006 on DVD

External links

2006 World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-views
New Years Revolution • Royal Rumble • No Way Out • WrestleMania • Backlash • Judgment Day • One Night Stand • Vengeance • The Great American Bash • SummerSlam • Unforgiven • No Mercy • Cyber Sunday • Survivor Series • December To Dismember • Armageddon

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