Royal Rumble 2009
From Pro Wrestling
| Royal Rumble 2009 | |
 | |
| Promotion | WWE |
|---|---|
| Date | January 25, 2009 |
| Venue | Joe Louis Arena |
| City | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| Attendance | 16,685 |
| Last Event | Armageddon |
| Next Event | No Way Out |
Royal Rumble 2009 was the twenty-second annual Royal Rumble event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 25, 2009 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan.
Contents |
Matches
- Dark match: Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Paul Burchill
- Yang pinned Burchill after a top rope backflip.
- Jack Swagger defeated Matt Hardy to retain the ECW Championship.
- Swagger pinned Hardy after a gutwrench powerbomb.
- Melina defeated Beth Phoenix (with Santino Marella) to win the WWE Women's Championship.
- Melina pinned Phoenix with a roll-up.
- John Cena defeated John Bradshaw Layfield (with Shawn Michaels) to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
- Cena pinned JBL after an F-U.
- Edge (with Chavo Guerrero) defeated Jeff Hardy in a No Disqualification Match to win the WWE Championship.
- Edge pinned Hardy after a steel chair shot from Matt Hardy.
- Randy Orton won the 2009 Royal Rumble Match
- Orton last elimiated Triple H to win a WWE Championship, World Heavyweight Championship or ECW Championship match at WrestleMania XXV
Royal Rumble Results
| Entrant | Eliminated by | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rey Mysterio | 19 | Big Show | 49:24 |
| 2 | John Morrison | 6 | Triple H | 19:32 |
| 3 | Carlito | 3 | Kozlov | 6:11 |
| 4 | MVP | 2 | Kozlov | 3:52 |
| 5 | The Great Khali | 1 | Kozlov | 1:30 |
| 6 | Vladimir Kozlov | 4 | Triple H | 2:40 |
| 7 | Triple H | 29 | Orton | 49:55 |
| 8 | Randy Orton | n/a | WINNER | |
| 9 | JTG | 7 | Undertaker | 11:59 |
| 10 | Ted DiBiase | 27 | Triple H | 45:11 |
| 11 | Chris Jericho | 23 | Undertaker | 37:17 |
| 12 | Mike Knox | 20 | Mysterio | 34:42 |
| 13 | The Miz | 5 | Triple H | 1:18 |
| 14 | Finlay | 21 | Kane | 29:59 |
| 15 | Cody Rhodes | 28 | Triple H | 37:01 |
| 16 | The Undertaker | 26 | Big Show* | 32:29 |
| 17 | Goldust | 8 | Rhodes | 1:11 |
| 18 | CM Punk | 18 | Big Show | 22:29 |
| 19 | Mark Henry | 9 | Mysterio | 3:14 |
| 20 | Shelton Benjamin | 10 | Undertaker | 4:17 |
| 21 | William Regal | 11 | Punk | 4:23 |
| 22 | Kofi Kingston | 12 | Kendrick | 6:58 |
| 23 | Kane | 24 | Rhodes, DiBiase and Orton | 18:21 |
| 24 | R-Truth | 17 | Big Show | 12:06 |
| 25 | Rob Van Dam | 22 | Jericho | 14:56 |
| 26 | The Brian Kendrick | 13 | Triple H | 0:15 |
| 27 | Dolph Ziggler | 14 | Kane | 0:21 |
| 28 | Santino Marella | 15 | Kane | 0:01 |
| 29 | Jim Duggan | 16 | Big Show | 2:50 |
| 30 | The Big Show | 25 | Orton | 9:32 |
- Big Show was eliminated by Orton before hand, but Show eliminated Undertaker afterwards
Notes
- This marked the return of Rob Van Dam. He hadn't been with the company since 2007.
DVD release
The event was released on DVD on February 24, 2009.
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