Official Royal Rumble 05 Entrance List

[Guest Phenom]

My new predictions:

 

Cruiserweight Title Match: "Ravishing" Billy Kidman defeats Funaki

 

Chris Masters defeats Steven Richards

 

Rumble Order

 

1. Kenzo Suzuki (SD!)

2. The Hurricane ®

3. Rey Mysterio (SD!)

4. Tyson Tomko ®

5. Paul London (SD!)

6. Viscera ®

7. Charlie Hass (SD!)

8. Captian Charisma ®

9. Scotty 2 Hotty (SD!)

10. Muhammed Hassan ®

11. Daniel Puder (SD!)

12. Gene Snitsky ®

13. Hardcore Holly (SD!)

14. Simon Dean ®

15. Booker T (SD!)

16. Shelton Benjamin ®

17. Orlando Jordan (SD!)

18. Batista ®

19. Mark Jindrak (SD!)

20. Shawn Michaels ®

21. Rene Dupree (SD!)

22. Chris Benoit ®

23. Eddie Guerrero (SD!)

24. Edge ®

25. Luther Reigns (SD!)

26. Kane ®

27. John Cena (SD!)

28. Chris Jericho ®

29. ULTIMO DRAGON OMG (SD!)

30. STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN WTF ®

[Guest The Shadow Behind You]

Heat

Debut Match

Chris Masterpiece Vs Val Venis

*Masterpiece debut. Allows Venis to make him look good*

 

Match One

Falls Count Anywhere, No DQ

Edge Vs HBK

 

 

*An all out brawl in which Shawn goes bloodtastic. Majority of the match occurs outside the ring as Bischoff decided on Heat to make the match No DQ, Falls Count aywhere. Shawn goes for the SCM but misses and Edge spears him into the back of a nearby car. Edge hits the edgecution(figure four shooter) and Shawn finally taps out. Edge celebrates. Shawn is carried to the trainer's room where he is told he can't wrestle in the rumble; that his "back is severely hurt and further damage can permantly injure him".*

 

*The first of many backstage vignettes shows Chris Jericho, Shelton Benjamin and Chris Benoit enter to draw their numbers. Jericho and Benoit are still arguing about them losing the title match to Le resistance on monday. Benjamin seperates them and reminds them to focus on the match tonight. Jericho draws first and he smiles. Benoit next, he shrugs his shoulders going "I won @ #1 last year, This is nothing". Benjamin draws next...his reaction is silent. Benoit: What's wrong? Benjamin: Oh nothing. Good luck guys.*

 

*Jordan enters the Cabinet's HQ's and shows Amy his number. JBL checks it and says "This is an outrage! Amy you know what to do!"*

 

 

Match Two

Cruiserweight Title

Funaki © Vs Kidman

 

*Short match. Kidman cheats to win.*

 

 

*Amy writes a check and hands it to a unseen person behind a door. She turns to Orlando. "Here's your new number. Wow. JBL Vs Orlando Jordan. WrestleMania XXI. I smell money"*

 

*Short match. Kidman cheats to win.*

 

*Le Resistance reunites with Rene. They all draw at the same time and they all share a hug of joy and leave. Eddy Guerrero and Booker enter to draw followed by Mysterio. There's still dissention between eddy and rey. They draw. Eddy's not pleased about his number but Rey is estatic. They leave as Jindrak and Reigns enter followed by Angle who refuses to leave from their protective grasp. Reigns and Jindrak draw and Angle peeks "Looks like i wont be facing you guys at Mania". Edge strolls in still sweaty from his match. Edge to Angle: Hey Kurt! Good luck with your match tonight. Kurt to edge: Luck? Maybe for you. I mean beating that has been michaels is nothing compared to when I win the wwe title once again. but yeah, maybe you can pull another one off and you can face a REAL champion like me at mania.*

 

 

*Batistia enters the evolution dressing room.

HHH: Where have you been? I got a match and you're not here?

Batistia: Sorry boss; I had to go draw my number for the rumble tonight.

HHH: Oh right. So i guess you're going through with the rumble then?

Batistia: Yeah.

HHH: I see

Batistia: I mean Im supposed to follow in you two guy's footsteps right? So If i recall correctly about a little over ten years ago, @ number 3, Ric here won it all

Flair: WHOO! THREE! WHOO!

Batistia:....And of course so did you hunter. So I figure i better go get ready for the match. Good luck tonight. But hey, you're the game. You won't need me anyways. Right? of course not. Batistia walks out the door*

 

 

 

 

*Video package of the WWE Title match*

 

 

Match Three

WWE Title

JBL © Vs Kurt Angle Vs TBS

 

*Short 8-12 minute routine three way with a little comedy, JBL's and Angle's men are all thrown out of the ringside area. Angle and JBL work to take out TBS. Finish ends JBL hitting TBS with three straight CFH's on TBS who saunters around while Angle distracts the ref as Amy with a official manager's license smacks tbs with a briefcase. Ref turns and sees the briefcase and throws Amy out while JBL protests, Angle clocks him. TBS charges and splashes JBL into the corner. Angleslam for TBS but Angle falls out of the ring by the exhustionous effort it took to slam him, JBL pounces on the prone TBS to win the match*

 

*Randy Orton cuts a prematch promo*

 

*Carlito Carribean cool enters the raw dressing room and talks to a few and gets a few signees for the petition. He bumps into Tajiri which hilarity ensues. Punchline? Tajiri's mist ruins the petition. CCC charges after him but remembers his shoulder and stops and walks away but chomps the apple and spits in the faces of the uncool tajiri*

 

*John Cena cuts a rhyme and draws his #.*

 

*Coach is backstage with the trainier's who say Shawn's in no condition not only for tonight but perhaps for another 2-4 weeks. Bischoff emerges behind the curtain. Coach "Mr. Bischoff, what do you plan to do with Shawn's spot? He is incapable of wrestling tonight". Bischoff "I don't know coach. How about you? Put on some sweats. YOUR gonna be in the rumble!"

 

*Orton/HHH package*

 

Match Four

World Title

Triple H © Vs Randy Orton

 

*Twenty Minute match. Hebner goes bumpity bump. Flair slides a chair in but Orton ducks it, and hits a rko on trips. Flair goes berserk and Orton brawls with him around the ring. Batistia strolls on down. HHH is up on the ropes. Batistia enters the ring and goes for Orton and shoves him under his thighs. He motions the thumbs up to HHH. Who grins and turns around to taunt the crowd. Batista tosses Orton off to the side. HHH turns around. THUMBS DOWN. HHH's eyes bulge. Kick wham Batistia bomb. Batistia walks away. Flair chases Batistia and Batistia sppoks him and Flair flops on the floor. Orton picks up HHH, HHH swings and Orton hits the rko for the win and the title.

 

*Muhammad Hassan and Daviari enter the drawing room. Hassan cuts a "anti america" promo and then draws and grins and leaves*

 

*Casket Match Package*

 

 

Match Five

Casket Match

Undertaker Vs Heidenreich

 

8-10 minute brawl that flows into Kane and Snitsky running in and thus sets up a 4 way brawl that needs to be seperated.

 

 

 

Match Six

Royal Rumble

Order of Entry

1. Shelton Benjamin

2. Charlie Haas

3. Christian (revealed to be the one who sold his # to Orlando Jordan)

4. S2H

5. Daniel Puder

6. Slyvian Grenier

7. Hardcore Holly

8. Luther Reigns

9. Eddy Guerrero

10. Mark Jindrak

11. Rob Conway

12. Tajiri

13. Rene Dupree

14. Booker T

15. Chris Jericho

16. Akio

17. Paul London

18. Edge

19. Rhyno

20. Chris Benoit

21. Hurricane

22. Kenzo Suzuki

23. John Cena

24. Viscera

25. HBK

26. Simon Dean

27. Batistia

28. Orlando Jordan

29. Mysterio

30. Muhammad Hassan

 

 

Order of Elimination

1. Scotty 2 Hotty by Haas and Benjamin (to show that they still know how to work as a team)

2. Holly by Puder

3. Christian by Eddy

4. Puder by Jindrak and Reigns

5. Tajiri by Jindrak

(leaves four sets of "teams" in the ring, The FKAWGTT, Eddy/Booker, Le Rez, Jindrak and Reigns)

6. Dupree by Booker

7. Jindrak by Eddy

8. Grenier by Haas

9. Haas by Reigns

10. Booker by Eddy ("accident")

11. Conway by Jericho

12. Reigns by Eddy

(In the ring are Benjamin, Eddy and Jericho)

13. Akio by London(they do a spotastic series leading to Akio flopping out

(meanwhile, Eddy taunts and cheats variously throughout the night from this point)

(Edge comes out but slowly and doesn't enter the ring. Plays to the fans. Heeling it up. Jericho, who had enough of it tope's through the ropes knocking down Edge. Benjamin crawls out and joins the edge bashing. Eddy lays on the ropes as the "cool guy". London steps between the ropes and hits a springboard sault onto Edge, Bengi and Jericho).

14. Rhyno by Benjamin and Eddy

(Benoit comes in and saves Jericho from near elimination from Edge. Jericho shoves back "I dont need your damn help!". Benoit shoves back, Edge tries to spear them both but they step aside and Edge goes hurling over the ropes but skins the cat and rolls back in)

15. Hurricane by Edge (Hurricane gets the shortest stint in this year's rumble)

16. London by Kenzo

17. Kenzo by Cena

(Coach comes out but Shawn limps down and punches him and heads to the ring with ref's urging him not too. Edge urges him to come in via taunting. Shawn gets in and Edge goes all over him. Benoit and Jericho contemplate helping but then change their mind)

18. Dean by Benjamin (who has now hit the 50 minute+ mark)

19. Viscera by Batistia

20. Jordan by Cena

21. Mysterio by Eddy

(Poppy Rey wakes up the crowd with high flying acrobactics but makes his mistake by trying to 'Rana eddy who simply drops him to the floor)

22. Benjamin by Hassan(Benjamin final time was around 56 minutes)

(Final Men are Eddy(9), Jericho(15), Edge (18), Benoit(20), Cena(23) HBK (25),Batistia(27) and Hassan(30) )

23. Benoit by Jericho

24. Jericho by Hassan

25. Batistia by Edge (via distraction from HHH and Flair)

26. Hassan by Cena

Final 4: Eddy, Edge, Cena and HBK

27. HBK by Edge

28. Edge by HBK (hoganizes Edge's sid)

29. Eddy by Cena

Winner: John Cena

 

 

*Not what I want but I still sadly think Cena's going over.

[Guest Rrrsh]

Last night in Amarillo, TX, in a Royal Rumble Qualifying Match, Kenzo Suzuki defeated Paul London

[cawthon777 0]

Last night in Tupelo, Hardcore Holly went over Danny Basham to qualify.

[BorneAgain 0]

Eddie Guerrero and Rey Mysterio both qualified for the Royal Rumble with wins at house shows this weekend.

 

Credit: PWInsider.com

[cawthon777 0]

Yeah, I noticed that myself.

 

The only problem there is that 3 of those 4 guys are already in (Eddie / Rey over Reigns / Jindrak) ... which makes it incredibly dumb to have the match.

 

Either 1) it wasn't a qualifier and all the newsboards are saying it was because they are sheep that follow PWInsider and 1wrestling or 2) it was a qualifier and someone in the WWE is a moron (well, probably more than someone).

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

The Hurricane

Chris Benoit

Gene Snitsky

Simon Dean

 

 

ARE IN THE RUMBLE. Credit: wwe.com

[bob_barron 0]

So-

 

Sylvian Grenier

Robert Conway

Batista

Matt Hardy

Maven

Muhammad Hussein

Rhyno

Rosey

Steven Richards

Tajiri

Tomko

Venis

Regal

 

are in the running for the remaining 5 RAW slots

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

*MATT HARDY IS INJURED

 

I'm guessing they go to:

 

Batista

Regal

La Resistance

Hassan or Rhyno (most likely Rhyno)

[bob_barron 0]

I think Hardy's coming back soon- so I put him on the list

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Oh, ok. Unless he re-debuts and wins a qualifying match tonight, though, its a safe bet he's not going to be in it.

[JoeDirt 0]

The Torch says that Hurricane beat Chris Masters this weekend in Tulsa to qualify.

 

Hurricane over Masters?

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Great news.

[cawthon777 0]

The Torch says that Hurricane beat Chris Masters this weekend in Tulsa to qualify.

 

Hurricane over Masters?

I can't find a report of the show online to support that.

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

VISCERA qualifies over Tajiri on Raw.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

And there is your Royal Rumble winner (Batista, not Viscera).

[ChrisMWaters 0]

OK...the 15 for Raw are in.

 

Though that may change in a moment.

[Kahran Ramsus 0]

Nope, and good thing too. I don't want another jobber like Maven in. It is bad enough we have to put up with Viscera.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

Nope, and good thing too. I don't want another jobber like Maven in. It is bad enough we have to put up with Viscera.

<WWE Mode>Hey, Viscera is a former King of the Ring!

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

RAW

1: Shelton Benjamin (2003, 2004)

2: Edge (1999, 2000, 2003)

3: Chris Jericho (2000, 2003, 2004)

4: Shawn Michaels (1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995 Winner, 1996 Winner, 2003)

5: Christian (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)

6: Kane (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Runner-Up, 2002, 2003, 2004)

7: Chris Benoit (2004 Winner)

8: Gene Snitsky

9: Simon Dean

10: The Hurricane (2002, 2004)

11: Viscera (1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000)

12: Jonathon Coachman

13: Batista (2003)

14: Muhammed Hassan

15: Ric Flair (1992 Winner, 1993)

 

 

SMACKDOWN!

1: Daniel Puder

2: Booker T (2002, 2003, 2004)

3: Charlie Haas (2003, 2004)

4: Orlando Jordan

5: Luther Reigns

6: Mark Jindrak

7: Scotty 2 Hotty (2000, 2001, 2002)

8: John Cena (2003, 2004)

9: Rey Mysterio (2003)

10: Kenzo Suzuki

11: Hardcore Holly (1994, 1996, 2000, 2001)

12: Eddie Guerrero (2003)

13:

14:

15:

[Guest FromBeyondTheGrave]

Who's going to win the Rumble!!? Ric Flair? Molly Holly? The Coach!? GEORGE BUSH!???

[Guest Phenom]

Who's going to win the Rumble!!? Ric Flair? Molly Holly? The Coach!? GEORGE BUSH!???

La Parka.

[cawthon777 0]

Who's going to win the Rumble!!? Ric Flair? Molly Holly? The Coach!? GEORGE BUSH!???

La Parka.

You're assuming La Parka can get past Battle Kat.

 

I don't think so.

[CBright7831 0]

Hassan will be the iron man this year.

[ChrisMWaters 0]

One bad thing about this Royal Rumble...

 

Rikishi will not be breaking his record of being in 10 Royal Rumbles with an 11th.

[natey2k4 0]

If you didn't watch WWE for a year... and you just came in and watched possibly the last RAW before.. or even just the Rumble..

 

There's like 11 or 12 guys on RAW who'd be a threat (Hurricane, Coach, Simon Dean taken off)

 

While on Smackdown.. there may be like 4 or 5? Does that tell you something or what.

[natey2k4 0]

Bad enough we may have to put up with Viscera? In a way.. but I like the element of everyone putting away their personal grudges to try and get the huge man over. Considering Rikishi is gone.. Viscera will be that man. I think it will be crash and burn for people trying to put him out for one or two numbers... and BATISTA comes out and BAMMO!.. bye bye Viscera.

 

Hassan, Jericho, Benoit, Christian are my early picks for the Ironman this year. Hassan will have to made to look good... Jericho always lasts forever in battle royales, Benoit was last year's winner so he should last awhile... and Christian is seemingly getting pushed and more recongized.

[cawthon777 0]

In terms of Benoit winning last year and being the Ironman, I remember back to 1993 when Bob Backlund went the distance and set the then-record.

 

What happened the next year? Backlund didn't last 2 minutes and was punked out of the ring by Diesel.

 

*crosses fingers that we don't see something like that this year*

[UseTheSledgehammerUh 0]

Not a chance. I've got Benny going about 25-35 minutes.

 

Anyone doing a Rumble pool with friends?

 

We usually get together, each throw in $5-10, pick names out of a hat (number of names depending on how many people enter), and you get those guys...if he wins you get the pot.

 

I got Benoit and The Cat last year.

 

In 2003 I got Shawn Michaels, Rey Mysterio, and B2.

[Guest Justwitty]

The Royal Rumble page from wwe.com now lists Rene Dupree on the Smackdown side. Not sure if he qualified last night at a house show or if it's an early spoiler for tonight's Smackdown but as of right now...he's in.