WWE Royal Rumble

January 23^rd 1993

From The Arco Arena in Sacramento, California

Gorilla Monsoon & Bobby “The Brain” Heenan are on commentary.

1)      The Beverly Brothers (Beau & Blake) vs The Steiner Brothers (Rick & Scott)

Winners: The Steiners after Blake held Scott in Doomsday positon, as Beau went to the top, but as he dove off for a Clothesline, Scott ducked and used a Victory Roll for a 2 count, before sending Blake into the ropes and using The Frankensteiner to plant him and pick up the 3 count.

2)      WWE Intercontinental Championship match: “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels vs Marty Jannetty

Sensational Sherri came down to ringside first, standing by herself and watching the match without taking a side. Sherri finally became involved, as Michaels was recovering on the ropes and she slapped him!

 Winner and STILL IC Champion: Michaels after the Referee got knocked down and after some fighting, Jannetty held Michaels, as Sherri entered the ring and took off her high heel! Sherri swung at Michaels, who moved and Jannetty was dropped by the heel! Michaels gets in Sherri’s face and intimidates her, as the Referee comes to and she bails to the back, Michaels pulls Jannetty up and scored with The Superkick and gets the pin.

Sherri is in hysterics in the back, with “Mean” Gene Okerlund trying to calm her down, as Michaels runs up to confront Sherri and Jannetty quickly arrives the brawl with Michaels until they are pulled apart.

3)      Bam Bam Bigelow vs The Big Bossman

Winner: Bigelow after Bossman sent him into the corner and charged in, only for Bigelow to get a boot up and then follow with a Lariat, before going to the top and scoring with a HUGE Flying Headbutt, following with the pin.

Footage of Razor Ramon attacking Owen Hart during an interview.

Ramon promo from the skybox at Arco Arena, the night before.

4)      WWE Championship match: Bret “The Hitman” Hart vs Razor Ramon

Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Hart after Ramon had Hart up for The Razor’s Edge, but Hart was able to escape and use a Backslide for a 2 count, but Ramon was immediately back on him with boots. Ramon hooked a Roman Knuckle Lock and put the boots to Hart, before sending him HARD into the corner and Hart went down. Ramon slapped at the back of Hart’s head and reapplied the Knuckle Lock, only this time Hart countered into a Bow and Arrow Sunset Rollup for a 2, before transitioning into The Sharpshooter, forcing Ramon to Submit.

Bobby “The Brain” Heenan introduces “The Narcissist” Lex Luger, who poses in front of mirrors. Heenan puts over the muscular definition and Luger being in love with himself, before giving Lex the mic and he cuts a promo on being the perfect physical specimen and calling out Mr. Perfect.

Cesar & Cleopatra come to the ring and welcome the WWE Universe to Wrestlemania IX at Cesar’s Palace in Wrestlemania and announces the winner of The Royal Rumble would be getting a shot at the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania.

5)      1993 Royal Rumble:

Order of Entrance: 1) “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, 2) Bob Backlund, 3) Papa Shango, 4) “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase w/”The Mouth of the South” Jimmy Hart, 5) Brian Knobbs, 6) Virgil, 7)  Jerry “The King” Lawler, 8) Max Moon, 9) Genichiro Tenryu, 10) Mr. Perfect, 11) Skinner, 12) Koko B. Ware, 13) Samu w/Afa, 14) The Berzerker, 15) The Undertaker w/Paul Bearer, 16) Terry Taylor, 17) Damien Demento, 18) Irwin R. Schyseter w/Jimmy Hart, 19) Tatanka, 20) Jerry Saggs, 21) Typhoon, 22) Fatu w/Afa, 23) Earthquake, 24) Carlos Colon, 25) “El Matador” Tito Santana, 26) “The Model” Rick Martel, 27) Yokozuna 2/Mr. Fuji, 28) “The Rocket” Owen Hart, 29) The Repo Man, 30) “The Macho Man” Randy Savage             

Order of Eliminations: 1) Backlund & Flair eliminated Shango, 2) DiBiase eliminated Knobbs, 3) Lawler eliminated Moon, 4) Perfect eliminated Flair, 5) Perfect eliminated Skinner, 6) Perfect eliminated Lawler, 7) Lawler, Koko & DiBiase eliminated Perfect, 8) Berzerker eliminated Virgil, 9) Undertaker eliminated Samu, 10) Undertaker eliminated Tenryu, 11) DiBiase eliminated Taylor, 12) DiBiase eliminated Koko, 13) Undertaker eliminated DiBiase, 14) Undertaker eliminated Berzerker, 15) Giant Gonzales eliminated Undertaker, 16) Earthquake eliminated Typhoon, 17) Colon eliminated Demento, 18) Backlund eliminated Fatu, 19) Earthquake eliminated IRS, 20) Yokzuna eliminated Tatanka, 21) Yokozuna eliminated Colon, 22) Yokozuna eliminated Earthquake, 23) Yokozuna eliminated Santana, 24) Hart eliminated Saggs, 25) Yokozuna eliminated Hart, 26) Yokozuna eliminated Repo, 27) Backlund eliminated Martel, 28) Yokozuna eliminated Backlund, 29) Yokozuna eliminated Savage after Randy scored with a Flying Elbow Drop and covered, only for Yoko to Press Savage off and over the top rope!

During the match, after Taker eliminated Berzerker, Harvey Whippleman led Giant Gonzales to the ring. Gonzales entered the ring and stared down Undertaker and as he dwarfed the dead man, Taker started to swing, only for the Giant to rock Taker back and knock him over the top, eliminating him and then beating him around ringside. Giant took it into the ring and even though Taker squared up, Gonzales Chokeslammed him and then dragged the lifeless body to the ring post, where he wrapped Taker’s knee around the steel, before a team of Referees finally got him to leave.

WWE Royal Rumble 2001

January 21^st, 2001

From The New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana

Presented by 1-800-Collect.

Jim Ross & Jerry “The King” Lawler on commentary

1)      WWE Tag Team Championship match: Edge & Christian© vs The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von)

Winners and NEW WWE Tag Champions: Dudleyz after setting Christian up for The 3D, only to see Edge rip D-Von to the mat with a Spear, as Christian spiked Bubba with a DDT and covered for 3. Christian set Bubba up for The What’s Up Headbutt, with Edge on the top, only Bubba rolled into the advantage, as D-Von pushed Edge off the top and into a Headbutt to Christian! The Dudleyz followed with The 3D on Edge to get the win!

Footage of Drew Carey arriving to the building is shown.

Footage from Sunday Night Heat is shown, with Vince McMahon talking to Michael Cole about Stone Cold Steve Austin competing in the Royal Rumble tonight. He says that Triple H should not be penalized, because Kurt Angle caused the confrontation, giving Triple H the World Title shot tonight.

Triple H & Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley are talking about his World Title shot against Kurt Angle and their feud with Trish Stratus. Drew Carey walks in and they share some pleasantries, before asking for Vince McMahon. Stephanie takes him to Trish’ locker room instead!

The APA (Bradshaw & Farooq) are sitting at their table, playing cards, drinking beers and smoking cigars. They read their Royal Rumble numbers and laugh. Crash Holly shows up and says that they are friends, but if they get in his way, he will eliminate them, they continue to laugh.

2)      WWE Intercontinental Championship Ladder match: “The Crippler” Chris Benoit© vs “Y2J” Chris Jericho

Winner and NEW Intercontinental Champion: Jericho after Benoit was near the top of the Ladder, only for Jericho to bring a Chair into the ring and blast Benoit with shots to the back, until Benoit kicked him away. Jericho bounced off the ropes and pushed the ladder, causing Benoit to crash down, across and over the top rope, and to the floor! Jericho slowly climbed him way up the ladder, as Benoit crawled to the ring apron, to watch Jericho retrieve the IC Title!

Drew Carey is in Trish Stratus’ locker room, flirting with her, until she says she is involved with someone. Drew says that Stephanie told him different and Vince McMahon walks in, looking suspicious of Drew’s presence. They nervously talk about Carey’s PPV comedy special and Drew asks Vince for advice, leading to McMahon putting Drew in the Royal Rumble. Saying if he wants to impress the WWE fans or Trish, he should participate, Trish tells Drew that she will be impressed and he agrees! Vince and Trish leave.

Chyna is preparing for her match, Billy Gunn is talking about being nervous and concerned about Chyna getting hurt again, she says it’ll be fine.

Michael Cole interviews NEW WWE IC Champion Chris Jericho on his Ladder match win.

3)      WWE Women’s Championship match: Ivory© w/Steven Richards vs “The Ninth Wonder of the World” Chyna

They show a highlight package of Chyna’s neck injury via Val Venis Piledriver and her road to recovery.

 Winner and STILL Women’s Champion: Ivory after Chyna dominated the match, threw Richards out of the ring and then beat Ivory into the corner. Chyna went to the opposite corner and used a Cartwheel into a Back Handspring Elbow, but connected awkwardly and the whip-lash seriously injured Chyna. Ivory draped an elbow over the 3 count and got out of there with Steven.

Jerry Lawler and staff were immediately at Chyna’s side, before the medics came out to neck brace and gurney her out.  

Trish Stratus walks into the dressing room, where she is greeted by Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley, Stephanie throws some threats and Trish walks out.

Drew Carey is in the locker room and gets his gear dropped off. Kane walks in and Carey introduces himself, but Kane is having none of it.

D-Lo Brown, Chaz & Tiger Ali Singh are in the locker room, talking about Royal Rumble strategy, when Vince McMahon walks in. Vine tells them that they are no longer in the Rumble and they all look disappointed. Tiger asks Vince who got their spot, he says Drew Carey.

Triple H is shown getting fired up.

4)      WWE Championship match: Kurt Angle© w/Trish Stratus vs “The Game” Triple H w/Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley

During the match, Stephanie distracted the Referee, as HHH had Angle’s legs wrapped around the ring post, allowing HHH to grab a chair and blast Angle’s legs with a chair shot!

 Stephanie and Trish got into a big Cat Fight, bringing Vince McMahon down to break it up. He started carrying Trish to the back, as Stephanie was held by Referees, only for Steph to break loose and tackle them both down! They all scramble to the back.

 Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Kurt Angle after Referee Earl Hebner was down and out on the floor, as HHH used The Pedigree on Angle and covered. HHH took a moment, but got to his feet and left the ring to check on Hebner, as Steve Austin ran down and attacked HHH! He beat down Trips around and into the ring, where he drilled him with the WWE Title belt and then threw Hebner back into the ring. Austin slid back into the ring and used The Stunner on a bloody HHH, before dragging Angle into the cover and flipping off HHH, before leaving, as Hebner came to and counted the 3.

Entrant #30 Rikishi is shown preparing. The Undertaker is shown preparing,

The Rock is standing by with Kevin Kelly, who interviews him, until Rock cuts him off for a promo.

5)      2001 Royal Rumble: Steve Austin eliminated Kane to win the Royal Rumble.

Order of Entrants: 1) Jeff Hardy, 2) Bull Buchanan, 3) Matt Hardy, 4) Farooq, 5) Drew Carey, 6) “The Big Red Machine” Kane, 7) Raven, 8) Al Snow (came down early and attacked Raven, but was held out of the ring until his time counted down), 9) Saturn w/Terri Runnels, 10) Steve Blackman, 11) Grandmaster Sexay (RIP), 12) The Honky Tonk Man, 13) The Rock, 14) The Goodfather 15) Taz, 16) Bradshaw, 17) Albert, 18) Hardcore Holly, 19) K-Kwick, 20) Val Venis, 21) William Regal, 22) Test (RIP), 23) The Big Show, 24) Crash Holly, 25) The Undertaker, 26) Scotty Too Hotty, 27) “Stone Cold” Steve Austin (Triple H attacked Austin from behind, beating him down on the aisle way), 28) Billy Gunn, 29) Haku, 30) Rikishi           

Order of Eliminations: 1) Hardyz eliminate Buchanan, 2) Hardyz eliminated Farooq, 3) & 4) Matt and Jeff Hardy eliminated each other off the top rope, 5) Drew Carey eliminated himself, 6) Kane eliminated Sexay, 7) Kane eliminated Blackman, 8) Kane eliminated Snow, 9) Kane eliminated Raven, 10) Kane eliminated Saturn, 11) Kane eliminated Honky, 12) Rock eliminated Goodfather, 13) Kane eliminated Taz, 14) Test eliminated Regal, 15) Big Show eliminated Test, 16) Big Show eliminated K-Kwick, 17) Rock eliminated Big Show, (Big Show tore apart the announcer’s tables and pulled Rock out of the ring. Show Chokeslammed Rock through the English commentator’s table and walked away), 18) Undertaker eliminated Bradshaw, 19) Kane eliminated Crash Holly, 20) Kane eliminated Albert, 21) Undertaker eliminated Hardcore Holly, 22) Undertaker eliminated Venis, 23) Undertaker & Kane eliminated Scotty Too Hotty, 24)  A BLOODY AUSTIN GETS BACK IN THE RING and eliminated Haku, 25) Rikishi eliminated The Undertaker, 26) The Rock eliminated Rikishi, 27) Austin eliminated Gunn, 28) Kane eliminated The Rock, 29) Steve Austin blasted Kane with 3 chair shots to the head, before using a Clothesline to take him over the top for the win.

WWE “Royal Rumble 2002”

1/20/2002

From The Phillips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia

Jim Ross & Jerry “The King” Lawler on commentary.

1)      WWE Tag Team Championship match: Spike Duldey & Taz© vs The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von) w/Stacy Keibler

Spike is sporting a neck brace.

 Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions: Taz & Spike after Stacy distracted Taz and went to slap him, only for Taz to duck and apply The Tazmission on Stacy. D-Von crashed into Taz, causing Stacy to crash to the floor and Spike caught D-Von with a boot and went for The Dudley Dawg, only for D-Von to throw Spike out of the ring! D-Von charged at Taz, who moved out of the corner and then applied The Tazmission, forcing D-Von to Tap Out.

Footage of Edge and William Regal’s feud and then Lillian Garcia interviews the WWE Intercontinental Champion Edge about his upcoming Title defense against Regal. Edge says he will combat Regal’s Brass Knuckles with a Chair!

2)      WWE Intercontinental Champion: Edge© vs William Regal

Winner and NEW WWE IC Champion: William Regal after pulling the Referee in the way of Edge’s Spear, taking all three down. Edge got up and went after Regal, who BLASTED Edge with a Brass Knuckles Punch, knocking him out and covering, as the Referee came to and counted the 3.

Michael Cole interviews William Regal about his win, Regal says he has never been more proud.

3)      WWE Women’s Championship match with Jacqueline serving as the Special Guest Referee: Trish Stratus© vs Jazz

Trish has her left hand bandaged up.

 Winner and STILL Women’s Champion: Trish Stratus after Jazz celebrated a little too much, before sending Trish across to the corner and charging in, Trish got her boot up and quickly followed with a Bulldog to get the win.

Jonathan Coachman attempts to get a word with Ric Flair, who is walking in with his daughter and son, Reid. Flair introduces them and then Woooos off.

4)      Street Fight: Vince McMahon vs “Nature Boy” Ric Flair

Winner: Flair after a bloody Vince tried to beg off Flair, who put a boot to him and punched away at the bloody head, before catching him with a Back Kick to the nuts. Flair retrieved a Steel Pipe from the corner and when Vince staggered to his feet, Flair cracked him over the head and then applied The Figure Four Leg Lock, forcing Vince to Tap Out.

Michael Cole starts to interview Referee Nick Patrick about the controversial finish to the IC Title match, when Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley shows up and takes over for Nick. She cuts a promo on Triple H dominating the Royal Rumble and trash talks Steve Austin and Debra, as Stone Cold walks up on her. Great What promo to Stephanie. Austin promo on winning the Royal Rumble.

5)      WWE Undisputed Championship match: “Y2J” Chris Jericho© vs The Rock

Winner and STILL Undisputed Champion: Jericho after Jericho blasted Rock with one of the Title belts and called for a second Referee, before covering, as Nick Patrick slid in and counted, but Rock kicked out! Both Jericho and Patrick looked shock, before Jericho pulled Rock up, only to eat a DDT and Rock covered, but Patrick didn’t count the fall! Rock got up and PLANTED Patrick with The Rock Bottom, just as Jericho charged, Rock planted him with a Spinebuster and then hit The People’s Elbow and covered, but Patrick and Earl Hebner were still down. Rock looked frustrated and got up, Jericho caught him with a Low Blow and then slammed his head into the exposed turnbuckle, before using a School Boy and getting his feet on the ropes for the win!

“The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels is live from WWE New York and gets interviewed by Jim Ross. HBK picks either The Undertaker or Steve Austin to win the Royal Rumble.

6)      2002 Royal Rumble: Triple H eliminated Kurt Angle to win!

Order of Entrance: 1) Rikishi, 2) Goldust, 3) The Big Bossman, 4) Bradshaw, 5) Lance Storm, 6) Al Snow, 7) Billy Gunn, 8) The Undertaker, 9) Matt Hardy, 10) Jeff Hardy, 11) Maven, 12) Scotty Too Hotty (Undertaker dropped him on the way to the ring), 13) Christian, 14) Diamond Dallas Page, 15) Chuck Palumbo, 16) The Godfather, 17) Albert, 18) Perry Saturn, 19) Stone Cold Steve Austin, 20) Val Venis, 21) Test, 22) Triple H, 23) Hurricane Helms, 24) Farooq, 25) Mr. Perfect, 26) Kurt Angle, 27) The Big Show, 28) Kane, 29) Rob Van Dam, 30) Booker T                

Order of Eliminations: 1) Rikishi eliminated Bossman, 2) Snow eliminated Storm, 3) Gunn eliminated Bradshaw, 4) Undertaker eliminated Goldust, 5) Undertaker eliminated Snow, 6) Undertaker eliminated Rikishi, 7) Undertaker eliminated Gunn, 8) Undertaker eliminated Jeff Hardy, 9) Undertaker eliminated Matt Hardy, 10) Maven eliminated Undertaker after The Hardy Boyz came back in and fought with Taker, he got rid of them and yelled by the ropes, allowing Maven to Dropkick his back and eliminate him! Taker DESTROYED MAVEN, one of the gnarliest Chair Shots you will ever see, 11) Undertaker threw Maven over the top rope and beat his ass all through the arena, 12) DDP eliminated Scotty Too Hotty, 13) Christian eliminated DDP, 14) Chuck & Christian eliminated Albert, 15) Chuck & Christian eliminated Godfather, 16) Austin eliminated Christian, 17) Austin eliminated Palumbo, 18) Austin eliminated Saturn, 19) Austin eliminated Venis, 20) Austin eliminated Test, 21) Austin & Triple H eliminated Hurricane, 22) HHH eliminated Farooq, 23) Kane eliminated Big Show, 24) Angle eliminated Kane, 25) Booker T eliminated RVD, 26) Austin eliminated Booker, 27) Angle eliminated Austin, Austin got back in the ring and crushed everyone with Chair Shots, 28) HHH eliminated Perfect, 29) Triple H eliminated Kurt Angle to win        

WWE “Royal Rumble 2003”

January 19^th, 2003

From The Fleet Center in Boston, Massachusetts

Michael Cole & Taz on Smackdown commentary. Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jim Ross on Raw commentary.

1)      Winner gets into the Royal Rumble at #30: The Big Show w/Paul Heyman vs “The Beast” Brock Lesnar

Winner: Lesnar after Show hooked Lesnar for The Chokeslam, Brock countered out and pushed Show into the ropes, knocking Heyman off the apron and allowing Brock to follow with a GIANT F5 and cover for the 3.

Chris Jericho is interviewed about the Royal Rumble and not getting the opportunity to be #1 due to Shawn Michaels getting that spot.  

2)      WWE World Tag Team Championship match: Lance Storm & William Regal©w/Chief of Staff Sean Morley vs The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von)

Winners and NEW World Tag Champions: Dudleyz after Regal put on the Brass Knuckles, while Morley had the Referee distracted, only for The Dudleyz to counter and put Regal down with The 3D! Bubba knocked Morley off the apron, as D-Von used the Brass Knuckles to knock out Storm and as the Referee turned, D-Von covered for the win.

Nathan Jones vignette

3)      Dawn Marie vs Torrie Wilson

Incredible story going into this one, with Wilson’s step-mother, Dawn Marie, exploiting the death of her husband, Torrie’s father.

 Winner: Torrie after catching Dawn with a Swinging Neckbreaker and getting the pin.

Eric Bischoff walks up on Stephanie McMahon talking to Randy Orton. Bischoff greets Orton, as he leaves and then has a heated exchange with Stephanie, concerning Eric’s job security.

4)      World Heavyweight Championship match: “The Game” Triple H© w/”The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs “Big Poppa Pump” Scott Steiner

Winner by Disqualification: Steiner after HHH nailed him with a Sledgehammer.

Steiner beat down Flair, HHH and then locked HHH in The Steiner Recliner, until the Referees ran out to pull him off.

5)      WWE Championship match: Kurt Angle© w/World’s Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas & Shelton Benjamin) vs “The Crippler” Chris Benoit

WGTT was ejected from ringside before the match started.

  Winner and STILL Champion: Angle after planting Benoit with The Angle Slam, Angle was unable to immediately follow up, he crawled into the cover, but Benoit kicked out. Angle went into The Ankle Lock and fought with Benoit for control, finally dropping into a Grapevine and forcing Benoit to Tap Out!

Kane and Rob Van Dam promo in their locker room.

6)      2003 Royal Rumble: Brock Lesnar eliminated The Undertaker to win the Royal Rumble!

Order of Entrants: 1) Shawn Michaels, 2) Chris Jericho (Jericho had Christian enter on the stage, distracting HBK and allowing Jericho to attack from behind), 3) Christopher Nowinski, 4) Rey Mysterio Jr, 5) Edge, 6) Christian, 7) Chavo Guerrero Jr., 8) Tajiri, 9) Bill DeMott, 10) Tommy Dreamer, 11) Bull Buchanan, 12) Rob Van Dam, 13) Matt Hardy w/Shannon Moore, 14) Eddie Guerrero, 15) Jeff Hardy, 16) Rosey w/Rico, 17) Test w/Stacy Keibler, 18) John Cena, 19) Charlie Haas, 20) Rikishi, 21) Jamal w/Rico, 22) Kane, 23) Shelton Benjamin, 24) Booker T, 25) A-Train, 26) Maven, 27) Goldust, 28) Batista, 29) Brock Lesnar, 30) The Undertaker

Order of Eliminations: 1) Jericho eliminated Michaels, 2) Mysterio eliminated Nowinski, 3) Jericho eliminated Mysterio, 4) Edge eliminated DeMott, 5) Jericho & Christian eliminated Dreamer, 6) Jericho eliminated Tajiri, 7) Edge eliminated Buchanan, 8) Edge eliminated Chavo, 9) Jericho eliminated Edge, 10) Jericho eliminated Christian, 11) RVD eliminated Jeff Hardy, 12) Kane eliminated Rosey, 13) Booker eliminated Eddie, 14) Test eliminated Jericho (after Shawn Michaels ran back down and fought with Jericho. He then attacked after the elimination), 15) Haas eliminated Goldust, 16) Haas & Benjamin eliminated Booker, 17) Batista eliminated Test, 18) Batista eliminated Rikishi, 19) Lesnar eliminated Haas, 20) Lesnar eliminated Benjamin, 21) Lesnar eliminated Matt Hardy, 22) Undertaker eliminated Cena, 23) Undertaker eliminated Jamal, 24) Undertaker eliminated Maven, 25) RVD & Kane eliminated A-Train, 26) Kane eliminated RVD, 27) Undertaker eliminated Batista, 28) Undertaker eliminated Kane, 29) Brock eliminated Undertaker (After Batista came back in, with a Chair, and Taker fought him off.)

WWE Royal Rumble

January 25^th, 2004

From The Wachovia Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jim Ross, Jerry “The King” Lawler & The Coach on Raw commentary. Taz & Michael Cole on Smackdown commentary.

1)      WWE World Tag Team Championship Tables match: Evolution (Batista & “Nature Boy” Ric Flair)© vs The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von).

Winners and STILL World Tag Champions: Evolution after D-Von took Flair out with a Diving Shoulder Block, off the top, Batista slid into the ring and drove D-Von through a Table with a Spinebuster, ending the match.

Josh Matthews interviews John Cena, who raps about winning the Royal Rumble, until Rob Van Dam interrupts.

2)      WWE Cruiserweight Championship match: Rey Mysterio Jr.(c) vs Jamie Noble w/Nidia(blinded)

Winner and STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Mysterio after Nidia accidentally (blindly) tripped up Noble, allowing Rey to knock Noble into the ropes and use The 619 to set up Dropping The Dime (Springboard Leg Drop) to the back of the neck and pin.

Noble yells at Nidia.

3)      Eddie Guerrero vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. w/Chavo Guerrero Sr.

Winner: Eddie after scoring with The Frog Splash.

 Eddie viciously beat down both men, bloodying Chavo Jr.

Evolution promo, putting over Chris Benoit

4)      WWE Championship match: Brock Lesnar© vs Hardcore Holly

Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Brock after Holly went for a Full Nelson, only for Brock to counter with a Judo Throw. Both men rolled to their feet, where Holly charged, but Brock scooped him up and scored with The F5 to get the win.

5)      World Championship Last Man Standing match: “The Game” Triple H© vs “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels

Incredibly bloody battle.

 Match was ruled a Double Knockout after both BLOODY men got to their feet and HBK went for a Lariat, only for HHH to duck and follow with The Pedigree, which put both men back down on the mat! HHH pulled himself up at 7, followed by HBK at 9 and when they gained balance, HHH charged and HBK blasted him with Sweet Chin Music and both men collapsed again! HBK started to stir, but collapsed back to the mat, as Referee Earl Hebner finished the 10 count.

Eric Bischoff comes out and cuts a heel promo on the Philly crowd, bringing out Paul Heyman! Heyman gets in the ring and immediately attacks Bischoff, bringing out “Stone Cold” Steve Austin. Austin tries to figure out what the hell they are thinking, leading to Austin hitting Bischoff with The Stunner and then Heyman, before celebrating with beers!

Terri interviews Bill Goldberg about entering his first Royal Rumble, bringing in WWE Champion Brock Lesnar to cut a promo on Goldberg.

6)      2004 Royal Rumble: Chris Benoit entered #1 and eliminated The Big Show #29 to win the Royal Rumble!

Order of Entrants: 1) Chris Benoit, 2) WWE Intercontinental Champion Randy Orton, 3) Mark Henry, 4) Tajiri, 5) Bradshaw, 6) Rhyno, 7) Matt Hardy, 8) Scott Steiner, 9) Matt Morgan, 10) The Hurricane, 11) Booker T, 12) Kane, 13) Spike Dudley (Undertaker’s gong went off prior, leading to an eliminated Kane putting Spike down with a Chokeslam on the ramp), 14) Rikishi, 15) Rene Dupree, 16) A-Train, 17) Shelton Benjamin, 18) Ernest “The Cat” Miller, 19) Kurt Angle, 20) Rico, 21) Test (Never came out, cameras go to back, Test is knocked out cold. Steve Austin tells someone off camera that they are now #21) Mick Foley!, 22) Christian, 23) Nunzio (Foley gave Nunzio Socko, until Orton stopped the attack), 24) The Big Show, 25) Chris Jericho, 26) Charlie Haas, 27) Billy Gunn, 28) John Cena, 29) Rob Van Dam, 30) Goldberg

Order of Eliminations: 1) Benoit eliminated Bradshaw, 2) Rhyno & Henry eliminated Tajiri, 3) Benoit eliminated Henry, 4) Morgan eliminated Hurricane, 5) Booker T eliminated Steiner, 6) Booker eliminated Kane (who was distracted by Undertaker’s music), 7) Benoit eliminated Rhyno, 8) Dupree eliminated Matt Hardy, 9) Rikishi eliminated Dupree, 10) Benoit eliminated Morgan, 11) Orton eliminated Rikishi, 12) Orton eliminated Booker, 13) Benoit eliminated A-Train, 14) Orton eliminated Benjamin, 15) Orton eliminated The Cat, 16) Orton eliminated Rico, 17) Foley eliminated Orton, 18) Foley eliminated himself, 19) Spike Dudley did not make it to the ring, 20) Jericho eliminated Christian, 21) Goldberg eliminated Haas, 22) Goldberg eliminated Gunn, 23) Goldberg eliminated Nunzio, 24) Angle eliminated Goldberg (after Brock Lesnar ran in and used The F5 to put Goldberg down), 25) Big Show eliminated Cena, 26) Big Show eliminated RVD, 27) Big Show eliminated Jericho, 28) Big Show eliminated Angle, 29) Benoit eliminated Big Show

WWE Royal Rumble

January 30^th, 2005

From The St. Marks Center in Fresno, California

Michael Cole & Taz on commentary for Smackdown. Jerry “The King” Lawler & Jim Ross on Raw commentary.

1)      Edge vs “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels

Winner: Edge after countering The Sweet Chin Music into an Electric Chair Drop, Edge slowly crawled into the cover, picking up a 2. Both men got to their feet and exchanged shots, until Edge went for an Irish Whip, which Michaels countered into a Sunset Flip, but Edge rolled out and applied The Edgecution (Standing modified Figure Four), torturing HBK, until he got to the ropes. Edge went to follow up, Michaels used an Inside Cradle for a 2, Edge pulled him back up, only for HBK to use an O’Connor Roll, which Edge escaped by pulling Michaels’ tights to reverse the hold and pull the ropes to sit deep into the pin!

Backstage Royal Rumble number selection scene, with Eric Bischoff, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair, Torrie Wilson, Teddy Long, Christy Hemme and Eddie Guerrero. Guerrero hugs Flair and swaps numbers with him!

Heidenreich promo, Gene Snitsky arrives to motivate him.

2)      Casket match: The Undertaker vs Heidenreich

Gene Snitsky got involved to attack The Undertaker, but Kane came down to even the odds and fight Snitsky through the crowd.

 Winner: Undertaker after planting Heidenreich with a Chokeslam, Taker took a little time to recover, before calling for the end and then scooping Heidenreich up for a Tombstone Pildriver, planting his foe and then rolling him into the open Casket, before closing the lid in victory!

Teddy Long has Eddie Guerrero in his office, asking about Guerrero stealing from Ric Flair, Evolution comes in and Long has to separate them, with Triple H & Flair cutting promos. Evolution cools down, Guerrero starts to leave, Long stops Eddie, who has Flair’s wallet! HHH and Batista go face to face about Rumble strategies, with Flair trying to preach Evolution.

Christian, Tomko & Eric Bischoff are in Eric’s office, with Christian about to draw his Rumble number, Teddy Long comes in. Long talks about drama, Christian draws his number and is happy, John Cena comes in and Christian confronts him.

3)      WWE Championship Triple Threat match: John Bradshaw Layfield© vs Kurt Angle vs The Big Show

Winner and STILL WWE Champion: JBL after Mark Jindrak pulled out the Referee, distracting Big Show, Luther Reigns slid into the ring and attacked Show from behind, dumping him to the floor. Jindrak & Reigns attacked Show, who fought back and beat them down, only for JBL to be rolled into the ring by Orlando Jordan & The Bashams, to quickly nail Angle with The Clothesline From Hell and pin.

4)      World Heavyweight Championship match: “The Game” Triple H© vs Randy Orton

Winner and STILL World Champion: HHH after Orton went after HHH’s Sledgehammer, while the Referee was down, he picked it up, only for HHH to level him with a Lariat! HHH picked up the Sledgehammer and threw it out of the ring, before planting Orton with The Pedigree and covering for the win.

Nunzio is walking through the back, throwing his number ball in the air, when Kurt Angle takes the ball and argues with Nunzio, telling him to fight him to take the number.

Eric Bischoff and Teddy Long conversation about the World Title match, when World Champion JBL comes in, with his Cabinet, celebrating the Title defense. JBL gets in Long’s face, until Teddy informs him about his next Title defense, at No Way Out, JBL will take on The Big Show in a Barbed Wire Steel Cage match!

5)      2005 Royal Rumble: Batista eliminated John Cena to win the Royal Rumble!

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

Order of Eliminations: 1) Holly eliminated Puder, 2) Benoit & Eddie eliminated Holly, 3) Eddie eliminated Hurricane, 4) Mysterio eliminated Kenzo, 5) 6 wrestlers teamed up to eliminated Hassan, 6) Booker eliminated Luther, 7) Booker eliminated Orlando, 8) Eddie eliminated Booker, 9) Scotty Too Hotty could not continue, 10) Edge eliminated Benjamin, 11) Edge eliminated Eddie, 12) HBK eliminated Dean, 13) HBK eliminated Haas, 14) HBK eliminated Angle, 15) Angle eliminated HBK, 16) Jericho eliminated Dupree, 17) Cena eliminated Viscera, 18) Snitsky eliminated London, 19) Kane eliminated Jindrak, 20) Batista eliminated Snitsky, 21) Batista eliminated Jericho, 22) Cena eliminated Kane, 23) Flair eliminated Coach, 24) Batista eliminated Christian, 25) Flair eliminated Benoit, 26) Edge eliminated Flair, 27) Edge eliminated Mysterio, 28) Cena & Batista eliminated Edge, 29) Batista eliminated Cena after Batista pulled Cena up for The Batista Bomb and both men fell over the top, to the floor. 2 WWE Officials from either brand raised each man’s hand in victory, causing confusion, which brings Vince McMahon to the ring. Vince blew out his quad getting into the ring, listening to the Officials plead their case. Vince can’t get to his feet, Batista throws Cena out, but Cena gets back in and throws Batista out. Vince calls for an end to the madness and calls for the RESTART!

WWE Royal Rumble 25^th Anniversary

January 28^th 2012

From The Scott Trade Center in St. Louis, Missouri

Michael Cole, Jerry “The King” Lawler and Booker T on commentary.

1)      World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat Cage match: Daniel Bryan© vs “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry vs The Big Show

Winner and STILL World Champion: Bryan after Show knocked out Henry with The Weapon of Mass Destruction and covered, only for Bryan to break it up and immediately climb to the top of the cage and get to the other side, as Show got to the top and struggled with Bryan, even holding him by one hand, off the side of the cage, until Bryan fought loose and slipped to the floor to retain the championship!

Hype for John Cena vs The Rock’s upcoming Wrestlemania Main Event!

2)      Eight Diva Tag match: WWE Divas Champion “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix, Natalya & The Bella Twins (Brie & Nikki) vs Kelly Kelly, Alicia Fox, Eve Torres & Tamina

Winners: Phoenix, Natalya & The Bellas after Phoenix tagged Nikki out and told her to get out of her ring, before entering and planting Kelly with The Glam Slam, following with the pin.

Highlights of Kane destroying Zack Ryder and Eve Torres blaming John Cena. Ryder is shown being wheeled through backstage, wearing a body brace, when John Lauranitis walks up and mockingly greets Ryder, who tells him off, followed by Eve showing up and telling Lauranitis off.

3)      John Cena vs “The Monster” Kane

Match was ruled a Double Count Out when they continued to brawl outside of the ring and up the entrance. The match was thrown out, yet they continued their brawl to the backstage area, where Kane laid out Cena with chair shots and then turned his attention to Zack Ryder’s room. Kane kicked open the door and then fought off the wheel chaired Ryder, choking him out and then wheeling him to ringside, where he dumped him on the floor. Kane threw Zack into the ring and stalked in, only for Eve Torres to run out and try to beg Kane off, only Kane lifted Ryder up and planted him with a Tombstone Piledriver!

 Cena ran back out and continued the fight with Kane, who was able to plant Cena with a Chokeslam and stand tall!

Hype for John Cena vs The Rock’s upcoming Wrestlemania Main Event.

4)      Drew McIntyre vs “The Funkasaurus” Brodus Clay w/The Funkadactyls (Cameron & Naomi)

Winner: Clay after crushing Drew with a Body Avalanche in the corner and quickly following with a Running Cross Body and holding on for the 3.

5)      WWE Championship match: CM Punk© vs “The Showoff” Dolph Ziggler w/Vickie Guerrero

Special Guest Referee: Interim General Manager John Lauranitis. Lauaranitis cuts a promo, saying that, in the name of fairness, he will oversee the officiating from the floor and brings out a Referee to call the in ring action. Just as the match started, Lauaranitis stepped in the ring and had Vickie banned from ringside!

 Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Punk after catching Ziggler as he jumped at him, before dropping him with a double leg takedown and then catapulting Ziggler into the corner, following with The GTS and the cover, as Lauaranitis slid in to count the fall, with the Referee.

6)      25^th Royal Rumble: Sheamus wins the Royal Rumble and earns a Title shot at Wrestlemania.

Order of Entrance: 1) The Miz, 2) Alex Riley, 3) R-Truth, 4) WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes, 5) Justin Gabriel, 6) WWE Tag Team Champion Primo, 7) Mick Foley, 8) Ricardo Rodriguez, 9) Santino Marella, 10) WWE Tag Team Champion Epico, 11) Kofi Kingston, 12) Jerry “The King” Lawler, 13) Ezekiel Jackson, 14) Jinder Mahal, 15) The Great Khali, 16) Hunico, 17) Booker T, 18) Dolph Ziggler, 19) “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan, 20) Michael Cole, 21) Kharma, 22) Sheamus, 23) Road Dogg, 24) Jey Uso, 25) “The All-American American” Jack Swagger, 26) Wade Barrett, 27) David Otunga, 28) “The Viper” Randy Orton, 29) Chris Jericho, 30) The Big Show

Order of Eliminations: 1) Miz eliminated Riley, 2) Miz eliminated Truth, 3) Foley eliminated Primo, 4) Foley & Rodriguez eliminated Gabriel, 5) Santino eliminated Rodriguez, 6) Foley eliminated Epico, 7) Rhodes eliminated Marella, 8) Rhodes eliminated Foley, 9) Rhodes eliminated Lawler, 10) Khali eliminated Mahal, 11) Khali eliminated Jackson, 12) Rhodes eliminated Duggan, 13) Rhodes eliminated Khali, 14) Rhodes eliminated Booker T, 15) Kharma eliminated Cole, 16) Kharma eliminated Hunico, 17) Dolph eliminated Kharma, 18) Sheamus eliminated Kofi, 19) Barrett eliminated Road Dogg, 20) Orton eliminated Uso, 21) Orton eliminated Barrett, 22) Jericho eliminated Otunga, 23) Show eliminated Swagger, 24) Show eliminated Miz, 25) Show eliminated Rhodes, 26) Show eliminated Dolph, 27) Orton eliminated Show, 28) Jericho eliminated Orton, 29) Sheamus eliminated Jericho

WWE Royal Rumble

January 27^th, 2019

From Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona

Kick Off Show:

1)      WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Bobby Roode & Chad Gable vs Rezar & Scott Dawson w/Drake Maverick

Winners: Roode & Gable after Roode used a Reverse Neckbreaker, as Gable hit a Moonsault, to put Dawson down for the 3.

2)      W/WE United States Championship match: Rusev© w/”The Ravishing Russian” Lana vs Shinsuke Nakamura

Winner and NEW US Champion: Nakamura after Shinsuke started loosening the top turnbuckle, Lana got on the apron to alert the Referee and stop Nakamura. Shinsuke got in her face and then moved as Rusev charged, knocking Lana off the apron and into an apparent ankle injury. Rusev called for Lana and looked on in concern, only for Nakamura to catch him with Kinshasa to the back of the neck and cover for the 3!

3)      WWE Cruiserweight Championship Fatal Four Way: Buddy Murphy© vs Kalisto vs Hideo Itami vs Akira Tozawa

Winner and STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Murphy after defeating Itami in a strike exchange, blasting him with consecutive V-Triggers, before snapping off Murphy’s Law (Pump Handle Angle Slam) to get the win. (DOPE AS FUCK)

Main Show:

1)      WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship match: “The Empress of Tomorrow” Asuka© vs “The Man” Becky Lynch

Winner and STILL Smackdown Women’s Champion: Asuka after Lynch used an O’Connor Roll for a 2 and immediately charged, but Asuka countered and rolled Lynch into The Asuka Lock, battling for control, before bridging forward into a Cattle Mutilation modification, forcing Lynch to Tap Out. (Good)

2)      WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championship match: The Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus)© vs The Miz & Shane McMahon

Winners and NEW Smackdown Tag Champions: The Miz & Shane after The Miz pushed Cesaro in the way of The Brogue Kick from Sheamus, Miz followed with The Skull Crushing Finale on Sheamus, allowing Shane to go to the top and score with a Shooting Star Press on Cesaro to get the win.

3)      WWE Raw Women’s Championship match: “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey© vs “The Boss” Sasha Banks

Winner and STILL Raw Women’s Champion: Rousey after snapping Banks down with a Death Valley Driver, before rolling her back up into The Piper’s Pit (Twisting Samoan Drop) to get the win.

“The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix joins commentary for the Rumble.

4)      Women’s Royal Rumble: Becky eliminated Charlotte to win the Royal Rumble!

Order of Entrants: 1) Lacey Evans, 2) Natalya, 3) Mandy Rose, 4) Liv Morgan, 5) Mickie James, 6) Ember Moon, 7) Billie Kay, 8) Nikki Cross, 9) Peyton Royce, 10) Tamina, 11) Xia Li, 12) Sarah Logan, 13) Charlotte Flair, 14) Kairi Sane, 15) Maria Kanellis, 16) Naomi, 17) Candice LeRae, 18) Alicia Fox, 19) Kacy Catanzaro, 20) Zelina Vega, 21) Ruby Riott, 22) Dana Brooke, 23) Io Shirai, 24) Rhea Ripley, 25) Sonya Deville, 26) Alexa Bliss, 27) Bayley, 28) Lana (injured her ankle earlier in the night, could not make it to the ring. Jax then attacked her ankle on the way to the ring), 29) Nia Jax, 30) Carmella. Becky Lynch came out and argued with Fit Finlay to let him take Lana’s spot in the Rumble, to which he finally let her enter.

Order of Eliminations: 1) Natalya eliminated Liv, 2) Tamina eliminated Mickie, 3) The Iconics eliminated Nikki Cross, 4) Evans eliminated Royce, 5) Evans eliminated Billie Kay, 6) Charlotte eliminated Xia, 7) Charlotte eliminated Tamina, 8) Natalya & Kairi eliminated Logan, 9) Naomi eliminated Rose, 10) Rose eliminated Naomi, 11) Charlotte eliminated Lacey, 12) Alicia eliminated Maria, 13) Riott eliminated Fox, 14) Riott eliminated LeRae, 15) Riott eliminated Kairi, 16) Ripley eliminated Catanzaro, 17) Ripley eliminated Brooke, 18) Ripley eliminated Vega, 19) Bliss eliminated Deville, 20) Bayley eliminated Riott, 21) Bayley eliminated Ripley, 22) Jax eliminated Shirai, 23) Jax eliminated Natalya, 24) Bliss eliminated Moon, 25) Bayley & Carmella eliminated Bliss, 26) Charlotte eliminated Carmella, 27) Jax & Carmella eliminated Bayley, 28) Becky eliminated Jax, 29) Becky eliminated Charlotte

Natalya went 55:58 (New Record)

5)      WWE Championship match: “The New” Daniel Bryan© vs “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles

Deep in the match, Erick Rowan, in street clothes, walks down to ringside for a closer look.

  Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Bryan after accidentally knocking the Referee down, Bryan was planted with The Styles Clash and pinned, only for Rowan to enter the ring and lift AJ out of the pin, in a Brain Claw, before PLANTING him to the mat with The Claw Slam. Rowan left the ring, as Bryan crawled into the pin and the Ref came to and counted the 3.

Rowan held AJ up, so Daniel could blast him with The Busaiku Knee.

6)      WWE Universal Championship match: “The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar© w/Paul Heyman vs Finn Balor

Winner and STILL Universal Champion: Brock after Balor crushed an injured Brock with The Coup de Gras and covered, Brock escaped at 2 and wrapped Balor up in The Kimura Lock, wrenching it in and forcing Finn to Tap Out.

Brock attacked Finn with German Suplexes and stalked him, before using a third German Suplex to put Balor down. Brock celebrated with his Title and his music played, only for Brock to go back and plant Finn with The F5.

Jerry “The King” Lawler & JBL join commentary for the Rumble.

7)      Men’s Royal Rumble: Seth Rollins eliminated Braun Strowman to win the Royal Rumble

Order of Entrants: 1) Elias, 2) Jeff Jarrett, 3) WWE US Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, 4) Kurt Angle, 5) Big E., 6) NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano, 7) Jinder Mahal, 8) Samoa Joe, 9) Curt Hawkins, 10) Seth Rollins, 11) Titus O’Neil, 12) Kofi Kingston, 13) Mustafa Ali, 14) Dean Ambrose, 15) No Way Jose, 16) Drew McIntyre, 17) Xavier Woods, 18) WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne, 19) Andrade, 20) Apollo Crews, 21) Aleister Black, 22) Shelton Benjamin, 23) Baron Corbin, 24) Jeff Hardy, 25) Rey Mysterio Jr., 26) WWE Intercontinental Champion “The Almighty” Bobby Lashley w/Lio Rush, 27) Braun Strowman, 28) Dolph Ziggler, 29) Randy Orton, 30) R-Truth (Truth started his entrance, only for NIA JAX to attack him and take his spot!)

Order of Eliminations: 1) Elias eliminated JJ, 2) Shinsuke eliminated Angle, 3) Gargano eliminated Mahal, 4) Joe eliminated Big E., 5) Rollins eliminated Elias, 6) Hawkins eliminated Titus, 7) Joe eliminated Hawkins, 8) Ali eliminated Nakamura, 9) Ambrose eliminated Gargano, 10) Joe eliminated No Way, 11) McIntyre eliminated Woods, 12) McIntyre eliminated Kofi, 13) Aleister eliminated Ambrose, 14) Mustafa Ali eliminated Samoa Joe 15) Corbin eliminated Apollo, 16) Corbin eliminated Aleister, 17) McIntyre eliminated Dunne, 18) Rollins eliminated Lashley, 19) Braun eliminated Corbin, 20) Braun eliminated Benjamin, 21) Braun eliminated Hardy, 22) Ziggler eliminated McIntyre, 23) Jax eliminated Mustafa Ali, 24) Mysterio eliminated Jax, 25) Orton eliminated Mysterio, 26) Andrade eliminated Orton, 27) Braun eliminated Andrade, 28) Braun eliminated Ziggler, 29) Rollins eliminated Braun          

WWE "Tables, Ladders and Chairs"

WWE TLC

December 17^th 2011

From The 1^st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, Maryland

1)      WWE United States Championship match: Dolph Ziggler© w/Vickie Guerrero vs “Long Island Iced Z” Zack Ryder

Vickie was ejected from ringside for interfering in the match.

 Winner and NEW United States Champion: Ryder after getting his knees up to drop Dolph as he charged into the corner, before hitting The Rough Ryder and covering for the 3.

The crowd, including Zack’s father, go crazy!

Booker T is talking with Alicia Fox, when WWE Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes attacks Booker!

2)      WWE Unified Tag Team Championship match: Air Boom (Evan “Air” Bourne & Kofi Kingston)© vs Primo & Epico w/Rosa Mendes

Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions: Air Boom after Evan knocked Epico out of the ring with a Jumping Knee and immediately went to the top and followed Epico with a Plancha to the floor! In the ring, Kofi took out Primo with Trouble in Paradise and covered for the 3!

Josh Matthews has no official word on Booker T’s health.

General Manager “Santa” Teddy Long is working on a Christmas tree, when Hornswoggle enters and is angered by being called “little buddy,” Long tries to help Horn “talk jive” and gifts him Rosetta Stone: Ebonics for Christmas. Hornswoggle gives him a hug and then stomps his foot before running off.

3)      Tables match: “The Viper” Randy Orton vs Wade Barrett

Winner: Orton after Wade beat him down, positioned a Table close to the corner and put Orton, face down, on it, before going to the top, but as Wade dove off, Orton caught him with The RKO to drive Barrett through the table, ending the match!

The Bella Twins are with Santa Teddy Long, sitting on his lap and arguing with each other. Long gives them his phone number, only for them to slap him and leave. Jack Swagger walks in and insults Long as the Santa General Manager and questions his actions after Mark Henry was attacked, Long says nothing and only asks Jack to sit on his lap. Sheamus walks in, greets Long and goes back and forth with Swagger, leading to Long signing a match between the two for tonight!

4)      WWE Divas Championship match: “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix© vs Kelly Kelly

Winner and STILL Divas Champion: Beth after Kelly used a quick Rolling Prawn Hold for a 2 count and quickly went for a Frankensteiner, only for Beth to power out and drop Kelly with The Alley Oop, before covering for 3.

WWE Champion Alberto Del Rio & Ricardo Rodriguez are in the back, with ADR berating Ricardo for not having food and his car ready, Miz approaches and talks about not having an alliance tonight, but ADR says he was just using Miz. They insult each other, until Ricardo shows up with ADR’s food, which Miz smashes into his face before leaving, followed by ADR pushing him down.

Booker T comes out for his Intercontinental Title match, only for IC Champion Cody Rhodes to attack him from behind and assault him at ringside.

 Hype for Triple H and Kevin Nash’s feud is shown.

5)      Sledgehammer Ladder match: Triple H vs Kevin Nash

Winner: HHH after beating Nash down with the hammer, before planting him with The Pedigree, only he did not cover. HHH grabbed the hammer and stalked Nash, as he pulled himself to his knees, before telling Nash to “suck it” and smashing the hammer into Nash’s face and covering for 3.

 Nash had to be stretchered to the back.

Matt Striker interviews WWE Champion CM Punk about his 3 Way WWE Title TLC defense against The Miz and Alberto Del Rio. John Lauranitis walks up and tells Punk to be more worried about his Title than a Slammy, Punk tells John that he will be future endeavored and Punk will still be champion when the night is over. Lauranitis says he will be the bigger man, Punk walks away, John check his phone.

6)      “The All-American American” Jack Swagger w/Vickie Guerrero vs “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus

Winner: Sheamus after he was able to roll forward and break up Swagger’s Ankle Lock, before dodging Swagger’s shot at the foot and crushing his jaw with The Brogue Kick, following with the pin.

Josh Matthews interviews The Big Show about his World Heavyweight Title match against Mark Henry in a Chairs match.

7)      World Heavyweight Championship Chairs match: “The World’s Strongest Man” Mark Henry© vs The Big Show

Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Big Show after Henry beat Show with a chair and then readied for The World’s Strongest Slam but Show blocked it and hooked for a Chokeslam, but Henry easily swatted away his injured hand and then grabbed a chair, swinging for the fences, just as Show connected with The Weapon of Mass Destruction, knocking out Henry and allowing Show to turn Henry and pin.

 Henry attacked Show after the match, hitting him with chair shots and then stacking chairs, before planting Show with a DDT onto the chairs and leaving him down, just as Daniel Bryan’s music hit and Smackdown’s Mr. Money in the Bank ran down and cashed in!

8)      World Heavyweight Championship match: The Big Show© v Daniel Bryan

Winner and NEW World Heavyweight Champion: Bryan after covering the downed Show and hooking the leg for the 3!

Footage of Intercontinental Champion Cody Rhodes’ attacks on challenger Booker T through the course of the night. Josh Matthews interviews Booker T, saying he will go out and compete tonight, Josh says he has nothing to prove, but Booker stops him and says he doesn’t want to go out like no sucker.

9)      WWE Intercontinental Championship match: Cody Rhodes© vs Booker T

Winner and STILL IC Champion: Rhodes after Booker executed The Spinaroonie and went for The Scissors Kick, only for Rhodes to dodge and go after Booker, who ducked and went for a Jumping Side Kick, but again, Rhodes dodged and hit the ropes, connecting with The Beautiful Disaster and covering, but Booker kicked out at 2! Rhodes waited for Booker to pull himself to his feet, before snapping off another Beautiful Disaster and covering, this time for 3!

10)   WWE Championship Triple Threat TLC match: CM Punk© vs Alberto Del Rio w/Ricardo Rodriguez vs The Miz

Ricardo handcuffed Punk to a ladder, but he was able to break free from the ladder. Ricardo attempted to climb the ladder and retrieve the Title, only for Punk & Miz to tip the ladder and send Ricardo crashing through a Table on the floor! Miz dodged a shoulder tackle from Punk, sending him crashing into the ring post and allowing Miz to handcuff Punk to the middle turnbuckle, Punk was eventually able to break himself and the middle rope, free.

 Winner and STILL WWE Champion: Punk after fighting with Miz and ADR across 2 ladders, before knocking Miz off the ladder and then dropping ADR with a Head Kick, only for Miz to pull Punk down and start climbing up, but Punk pulled Miz down, dropped him with The GTS and then climbed up to retrieve his Title!

WWE Tables, Ladders and Chairs

December 13^th 2015

From The TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts

1)      WWE World Tag Team Championship Three Way Ladder match: The New Day (Big E. & Kofi Kingston) w/Xavier Woods vs The Lucha Dragons (Sin Cara & Kalisto) vs The Usos (Jimmy & Jey)

Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions: The New Day after Cara trapped Big E between a ladder, on the floor, and crushed him with a Senton Atomico! This allowed Kalisto, who was in the ring alone, to start his climb towards the Titles, only Xavier, who was on commentary, noted that the match was No Disqualification and retrieved his trombone, before throwing it at Kalisto, hitting him in the back and distracting him, as Kofi got in the ring and knocked Kalisto down. Kofi then climbed the ladder and retrieved the Titles to end a fantastic match. (This was nutty and awesome)

2)      “The Bulgarian Brut” Rusev w/Lana vs “The Big Guy” Ryback

Winner: Rusev after Ryback was distracted after running into Lana, allowing Rusev to drop him with a Superkick and then slide him into the ring, looking to finish it with The Accolade, but Ryback was able to fight it off and he lifted Rusev for Shellshock, only for Ryback to give out, allowing Rusev to drop him with a Roundhouse Kick to the head and lock in The Accolade, forcing Ryback to pass out.

Dean Ambrose is in the dressing room, when Roman Reigns shows up and they discuss their agendas for the night, talking about doing it for the family.

3)      WWE United States Championship Chairs match: Alberto Del Rio© vs “The All-American American” Jack Swagger

Winner and STILL US Champion: ADR after catching Swagger with a Cross Arm Breaker, over the top rope, torturing him until he lost grip and then pulling Swagger into a seated position on the middle turnbuckle, where ADR unloaded chair shots to Swagger’s back. ADR piled chairs underneath Swagger and then destroyed him with a Flying Double Stomp off the top, as Jack was hanging away from the turnbuckles, driving Swagger into the chairs and covering for the 3.

4)      8 Man Tag Team Tables Elimination match: The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper, Eric Rowan & Braun Strowman) vs Team Extreme (“The Man Beast” Rhyno, Tommy Dreamer & The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray & D-Von))

Order of Eliminations: 1) Dudleyz eliminated Rowan with The 3D through a table in the ring, 2) Harper eliminated Rhyno after Bray countered The Gore with a vicious Running Back Elbow, which allowed Luke to put Rhyno through a table with a Running Big Boot, 3) Bray eliminated

D-Von after D-Von laid him out and brought a table into the ring, but as he set it up, Wyatt went into his spider pose and then quickly rolled over and used a Uranage to send D-Von crashing through the table, 4) Harper eliminated Dreamer after planting him with The Black Hole Slam and as Dreamer recovered on the floor, Luke hit the rope and drove him through a table, slanted against the guardrail, with a Suicide Dive, 5) Strowman eliminated Bubba after Bubba covered a table in lighter fluid and pulled Bray in Powerbomb position, while trying to light the table on fire, only for Harper to make the save with a Superkick and Brau n followed up by Chokeslamming Bubba through the table, ending the match.

5)      WWE Intercontinental Championship match: Kevin Owens© vs “The Lunatic Fringe” Dean Ambrose

Winner and NEW IC Champion: Ambrose after Owens dropped Ambrose with a Superkick and used a School Boy for a 2 count, before sending Dean into the ropes and positioning for The Pop Up Powerbomb, only for Ambrose to counter with a Frankensteiner and hold on for the 3 count!

6)      WWE Divas Championship match: Charlotte© w/”The Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs Paige

Winner and STILL Divas Champion: Charlotte after Paige planted Charlotte with The Rampage and covered, but was too close to Flair, who put his daughter’s foot on the rope to break the count. Paige argued and pleaded with the Referee, as Charlotte sat in the corner and took off the second turnbuckle padding, when Paige approached Charlotte, she slammed her challenger’s head into the exposed steel turnbuckle and pinned.

Charlotte & Ric Flair are celebrating through the back, when they walk up on Becky Lynch, who seems apprehensive of the Flairs.

7)      WWE World Heavyweight Championship TLC match: “The Celtic Warrior” Sheamus© vs Roman Reigns

Winner and STILL WWE World Champion: Sheamus after Roman was set to retrieve the Title, only for The League of Nation members Rusev & Alberto Del Rio to hit the ring and attack Reigns. Rusev went for The Accolade, outside of the ring, while ADR attempted to get Sheamus up the ladder, only for Roman to break free of Rusev, drop him with The Superman Punch and then take out ADR with The Superman Punch, before getting in the ring and pulling Sheamus to the mat, only for Sheamus to knock Roman out with The Brogue Kick. Sheamus then made his way up the ladder and even though Roman started to make his way up, Sheamus was able to unhook the Title and retain.

As The League of Nations celebrated, Roman snapped and took out all 3, ending with vicious chairs shots to all 3, leaving Sheamus in the ring to eat multiple shots, until Triple H, Stephanie and a whole host of WWE Referees came down to stop him. Roman calmed, as the officials and HHH got Sheamus out of the ring, only for Roman to then drop HHH with The Superman Punch! Reigns then picked up his chair and destroyed HHH with multiple shots, before taking him out of the ring and Powerbombing HHH on top of the announcer’s table, which did not break! Roman climbed on top of the opposite announcer’s table and put both through it with a Jumping Elbow Drop! Roman left to a hero’s applause, as HHH was dragged from the wreckage and walked to the back, only for Reigns to sprint back and destroy the boss with a vicious Spear!