Royal Rumble (2012)

**Royal Rumble (2012)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It took place on January 29, 2012 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It was the 25th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

## Background

As is the case every year since the event's beginning, the event's main event was the 30-man over-the-top-rope battle royal, also known as the Royal Rumble match. The match started with two wrestlers and a new one was added every 90 seconds. To eliminate an opposing wrestler he must be thrown over the top rope and have _both_ his two feet hit the floor, this continued until there was only one man left, who was named the winner. The winner received either a WWE Championship match or a World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII.

## Matches

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|Yoshi Tatsu defeated Heath Slater|Singles match|4:00||||||
|Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Mark Henry and Big Show|Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship|9:08||||||
|Beth Phoenix, Natalya, and The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie Bella) defeated Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alicia Fox, and Tamina|8-Diva Tag Team match|5:29||||||
|John Cena vs. Kane ended in double countout|Singles match|10:56||||||
|Brodus Clay defeated Drew McIntyre|Singles match|1:05||||||
|CM Punk (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler|Singles match for the WWE Championship|14:32||||||
|Sheamus won by last eliminating Chris Jericho|2012 Royal Rumble match|54:54||||||
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### Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

- – Winner
- – Hall of Famer (HOF)

|Draw|Entrant|Order|Eliminated by|Time|Eliminations||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||The Miz|25|Big Show|45:39|2||
||Alex Riley|1|rowspan="2"|The Miz|01:15|0|
||R-Truth|2|04:57|0|||
||Cody Rhodes|24|Big Show|41:55|6||
||Justin Gabriel|4|Mick Foley & Ricardo Rodriguez|06:12|0||
||Primo|3|Mick Foley|01:57|0||
||Mick Foley|8|Cody Rhodes|06:34|3||
||Ricardo Rodriguez|5|Santino Marella|02:19|1||
||Santino Marella|7|Cody Rhodes|02:31|1||
||Epico|6|Mick Foley|00:11|0||
||Kofi Kingston|18|Sheamus|17:55|0||
||Jerry Lawler|9|Cody Rhodes|00:43|1||
||Ezekiel Jackson|11|rowspan="2"|The Great Khali|03:46|0|
||Jinder Mahal|10|01:17|0|||
||The Great Khali|13|Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler|07:29|2||
||Hunico|16|Kharma|09:00|0||
||Booker T|14|Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler|04:40|1||
||Dolph Ziggler|26|Big Show|19:46|3||
||Jim Duggan|12|Cody Rhodes|00:56|0||
||Michael Cole|15|Booker T & Jerry Lawler|01:23|0||
||Kharma|17|Dolph Ziggler|01:00|1||
|****|**Sheamus**|****|****|22:21|3||
||Road Dogg|19|Wade Barrett|04:55|0||
||Jey Uso|20|Randy Orton|07:03|0||
||Jack Swagger|23||07:59|0||
||Wade Barrett|21|Randy Orton|03:55|1||
||David Otunga|22|rowspan="2"|Chris Jericho|03:15|0|
||Randy Orton|28|05:46|3|||
||Chris Jericho|29|Sheamus|11:34|2||
||Big Show|27|Randy Orton|01:51|4||

## Related pages

- Royal Rumble

## Other websites

- Official Royal Rumble website

## Infobox (wrestling event)

- **name**: Royal Rumble (2012)
- **tagline**: One match. One winner.
- **theme**: "Dark Horses" by Switchfoot
- **promotion**: WWE
- **date**: January 29, 2012
- **venue**: Scottrade Center
- **city**: St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri
- **lastevent**: TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2011)
- **nextevent**: Elimination Chamber (2012)
- **event**: Royal Rumble
- **lastevent2**: Royal Rumble (2011)
- **nextevent2**: Royal Rumble (2013)