Royal Rumble (2008)

Royal Rumble (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 27, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. It was the 21st Royal Rumble event held by WWE and the first WWE pay-per-view to air in high definition. 

The main event was the Royal Rumble match, which was won by John Cena. Other matches saw Randy Orton defend his WWE Championship against Jeff Hardy, Edge defend his World Heavyweight Championship against Rey Mysterio, John "Bradshaw" Layfield wrestle against Chris Jericho, and Ric Flair wrestle against MVP.

Results
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes1Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Deuce 'n DominoTag team matchN/A2Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious PorterCareer Threatening match7:483John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated Chris Jericho by disqualificationSingles match9:234Edge (c) (with Vickie Guerrero, Curt Hawkins, and Zack Ryder) defeated Rey MysterioSingles match for the World Heavyweight Championship12:345Randy Orton (c) defeated Jeff HardySingles match for the WWE Championship14:036John Cena won by last eliminating Triple H2008 Royal Rumble match51:25(c) – is the champion(s) going into the match
D – This match was a dark match

 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 

  – Raw
  – SmackDown
  – ECW
  – Hall of Famer (HOF)
  – Winner

DrawEntrantBrand/
StatusOrder
eliminatedEliminated byTimeEliminationsThe UndertakerSmackDown11Shawn Michaels32:333Shawn MichaelsRaw12Mr. Kennedy32:392Santino MarellaThe Undertaker00:250The Great KhaliSmackDownThe Undertaker01:090Hardcore HollyRawUmaga13:460John MorrisonECW14Kane29:230Tommy DreamerBatista02:090BatistaSmackDown28Triple H37:464Hornswoggle16Never re-entered match26:17110Chuck PalumboCM Punk04:00111Jamie NobleChuck Palumbo00:28012CM PunkECW17Chavo Guerrero23:50113Cody RhodesRaw18Triple H23:14014Umaga26Batista26:05115Snitsky10The Undertaker12:26016The MizECW13Hornswoggle13:07017Shelton BenjaminShawn Michaels00:18018Jimmy SnukaHOFKane02:43019Roddy Piper01:00020KaneSmackDown27Batista & Triple H17:58321CarlitoRaw22John Cena15:07022Mick Foley20Triple H11:29023Mr. Kennedy25Batista13:32124Big Daddy VECW19Triple H07:49025Mark HenrySmackDown24John Cena09:12026Chavo GuerreroECW23John Cena07:33127FinlaySmackDown15Himself00:00028Elijah BurkeECW21Triple H02:11029Triple HRaw29John Cena11:22630John CenaRawWinner08:284
Hornswoggle spent most of the match under the ring before being forced into the ring by Mark Henry, who would then team up with Big Daddy V to assault him. Finlay, who was supposed to be the next scheduled entrant, came out early and attacked them both with his shillelagh and was immediately disqualified. He left the ring with Hornswoggle, who left through the ropes and never returned.

 References 

 Other websites 

 Official website

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