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
No.ResultsStipulationsTimes1Yoshi Tatsu defeated Heath SlaterSingles match4:002Daniel Bryan (c) defeated Mark Henry and Big ShowTriple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship9:083Beth Phoenix, Natalya, and The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie Bella) defeated Kelly Kelly, Eve, Alicia Fox, and Tamina8-Diva Tag Team match5:294John Cena vs. Kane ended in double countoutSingles match10:565Brodus Clay defeated Drew McIntyreSingles match1:056CM Punk (c) defeated Dolph ZigglerSingles match for the WWE Championship14:327Sheamus won by last eliminating Chris Jericho2012 Royal Rumble match54:54 

 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 

  – Winner
  – Hall of Famer (HOF)

DrawEntrantOrderEliminated byTimeEliminationsThe Miz25Big Show45:392Alex Riley1The Miz01:150R-Truth204:570Cody Rhodes24Big Show41:556Justin Gabriel4Mick Foley & Ricardo Rodriguez06:120Primo3Mick Foley01:570Mick Foley8Cody Rhodes06:343Ricardo Rodriguez5Santino Marella02:191Santino Marella7Cody Rhodes02:311Epico6Mick Foley00:110Kofi Kingston18Sheamus17:550Jerry Lawler9Cody Rhodes00:431Ezekiel Jackson11The Great Khali03:460Jinder Mahal1001:170The Great Khali13Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler07:292Hunico16Kharma09:000Booker T14Cody Rhodes & Dolph Ziggler04:401Dolph Ziggler26Big Show19:463Jim Duggan12Cody Rhodes00:560Michael Cole15Booker T & Jerry Lawler01:230Kharma17Dolph Ziggler01:001Sheamus22:213Road Dogg19Wade Barrett04:550Jey Uso20Randy Orton07:030Jack Swagger2307:590Wade Barrett21Randy Orton03:551David Otunga22Chris Jericho03:150Randy Orton2805:463Chris Jericho29Sheamus11:342Big Show27Randy Orton01:514

References

Related pages
Royal Rumble

 Other websites 
Official Royal Rumble website

Category:2012 in professional wrestling
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