Royal Rumble (2005)

Royal Rumble (2005) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 30, 2005, at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California. It was the 18th Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

 Qualification matches 
Booker T and Charlie Haas defeated Luther Reigns and Mark Jindrak - SmackDown house show, January 9
Shelton Benjamin defeated Maven - Raw, January 10
Edge defeated Rhyno - Raw, January 10
Scotty 2 Hotty defeated Akio - SmackDown, January 18
John Cena defeated René Duprée - SmackDown, January 18
Rey Mysterio defeated Chavo Guerrero - SmackDown, January 18
Viscera defeated Tajiri in a battle royal - Raw, January 24
Batista defeated Rob Conway and Sylvain Grenier in a handicap match - Raw, January 24
Muhammad Hassan defeated Val Venis - Raw, January 24
Kane defeated Gene Snitsky and Maven in a triple threat match - Raw, January 24
Paul London defeated Funaki, Shannon Moore, and Spike Dudley in a fatal four-way match - SmackDown, January 25

 Results 

 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations 

  – Raw
  – SmackDown!
  – Winner

DrawEntrantBrandOrder eliminatedEliminated byTimeEliminationsEddie GuerreroSmackDown!11Edge28:113Chris BenoitRaw25Batista & Ric Flair47:262Daniel PuderSmackDown!Hardcore Holly04:090Hardcore HollyChris Benoit & Eddie Guerrero01:591The HurricaneRawEddie Guerrero01:040Kenzo SuzukiSmackDown!Rey Mysterio03:310EdgeRaw28Batista & John Cena40:195Rey MysterioSmackDown!27Edge38:252Shelton BenjaminRaw10Edge14:35110Booker TSmackDown!Rey Mysterio & Eddie Guerrero10:42311Chris JerichoRaw21Batista28:22212Luther ReignsSmackDown!Booker T07:13113Muhammad HassanRawBooker T, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge, Luther Reigns & Shelton Benjamin00:54014Orlando JordanSmackDown!Booker T03:36015Scotty 2 HottyUnable to competeN/A016Charlie Haas13Shawn Michaels06:20017René Duprée16Chris Jericho11:32018Simon DeanRaw12Shawn Michaels00:20019Shawn Michaels15Kurt Angle04:56320Kurt AngleSmackDown!14Shawn Michaels00:37121Jonathan CoachmanRaw23Ric Flair13:48022Mark JindrakSmackDown!19Kane08:15023VisceraRaw17John Cena03:00024Paul LondonSmackDown!18Gene Snitsky03:15025John Cena29Batista15:28326Gene SnitskyRaw20Batista03:38127Kane22John Cena03:54128BatistaRaw10:54629ChristianRaw24Batista02:09030Ric Flair26Edge01:582

 References 

Category:2005 in professional wrestling
Category:January events
Category:2000s in California
Category:2005 in the United States
Category:History of Fresno, California
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