| WWE Royal Rumble January 25, 2004 Philadelphia, PA Ric Flair & Batista vs. Dudley Boyz Dudleys come out first. Batista and Flair are next. Batista says the Dudleys are losers just like the Philadelphia Eagles. Cheap heat always works. Dudleys work on Flair. Set up a table. Batista moves it before they can suplex him through it. Batista & D�Von go to the outside. Bubba sets up a table vertically in the corner. He gets Flair with the dancing elbow. Batista comes in to take out Bubba with a tough clothesline. Batista stomps on D�Von on the ground. D�Von fights out and gets Flair with a clothesline. Batista misses a charge on Bubba. He moves, so that Batista�s shoulder hits the post. Flair kicks Bubba in the knee. In the corner, D�Von charges at Flair and eats a back elbow. Flair to the top. Bubba slams him off. Never seen that before, eh? Dudleys set up a table. Coach leaves the announce table, going on the apron. Bubba rips his shirt off, exposing his taped ribs. Wassup Drop is stopped by Flair, who throws out Bubba. He gets a clothesline on Flair. Batista in. Spinebuster on D�Von through the table. Match is over after five minutes. Winners: Batista & Flair Post match, Flair says it was a big win for Evolution. John Cena cuts a promo backstage with Josh Matthews. RVD interrupts him to say that he�s gonna win. Cena insists that RVD is on �Mary Jane.� He ended up rhyming with that by talking about his candy cane. At the end, Cena ended saying �Word Mother F�N Life� and showed his knuckles that had those words on some brass knuckles. Rey Mysterio vs. Jamie Noble Rey is out first. Noble is next with Nidia. Rey gets started with a hurricanrana. Noble fights it off. He suplexes Rey stomach first on the top rope. I missed a large portion of this match with posting troubles. The finish came pretty quickly. Noble was near the ropes and Nidia grabbed Jamie�s leg. Rey hit a 619 and a springboard legdrop to the back of the head for the victory. Match was three minutes long. Winner: Rey Mysterio Post match, Noble yells at Nidia. She said she thought it was Mysterio. Eddie Guerrero vs. Chavo Guerrero I�m kinda thinking that Eddy is going to win. Oh well. I�ll stick with the Chavo pick because they may save Eddy�s win for a few weeks later. I think Angle�s going to cost Eddy the match. Chavo comes out with his father, Chavo Sr., for support. Cole & Tazz bicker about what Chavo Sr. is doing there. Eddy comes out next in a yellow, orange and black low rider. Looks like Eddy got haircut. It�s a good look. Shaved on the side with a little on top. Chavo sneaks out of the ring before the bell. Huge Eddy chants to start. The crowd is definitely awake. Hard lockup to start. They break up eventually. Chavo slaps him hard in the face. Another Eddy chant. Eddy drives him into the corner. Ref Nick Patrick makes him break it. Eddy grabs an armbar, then a tight headlock. Chavo pushes him into the corner and gets a big chop on him. Another lockup. This time Eddy wins it and gets a huge chop to him. He�s laughing at him now. Eddy whips him in, Chavo gets a shoulder knockdown and another. They exchange chops. Thumb to the eye for Eddy. Eddy�s reluctant to punch Chavo in the face. He wants to outwrestle him. That�s the story so far. Eddy grabs an armbar on the mat. Chavo leaps and gets a hurricanrana that sends them both down to the floor by going over the top rope. Eddy tries to climb up the steps. Chavo Sr. trips him down. Chavo Jr. throws Eddy head first into the announce table. He rolls Eddy in and pounds Eddy into the face. Eddy gets him in a mounted position, but he won�t throw a punch. Chavo takes him down and throws some more punches. Eddy gets an armbar on Chavo as he�s trying to punch at him. Chavo gets to the ropes. Chavo gets a back suplex for two. Chavo hits the triple vertical suplex. Eddy flips out on the second one. He shoves Chavo into the corner. Swinging DDT by Chavo is blocked by Eddy. Headbutt by Eddy. Another headbutt. Rolling vertical suplexes by Eddy, three of them. Eddy goes to the top. Frog splash hits for the three count after 8 minutes. Chavo Sr. comes in. Eddy decks him. Winner: Eddy Guerrero Post match, the crowd chants Eddy�s name once again. He hesitates leaving. He comes back in and kicks Chavo Sr. in the nuts. He punches him down. He punches Chavo Jr. in the face repeatedly. He ties Chavo Sr.�s tie to the bottom rope, then kicks him a few times. Chavo Jr. is bleeding now. Eddy kicks him down in the corner. He pulls Chavo Jr. out by using his mouth. That was pretty sick. He elbows Chavo in the head. The crowd was quiet during all that. When Eddy�s music started playing, they popped huge. Backstage, Josh Matthews interviews Chris Benoit. Benoit says that there are 29 guys that he has to go through. Ric Flair, Batista & Randy Orton interrupt. He�s got champagne. Flair says he may be the best technical wrestler in the world, but that Beniot can never get the job done. He says it�s about Evolution. He tosses some champagne on Josh Matthews. Benoit just stares. Tazz says that Benoit cannot win the big one. WWE Championship: Brock Lesnar vs. Hardcore Holly Long video package to start. Holly is first out. He got a midcard pop, at best. Lesnar is next. Holly jumps on him after the fireworks. Lesnar tries for the F5, but Holly pounds on him. Holly to the top. Shoulderblock is missed as Brock moves out of the way. Lesnar kicks him when he�s down. Suplex by Lesnar. To the floor, Lesnar drives him back first into the side of the ring. Back in the ring, he gets a two count. Lesnar gets a bearhug on the mat. He pounds on Holly�s ribs. Delayed fisherman�s buster for Lesnar gets two. Another gut wrench (reverse bear hug) on the ground. Crowd is dead. Holly fights out with some punches. He charges off the ropes and Lesnar hits a very sharp overhead belly-to-belly suplex. On the mat, Lesnar grapevines the waist with his legs and wraps his arms around Holly�s neck. Crowd is still quiet. Holly fights out with back elbows. Lesnar whips him into the turnbuckle. Clothesline for Holly doesn�t knock Lesnar down. Another clothesline knocks him down. Dropkick. Alabama Slam by Holly. Cole is going hyper, as if that�s his great finisher. Holly instead opts for the full nelson to break Lesnar�s neck. Brock�s in the ropes. They roll out still in the hold. Holly finally breaks it, then goes back in. On the apron, another full nelson. This time, Lesnar drops down so that Holly�s neck snaps back. Full nelson reversed into an armdrag. F5 for Brock. Match is over after 7 minutes. Winner: Brock Lesnar Backstage, HHH is shown getting ready. They show HBK praying. World Championship: Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels � Last Man Standing The rules of the match are explained by Howard Finkel. The loser of the match will be the man that can�t answer the ten count. Shawn Michaels is out first. I�m expecting some really good things in this match. Triple H is out next, by himself. The crowd is popping huge to these two entrances. I have a feeling that we�re in for a 25-30 minute match that could be a classic. Buckle your seatbelts. This match is starting at 9:02pm ET. There�s lots of time left to make this a classic. Ref is Earl Hebner, for those wondering. They talk some smack to start things off. Lockup to start. Hunter gets some punches in the corner. Michaels fights back with chops. They exchange blows for about a minute straight. Chops and punches throughout. Hunter with a takedown, Michaels bridges out. HHH buries a knee to the ribs. Shawn fights back, throws him in the ropes and Hunter counters with the patented knee to the face. Shoulderblocks in the corner for Hunter. Cross corner whip to Shawn that sends him down face first. One more time, but this time it leads to a big backbreaker for Hunter. Backbreaker attempt reversed by Shawn, but Hunter knocks him down with punches. Shawn catches his leg and leg drags him down. Michaels gets a figure four leglock. Jim Ross plugs the Flair DVD during that. Nice job, Jim. Hunter�s screaming in it. Shawn breaks it eventually. Dropkick to the right knee of Triple H. Referee starts up a count that gets to three. Shawn charges, but Hunter pulls down the ropes. HBK goes flying over to the top to the floor. Hunter takes the cover off the Spanish Announce table. He also takes the cover off the Smackdown announce table. He slams Michaels head first into the steps. He climbs onto the Smackdown table. Suplex attempt is reversed by HBK. He fights off with punches, sending Hunter off the table. Crowd boos a bit, wanting a table spot. Back in the ring, HBK goes to the top. Double axe is blocked with a knee. Pedigree near the ropes leads to a backdrop over the top by HBK. Hunter�s on the floor while HBK is slowly crawling to his feet. Springboard plancha, but Hunter ducks, so Shawn is on the apron. Springboard crossbody to the floor! Hunter ducks! HBK goes through the Spanish announce table. Damn, that was a nasty bump. He�s busted open now. He�s up at six. Hunter comes out to deck him with a punch to the head. He rolls HBK into the ring, opening him up even more with some punches. Shawn�s got a nasty cut on his head. If you like blood, you�ll like what HBK is looking like right now. He�s up at the 10 count at the number seven. Hunter knocks him down with some punches as Hebner counts again. They show a couple replays of the springboard crossbody. That was nasty, man. He�s up at seven again. He tells Hunter to bring it on. More punches send HBK down. Hebner counts again. HBK�s up at six again. Hunter yells at him, telling him to stay down. HBK tells him to bring it once again. HBK gets in a few punches finally. Whip into the ropes by Hunter leading to a spinning spinebuster. Hebner counts. Michaels is up again, this time at seven. Hunter gets a punch to knock him down. He heads to the floor, grabbing a steel chair. Stiff chair shot to the back sends HBK down face first. That was very hard. Shawn doesn�t move until the ref gets to seven. He�s up again. Pedigree on the chair is reversed, sending HHH�s back onto the chair. Slingshot by HBK sends HHH face first into the ringpost. They�re both down now. Back up, HBK gets a huge chairshot to the face! Huge pop for that. HBK�s blood is reminiscent of the one he had during the Hell in a Call Match with Undertaker back in October �97. Hunter�s busted open now too. HBK throws some punches. Hunter gets a knee, but HBK springs out with the patented flying forearm. They�re both down till seven. Michaels kips up. He�s throwing punches at Triple H. Atomic drop and a punch send Hunter down. Shawn stumbles to the top rope for the patented top rope elbow. It hits. �Are we seeing a miracle here?� asks JR. The crowd is going nuts now as HBK warms up the band for Sweet Chin Music. Superkick is missed as Hunter ducks and punches him in the nuts! What a cool reversal! They note that it would be illegal in a regular match, but it�s legal here. They�re both up at eight. Both up now, they exchange punches in the middle of the ring. Michaels whips him into the ropes and grabs a sleeper. The visual is pretty disgusting because they�re both bleeding very heavily. In a sick kind of way, it�s an awesome visual. After about a minute, Shawn lets him go so that the ref can count him down. Triple H is up at eight. Punches by HBK, HHH shoves him back. Michaels� punch is ducked and HHH hits with a DDT in the middle of the ring. Hebner counts them down as HHH gets up at around five while Michaels is up at eight. Hunter whips him into the turnbuckle, which HBK bumps upside down. Hunter goes for a back suplex off the top. Michaels lands on top of him on the way down. Ten count once again. They�re both up by eight. Kick to the gut for HHH followed by a Pedigree. This could be it. Hunter is up at about four. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and HBK is up by nine with one knee. Hunter turns back to face him and Michaels hits the sweet chin music! Crowd is going bonkers. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten. Michaels almost gets up at six, but falls down. He couldn�t get to a knee. They�re both still down! The referee calls for the bell. The match is ruled a draw. Triple H retains the title because it was a draw. The bell officially rang after about 23 minutes of action. Winner: Draw. HHH retains the title. The crowd booed at the decision. Evolution comes out to help Triple H. Doctors and officials are out as well. The crowd chanted �BULLSHIT.� They both got carried out on a stretcher. Michaels got off the stretcher and stumbled up the aisle. Eric Bischoff comes out to say that a Raw competitor is going to win because Raw is superior in every way. He says that Paul Heyman is a just a joke. He makes fun of ECW, saying that Paul ran a �rinky dink� promotion in Philly. Here comes Paul Heyman. Heyman takes down Bischoff with a clothesline to a huge pop. They have a weak fight. The glass breaks. Steve Austin comes out on a buggy. He asks what is going on. He says they�re wasting everybody�s time. I agree. He says they are breaking the law. Heyman says Bischoff started it. Stunner for Bischoff. Glass breaks. Austin gets some beer. He gives Heyman a beer. Stunner for Heyman. He sold it better than Bischoff, for those wondering. He drives off with beer in hand. Nice and responsible. Terri interviews Goldberg. Brock Lesnar interrupts. He asks Goldberg where his belt is. Goldberg says that after he wins the Royal Rumble he�ll go back to WrestleMania to get his title. He says �Ain�t that right, Hardcore?� even though he�s not there. Brock turns, looking scared. Goldberg says Mick Foley isn�t a coward. He�s insinuating that Lesnar is. The announcers argue about Foley. Royal Rumble Match Rules are simple. Throw a person over the top so that both feet hit the floor. Last person in the ring wins. As we know, Benoit is #1. Randy Orton is #2. The intervals are every 90 seconds. Benoit stomps him down in the corner. Snap suplex by Benoit. Orton fights out with kicks and forearms. He stomps Benoit in the gut while he�s in the corner. Hard lockup. Knee to the ribs by Benoit. #3 is Mark Henry. Benoit�s trying to toss Orton out. Henry comes in, going after Benoit with headbutts. He stomps Orton down in the corner. Benoit chops on Henry, but he shrugs him off. Orton gets decked by Henry. Tazz says Big Show is his pick. Benoit stomps on Henry in the corner. Henry & Benoit fight in the corner while Orton waits. #4 is Tajiri. Orton gets kicked all over by him. Handspring elbow on Orton. Two German suplexes by Benoit. Orton goes to throw out Henry in the corner. Henry tries to toss Orton, but he hangs on. They pair off with Benoit and Tajiri and Orton and Henry. #5 is Bradshaw. He gets clotheslines on Orton, Henry and Tajiri. Benoit reverses a clothesline into the crossface. Bradshaw ties to toss him out, but Beniot holds on and Bradshaw falls out. Benoit eliminates Bradshaw. #6 is Rhyno. Rhyno comes after Benoit. Tajiri kicks at Henry. He gets the Tarantula on Mark Henry, with only one leg. Meanwhile, Rhyno gores Henry and that sends Tajiri out. Cool spot. Benoit charges at Henry, shoving him out of the ring. Huge pop for that. Rhyno and Orton double Benoit, but he holds on. Replay showed that Tajiri used his mist. With Benoit, Orton and Rhyno in the ring, #7 is Matt Hardy. He goes after everybody. Side effect on Rhyno. Benoit tosses Hardy, but he hangs on. Rhyno with a shoulder tackle to Hardy in the corner. JR and Tazz are awesome together as a team. #8 is Scott Steiner. Steiner clotheslines all four people in the ring. T-Bone Suplex on Orton. Side belly-to-belly suplex to Beniot. T-Bone suplex to Rhyno. Benoit reverses a suplex on Steiner, hitting two German suplexes on him. JR notes that there are no former Rumble winners in this match. First time ever for that. Orton�s almost out, but holds on. #9 is Matt Morgan. JR calls him a blue-chipper. Didn�t take long. Six in the ring now. He goes after, hitting a Sitdown spinning powerbomb on him. He decks Matt Hardy with a big boot. Steiner suplexes Rhyno. JR called him a hoss. Took 30 seconds! Hardy tries to throw out Steiner. Rhyno helps him with that, but Morgan breaks that up. Rookie mistake, the announcers say. #10 is the Hurricane. Eliminated thus far: Bradshaw, Tajiri, Mark Henry Hurricane comes in with cross body blocks on just about everybody. Morgan catches him and tosses him off his shoulders all the way to the floor. Impressive. Morgan almost throws Hardy out. It was close, but he hangs on. #11 is Booker T., who JR notes is a favorite. Steiner goes at him, changing blows. There�s seven in the ring now. Booker gets a scissors kick on Orton. Morgan chops down Benoit. Booker gets a big kick to the jaw of Steiner. #12 is Kane. I think he�s gonna be tossing a bunch. Steiner just got eliminated although we never saw it. Replay shows that it was Booker. Kane gets a chokeslam on Benoit. Morgan�s powerbomb on Kane is reversed to a backdrop. Chokeslam on Morgan. Sidewalk slam on Hardy. Rhyno�s gore is blocked with a big kick. RKO by Orton is reversed to a chokeslam by Orton. Kane has killed everybody. #13 sounds and it�s the Undertaker�s music. Booker goes up from behind Kane, eliminating him by tossing him out. #13 is really Spike Dudley. Kane chokeslams him on the steel ramp way before Spike could ever come down. No sign of Undertaker. Benoit tries to throw Hardy out. There�s six in the ring now, trying to throw eachother and Spike�s in the aisle, still technically in the match. #14 is Rikishi. Rhyno charges at Benoit, who sends Rhyno out over the top with a backdrop. Rhyno is out. Stinkface on Matt Morgan. The six in the ring now are Benoit, Orton, Hardy, Booker, Morgan and Rikishi. Spike Dudley should be in too, but he�s not even on the ramp anymore. Not much going on. They�re just trying to toss eachother out. #15 is Rene Dupree. Hardy goes for a Twist of Fate, but it�s reversed. Dupree suplexes Hardy on the top rope and knocks out Hardy. Dupree does his dance. Rikishi hits a sidekick to send Dupree out. #16 is A-Train, the sixth man in the ring. Benoit eliminates Matt Morgan as they are brawling in the corner. As Rikishi is trying to eliminate A-Train, Orton throws out Rikishi. He quickly throws out Booker T. soon after. A-Train works on Benoit in the corner. There�s only three in the ring now. Shoulderblock by A-Train on Benoit. #17 is Shelton Benjamin. Benoit backdrops A-Train out of the ring. Benoit and Orton are on a roll. That�s the story so far. Benjamin is working on Orton. Sidekick misses Orton, crotching Benjamin on the top. Orton throws him out. It�s just Benoit and Orton in there now. Their heads collide, sending them both down as the next entrant comes. The Cat�s butler introduces #18 Ernest Miller. Nobody cares. Especially me. While Benoit and Orton are still down, The Cat dances. No reaction the entire time. Tazz is hilarious, though, as he sings the theme song. Benoit tosses Lamont the butler. Orton tosses The Cat. They got pops for that. Can�t blame the crowd. Why is The Cat employed? JR says that The Cat will have plenty of time to call his momma now. #19 is Kurt Angle. He goes after Orton. Benoit clotheslines him down twice. Chops on Angle by Benoit. Benoit charges. Angle decks him with a big clothesline. Suplex by Angle. Angle goes to lift Benoit out, but he�s hanging on. Orton attacks Angle from behind. #20 is Rico. Eliminated thus far: Bradshaw, Tajiri, Mark Henry, Hurricane, Scott Steiner, Kane, Rhyno, Matt Hardy, Rene Dupree, Rikishi, Booker T., A-Train, Shelton Benjamin, Ernest Miller Rico comes in working on Orton, kicking him down. Angle is trying to toss Benoit on the other side. In the middle, Benoit hits three German suplexes on Angle. Orton gets the RKO on Rico. He picks him up on his shoulders and tosses him. Benoit to the top for the headbutt on Angle. Angle pops up, crotching Benoit. He can�t toss him. #21 is supposed to be Test. He never comes out. Orton gets the RKO on Angle. Test is shown backstage laying on his back. Austin shows up, yelling at somebody that they are the 21st entrant now. We never see who it is. Car Crash! Mick Foley is #21! Orton looks shocked. He�s got the flannel! They meet in the middle, exchanging blows. Foley pounds him in the corner. Orton is hanging on the ropes. Foley with the Cactus clothesline sending Orton and himself out. Benoit & Angle are alone in the ring. On the outside, Foley tosses him headfirst into the steps. Foley chokes Orton with a cord on the outside. #22 is Christian. He�s beating him up out there. He picks up the steel steps, hitting an official. Orton comes back at him with chair shots. One shot to the knee and one to the face. Orton beats him up down the aisle, slamming the back of Foley�s head on the steel. Foley fights back with a punch to the back. Clothesline on the ramp. They haven�t shown the in-ring action since then. #23 is Nunzio. Foley gives him the Socko Mandible Claw for some reason. Orton kicks Foley in the nuts. Foley and Orton head to the back. Awesome brawl with them. Crowd was nuts for Foley, with good reason. In the ring, Christian and Benoit are trying to throw Angle out. Nunzio is on the floor, saying he doesn�t want to win. Benoit�s been in for almost 40 minutes now. Angle comes back out, German suplex on Christian and one on Benoit. Nunzio is still on the floor, not going in the ring yet. Angle can�t throw out Christian. Benoit is opening up on Angle. #24 is the Big Show, Tazz�s pick for the winner. Benoit�s working over Christian in the corner. Show goes after Angle, knocking him down with a kick. Chops on Christian, then one for Benoit. He pounds on all three guys in the ring. Big hiptoss on Christian. #25 is Chris Jericho. He goes after Angle. He and Christian double team on Angle. Big Show grabs them, head butting them both at the same time. Another headbutt on Jericho. Christian jumps on his back. Now all four gang up on Show. Tazz says he might go because the Smackdown guys (Benoit & Angle) are helping. Show fights all of them off. Angle & Jericho exchange blows. #26 is Charlie Haas. Jericho & Christian give a double suplex to Haas. Nunzio is still on the floor. Jericho and Christian toss Benoit, but he hangs on. Jericho turns on Christian, but Jericho holds on. He backdrops Christian out to the floor, eliminating him. #27 is Billy Gunn with no reaction. Famouser on Angle. Famouser on Jericho. Famouser on Big Show. Impressive, but he still sucks. They show Nunzio on the floor again. In the ring are Benoit, Angle, Jericho, Big Show, Haas and Gunn, as well as Nunzio who is on the floor. Benoit gets a German suplex on Jericho. #28 is John Cena, wearing a hometown Philadelphia Phillies jersey, who comes out to one of the bigger pops. Show is waiting for him. Cena sees Nunzio on the ground. He tosses him in. Show chops Cena hard in the chest. Nunzio tries to throw out Show, but he eats a chop to the back instead. Cena�s firing away on Big Show. Big Show is getting doubled by Gunn and Nunzio. Cena & Jericho teaming on Show. #29 is Rob Van Dam. One more left after this. RVD opens up on Big Show with a dropkick. Spinkick for Jericho. Everybody�s paired off. Cena gets the FU on Kurt Angle. He can�t toss him out, however. #30 is Bill Goldberg, as we know. This is it. Goldberg gets a spear on Big Show. Spear on Billy Gunn. Punch to Angle, Jericho, RVD and a slam to Haas. Nunzio jumps on his back. Goldberg tosses Haas out with Nunzio on his back. He slams Nunzio down. He gets the spear on Nunzio. Goldberg clotheslines Billy Gunn out. Press slam on Nunzio by Goldberg, so he�s out. Show is going for a Jackhammer on Show. Brock Lesnar comes in out of nowhere and gives Goldberg the F5 to HUGE heat. Goldberg says �You�re next you son of a bitch.� Angle comes up from behind Goldberg, tossing him out. There�s six left. Benoit, RVD, Angle, Jericho, Show and Cena. Cena, Angle, Jericho, Benoit and RVD all gang up on Big Show. He tosses them all off. He clotheslines them all down. Headbutt to Jericho. Slam to Cena is prevented by Angle with a chop block. Jericho with a Lionsault on Show. RVD with a frog splash on Big Show. Cena with a five-knuckle shuffle drop. Benoit with a headbutt. Great sequence of spots. Angle orders them to toss out Show. All five of them can�t even lift him. Show shoves them out. He tosses Cena out over the top, eliminating him. Van Dam tries to monkey flip Big Show out of there. Show blocks him, sending him out. Final four are Benoit, Angle, Jericho and Big Show. Show tosses Jericho, but he skins the cat, hanging on just barely. Another attempt by Show is blocked by Jericho. Jericho comes back with a bulldog off the middle rope. Jericho gets the Walls of Jericho on Big Show. He taps. Doesn�t matter though. Jericho is trying to toss Angle. Show slams down Benoit, then goes after Jericho. Chokeslam on Jericho to the floor! Jericho is out. That was huge. Show takes down Angle and hits Benoit with a chokeslam. The final three are all Smackdown people, Tazz notes. Angle�s German suplex doesn�t work on Show. He does get an Angle Slam, however. Benoit goes after Angle. He eats an Angle Slam. Show is up with a chokeslam, but Angle rolls through into the ankle lock. Show gets ropes. Angle doesn�t let up. Show is standing up in the ankle lock. He uses his momentum to flip Angle out over the top. Awesome elimination there. Very unique. The final two are Big Show and Chris Benoit. Show is on the apron, leaning over the top rope with his head in the middle of the ring. Benoit to the top. He gets a headbutt on Show while he�s leaning over. Sick spot there. Benoit�s been in there for exactly one hour now. He charges, but Show gets a goozle on the throat. Benoit reverses to the crossface. Show taps again. That�s the third time now. Doesn�t matter. Show gets to his feet, dropping Benoit down on his side. Crowd is waiting for something to happen. Show gets up first, onto one knee. Show picks him up in the press slam position. Benoit fights out of it, grabbing him in a headlock. Benoit�s on the apron while Show is in the ring. He pulls him, pulls him, pulls him and Big Show falls out! Match went about 62 minutes. Winner: Chris Benoit After the match, the announcers mention how Benoit has waited 19 years for this. The crowd gave him a standing ovation at the end of it although they cut away by showing the replay. They say he�s going to be at the main event of WrestleMania. Yes! All they said was �to meet the champion.� Didn�t specify who. Order of Elimination: Bradshaw, Tajiri, Mark Henry, Hurricane, Scott Steiner, Kane, Rhyno, Matt Hardy, Rene Dupree, Rikishi, Spike Dudley (never made it to the ring) Booker T., A-Train, Shelton Benjamin, Ernest Miller, Randy Orton, Mick Foley (replaced Test), Christian, Charlie Haas, Billy Gunn, Nunzio, John Cena, Rob Van Dam, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle, Big Show |
| WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE MATCH Ric Flair & Batista retained against the Dudley Boyz CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Rey Mysterio retained against Jamie Noble Eddie Guerrero defeated Chavo Guerrero WWE CHAMPIONSHIP Brock Lesnar defeated Hardcore Holly WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP LAST MAN STANDING HHH retained the World Heavyweight Championship by a draw. Chris Benoit won the 2004 Royal Rumble |
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