randy orton won the 30 man royal rumble match.
randy orton won the 30 man royal rumble match.
who won the 30 man royal rumble match?
randy orton
the buildup to the royal rumble match started on the january 1, 2004, episode of "smackdown", when john cena interrupted a promo of the smackdown general manager paul heyman about tribute to the troops event in iraq. this angered heyman and heyman forced cena to compete in a handicap match with a partner and the two needed to win the match to gain entry in the royal rumble match. cena's partner was revealed to be chris benoit and the two defeated the full blooded italians (nunzio, chuck palumbo and johnny stamboli) to qualify for the royal rumble match. as a result, all the three members of full blooded italians lost their spots in the royal rumble match;had cena and benoit would have lost, neither would have been able to participate in the match. after the match, kurt angle announced that he would participate in the royal rumble match and would win it. later that night, benoit insulted heyman and heyman forced benoit to compete at the #1 spot in the royal rumble. on january 5, kane announced that he was going to win the royal rumble but was confronted by booker t, who claimed that he would eliminate kane from the match and win the match. three days later on "smackdown", benoit defeated the full blooded italians in a handicap mini royal rumble to retain his spot in the royal rumble. goldberg defeated matt hardy and announced that he would participate in the royal rumble match on january 12. on the january 15 episode of "smackdown", several qualifying matches were held for the royal rumble, including a battle royal between full blooded italians, which nunzio won. on january 19, goldberg, randy orton, rob van dam, booker t, mark henry and chris jericho won matches to qualify for a battle royal to determine the #30 entrant of the royal rumble match. goldberg won the match and earned the #30 spot in the royal rumble.
royal rumble (2004)
the main feud heading into the royal rumble was between the 30 superstars from the entire world wrestling federation (wwf) who had selected to participate in the first-ever 30 man royal rumble match. big john studd returned to wwf in late 1988 and turned babyface after not siding with former manager bobby heenan and began a feud with heenan's client andré the giant. both men signed to participate in the royal rumble match. mr. perfect, who joined wwf in the summer of 1988 was pushed as an undefeated heel wrestler, entering his name into the match. bad news brown was pushed as an arrogant powerful heel who was an enemy of face and heel wrestlers. as a result, he also entered his name into the match. many tag team wrestlers also selected to participate in the match and selected their entry numbers. the mega powers (hulk hogan and wwf champion randy savage) were involved in a feud with the twin towers (akeem and the big boss man) since november 1988. at survivor series, mega powers became the survivors for their team in survivor series match against twin towers. since then, mega powers and twin towers had been at odds and both teams signed to participate in the royal rumble.
royal rumble (1989)