jim duggan has won the royal rumble from number 1.
jim duggan has won the royal rumble from number 1.
who has won the royal rumble from number 1?
jim duggan
prior to the annual royal rumble match, several qualifying matches for the match took place on raw. the first qualifying match was on the december 31, 2007 edition of "raw" as umaga quickly defeated jim duggan to earn a place in the rumble. snitsky also defeated drew mcintyre at a house show in white plains, new york to also qualify for the royal rumble. triple h failed to beat ric flair; therefore he was no longer allowed to compete in the royal rumble match, per the order of raw general manager william regal. after triple h destroyed part of the lower titantron on the january 14 "raw", however, vince mcmahon announced he would allow triple h a second chance at the royal rumble if he could defeat his opponent on the january 21 edition of "raw". triple h defeated snitsky, mark henry, and william regal in a gauntlet match to gain entry.
royal rumble (2008)
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)