braun strowman won the 50 man royal rumble match.
braun strowman won the 50 man royal rumble match.
who won the 50 man royal rumble match?
braun strowman
daniel bryan and dolph ziggler began the 50-man royal rumble match as the first two entrants. bryan survived until the final three, beating rey mysterio for the longest time spent in a single royal rumble match of all time at an hour and sixteen minutes. in the end, big cass eliminated bryan and attempted a big boot on braun strowman, who countered and eliminated cass to win the match. strowman also achieved the most eliminations of a single royal rumble match at 13, beating out a record previously held by roman reigns with 12. post-match, strowman received a trophy and a green championship belt.
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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)