traditionally the second best and or certainly most popular and pay per view in the professional wrestling calendar and the wwe royal rumble be best love for it 30 man and cross brand ( 15 wrestler from each of raw and smackdown ) main event . in the royal rumble and two men start and be then join at regular interval by additional wrestler . the winner be the last man leave in the ring but to eliminate opponent and you must send them over the rope and out of the ring . it chaos but great fun and the winner have the prize of be in the main event at wrestlemania and challenge for the world title . in the buildup to this year rumble and new wwe world champion and kurt angle and have be feud with world strongest man mark henry ( a huge bloke who can not wrestle ) and rey mysterio have be promise to honor the memory of the late eddie guerrero and while john xena be on the heel of edge who have cash in his money in the bank at new year revolution to snatch the heavyweight title from a battered cena . chuck in a throw away feud between jbl and the boogeyman and and you have a slightly patchy card . royal rumble match qualify match for the rumble have be take place at house show and on raw or smackdown and here we have 30 wrestler ( most of whom you just know haven not get a prayer of win ) slug it out for a chance to main event wrestlemania . randy orton and triple h and rey mysterio would seem to be among the favorite but the overall match be not the classic rumble that we always hope for and mainly because there be usually a few side story that play out and some set up future feud . the boogeyman v jbl the boogeyman be a bizarre gimmick character who seem to like eat worm . he be portray a be unstoppable in the ring yet be clearly of limited wrestling ability . here he try to slough through the self proclaim wrestling god and jbl . pure filler and instantly forgettable . world heavyweight championship represent kurt angle v mark henry . henry have be annoy people since he return to wwe last autumn and inflict a genuine injury on then champion batista ( which lead him to relinquish his belt ) . henry be seriously limit a a wrestler but there be no question his strength or size . champ kurt angle be a wrestling machine and really over with the fan . can he carry the limited henry to a half decent match . don not hold your breath . it rank a one of the bad championship match in recent time . wwe championship represent edge v john cena edge win his money in the bank ( a free title shot whenever he want and valid for 12 month ) at wrestlemania 21. immediately after a grueling elimination chamber match at new year revolution that leave champ cena victorious but bloodied and bruised and edge seize his chance and swiftly beat an already half dead cena within a minute . it be his first world title and high tv show rating show how popular his reign be . at the royal rumble and cena try to regain his belt . edge be main event caliber now and be great in his heel role and while cena be not the best wrestler and have receive increase animosity from the old male audience and tired of his hip hop white boy image . the resulting match be ok and not great and just ok. overall and this be a disappointing ppv . even the normally exciting royal rumble match be a bit of a letdown . a the start of the road to wrestlemania and this be certainly a stall for the wwe .