The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which included wrestlers from both brands. Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show in the undercard to qualify for the Royal Rumble match later that night, where he entered at number twenty-nine and won the match by last eliminating The Undertaker, the thirtieth entrant. The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Scott Steiner for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Steiner won by disqualification resulting in Triple H retaining the championship. The most prominent for the SmackDown! brand was between Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit for the WWE Championship, which Angle won by making Benoit submit to the Ankle Lock.