WWE Royal Rumble 2008
January 27, 2008 - New York City, New York;
ROYAL RUMBLE LINE-UP:
o Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious Porter; **3/4
o John Bradshaw Layfield beat Chris Jericho by DQ; **3/4
o Edge beat Rey Mysterio -World Heavyweight Title-; ***
o Randy Orton beat Jeff Hardy -WWE Championship-; ***
The 21st Royal Rumble ***1/2
Winner: John Cena
* Royal Rumble Entrants (RAW): Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Mr. Kennedy, Umaga, Hornswoggle, Hardcore Holly, Cody Rhodes, Carlito Cool, Santino Marella, Gene Snitsky……. and surprise entrant John Cena (WINNER)!..
* Royal Rumble Entrants (SD!): Batista, The Undertaker, Kane, Fit Finlay, Mark Henry, The Great Khali, Chavo Guerrero, Chuck Palumbo, Jamie Noble ..
* Royal Rumble Entrants (ECW): C.M. Punk, Big Daddy V., John Morrison, Mike Mizanin, Shelton Benjamin, Elijah Burke, Tommy Dreamer ..
* Royal Rumble Entrants (Other): Mick Foley, Jimmy Snuka, Roddy Piper
–thanks to http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com for results
I was looking for some better matches at this years Royal Rumble. I was dissapointed. All four singles matches were good but nothing off the charts. MVP tapped out to fast to the figure four and they should have given Flair more time, but it was a good match and it was good to see someone in the upper card take the clean loss to the Nature Boy. Kennedy is probably next. Jericho continued his feud with JBL but it was nothing of note but Jericho giving JBL his reciept for the lynching he gave him on RAW. Edge vs. Mysterio was good but it’s hard to remember alot about it, to be honest. Orton vs. Hardy was good but the finish came out of nowhere and hurt the match.
I liked the Rumble. I liked Undertaker and Shawn’s seedings. The big surprise is Cena coming back. But the next night the whole idea of the Royal Rumble was sorta thrown out the window when Orton agreed to put the title on the line at No Way Out.
