wwe wrestling 2024FULL MATCH Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble
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This year, WWE has seen numerous exciting events and matches. Highlights include:
1. **Royal Rumble 2024**: Featuring a thrilling showdown with Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and LA Knight competing for supremacy【16†source】.
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This year, WWE has seen numerous exciting events and matches. Highlights include:
1. **Royal Rumble 2024**: Featuring a thrilling showdown with Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and LA Knight competing for supremacy【16†source】.
2. **WrestleMania XL**: Major moments from this event include high-profile matches and surprising outcomes that captivated the audience【17†source】.
3. **King and Queen of the Ring 2024**: This event showcased the best of WWE's talent in a prestigious tournament, with dramatic matches and impressive performances【14†source】.
For the latest WWE content and to watch full matches, you can check out various streaming platforms like WWE Network, Peacock, Sony LIV, Shahid, Disney+ Hotstar, Flow, and BINGE【15†source】【17†source】. These platforms offer comprehensive coverage of WWE's Premium Live Events, weekly shows, and exclusive content.
Transcript
00:00Man, I can't even imagine a better way to kick off
00:05the Royal Rumble than these, these two.
00:09This place is electric.
00:12It is chilling here at the US Airways Center.
00:18Jericho and Ziggler are going to have a great time tonight.
00:25Jericho and Ziggler officially starting the 2013 Royal Rumble and
00:31the road to WrestleMania, and here we go.
00:35The road to WrestleMania has begun.
00:40This is Chris Jericho's seventh Royal Rumble.
00:43Last year, he was among the two final men before being eliminated by Sheamus.
00:50Can you imagine Jericho being here tonight?
00:53Jericho, remember, over top rope, both feet hit the floor, you are eliminated.
00:57Chris Jericho making sure that doesn't happen.
00:59Jericho can throw a huge monkey wrench into everybody's plans.
01:03Here we go.
01:04Ziggler hanging on, lands on the apron.
01:08And he's got to get back into the ring.
01:10Very dangerous position there for Ziggler.
01:12He's already gone over the top rope, and Jericho looking to take advantage.
01:16I don't think ten minutes ago anyone, anywhere,
01:19would have dreamed that Chris Jericho could be in the main event at
01:24WrestleMania this year.
01:25A thunderous chant here in Phoenix.
01:31Chris Jericho, how psyched does Jericho look as Ziggler is teetering on the top rope?
01:40Jericho with love to end Dolph Ziggler's Rumble plans as we await entry number three.
01:46This doesn't end well.
01:48Superplex top rope, who's coming in at three?
01:51And it's Cody Rhodes.
01:55Cody Rhodes enters his fourth Royal Rumble match.
02:01Mustache is back.
02:02And Rhodes went right after Chris Jericho and Chris Jericho.
02:06Clothesline after clothesline to Cody Rhodes.
02:09Chop after chop.
02:10Jericho looks great, but Ziggler right back on Jericho, and here we go.
02:14For most of the match, it's every man for himself.
02:16But as Shawn Michaels once said,
02:19you'll see strange alliances in this matchup.
02:22Well, there's nothing strange about the alliance here.
02:26Both Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler would love to eliminate,
02:29no matter what the cost, eliminate Chris Jericho.
02:32You find a way to eliminate the biggest threat.
02:35Chris Jericho is the biggest threat in there right now.
02:37Jericho, there they go.
02:38They're trying to hang on on the top rope.
02:40Ziggler and Cody trying to eliminate him.
02:43You know, Bret Hart once said, guys, that each entrance in the Rumble,
02:46changes the entire complexity of the event.
02:50Jericho's entrance did just that moments ago.
02:54Oh, going for the walls.
02:55Can he get a turn?
02:58And there it is.
03:00The walls of Jericho.
03:02And Ziggler from behind.
03:06The key is just simply survive.
03:09You can't win the Royal Rumble until you get to the very,
03:11until all 30 people get in the ring.
03:14Oh, man.
03:15But you can certainly lose it before that.
03:18And look at Dolph Ziggler, Chris Jericho, falling to the bottom rope
03:24as we await entry number four in the 2013 Rumble.
03:28This is getting fun.
03:29This time it's flying by.
03:31Two, one.
03:36And there could indeed be trouble in paradise for Jericho, Ziggler, Rhodes.
03:41Here comes Kofi Kingston.
03:44Entering his fourth Rumble.
03:46Wow!
03:47Kofi Kingston, the man who won a Slammy Award for handstanding his way
03:51around the ring, avoiding elimination last year,
03:54is taking it to Cody Rhodes.
03:56What an entrance this young man is making.
03:59Coming in like a house on fire.
04:01And Kofi went right after Cody Rhodes.
04:04Uh-oh.
04:05And Ziggler from behind.
04:06Kofi Kingston missed with trouble in paradise.
04:10Really, Kofi coming in right now is exactly what Chris Jericho needed.
04:13Takes the focus off of Y2J over there for the time being.
04:17And Kofi kicks it off.
04:19Just like a rubber band man.
04:21That is so great.
04:22And Dolph Ziggler, the show off's staying alive momentarily.
04:25Got to find a way to get back in.
04:26And Cody Rhodes right after Kofi.
04:28And Ziggler gets knocked to the floor.
04:29He's out.
04:30And now Jericho and Rhodes working together.
04:32Strange bedfellows are always made in the Rumble.
04:35No, Jericho trying to get Rhodes out of there.
04:37And then Rhodes going right after Jericho.
04:40Cody Rhodes in last year's Royal Rumble.
04:42What an opportunity it is for somebody.
04:44Cody Rhodes in last year's Rumble eliminated more men than anyone else.
04:48He tossed six out of last year's matchup.
04:54Jericho with the foot right underneath the face of Cody Rhodes.
04:59But you got to get the man over that top rope.
05:02Get his feet on the floor to eliminate him.
05:04And look at this.
05:05Teetering.
05:06Dolph Ziggler's in trouble.
05:08And now Cody Rhodes looking to eliminate both Dolph and Kofi
05:12as we await entry number five.
05:22Santino!
05:25Don't blink.
05:27Hey, you shouldn't say that about Santino Marella.
05:30Even though Santino holds the record
05:32for being eliminated in one second in a Royal Rumble match
05:36a couple of years ago,
05:38Santino Marella was in the final two.
05:42And now Santino looks to eliminate Cody Rhodes
05:45and maybe Chris Jericho.
05:46Santino Marella, Jericho hanging on.
05:49Santino thinks he's won it.
05:51Santino, they got to go all the way out
05:53and both feet have to touch the floor.
05:55And there's another 25 men that still haven't entered.
05:57He's really not the brightest guy.
06:01He may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer,
06:03but he can still cut you.
06:04Here we go.
06:05The Cobra has come alive.
06:08Oh, man.
06:09Jericho quite the snake charmer there.
06:13I saw what you did there.
06:14And Santino tossed over the top rope.
06:16I told you don't blink.
06:17And the Cobra.
06:18Look at Cody Rhodes.
06:19Does that count twice?
06:20You're looking at Santino and the Cobra?
06:22Santino Marella was first eliminated.
06:24Jericho wants to add Cody Rhodes to that list.
06:27Cody hanging on for dear life
06:30and he's saved himself for the time being.
06:33Rhodes and Kingston and Ziggler and Jericho remain.
06:38It's not good for Kofi Kingston right now.
06:40Kofi's in all kinds of trouble.
06:41Ziggler and Rhodes working together
06:43to try to eliminate the human yo-yo, Kofi Kingston.
06:48We are awaiting entry number six.
06:51The leg strength of Kofi Kingston.
06:53Kingston coming into play.
06:55Leg strength.
06:56And who will it be?
06:58We're a three-man team!
07:01Which member of the three-man band?
07:03Does it matter?
07:04Yeah, Drew McIntyre.
07:05The jokester.
07:06The river of the group.
07:08From Ayr, Scotland.
07:09Drew McIntyre.
07:11Remember, 3MV with all three members in this match
07:13said they have a 10% chance of winning
07:15the Royal Rumble match this year.
07:17Heath Slater's mom said that.
07:19That they have a 10% chance.
07:20I'm not sure these guys add that well.
07:22Jinder Mahal guaranteed that one of the three members
07:25would be victorious here at the Royal Rumble.
07:27Kofi Kingston over the top, ran into a big boot
07:29by the former Intercontinental Champion, Drew McIntyre.
07:35The ring beginning to fill with superstars.
07:37Five in.
07:38Santino, the only to be eliminated so far.
07:41Maybe Kofi Kingston will join him.
07:43Jericho trying to eliminate both men.
07:45Trying to get both Drew and Kofi over the top rope.
07:48No Jericho ever the opportunist.
07:50Meanwhile, look at the other side of the ring.
07:52Dolph Ziggler over the top, lands on the apron.
07:54Now the show-off's got to fight himself back into this.
07:57Dolph Ziggler's got to understand, he's got to be careful.
07:59He gets knocked off that apron.
08:01There he goes. Get back in, Dolph.
08:03And there goes that alliance that we saw momentarily
08:06between Dolph Ziggler and Cody Rhodes.
08:13Drew McIntyre really taking it to Kofi Kingston right now.
08:17Drew McIntyre making a good showing for himself.
08:19Oh, look at Chris Jericho.
08:20Look at Jericho, Jericho, Jericho.
08:22Is he out?
08:23Yeah, he's dangling, he's dangling.
08:25Both feet have got to hit the floor.
08:27Referee is looking for it.
08:28Referee's right there.
08:29Yeah, Charles Robinson in great position.
08:31Jericho pulls himself back to the apron
08:33as we await entry number seven.
08:35Chris lives to keep fighting.
08:40And there he is, the big deal.
08:42Titus O'Neil of the Primetime Players.
08:48Here comes your wash rag, King.
08:49You're right about that.
08:50Whoa.
08:51Titus O'Neil taking it to all the participants
08:54in this Royal Rumble.
08:55Well, Titus wins the Royal Rumble match.
08:57He can buy a lot of wash rags.
09:00I'm not sure he would, but he could.
09:02And now Kofi Kingston.
09:03You ever thought you'd see that?
09:04Kofi and Cody trying to work together
09:07with Titus O'Neil in the part that represents
09:09his fraternity from down in Florida.
09:11You can't win unless you get to the end, Michael.
09:14So you're going to see all kinds of crazy alliances here
09:16of people trying to make it to the end.
09:18Here's the Dolphs.
09:19Here's the Dolphs.
09:21Billions of dollars.
09:22The strength of Titus O'Neil.
09:23Yeah, just flinging Kofi Kingston around the ring.
09:26You know, the great-
09:27Should have flung him over the top rope
09:28while he had the chance.
09:29Talking about the Royal Rumble match,
09:30the great Harley Race,
09:31who was in the first ever in 1988,
09:33once said that you get in there and you go.
09:36There's no strategy.
09:37You stand like this,
09:38McIntyre is eliminated by Jericho.
09:41There goes the hairband.
09:42Watch it, watch it, watch it,
09:43there goes Jericho.
09:44Now Ziggler would love to eliminate Jericho
09:46and ruin the homecoming for Chris Jericho tonight.
09:49And now Titus O'Neil goes right after Dolph Ziggler.
09:51Dolph Ziggler, hanging on.
09:54Oh man, oh man.
09:55For the moment,
09:56Ziggler's got to get back into the ring.
09:57Notice how Ziggler's got himself
09:59a drape around the ropes like a-
10:01That's exactly what you have to do.
10:04Using the rope like an octopus to his advantage.
10:08And we are down under 10 seconds
10:10as we now await entry number eight.
10:14Funny how you got bumped out of an octopus
10:16at the same time when you saw
10:17Dolph hanging onto that rope.
10:18Great minds think alike.
10:22What?
10:25And there's a reason that Cody has that look.
10:27It's him!
10:28Because here comes his brother,
10:30the most bizarre superstar in history,
10:33Goldust, Team Goldie.
10:36And you guys got to bear with me
10:37because I got to look back into my record book here
10:39because I wasn't expecting this here tonight.
10:43And Goldust goes right after his brother,
10:45Cody Rhodes.
10:51Oh, and a shave to Goldust.
10:53That was a little Goldust from Cody.
10:56Goldust-esque.
10:58And there's the real Goldust.
11:00And now I see, I'm looking now,
11:02it looks like this is Goldust's
11:03eighth Royal Rumble ever.
11:05Looking to eliminate his brother,
11:06Cody Rhodes, who barely hangs on.
11:09Goldust made his debut
11:10in the Royal Rumble, 1991.
11:12Tag teaming with his daddy,
11:13the American Dream.
11:16This is so great already.
11:18And now he's putting a whoopin'
11:19on his brother, Cody.
11:22Goldust chants,
11:23ringing through the U.S. Airways
11:25center in Phoenix.
11:27Goldust unloading on Cody Rhodes.
11:29Dr. Shelby would have had a field day
11:31with him and Booker T as Book-Nust.
11:33Well, you know, Goldust,
11:34he's been talking about this
11:35for a while now.
11:36He's been talking about this
11:37Well, you know, Goldust,
11:38he's been pretty vocal on Twitter
11:40about the actions of his brother
11:41and his brother's attitude
11:43ever since joining Damian Sandow.
11:45You might have to call in
11:46Dr. Shelby to have a little session
11:48with Goldust and Cody Rhodes
11:49about this sibling rivalry.
11:53And now Ziggler and Kingston.
11:55We now await entry number nine.
11:59I love the unpredictability
12:01of the Royal Rumble.
12:02Who's next?
12:05It is the Harvard Law School
12:07graduate, Jennifer Hudson's husband.
12:10Otunga entering his third
12:12Royal Rumble match.
12:16You know, all three of us here
12:17at ringside have been a part
12:18of the Royal Rumble match.
12:19John, you've actually been
12:20in five in your career.
12:22One year, you lasted nearly
12:2336 minutes as Otunga goes
12:25right after Goldust.
12:26You've been in one,
12:27haven't you, Michael?
12:28Yeah, last year.
12:29How long did you last?
12:30Almost two minutes.
12:31Did anybody last less than you?
12:32Yes.
12:33Jerry, the King Lawler.
12:34How long did he last?
12:35Less than a minute.
12:36You lasted longer than Jerry Lawler?
12:37Yes.
12:38Wow.
12:39Did you beat him at WrestleMania, too?
12:40Yes.
12:41Hey, listen.
12:42I've stopped listening.
12:43You can stop talking.
12:45And Otunga has got Jericho
12:47pinned in the corner.
12:49David Otunga got to be
12:50very careful.
12:51His face got rearranged
12:52in a recent match.
12:53I don't know if you noticed that.
12:54You know, Cody Rhodes
12:55was hanging out in the corner
12:56catching his breath moments ago.
12:58That's smart.
12:59Excellent.
13:00Otunga going after Jericho.
13:02First one's in.
13:03Take a low-hanging fruit.
13:04Hacksaw Jim Duggan,
13:05who won the Royal Rumble
13:06in 1988.
13:07He once said,
13:08you get in the corner,
13:09you protect yourself,
13:10you move and hit,
13:11you stay out of harm's way.
13:12Whoa, Titus.
13:13Titus O'Neil not able to do that.
13:15Whoa.
13:16There goes Goldust.
13:17Hanging on the apron
13:18is Titus Cody Rhodes
13:19not able to eliminate
13:20his brother either.
13:24The ring is filling up
13:25with superstars.
13:26You see Kofi Kingston
13:27has Dolph Ziggler in trouble.
13:31Number 10.
13:32We're a third of the way through,
13:33ladies and gentlemen,
13:34of the 2013 Rumble.
13:36We're a three-man band!
13:40And there he is,
13:41the Axl Rose
13:43of the three-man band,
13:44Heath Slater,
13:45who tweeted earlier this week
13:47that the Royal Rumble,
13:48in his mind,
13:49is nothing more than
13:50a 30-man mosh pit.
13:52So that means you follow
13:53Heath Slater?
13:54Yeah, I follow him
13:55on Twitter.
13:57You admit that.
13:58We're on air, Michael.
13:59That's what I meant.
14:00We're on air.
14:01And Heath Slater,
14:02he's unloading on Otunga.
14:04Titus and Kofi,
14:05Goldust and Ziggler,
14:06Rhodes and Jericho.
14:08Now Slater turns his attention
14:09to Goldust.
14:12At least Beyonce
14:13could have sang
14:14if she wanted to.
14:15These guys have never
14:16even sang.
14:17Lip sync, anything.
14:20You mean they're
14:21totally Milli Vanilli?
14:22Totally Milli Vanilli.
14:23They're what happens
14:24to the mainstream class
14:25who went to a karaoke bar.
14:26You know, there's been
14:27a number of times
14:28Slater's gone over
14:29the top rope
14:30and landed on the apron.
14:31One of these times,
14:32his luck is gonna run out.
14:34Odds against you,
14:35the more you go over
14:36that top rope, obviously.
14:37And Jericho,
14:38with a personal vendetta
14:39against Ziggler.
14:41Oh, man!
14:42Ziggler's head
14:43tripping into that
14:44turnbuckle.
14:45And from there,
14:46Jericho can just
14:47knock Ziggler to the floor.
14:50Or my Ziggy,
14:51as AJ would call him.
14:52Yep.
14:54That's her pet name for him?
14:55My Ziggy.
14:59Well, ladies and gentlemen,
15:00we can tell you this.
15:01Dolph Ziggler
15:02and Chris Jericho
15:03have both lasted now
15:0515 minutes in the
15:06Royal Rumble match
15:07since starting one and two.
15:08So, John, at some point,
15:09the time will become
15:10a factor for both these guys.
15:13All you have to do
15:14is survive.
15:15Make it to the end.
15:16You can't win
15:17if you don't make it to the end.
15:18Here's entry number 11.
15:19Last year's
15:20Royal Rumble winner.
15:23Trying to become
15:24only the fourth man
15:26in history
15:27to win back-to-back
15:28Rumble matches
15:29and join the likes of him.
15:32Oh, look at this.
15:33There is Cursed Backbreaker
15:35to join Hogan
15:36and Michaels and Austin.
15:38Sheamus looking to join
15:40that illustrious group
15:41here tonight.
15:42Oh, man.
15:43Sheamus cleaning house.
15:45Sheamus last year won
15:47from entry number 22.
15:49Tonight, he hopes to do it
15:50from entry number 11.
15:52Titus.
15:53Oh, Titus hangs on.
15:54Yeah, momentarily, perhaps.
15:58I don't know.
15:59We're about to go on.
16:00Listen to this.
16:01This is Sheamus at his best.
16:04Otunga.
16:06Oh, Titus.
16:08Eliminated.
16:09It's like pinball out here.
16:11Otunga's undefeated
16:12as a lawyer.
16:14I have a feeling
16:15he's about to be misbarred
16:16for this.
16:175, 6, 7, 8.
16:205, 6, 7, 8.
16:24Uh-oh, uh-oh.
16:25Brogue kick.
16:26Thanks for coming, Otunga.
16:30He might have to suit
16:31for medical malpractice.
16:32And now look at...
16:35At Slater and Rhodes
16:37focusing on last year's
16:38Rumble winner
16:39as we await entry number 12.
16:425, 6, 7, 8.
16:44Uh-oh.
16:45I love this.
16:46Time-out.
16:47Time-out.
16:49You got the time?
16:50Oh, look out.
16:52Yes, a 10-side
16:54marching to the ring.
16:56Over the years in WWE,
16:58he's been in a number of
16:59Rumble matches.
17:00This marks Rumble match
17:01number 6.
17:02Well, you heard that
17:03statistic earlier
17:04about how much weight
17:06how many superstars
17:07have competed.
17:08This is obviously
17:09the biggest man in
17:10this year's Royal Rumble
17:11so far.
17:14And you know, as the match
17:15fills up with superstars,
17:16it brings to mind
17:17a quote from Jake Roberts
17:19who was the first person
17:20to ever eliminate a man
17:21in the Royal Rumble.
17:22He said,
17:23when the ring fills up
17:24with superstars,
17:25it gets to be so dangerous.
17:26There's so many people
17:27in such a small space.
17:29There's nowhere to go
17:30and there's nowhere to hide.
17:33I hit him in the ring once.
17:35Yeah, I know that.
17:36Great strategy, however.
17:38Mr. McMahon,
17:39remember the year he won,
17:40he ran all around the arena.
17:44You're saying he was scared?
17:45Uh, I'm saying that it was
17:47tremendous strategy
17:48by the boss.
17:50Not safe.
17:53JBL, can you say this?
17:54Uh-oh.
17:55Ziggler and Slater
17:56trying to hang out.
17:59It's disgusting.
18:02Go ahead and bring up
18:03the fact that great men
18:04drop Bentleys.
18:05Go ahead, Michael.
18:06They do.
18:07There you go.
18:09Here's Slater
18:10teetering on the edge
18:12of the ring there
18:13with a foot in his throat.
18:15Back in now.
18:16And now we await
18:17entry number 13
18:19in the 2013
18:21Royal Rumble.
18:24And it's about to get funky
18:25down in this house.
18:28With a funky dance move
18:29in his first Rumble.
18:32His name is
18:33Brutus Clay.
18:35Somewhere there's a sasquatch
18:36sitting with LaToya Jackson
18:37watching their little kid
18:38in the Royal Rumble.
18:42His big old
18:43brachiosaurus.
18:46If he can ever get
18:47off all his bling,
18:48he'll enter the ring.
18:51And here comes Brutus.
18:54He's on him.
18:59And look at that.
19:00Again.
19:01Again, Ziggler's
19:02in trouble.
19:03As Brutus goes
19:04right after Jericho.
19:05It seems like since
19:06starting number 1
19:07in this match,
19:08Dolph Ziggler has
19:09been in trouble
19:10since the get go.
19:11And look at the two
19:12big men going
19:13at it in there.
19:14Again on the apron.
19:15How unbelievable
19:16would it be at
19:17WrestleMania
19:18if Dolph Ziggler
19:19is the main event
19:20of the championship match
19:21and with Money in the Bank.
19:22Goldust flying across the ring by his brother, Cody Rhodes.
19:25Did you call Richard Dawson?
19:26We got a family feud.
19:27That's okay, call him anyway.
19:35And now it's Cody Rhodes on the apron of the ring.
19:37He's great in the ring too, Rhodes.
19:40Rhodes, trouble for Cody.
19:41And now Cody and his brother.
19:45Two brothers outside of an apron.
19:47Yeah, both out of the apron, both went over the top rope.
19:49Who's gonna be eliminated?
19:51Cody back into the ring.
19:53Lucky for Cody there, Goldust I should say, hung up on the top rope.
19:57And Goldust sent into the steel post and eliminated.
20:00Cody Rhodes has eliminated his own brother from the Royal Rumble.
20:04Is Dream smiling with this or not?
20:08This does call for Dr. Chobham.
20:12Entry number 14 on his way.
20:14Baby, from just up the I-10 in San Diego,
20:20Rey Mysterio's here, the winner of the 2006
20:26Royal Rumble, Rey Mysterio, who set a record
20:32when he entered at number two, lasted over 62 minutes.
20:40Watch this, Rey Mysterio, I think, just delivered 1619, right there.
20:46Well, is that a call, a conference call?
20:49And look at Rey Mysterio up to the top rope.
20:51Rey Mysterio, what's he gonna do here?
20:53He's gonna drop the time.
20:55And speaking of time, Ziggler, Jericho,
20:58over the 20 minute mark in this year's 2013 Rumble.
21:03Rey up on the shoulders of Cody Rhodes.
21:06Mysterio knows what it's like to last, not only number two in 2006,
21:11but he entered at number one in 2009.
21:15Rey Mysterio is fourth overall in all time minutes lasted
21:19in Royal Rumble matches in over 170 minutes.
21:25Sheamus, Brodus, Clay there, and Kofi all trying to get Tensai over that top rope.
21:29That's gonna take a village to get him out of there.
21:31Yeah, Tensai, a moose, very difficult to eliminate, and is Brodus Clay.
21:38A moose?
21:41Yeah, how would you describe it?
21:44A big tattooed hippo.
21:47Number 15 on his way.
21:52Who is it?
21:53And Darren Young hopes to last a bit longer than his partner Titus O'Neil did.
22:00It's his first Rumble for the other half of the Primetime Players.
22:06And look at everybody now, ganging up on the big man who's been eliminated,
22:10Brodus Clay.
22:11Wow. See you bye, go back to the dance hall.
22:14Darren Young came in and made the difference.
22:16Sasquatch lovers are very upset about Brodus Clay leaving.
22:22Uh-oh, Kofi Kingston trying to hang on, but he-
22:25There goes the other big man.
22:27Wow, did you guys feel that?
22:28Tensai's been eliminated.
22:31That was about 800 pounds of man right there thrown out of two people.
22:35Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
22:37And look at Ziggler trying to eliminate Kofi, who lands on him.
22:40What in the world?
22:40Kofi just landed on Tensai's back.
22:43Kofi's still alive.
22:44Wait a minute, Kofi's not disqualified.
22:45No, Kofi's still alive.
22:47Both feet have to hit the floor.
22:49Tensai, they gotta get Tensai out of here.
22:51Wait a minute.
22:51I think Kofi just got him out of there with that kick.
22:53Now what's Kofi gonna do?
22:56He's in a predicament now because Kofi's not been eliminated, but
22:59how the hell, if you're Kofi Kingston, can you get back to the ring?
23:03It's impossible.
23:04He's like a bird with the world's on fire.
23:06Where do you land?
23:06What are they used to- What's he gonna do now?
23:09What are they used to do in Star Trek, teleport themselves?
23:12I think that's what Kofi better try to do here.
23:14Jump, Carl Lewis, jump for it.
23:16I don't think there's anybody that's gonna beam him.
23:18He's gonna try.
23:19He's gonna- Jump for it.
23:20Beam him all the way over to the ring.
23:23Beam me up, Kofi.
23:24Let's take a look at it one more time.
23:26This is what happened to Kofi.
23:27He was teetering.
23:28He had to save himself by jumping all the way across and landed on top.
23:32He'll take a bigger jump than Beaman in Mexico City.
23:34Give me your chair, Kofi.
23:36Give me your chair, Kofi.
23:37My chair.
23:38Come on, give me your chair, give me your chair.
23:39Give him your chair, Kofi.
23:40A chair for what?
23:41I don't know, just give him your chair, he likes it.
23:42I've gotta see this, I've gotta see this.
23:45I've gotta see this, I've gotta see this.
23:48What is Kofi- This is gonna be good.
23:50Well, I don't know what he's gonna do.
23:52Meanwhile, entry number 16 heading to the ring.
23:55And it's Bo Dallas.
23:56This is the young man from NXT who won the eight-man tournament
24:02at the Royal Rumble Fest to earn his way into the Royal Rumble mat tonight.
24:06Meanwhile, high drama, high drama building.
24:10What is he doing?
24:11Kofi Kingston- This is unbelievable.
24:13Has not been eliminated.
24:14Kingston is still alive.
24:16I love it.
24:17And Kingston- I love it.
24:18And look at the referee staring Kofi down the road.
24:21Kofi Kingston's using the chair.
24:23This is awesome.
24:24He's using the chair like- This is incredible.
24:26He's using the chair like a pogo stick.
24:30I get an assist.
24:32Kofi Kingston, give the assist to Bradshaw.
24:35That's the craziest thing I've ever seen.
24:37I can't believe it.
24:38Kofi's safe.
24:40Kofi's still in the Rumble.
24:41He is the most innovative man- Now give me my chair back.
24:43In Rumble match history.
24:45See you bye, Darren.
24:47Darren eliminated Kofi Kingston, disaster camp.
24:51And after all that- No, you gotta be kidding me.
24:54After all that, Kofi Kingston eliminated by Cody Rhodes.
24:58And in the celebration, Sheamus trying to catch Cody.
25:04Wow, one of the most unique things I've ever seen in a Royal Rumble.
25:07And it only buys Kofi Kingston about another extra minute of time.
25:11Now we now await entry number 17.
25:15Great strategy by Kofi, though.
25:17But Cody just took advantage.
25:19Hey, let's talk a little bit about Bo Dallas when we get a chance.
25:21He's still in there.
25:23Here we go, here we go.
25:24Yes, yes, yes.
25:27My God.
25:28The Godfather.
25:29It can't be.
25:31I love it.
25:32He's back.
25:33He's back.
25:34The Godfather.
25:36I love it.
25:38He's back.
25:41From Vegas.
25:43He brought his rep back.
25:44Look at this.
25:45Everyone in the ring is in shock.
25:50What could happen next?
25:52This is great.
25:55That's my guy.
25:58One of the most entertaining characters in the history of
26:01the World Wrestling Entertainment, The Godfather.
26:04He's back.
26:07This is great.
26:08And Godfather just slammed.
26:13No, no, no, no, no.
26:16By Ziggler.
26:18No, why'd you do that, Ziggler?
26:21What are you doing?
26:22Godfather is in like half a dozen previous Rumbles, but
26:28I don't think he ever lasted that short.
26:31But how great was it just to see The Godfather?
26:34He's still with us.
26:36He's going out in style.
26:38The WWE Universe.
26:39That's my man right there.
26:41I love The Godfather.
26:42Who doesn't love The Godfather, King?
26:44Hey, whether he's eliminated or not,
26:45Godfather's gonna party tonight.
26:47We know that.
26:47When I grow up, I wanna be The Godfather.
26:49And Chris Jericho, meanwhile,
26:54who started this match at number two, still in there.
26:56Dolph Ziggler, the number one entry, still in there.
26:59Number 18 on his way in the Rumble.
27:02One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
27:07Wade Barrett,
27:11the Intercontinental Champion,
27:17entering his third Rumble.
27:23This is one bad dude right here.
27:26The man who says that around his waist.
27:31The Intercontinental Championship means something again.
27:35Would you disagree?
27:37No, not at all.
27:37The Barrett Barrage would love to win the Rumble tonight.
27:40Put himself on the map.
27:43Wade Barrett tells you the sun's shining down right now.
27:46Cole, you better not disagree.
27:47I would never disagree with this man.
27:51Look at the strength of Wade Barrett.
27:53Manhandling Sheamus.
27:57Said Andy Murray lost to Djokovic, so he's a Scott again.
28:00No longer a Brit.
28:01Of course, you're talking about the Australian Open.
28:06As Wade Barrett- People know what I'm talking about.
28:07Chris Jericho looked to eliminate Sheamus.
28:11Sheamus, last year's Rumble winner, looking to stay alive and
28:14become a repeat Rumble winner this year.
28:16Offsignor, laid out there by Rey Mysterio.
28:22Dropkick, Rey is in precarious position right now.
28:26Get back in the center of that ring.
28:27Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
28:32Let Godfather come back in for a new- Please come back, Godfather.
28:35Please come back.
28:35A new- A new over for Godfather.
28:37Entry number 19.
28:39There's no one on their feet here.
28:46Sit down.
28:49Sorry, I got excited.
28:51Can you talk about me?
28:53I'm used to hanging out with that other guy on SmackDown.
28:55It's terrible.
28:56As the winner- He's brought me down bad.
28:58The winner of the 2008 Rumble gets ready to head to the ring, and
29:02the forces are ready.
29:04John Cena called everyone out last week,
29:07said he was winning the Rumble this year, and here we go.
29:10The brawl is on.
29:11Everybody wants Cena.
29:13Boys, John Cena's welcome to the Royal Rumble with a beatdown.
29:18And here comes Cena.
29:19That was a beatdown.
29:21John Cena says 2013 is his year.
29:24It is.
29:25Slater.
29:29Cody Rhodes.
29:29Cody Rhodes.
29:30Cody Rhodes.
29:33John Cena's on fire.
29:35Uh-oh, there goes Rond 2J.
29:40Jericho.
29:40There goes Rond 2J.
29:41Trying to hang on.
29:43And now Ziggler.
29:45I can't believe that Ziggler tried to save Jericho, but he did.
29:49Well, Cody Rhodes was in the match nearly 30 minutes, but
29:53he didn't last, as he ran into the Bugsaw.
29:56Hey, what a great matchup this is.
29:58Bo Dallas, first NXT contestant to ever be in the Royal Rumble,
30:01going against the ten-time WWE Champion, John Cena.
30:04Yeah, Bo Dallas, who's the so-called fire and designer from NXT.
30:09Our developmental- This is how you make a name for yourself.
30:12This would be unbelievable if he eliminated John Cena.
30:15Are you kidding me?
30:16Guys, we're two-thirds of the way through the Rumble.
30:19Who's number 20?
30:20It is Damian Sandow's first Royal Rumble match.
30:28Damian Sandow comes in and
30:34immediately goes after Bo Dallas.
30:42The ring is filling up with superstars.
30:47We can tell you this.
30:48There's Jericho in the stereo.
30:50Wade Barrett, both men hanging on.
30:52They both gotta get back in the ring.
30:54Did you see how fast Wade Barrett- Rays on the top rope.
30:56Riggins knocked the floor.
30:58Here he's out.
30:58And there goes Rey.
31:00Mysterio eliminated by Barrett.
31:03Drop it down on that, 619.
31:05See ya.
31:06Entry number one, Ziggler.
31:07Entry number two, Jericho.
31:09Both men have lasted now over a half an hour,
31:12over 30 minutes in this match here tonight.
31:15Rumble 2013.
31:17Jericho, look at this.
31:25Caught up to the walls of Jericho on John Cena.
31:30Couldn't get it.
31:32Couldn't get it.
31:33That's not gonna get Cena over that top rope,
31:36I can tell you that.
31:37Entry 21 on his way.
31:43Leg strength of John Cena frees himself from the grip of Jericho,
31:48but he's right back in it.
31:49And going for the walls again is Jericho.
31:51He's got it locked in.
31:53As Daniel Bryan enters his second Rumble tonight.
31:57In 2011, he came in at number two tonight at number 21.
32:04Earlier tonight, Daniel Bryan and Kane knocked off Damian Sandow and
32:08Cody Rhodes with the tag team titles on the line.
32:11We had a Cobra in the match earlier, now we gotta go.
32:15And Daniel Bryan right after Ziggler,
32:17right after a former World Heavyweight Champion.
32:20Listen to this yes chant from the universe.
32:23Wade Barrett.
32:24Daniel Bryan is leaving bodies in his wake.
32:32The feet are flying.
32:34But you gotta get him over the top rope.
32:36And Daniel Bryan's the only man standing right now in the ring.
32:42Trying to eliminate Jericho.
32:45Daniel Bryan, Sheamus trying to aid as well.
32:48Jericho hanging on.
32:50He came in at number two.
32:51Cena's in trouble too.
32:53Jericho dangling.
32:55Pulls himself back up to the apron.
32:58And John Cena, as you said, still dangling over there in that corner.
33:01And Sheamus and Daniel Bryan,
33:03who of course met at WrestleMania last year for all of 18 seconds
33:08before Sheamus beat Bryan for the world title.
33:13Entry number 22 as the familiar Cena chants fill the arena.
33:23And the United States Champion, Antonio Cesaro,
33:26enters his first Royal Rumble.
33:28Earlier tonight on the pre-show,
33:30Cesaro successfully retained his title against The Miz.
33:37Cesaro says he loves America, he just needs a people transplant.
33:40Well, Antonio Cesaro said that he's going to dedicate his victory
33:43in the Rumble match to his home away from home,
33:46the United States of America.
33:51I wonder what Antonio Cesaro thinks of Tina Turner
33:53renouncing her United States citizenship and becoming a Swiss citizen.
33:59What's love got to do with it?
34:02Last Queen Turner.
34:03She speaks German now.
34:05And John Cena-
34:06Cesaro speaks five languages.
34:07And Cena's in trouble now with Wade Barrett.
34:09You know, guys, we were talking about Bo Dallas earlier,
34:11the NXT upstart.
34:13He's still there.
34:14Bo Dallas.
34:15Bo Dallas has lasted over ten minutes so far in this match.
34:19Well, that's a victory in itself for that young man.
34:21He's got to be proud.
34:28What a kick there.
34:29How unbelievable it'd be for Bo Dallas to end up the champion here,
34:33to go to the championship at WrestleMania.
34:35That's the beauty of the Royal Rumble match.
34:36I mean, anything can happen.
34:38Every man for himself here tonight once those strange alliances
34:41break away as we now await entry number 23.
34:46Bill Billy Jim once said,
34:47the name says it all,
34:48the Royal Rumble,
34:49you hooked me.
34:52And we're hooked on number 23,
34:54The Great Khali.
34:58You know, The Great Khali,
35:00as he enters his seventh Rumble match back in 2007,
35:04he eliminated seven men in one Royal Rumble match.
35:09However, he became only the first man to ever be eliminated by a diva.
35:14Beth Phoenix eliminated The Great Khali one year.
35:17Does Bret Hart know this is about to be his nephew?
35:20We'll find out.
35:21Bret Hart's got an exclusive interview on WWE.com right now
35:24as Khali unloads on the superstars in the ring.
35:31Dating a Punjabi princess.
35:32Yeah.
35:33Natty Hart.
35:34Natty Hart.
35:35What do you call her?
35:36Natty.
35:37Natalia Nightheart.
35:38They call her Natty.
35:39But she's not a heart.
35:40You called her Natty Hart.
35:42Sheamus just elipsed a 20-minute,
35:44eclipsed 20 minutes in the ring here tonight at the Royal Rumble match.
35:47Look, I'm just,
35:48I'm upset about this interspecies relationship.
35:50Sheamus may not make 21 as Cesaro looks to eliminate Sheamus.
35:54You've never dated outside your species.
35:56Did you just call it an interspecies relationship?
35:58Yes.
35:59What is wrong with you?
36:00You had Anvil's daughter and the Punjabi guy here.
36:05He's a Punjabi giant.
36:06If that's not an interspecies relationship,
36:08I have no idea what it is.
36:09I don't know how PETA is allowing any of that.
36:13Anyway, let's move to number 24.
36:16Don't get hot.
36:17We're at number 24 already?
36:18This is amazing.
36:22He is one of the greatest performers in Royal Rumble history.
36:27He is entering his 16th Rumble
36:29in a record-setting 14th in a row
36:33for the Big Red Monster, Kane.
36:35Listen to some of these records.
36:362001, 11 superstars eliminated in one match.
36:41He went to the final two that year before it was won by Austin.
36:44Kane looking to eliminate Dolph Ziggler.
36:46Can he get the show off out of the ring?
36:49Dangles again.
36:50Dolph Ziggler has survived and survived and survived and survived tonight.
36:55I think Ziggler spent more time in the apron
36:57than actually in the ring in this match.
37:00Spent more time in the apron than my old tag team partner.
37:02You see Kane and Daniel Bryan.
37:04I thought they were going to try to double team the great Khali,
37:08but Khali will get the upper hand.
37:10Well, Kane overall in his career
37:12has the third most eliminations in Royal Rumble history at 35.
37:16Look at Sheamus.
37:17Kane has been in five final fours,
37:19and Sheamus looks to just survive here.
37:23Sheamus, last year's Royal Rumble winner,
37:25trying to make it back to back.
37:30Give me your take on this.
37:31Cole right now in the ring.
37:33It would be more difficult to eliminate Kane or Khali.
37:41Cole's not listening.
37:42I see that.
37:43Woo, woo, woo.
37:44You know it.
37:47Well, here is the man who wins his third Rumble.
37:52He has one million Twitter followers.
37:55Are you going to answer Jerry's question?
37:57Who's going to be harder to eliminate?
37:58At this point?
37:59You got a Hall of Famer asking you a question.
38:01I was going to say Khali, but he was just eliminated.
38:03Oh, yeah.
38:04Post-fact, you go back in there.
38:05Oh, Khali.
38:07Kane's eliminated by his own partner.
38:09His own tag team partner.
38:11Daniel Bryan eliminated Kane.
38:13Yeah, Dr. Shelby's a genius.
38:15Yeah, right, Michael.
38:17Oh, man.
38:22Uh-oh.
38:23Daniel Bryan's feet have not touched.
38:24Moment of truth for Kane.
38:26Will he eliminate his partner?
38:27Can we allow Bryan to survive?
38:29Daniel Bryan's in.
38:30Put me back in.
38:31Will Kane hold lunches?
38:33Will he hold the GOAT?
38:43Daniel Bryan.
38:44I guess you can call Kane the GOAT in this match.
38:49At least from Daniel Bryan's point of view.
38:52I call Kane a GOAT.
38:55It was a sports reference, John.
38:57I know you don't watch much of it, but anyway, look at Ziggler.
39:00Kane's a GOAT?
39:01Looking to be eliminated by Zack Ryder.
39:03You know a guy blows something and he's called a GOAT, just like he blew it for Daniel Bryan?
39:07I mean, hello?
39:08Kane would be the GOAT, you moron.
39:10That's what I said!
39:11What are you talking about?
39:12I didn't know you said Kane.
39:14I bet he would hold the GOAT.
39:16Here comes entry number 26, the Royal Rumble winner of 2009,
39:24The Viper, Randy Orton, who says,
39:27I need to win tonight.
39:33Randy Orton!
39:36Randy Orton exploding out of the curtain.
39:40He's definitely one of the all-time Rumble competitors.
39:43Uppercut from Orton to Bo Dallas.
39:45Not sure if Bo Dallas knew what he was walking into.
39:48Nine-time WWE Champion.
39:51Is this a game, young man?
39:52Yeah, you gotta give him credit, Bo Dallas hanging in there.
39:55Give all the credit in the world.
39:56He needs to get back in the ring.
39:57Randy Orton with Ziggler and Dallas.
39:59This is bad news.
40:00What?
40:01Is he gonna do this?
40:03Oh, yes!
40:04A double DDT!
40:09Ryder!
40:11RKO to Woo Woo Woo!
40:19And Zack Ryder, CMI, Chris Jericho, Dolph Ziggler.
40:24They started this match up the first two slots.
40:26Both have lasted now over 40 minutes in the 2013 Royal Rumble.
40:35You know, a lot of these superstars are touting before they enter the ring.
40:38You can check that out at a tout right now to see what they have to say
40:41as we now await entry number 27.
40:44We're the three men, baby!
40:46And for Jinder Mahal, he enters at the lucky 27 spot.
40:51Four victories more than any other entry spot from number 27.
40:55And he's the man who, out of his own mouth,
40:57guaranteed that one of the members of 3MB would win this year's Royal Rumble.
41:01Well, he's gotta do it on his own because Drew and Slater long gone.
41:05Oh, look at John Cena being manhandled here by Antonio Cesaro!
41:08Ah, Cena again hanging on.
41:10Cesaro, US Champion, eliminated by Cena!
41:14Cena has been a beast!
41:22You know, as this match rolls on, we mentioned 40 minutes for Jericho and Ziggler.
41:26King, I mean, what do you do if you're those guys?
41:28How do you dig down deep just to survive here?
41:31Yeah, but you gotta wonder also about Chris Jericho.
41:33Sorry, his name's King.
41:34I know his name is King, and when he asked you a question a second ago,
41:37you stood there like a typical, throwing Frisbees over your head
41:40like some guy sitting down.
41:42Please, I'm talking.
41:43That's not the third time he's used that in this match.
41:45No, it's the second time.
41:46And as you see, the superstars are filling the ring.
41:49John Cena looking to send Ziggler over the top rope.
41:51Ziggler surviving again, but again, King, how do you keep last?
41:54Well, I was gonna say, as you were saying, JBL.
41:57As I was saying.
41:59Thank you, King.
42:00Thank you, King.
42:01As I was saying, you're gonna wonder how Jericho is in such good ring shape.
42:05He's been off with his band, Fozzy.
42:07He's been doing great work all over the world,
42:09and he comes in here, he lasts 40 minutes
42:11with some of the greatest superstars in the history of sports entertainment.
42:14Here comes number 28.
42:15Awesome!
42:16So it's just gonna be interesting,
42:18because I received a medical update a little bit ago about The Miz
42:22during this matchup, and here he goes right after Antonio Cesaro,
42:25Miz taking the brawl to Cesaro.
42:27He's supposed to enter this Royal Rumble matchup,
42:29but he has turned his viciousness at the champion.
42:32Here's the deal on Miz.
42:33From what we understand, Miz injured his ankle during the pre-show,
42:37coming off the top rope earlier tonight in the match against Cesaro.
42:40We'll have to see if that's gonna come into play
42:42as Miz enters at number 28.
42:45I'm sure between now and then, or then and now,
42:47he went back to the trainer's room and got taped up, heavily taped,
42:50but you're right, that's not, doesn't bode well for The Miz.
42:53Whoa!
42:54And Mahal's eliminated, so what did Mahal say about winning?
42:58Well, he said one of the members certainly would win,
43:01and he is definitely wrong.
43:03Yeah, they crashed to the bottom of the charts tonight.
43:05Barrett and Sheamus.
43:06They're not even on the charts.
43:07They don't play music.
43:08They don't even play the jukebox.
43:09This isn't a real band.
43:11Do they play the radio?
43:12No.
43:13They don't even play iTunes.
43:16This isn't a real band.
43:18It's three car wrecks and a pileup.
43:19That's all it is.
43:20Meanwhile, Wade Barrett trying to eliminate Sheamus.
43:22They've developed quite the rivalry over the past couple of months,
43:25a very physical one at that.
43:26Randy Orton turns his attention to Dolph Ziggler.
43:28Things are getting hairy.
43:29Two men left before we get to the-
43:31Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
43:32Sheamus in big trouble here.
43:35This will be number 29.
43:36Who will enter at number 29?
43:38Ziggler again on the apron, but again surviving.
43:42This is Ziggler's victory.
43:52This is Sinkara who's missed a couple of months with a knee injury.
43:55Sinkara returning to the Royal Rumble-
44:00With that innovative, unorthodox style, unloading!
44:04Seeing current number 29.
44:10We're awaiting one man to finish out the roster for the 2013 Royal Rumble.
44:19What a battle this has been.
44:22You know, Miz in the matchup still.
44:23He lasted longer than any man last year.
44:2545 minutes to Cena.
44:27Cena's in trouble.
44:28Sheamus looking to dump Cena over the top rope.
44:29John Cena hanging on to the apron.
44:31Cena needs to find a way back in.
44:32Yeah, he's gotta get back in there.
44:33Ziggler again on the apron.
44:35Sheamus can't get him out.
44:36Cena's gone.
44:37Look at Bo Dallas, Bo Dallas, Bo Dallas trying to eliminate Barrett.
44:40Cena's in trouble.
44:41Bo Dallas eliminates Wade Barrett.
44:43What?
44:44The NXT upstart.
44:45Wow, that's huge.
44:47Bo Dallas, he has been in this match over 20 minutes.
44:50What a thrill for Bo Dallas, who won a tournament yesterday to get here.
44:55An NXT tournament of eight men.
44:57Dallas, the lone survivor, and he's eliminated the Intercontinental Champion.
45:00Yeah, well, in his first day here in the big time,
45:02he may have made a wrong man his mortal enemy.
45:05Yeah, look at Sheamus now looking to eliminate Sandow.
45:09I am so surprised that Ziggler's still in there.
45:12He's been on the top rope.
45:13He's been on the bottom rope.
45:15He's been dangling off the apron, but he's still surviving.
45:18Are you more surprised that Ziggler's still in there or
45:20that Bo Dallas is still in there?
45:22Both, and Jericho.
45:23A lot of surprises here in this Rumble match.
45:26And now Jericho, again hanging on.
45:30Jericho, look at Wade Barrett.
45:32Wade Barrett, Wade Barrett eliminating Bo Dallas.
45:36You are right, King.
45:38He made the wrong man mad.
45:39Exactly.
45:40Here we go, here we go, here we go, lights out, lights out.
45:44All right, this is- Come on, Rookie, get up, Rookie.
45:46Probably uncalled for here.
45:48The bull hammer elbow, and this is ridiculous.
45:50Good night, Rookie, no, it's not good.
45:52That young man, Bo Dallas, lasted over 20 minutes.
45:55He eliminated the Intercontinental Champion.
45:58Yeah, and he shouldn't have done it.
45:59And then Barrett doing that, as we- Are you ready, gentlemen?
46:04Number 30 is about to arrive.
46:07Only two men have won from number 30 in history, Cena and Undertaker.
46:14This is a game changer.
46:16Will Ryback join them?
46:18Ryback says this is a match he was made for, that he thrives on it.
46:25I will not be afraid, I will not be intimidated.
46:30And the monster, the Leviathan, Ryback.
46:34This is the last guy you want to enter number 30.
46:38He's fresh, he's strong, and look at him showing off that strength right now.
46:44Look out, Mr. Sandow.
46:45And Damian Sandow eliminated.
46:48Sincara may have chosen his opponent- Just jump over the top rope, Sincara.
46:55It'd be easier. A bit more wisely.
46:58He's leaving, Smart.
46:59No, he's not, he's not.
47:00Man, just swatting Sincara away like a nasty fly.
47:06And the power of Ryback- No.
47:09Is on full display at the Rumble.
47:13But look at Ryback from behind.
47:15Look at it, is that- Smart by Miz.
47:17Yeah, Miz trying to eliminate Ryback.
47:18Remember, they've had a bit of a history, Miz and Ryback.
47:21Miz eliminated by Ryback.
47:24We are now down to six men.
47:27Call a breaker.
47:30Cena, Jericho, and Ryback.
47:32Yeah, but how are you gonna get that big Ryback up?
47:34Sheamus, Orton, and Ziggler.
47:34You gotta get him on the top rope.
47:38Fly assault.
47:42Sheamus, and he's hanging on.
47:45Sheamus, 30 minutes in.
47:48Still in there, still in there.
47:51Better get back in the ring, Sheamus.
47:54Code breaker to Ziggler.
47:56Hanging on again.
47:57Smart move by Ziggler.
47:59Look at the amount of stars.
48:00This is like an all-star team right now.
48:03Whoa.
48:04Ziggler, Jericho eliminated by Ziggler.
48:07Ziggler sticks it to Jericho again.
48:10We are down to five.
48:11What a great performance by Chris Jericho.
48:14Ziggler, Jericho, Ryback, Cena.
48:19And I think it's really time to give the devil his due.
48:21Dolph Ziggler starting at number one.
48:23He's still hanging in there.
48:25Chris Jericho lasted 47 minutes, 53 seconds.
48:29We are down to five.
48:31Orton and Sheamus, Ziggler, Ryback, and Cena.
48:36Coming clotheslines from Randy Orton.
48:39And Dolph Ziggler's approaching the 50-minute mark in this match.
48:43Ryback, shoulder first.
48:45RKO to Ziggler.
48:47But Ziggler's still in there.
48:49Went for the RKO.
48:50RKO to Cena.
48:52Oh, man.
48:53But you gotta get rid of him.
48:54Went for the Brogue Kick.
48:56RKO to Sheamus.
48:57The Viper's striking.
48:59Randy Orton, Randy Orton, Randy Orton, Randy Orton, Randy Orton, Randy Orton.
49:06Uh-oh, Ryback not where he wants to be.
49:09Randy Orton is on fire.
49:11What a performance of the Royal Rumble, Randy Orton's put down.
49:15Look at the carnage.
49:16Look at the bodies of all the superstars laid to waste by Randy Orton.
49:20One of the all-time Rumble greats.
49:23One of the all-time greats.
49:24And Randy Orton moving to that place.
49:28Randy Orton entering at number 26, still fresh.
49:31Going to RKO Ryback.
49:32And now Ryback, after a great performance by Orton, sends the Viper home.
49:39Oh, man.
49:40We are down to four.
49:41Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
49:43Ryback, Cena, Ziggler, Sheamus.
49:45This is classic.
49:51Ziggler, who entered at number one.
49:53Sheamus looking to eliminate him.
49:55He's on the apron again.
49:56Sheamus entered at 11.
49:58Brogue Kick.
49:59There goes Ziggler.
50:03We are down to three.
50:04Sheamus, Ryback, and Cena.
50:11Doll, 49 minutes, 46 seconds in the Rumble.
50:14Think about this, though.
50:15Let's reset here.
50:17Sheamus, last year's Rumble winner.
50:20Cena, 2008 Rumble winner.
50:22Ryback in his first Rumble ever.
50:24What's gonna give here in the final three?
50:27This is something you're gonna tell your grandkids about.
50:30This is history in the making.
50:32Catch your breath.
50:33Here we go again.
50:34One of these three superstars is going to WrestleMania.
50:38Sheamus looking to win back to back.
50:41Wow. John Cena looking to make this his year.
50:44Ryback looking to make his career right here.
50:48And Sheamus and John Cena thinking alike.
50:51Going after Ryback.
50:52Double suplex to Ryback.
50:56Strange alliance has happened.
51:01Cena and Sheamus with a long history.
51:04Sheamus once beat Cena for the WWE Championship.
51:07But they're looking back at the sign.
51:09It's all about WrestleMania 29 at MetLife Stadium in New York and
51:13New Jersey on April 7th.
51:14And now Sheamus and Cena unloading in the middle of the ring.
51:18This is the headline of WrestleMania.
51:22One of these three men is going to the show.
51:27As the main event, Michael.
51:31You can't see me in the game.
51:34Ryback with a big hook close up.
51:36You can see that.
51:37Ryback almost takes Cena's head off and now Ryback says, finish it now.
51:43We're watching history, guys.
51:45And it's shell shock time.
51:47Shell shock time.
51:50Stopping around the ring.
51:51Sheamus fights out.
51:53Whoa.
51:54Right back on his shoulders.
51:55White noise.
51:56White noise.
51:57White noise has engulfed the US Airways Center.
52:07But how's Sheamus gonna get him over the top rope?
52:10It's not enough to beat him.
52:12You gotta get him over the top rope.
52:13Now Sheamus, you know the wheels are turning.
52:15Sheamus knows how to win this thing.
52:17He won it last year.
52:18Guarantee he's got strategy for this moment.
52:21The Celtic Warrior is lining up.
52:27Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble, Rumble.
52:39Went for the pro kick and Ryback counter.
52:41And there goes Sheamus.
52:43And we are down to two.
52:46My gosh, just like that, Sheamus going for the pro kick.
52:51And the next thing he knows, he's out of the Royal Rumble.
52:54Sheamus lasted 37 minutes, 24 seconds.
52:58But remember what happened in the fall.
53:00Remember the night John Cena sat in the middle of the ring and told Ryback,
53:05it's your time.
53:07Tonight, these two men face off in the final two of the Royal Rumble match.
53:12That's not happening tonight.
53:14Tonight, if it's Ryback's time, he's gonna have to earn it.
53:17One of these two men will main event WrestleMania.
53:22T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A.
53:32And Cena unloading, Cena unloading on Ryback.
53:36Ryback, Spinebuster.
53:38T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A, T-R-E-A-M-A.
53:44Here comes the meet up.
53:47Cena struggling to his feet.
53:49And Spinebuster took the wind out of him.
53:51Right to the knee hook, Cole Swift, drop toe hold.
53:53Cena, STF, STF, STF, tap out doesn't matter.
53:57He's gotta get Ryback over the top rope.
53:59But can Cena put the damage, will the damage be done here?
54:02Yeah, but if you wear it down, Michael, you still gotta get Ryback somehow on his feet over the top rope.
54:07But if there's one man that can pick Ryback's lifeless carcass up and put him over the top rope, it's John Cena.
54:13I gotta agree with you there, this does not look good for Ryback.
54:16Cena with that inhuman strength, and John Cena wearing Ryback down.
54:20If Ryback passes out, and if Ryback passes out,
54:25all Cena's gotta do is lift that body over the top rope.
54:28Ryback's out, Ryback is out.
54:33Now John Cena with the inevitable task as he shoots the hat,
54:37of trying to figure out how to get Ryback up and over the top rope.
54:41Look at John Cena.
54:43Unbelievable.
54:44John Cena has got Ryback back to his feet.
54:47Absolute strength by John Cena, powering Ryback to the top rope.
54:52Uh-oh, Ryback is back.
54:57Ryback- He's no longer out.
54:58Staying alive, top rope, there's press from the top rope.
55:01And now, bashing Cena's skull to the mat.
55:04Man.
55:05Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
55:16Ryback away.
55:17He's gone, he's gone.
55:19John Cena is going to WrestleMania.
55:22John Cena.
55:30John Cena has done it.
55:34The ten time WWE champion is going back to the dance, to the main stage,
55:38to the grandest of them all, WrestleMania.
55:41John Cena has made history tonight.
55:44John Cena becomes only the fourth man to win two Royal Rumble matches.
55:52There was
55:59Austin, there was Shawn Michaels.
56:07There was Hogan, and now there's Cena.
56:12And now John Cena gets to choose which title he'll battle for
56:18on April 7th at MetLife Stadium in New York and New Jersey at WrestleMania 29.
56:25John Cena said 2013 will be his year.
56:30John Cena's going to WrestleMania.