FULL MATCH - 2013 Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2013
FULL MATCH - 2013 Royal Rumble Match: Royal Rumble 2013
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.
18:54Brutus!
18:55Brutus!
18:57The brother of the
18:58Funky Factor.
18:59Now, look at it.
19:00Again.
19:01Again, Ziggler's
19:02in trouble.
19:03As Brutus
19:04goes right after Jericho.
19:06It seems like since
19:07starting number one
19:08in this match,
19:09Dolph Ziggler's been
19:10in trouble since the get go.
19:11And look at the two
19:12big men going at it
19:13in there.
19:14Again on the apron.
19:15How unbelievable
19:16would it be in WrestleMania
19:17if Dolph Ziggler
19:18is the main event
19:19with the championship match
19:20and with Money in the Bank?
19:21He can cash in
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.
43:42And this is Sin Cara, who's missed a couple of months with a knee injury.
43:46Sin Cara returning to the Royal Rumble,
43:49with that innovative, unorthodox style unloading.
43:58Sin Cara at number 29.
44:00We're awaiting the count of three.
44:02And the count of three.
44:03Now, this is a brutal match,
44:05with a couple of heavyweights,
44:07We're awaiting one man to finish out the roster for the 2013 Royal Rumble.
44:17What a battle this has been.
44:20You know Miz in the matchup still, he lasted longer than any man last year.
44:2545 minutes to Cena, Cena'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 get him out.
44:36Look 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, he'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, a lot of surprises here in this Rumble match.
45:25And now Jericho again hanging on.
45:30Jericho, look at Wade Barrett.
45:32Wade Barrett, Wade Barrett eliminating Bo Dallas.
45:36You are right, King, he made the wrong man mad.
45:39Exactly.
45:40Here we go, here we go, here we go, lights out, lights out.
45:45Come on, Rookie, get up, Rookie.
45:46I'm calling for you.
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-
46:02Wah, wah, Wah.
46:03Are 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?
46:20Ryback says this is a match he was made for, that he thrives on it.
46:26I will not be afraid, I will not be intimidated.
46:30And the monster, the Leviathan, Ryback.
46:35This 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.
46:51Sin Cara may have chosen his opponent.
46:53Just jump over the top rope, Sin Cara, it'd be easier.
46:55A bit more wisely.
46:58He's leaving, Smart.
46:59No, he's not, he's not.
47:00Man, just swatting Sin Cara away like a nasty fly.
47:06And the power of Ryback is on full display at the Rumble.
47:13But look at Ryback from behind.
47:15Look at it, is that-
47:16Smart 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.
47:27Conebreaker, Cena, Jericho, and Ryback.
47:32Yeah, but how are you gonna get that big Ryback up?
47:34And 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.
47:47Still in there, still in there.
47:51Better get back in the ring, Sheamus.
47:54Conebreaker 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.
48:26Chris 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.
49:13Randy 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.
49:37Oh, 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.
50:11Dolph, 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.
50:40Wow. 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.
51:19This is the headline of WrestleMania.
51:21One of these three men is going to the show as the main event, Michael.
51:29You can't see me.
51:32Ryback with a knee 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.
51:54Ryback on his shoulders.
51:56White noise.
51:57White noise.
51:58White 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.
52:26Went for the front kick and Ryback counter and there goes Sheamus.
52:31And we are down to two.
52:33Oh my God.
52:34Just like that, Sheamus going for the front kick.
52:39And the next thing he knows, he's out of the Royal Rumble.
52:44Sheamus lasted 37 minutes, 24 seconds.
52:46But remember what happened in the fall.
52:48Remember the night John Cena sat in the middle of the ring and
52:52told the world that he was gonna win this thing.
52:56And he did.
52:56And he did.
52:57And he did.
52:57And he did.
52:58And he did.
52:58And he did.
52:59And he did.
52:59And he did.
53:00And he did.
53:00And he did.
53:01And he did.
53:01And he did.
53:02And he did.
53:02And he did.
53:03And he did.
53:03It'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.
53:13Tonight, if it's Ryback's time, he's gonna have to earn it.
53:17One of these two men will main event WrestleMania.
53:22That's it, I'm loaded.
53:31That's it, I'm loaded.
53:33Cena loaded on Ryback, Ryback, Spinebuster.
53:38Here comes the meet up.
53:46Cena struggling to his feet.
53:49And Spinebuster took the wind out of him.
53:51Quick 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
54:06over the top rope.
54:08But if there's one man that can pick Ryback's lifeless carcass up and put him over the top
54:12rope, 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, all Cena's gotta do is lift that body
54:27over the top rope.
54:28Ryback's out!
54:29Ryback is out!
54:30Now John Cena with the inevitable task as he shoots the half of trying to figure out
54:38how to get Ryback up and over the top rope.
54:41Look at John Cena.
54:42Unbelievable.
54:43John Cena has got Ryback back to his feet.
54:47Absolute strength by John Cena, powering Ryback to the top rope.
54:52Uh-oh.
54:53Ryback is back.
54:55Ryback.
54:56He's no longer out.
54:57Staying alive.
54:58Top rope.
54:59There's press from the top rope.
55:00And now, bashing Cena's skull to the mat.
55:01Man.
55:02Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
55:03Ryback away!
55:04He's gone.
55:05He's gone.
55:06John Cena is going to WrestleMania!
55:07Cena!
55:08Cena!
55:09Cena!
55:10Cena!
55:11Cena!
55:12Cena!
55:13Cena!
55:14Cena!
55:15Cena!
55:16Cena!
55:17Cena!
55:18Cena!
55:19Cena!
55:20Cena!
55:21Cena!
55:22Cena!
55:23Cena!
55:24Cena!
55:25Cena!
55:26Cena!
55:28Cena!
55:29Cena!
55:30John Cena has done it.
55:31The Ten Time WWE Champion is going back to the dance, to the main stage, to the grandest
55:43of them all, WrestleMania.
55:47John Cena has made history tonight.
55:52There was Austin.
55:58There was Austin.
56:04There was Shawn Michaels.
56:06There was Hogan.
56:08And now there's Cena.
56:09And now John Cena gets to choose which title he'll battle for
56:16on April 7th at MetLife Stadium in New York and
56:21New Jersey at WrestleMania 29.
56:25John Cena said 2013 will be his year.
56:30John Cena's going to WrestleMania.