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Royal Rumble 2005 was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It took place on January 30, 2005 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California, which is why it used the West Side Story theme. The official theme song was "Find The Real" by Alter Bridge.
[edit] Results
- Batista won the 2005 Royal Rumble (51:27)
- The final two contenders were John Cena and Batista. Batista tried to hit Cena with a Batista Bomb but was countered with a headscissors takedown by Cena, sending both over the top rope and touching the floor at the same time. While a dispute by RAW and SmackDown! officials started over who the actual winner was, a restart was eventually ordered by Vince McMahon. Batista tossed Cena over the top rope after a Spinebuster.
[edit] Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ indicates a RAW superstar, blue ██ indicates a SmackDown! superstar. A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.
[edit] Other on-screen talent
Promotional poster of
Royal Rumble 2005, featuring RAW and SmackDown! superstars dressed in a
West Side Story parody
- Commentators
- Spanish Commentators
- Referees
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- Other
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[edit] Trivia
- For the second year in a row, Chris Benoit remained in the Royal Rumble from the beginning of the match until entrant #30.
- This was the fifth year a Royal Rumble match participant didn't make it to the ring to compete. In 1991, Randy Savage did not show up due to an earlier altercation with The Ultimate Warrior (The commentators, Gorilla Monsoon and Roddy Piper, speculated that the Warrior had run Randy Savage right out of the building.) In 1994, Bastion Booger did not make it to the ring due to an upset stomach, in 1998 Skull no-showed after a sneak-attack in the backstage area by a group of wrestlers who thought Skull was Steve Austin, in 2004, Spike Dudley was chokeslamed by Kane, and in 2005, Scotty 2 Hotty was attacked by Muhammad Hassan
- This was also the second time Scotty 2 Hotty was attacked in the entrance ramp before he could enter the ring. In the 2002 Rumble Scotty was attacked by the Undertaker, but he still managed to make it to the ring and participate in the match.
- The last two men at the Rumble match, Batista and John Cena, became the World champions of their brands at WrestleMania 21 with Cena winning the WWE Championship and Batista winning the World Heavyweight Championship.
- During Vince McMahon's appearance during the finish, Vince tried to run and slide into the ring but legitimately tore both his quadriceps muscles when it hit ring apron. Vince had to make his decision over the match while sitting in the ring.
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