• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 27, 2008) – WWE Royal Rumble 2008 *Roddy Piper & Jimmy Snuka*
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 27, 2008, World Wrestling Entertainment aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
The winner of the Royal Rumble match earned the right to challenge either the WWE Heavyweight Champion (RAW), the World Heavyweight Champion (SmackDown!) or the ECW World Heavyweight Championship (ECW) for the title in one of the main events of WrestleMania 24.
The surprise entrants in the 30-man Royal Rumble match were Old School WWF Legends ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper and ‘Superfly’ Jimmy Snuka.
The results:
Career Threatening match: Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious Porter
John “Bradshaw” Layfield defeated Chris Jericho by DQ
World Heavyweight Championship: Edge (c) defeated Rey Mysterio
WWE Championship: Randy Orton (c) defeated Jeff Hardy
John Cena won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
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• On This Day In Pro Wrestling History (January 27, 2013) – WWE Royal Rumble 2013 *The Rock Wins The WWE Title*
On this day in Pro Wrestling history on January 27, 2013, World Wrestling Entertainment aired their annual ‘Royal Rumble’ event LIVE on PPV from the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
The winner of the Royal Rumble match earned the right to challenge either the WWE Heavyweight Champion or the World Heavyweight Champion for the title in the main event of WrestleMania 29.
The surprise entrants in the 30-man Rumble match were Old School WWF Legends Chris Jericho, Goldust and The Godfather.
Highlight of the night was WWF Legend The Rock winning the WWE Championship from CM Punk.
The results:
Last Man Standing – World Heavyweight Championship: Alberto Del Rio (c) defeated THe Big Show
WWE Tag Team Championship: Team Hell No (c) defeated Team Rhodes Scholars
John Cena won the 30-man Royal Rumble match
WWE Championship: The Rock defeated Punk (c)
