Both announce teams hype the PPV and the matches
World Television Title Match
Jerry Lynn(c) d. Matt Hardy
great opener that features minimal weapons that ends after Lynn hits a ddt on a chair at 7:02
WWF Royal Rumble "0ver The Edge"
Official Theme Song(RAW): "Remember The Name" - FT. Minor
Official Theme Song(SD!): "Drain You" - Nirvana
A Caesar-themed video is played introducing the Royal Rumble and key matches
The pyro goes off...."Drain You" is played..
JR & King Welcome everyone to the 19th annual Royal Rumble.....they put over their excitement concerning the event and the RAW matches....They turn it over to their SmackDown colleages Michael Cole & Tazz
Cole and Tazz put over the event stating that the road to WrestleMania begins tonight and put over the SmackDown portion of the event...
WWF CruiserWeight Title Match
Paul London(c) Vs. Juventud Vs. Kid Kash ended in a no contest at 12:27
Kash worked on London early on before London hit a huricanrana out of the corner to take the offensive advantage. London hit a LondonDDT before setting up a standing SSP,went for a quik pin b4 Juvi turned him foward and tossed london to the turnbuckle and began to stomp him and hit a alley-oop bomb. Kash hit juvi from behind and connected with a gut buster across his knee then hit a rolling German Suplex before hitting a sit down face jam instead of a second German Suplex, resulting in a nearfall. London Charged at Kash and slid thru his legs got kicked int the gut and was nailed with a Tigerbomb, juvin broke up the pin at 2. juvi got in some offense, Kash bounced off the ropes and walked into a flying forearm from Juvi off the top rope. juvi knocked Kash to the apron then set up Kash for a possible suplex off the top turnbuckle. Kash blocked it and both of them fell to the outside,they got up slowly.London Ran to the ropes and hit a London calling off the top rope to the outside on both of them.all 3 men were laid out while the crowd chanted "london!...London!"..LOndon tossd juvi back into the ring and set up a London calling b4 Christopher Daniels knocked him off it and hit Angel Wings on London.....he continued to beat on London and threw him to the outside and hit Angel Wings on the steel steps....officials seperated b4 Daniels could do anymore but he had made his point...
Cole and Tazz sold the beating as Officials tended to an unconsciance Paul London
backstage we see trish prepping for her match..Mickie James walks in dropped a bombshell backstage on Trish, saying ,"I love you." Trish's jaw dropped and she walked to the ring with her belt. She looked distracted
the RVD video played hyping his return
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Mickie James d. Ashley Massaro
short match with many akward glances between Mickie and Trish , MIckie hit a LareeDT and Trish reluctantly made the 3 count. at 5:03 After the match Mickie forced a few hugs on Trish to celebrate.
EDGE's desire video plays
www.youtube.com/w/Edge-tribute?v=ui_nBPYKFg8&search=new%20years%20revolutionMaria introduces the WWF Champion The Edge..
Edge:..Are you kidding me...wats it...like a few months on the job and you cant even get the WWE champion's name right!...(Edge yanks the mic away from her).now get the hell outta here you moron!......(to the camera).....you see...this is what the Rated R Superstar is all about!.....I do what I want....When I want...tonight....Mr Money in the bank....is the main event.....tonight...i send Cena back to obscurity....where he belongs....tonight is all About THe champ.....TONIGHT 30 men fight for a shot to Main Event with the hottest thing in Wrestling ....thats me....Its all about me tonight..its all about..
(Christian enters....)
Christian:well look at this....so its all about you tonight....the WWE CHAMPION...(sarcastically)must be pretty proud.....you won the title in just over 2 minutes......all you had to do was get 5 other guys to beat on him 1st....yea.....you needed 5 other guys to beat on him 1st just for you to become champ....
Edge:...are you serious.....Are you serious.....you the guy who needed a steroid'd freak's help just to get a shot at the title....yeah....you're gonna tlk.....i mean lets face facts here christian......if it wasnt for me you'd probably have spent your entire career headlining Sunday Night Heat.....
Christain:..that right..thats funny coming from a guy who suddenly shot up to superstardom after he started banging Matt Hardys gf....
(they get in each other's faces before Lita breaks them up)
Lita:....guess we'll see who's Champion at the end of the night.....(to Edge)lets go..
Backstage in vince's office Show drew his number and nodded in moderate satisfaction. Rey Mysterio walked in. Big Show told him it was every man for himself, but he admired him for dedicating the match to Eddie Guerrero. Rey drew his number and looked up and said, "You've got to be kidding me" with a big smile on his face. He told Eddie in the sky, "You got me. You got me, man!" Tazz and Cole wondered if it was good or bad
A WM 22 promo clip, reminding us it's 63 days away.
A video package highliting this 7 match series is played
WWF United States Title Match(Match 7)
Submission Match
Charlie Haas (4) d. Chris Beniot (3)
Haas showboated after getting the better end of a mid-ring collision; Benoit surprised him with another attempt to leverage him to the mat with a Crossface. Haas bailed out to ringside, clutching his arm. Benoit went back to an armbar in the ring. A minute later, the two fought in the corner on the ropes. Benoit knocked Haas to the floor and Haas hit his face on the ring barrier upon landing around 8:00. They continued to struggle with mat wrestling for several minutes. Then Benoit threw some chops and went for a top rope headbutt. Haas moved. Hass tripped Benoit up and hit the Haas of Pain, Benoit fought out and back, hit three german suplexes, and went for a Crossface. Haas kicked out of it and kicked Benoit into the ref. He re-applied the Crossface and got Haas to tap out. The ref was still out. Chris Masters then entered the ring and Attempted a Masterlock but was put in the crossface..Haas then KO'd Beniot with the U.S. Title belt. Haas then applied the Haas of pain, the ref lifted beniot's arm and it dropped 3 times and awarded the match and the the series to the NEW US champion Charlie Haas.
JR and the King put over what a great match that was.
Mr. McMahon talked to Teddy Long backstage. Vince then went to Torrie, Victoria & Candice at the ball thingie where the wrestlers choose their Rumble entrance number. Randy Orton took a good number and was then confronted by Triple H and Evolution, who were as cocky as ever. Triple H Talkd about how it was Gonna be Evolution's night..how THe Greatest Technical Wrestler in the business Charlie Haas brought the US title to evolution...how he and Big Kev were gonna those 2 oversized freaks and take the tag titles....how Chris Masters was gonna go into the rumble and prove himself the fastest rising star in the business...and how he was gonna win the rumble....how at wrestlemania "the King of KIngs returns to his Thrown"...they left after Masters n hunter picked their numbers
World Tag Team Title Match
Big Show & Kane(c) d. Triple H & Nash
big Lumbering match that Triple H took control of after hitting a spinebuster on Kane. Nash and show brawled on the outside while hunter attempted a pedigree before being backbody dropped, Kane swung Hunter to the ropes and hit him with a big boot and set up a chokeslam. Hunter lowblowed Kane and snuffed the ref when he attempted to disqualify him. grabbed his sledgehammer and smashed Kane. Show came in....broke the hammer in half....chokeslammed the Game and pinned him for the win at 11:43..Nash came in and began to beat on show.....masters and Haas came down and Masters put the Masterlock on Kane...Haas gave another sledgehammer to Hunter and he smashed Show over the head with it ..busting him open...Triple H hit a pedigree on Show and Nash gave Kane a Jacknife before they left...
Backstage they showed Melina walking intoVince's office and told Vince about how bad her working conditions have been on Smackdown. Mercury and Nitro drew numbers. They shrugged as if they weren't great and weren't horrible. Melina then offered to have her team eliminate Shawn Michaels.Vince said He'd love that and melina flirted.
A video package showing the back story that led to this match is played
World HeavyWeight Title Match
Kurt Angle(c) d. Christian
There was a loud battle of "Let's go Angle" and "Let's go Christian" chants, It felt like a big time match as a result of the intense crowd heat. Christian went for an early unprettier at 3:00, but was countered into an angleslam by Angle but was counterd into a ddt by Christian that was countered into a dragon suplex that had Christian reeling to the outside after being outwrestled by Angle. They exchanged chops in the corner at 8:00. Angle suplexed Christian for a two count, then settled into a body scissors. Christian blocked a superplex and knocked Angle to the mat. Angle, though, came back and surprised Michaels with a quick Angle Slam for a near fall. The crowd popped, and some cheered Christian's kickout. Angle dropped his straps at 12:00 and applied the anklelock, christian attempted to kick out of it but fianally got out of it wen he got to the ropes. Christian crawled out and Angle went after him tossed him inside and hit an inverted atomic drop, two clotheslines, and a bodyslam. Angle swung Christian to the ropes and he hit Angle with a flying forearm. Christian went on the offense,..he then did an Angle taunt and hit 2 Germans baq to baq...he went for a 3rd but Angle reversed into a german of his own and went for angle slam, Christian slipped out and attempted an unprettier....but Angle slipped out and applied an Anklelock. Christian kicked out, but Angle kept his grip. Christian reached for the bottom rope. Christian teased tapping. He shook his head. The crowd stood and cheered for one of the two , b4 Christian after being in the anklelock for over a minute tapped at 16:05
Backstage Matt Hardy is Walking and preping for the rumble when he wlks past Jeff Hardy who is sitting on some video equipment plucking his guitar...Matt proposes for them to watch each other's backs in the rumble, JHardy says no....that he has a few matters to take care of in the rumble...and thats Rob Van Dam...and main eventing wrestlemania.....and that watching Matt's back isnt in his interest..
Video package showing the conflict between these two..
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Edge(c) d. John Cena
Cena made a big-time ring entrance off scaffolding. King said since Edge won the title, ratings have been up, so give him his due, "Edge is ratings."Cena took control early then chased Lita around ringside. Edge surprised Cena with a clothesline coming around the corner at ringside. He suplexed Cena on the outside. Edge controlled the match for a couple of minutes. Cena began come back,did his routine and then took another shot at Lita, and then set up Edge for an FU, but edge got out and hit an Edgucator for a 2 count. They fought on the outside for a lil, Edge knocked Cena into the crowd. Cena got back into the ring just before getting counted out. Edge mocked the "You can't see me" bit and set up a spear, Edge charged but Cena moved out of the way and EDge ran into the ringpost. Cena made his comeback, Lita climbed the turnbuckle but cena caught her and gave her an FU, Cena turned around and was nailed with a spear by edge. Edge got the 3 count at 13:45.
is Haas doing wid Evolution?