Sunday, January 27, 2013

WWE Royal Rumble

Preshow:  Antonio Cesaro d. Mike Mizanin with the Neutralizer to retain the U.S. Title.

Alberto Del Rio(w/ Ricardo Rodriguez and a pre-match backstage endorsement from Bret Hart) d. The Big Show in a last-man-standing match to retain the World Title; Del Rio won after Ricardo duct-taped Show's feet to the bottom rope and he couldn't get up before the ten-count.

Hell No(Kane & Daniel Bryan) d. The Rhodes Scholars(Cody Rhodes & Damien Sandow) to retain the Tag Team Titles when Bryan made Sandow tap out to the No Lock.

Royal Rumble:
#1 Dolph Ziggler(w/ A.J. Lee & Big E Langston)
#2 Chris Jericho(!)
#3 Cody Rhodes
#4 Kofi Kingston
#5 Santino Marella, but he's quickly tossed by Cody(1)
#6 Drew McIntyre
#7 Titus O'Neil...Jericho eliminated Drew(2).
#8 Goldust(!) and he fights with his loving brother Cody right away.
#9 David Otunga
#10 Heath Slater
#11 Sheamus O'Shaunessy...bye Titus(3), see ya Otunga(4).
#12 Lord Tensai
#13 Brodus Clay(w/ Funkadactyls)...Cody finally tossed Goldust(5).
#14 Rey Misterio Jr.
#15 Darren Young; Brodus was eliminated by a gang attack(6), then Kofi eliminated Tensai(7).
#16 Bo Dallas; Kofi had his stuntman sequence to avoid elimination and tossed Young(8) only to get eliminated by Cody(9).
#17 The Godfather(w/ ladies), but Dolph dropkicked him out right away(10).
#18 Intercontinental Champion Wade Barrett
#19 John Cena...bye Heath(11), see ya Cody(12).
#20 Damien Sandow; Wade eliminated Rey(13).
#21 Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan
#22 U.S. Champion Antonio Cesaro
#23 The Great Khali
#24 Tag Team Champions Kane
#25 Zack Ryder; Kane eliminated Khali(14), Bryan accidentally knocked Kane out(15), then Cesaro eliminated Bryan(16).
#26 Randy Orton...bye Ryder(17).
#27 Jinder Mahal...Cena tossed Cesaro(18).
#28 Mike Miznain...Sheamus eliminated Mahal(19), so #27 didn't win THIS year.
#29 Sin Cara...Bo Dallas surprisingly eliminated Barrett(20), but Barrett then pulled Dallas to the floor and nailed him with the Bullhammer(21).
#30 Ryback...time to clear people out, namely Sandow(22), Sin Cara(23), and Miz(24).

Ziggler finally eliminated Jericho(25), then Ryback took out Orton(26).  Dolph ate a Brogue Kick and finally went out for this year's endurance mark of 49:51(27).  That left the three superfaces at the end:  Sheamus, Cena, and Ryback.  Ryback took advantage of a missed Brogue Kick to eliminate Sheamus(28).  Cena eliminated Ryback(29) to win his second Royal Rumble...a rare time when the winner was in the middle of the pack at #19.

The Rock d. C.M. Punk(w/ Paul Heyman) to win the WWE Title.  The lights went out and SOMEONE put Rock through the main announcers' table under the cover of darkness, allowing Punk to roll him back in the ring and get the pin.  However, Vince McMahon came out to strip Punk of the title for the interference...only for Rock to ask for a restart instead.  Punk hit the Macho Elbow for a near-fall, but then Rock countered a Go 2 Sleep attempt into a spinebuster and finished with the People's Elbow for the win and the title.

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