The 2005 Royal Rumble Match
#1: Eddie Guerrero
#2: Chris Benoit
Not much will change from the OTL Rumble, but because we're doing a brand split-era Rumble, let's have some colored text for the entrants! Oooh, pretty!
#3: Daniel Puder
#4: Hardcore Holly
Poor Puder takes his licks here. Chops away at young Tough Enough winner before he gets tossed out (30, Puder) followed by Holly getting tossed out by Benoit and Guerrero (29, Holly)
#5: The Hurricane
And he doesn't last long, though he does manage an elimination, thanks to...
#6: Kenzo Suzuki
Suzuki comes in and goes right out (28, Suzuki) followed by Helms (27, Hurricane) leaving Guerrero and Benoit to keep up their one-on-one.
#7: Edge
Edge comes in next and begins helping Benoit briefly to double-team Eddie.
#8: Rey Mysterio
And Rey comes in to even things as we get Canada vs. Mexico in the Rumble.
#9: Shelton Benjamin
The IC Champion comes in with suplexes for everyone. It's not a Suplex City. More like a Suplex Town.
#10: Booker T
Booker teams up with Shelton because WWE would have Canadians vs. Mexicans vs. African Americans.
#11: Chris Jericho
Jericho comes in to join the Canadians, putting things at 3 vs. 2 vs. 2.
#12: Luther Reigns
Luther takes on Shelton, splitting him from his team with Booker and leaving Booker and Edge to resume their feud over a shampoo commercial. Benoit and Jericho team up to fight Guerrero and Mysterio in the most WCW Rumble ever. Shelton manages to send out Luther Reigns (26. Luther Reigns)
#13: Muhammad Hassan
And here comes everyone's favorite spot: ALL THE FINISHERS ON ONE GUY! T-Bone Suplex from Shelton, followed by Triple Germans from Benoit and Three Amigos from Eddie. That's a lot of suplexes. Then Jericho hits the prone Hassan with a Lionsault while Booker does a warm-up Spinaroonie. Hassan gets up to take an Axe Kick. Edge gets in the corner and spears Hassan then tosses him to Rey who gives him the 619 out of the match (25, Hasan)
#14: Orlando Jordan
The Cabinet never really started off, so Jordan's just a dude on SmackDown! He joins up with Booker and Shelton to fight the Canadians. Rey and Eddie sit back and do some good lucha thing while that six-man is going on.
#15: Scotty 2 Hotty
Haha! Nope! Hassan comes back and brutalizes him with Sylvain and Daivari, so poor Scotty never makes it in. However, Heyman has a back-up.
#15: Rhyno
Why? Because it's fuckin' RHYNO! There is never a time where Rhyno isn't a good thing. And he and Edge team up to eliminate Orlando Jordan (24, Jordan) before turning their attention to Booker and Shelton. This leaves Benoit and Jericho to go after Rey and Eddie. So, our fights going on are Edge/Rhyno vs. Booker/Benjamin and Benoit/Jericho vs. Guerrero Mysterio. We've made it to the halfway point. Who's coming up next?
#16: Charlie Haas
Hass and Benjamin reunite to take on Rhyno together while Edge is left with Booker. Together, the two toss out Rhyno (23, Rhyno) and wait for the next guy to come out.
#17: Rene Dupree
And here comes Rene Dupree! He gets double-teamed by the World's Greatest Tag Team and sent out (22, Dupree) waiting for the next guy.
#18: Simon Dean
And Simon's the next one to get eliminated by Haas and Benjamin. (21, Dean) as the two are unstoppable.
#19: Shawn Michaels
And here comes HBK! Haas and Benjamin make the smart move to attack Edge and Booker, leaving Shawn alone for the time being.
#20: Kurt Angle
He's just a sexy Kurt! And he'll make your ankle hurt! Kurt goes after Michaels, putting the ring at ten. Fights are Benoit/Jericho vs. Guerrero/Mysterio, World's Greatest Tag Team vs. Edge/Booker and Angle vs. Michaels. However, the numbers thing out Edge eliminates Charlie Haas (20, Haas) and in a surprise, Shelton manages to send Booker out with a superkick. (19, Booker)
#21: Jonathan Coachman
No. No no no! We're not having the Coach in this match! Fuck that and fuck you! Coachman walks down the ramp, only to eat an RKO.
#21: Randy Orton
Much better. Here comes Orton and he gives RKOs to all the RAW guys. RKO to Michaels (which he sells beautifully), RKO to Shelton, RKO to Edge and RKO to Benoit. Orton is on fire right now. However, Edge comes to and goes right after Orton, fighting him while Shelton makes his way to his feet. Shelton looks at the fight between Michaels and Angle and wonders which one to pick...
#22: Mark Jindrak
And Jindrak comes in, making the choice easier as we have Benoit/Jericho vs. Guerrero/Mysterio, Edge vs. Orton and Angle/Jindrak vs. Michaels/Benjamin.
#23: Viscera
And here comes the World's Largest Love Machine. He starts bowling everyone over to make his big presence felt early on. Everyone starts working together to eliminate the big bastard and it's twelve-on-one, so they succeed. (18, Viscera)
#24: Paul London
The young high-flyer London makes his way in as things begin to finally thing out a little. Eddie tosses out Benoit (17, Benoit) while Jericho sends out Mysterio (16, Mysterio) Orton, meanwhile, gets Edge out (15, Edge) and Benjamin tosses out Jindrak (14, Jindrak) only for Angle to send him out (13, Benjamin)
With this, fights switch to Eddie/Jericho, Angle/Michaels, and London putting on a brave face against Orton... getting an RKO for his troubles.
#25: John Cena
And Cena rushes in to fight Orton while London is left prone.
#26: Gene Snitsky
We get gotta get in that really brutal Gene Snitsky/Paul London clothesline elimination. It was fucking sick, dude. (12, London)
#27: Kane
That's gotta be Kane! He goes right for Snitsky, the two throwing hands before Kane tosses him out (11, Snitsky) Three more to go!
#28: Batista
Batista goes right after Orton, of course. So now Cena goes right for Kane to fight him.
#29: Christian
Christian doesn't really have a dog in this fight, so he decides to he may as well help Batista with Orton.
#30: Ric Flair
And as if Orton's problems couldn't get any worse. The three-on-one starts and Orton manages to overcome, tossing out Christian (10, Christian) before Batista tosses him out (9, Orton) while Michaels finally sends Angle (8, Angle) and Cena sends out Kane (7, Kane)
So, we got six men left. Batista/Cena, Michaels/Flair, and Guerrero/Jericho.
Jericho is the first to go (6, Jericho) while Michaels and Flair put on a clinic and Batista and Cena attempt to outmuscle each other. However, Orton rolls back in and hits Batista with an RKO to leave him prone for elimination by Cena (5, Batista) and infuriating Flair. Flair jaws at Orton as he leaves, turning around into Sweet Chin Music and going out next (4, Flair) while Cena gets tossed out from behind by Guerrero (3, Cena)
And now this is a final two right here. Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero. Two of the greatest wrestlers to ever lace up making it to the finals of this Rumble and this time... the winner is Eddie. He gets Michaels out (2, Michaels)
Eddie Guerrero has won the 2005 Royal Rumble from the #1 position! Eddie Guerrero is going to main event WrestleMania!