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WWE Royal Rumble Results — PAGE FIVE
January 31, 2010
Results By: Matt Boone for WrestleZone.com
Number 17 comes out and is Matt Hardy. Eight people in the ring now. Hardy goes to the top and Kane knocks him out. Hardy is eliminated. Triple H quickly throws Kane over the top rope. Kane is officially eliminated. HHH with a spinebuster on Rhodes. Another for Carlito. Another for DiBiase. Another for McIntyre. McIntyre chops HHH’s legs from behind and a couple guys team up on him now. Countdown clock hits and out comes number 18: Shawn Michaels. Let the fun begin! HBK eliminates Cody Rhodes. He eliminates Ted DiBiase. Carlito is out as well. HBK, McIntyre, Morrison and HHH are left. HBK is working on McIntyre now. HBK eliminates John Morrison. McIntyre finally gets HBK off his feet with a clothesline. It’s down to HHH, HBK and McIntyre in the ring now. HHH and HBK team up and double-clothesline McIntyre out of the ring. It’s down to only HBK and HHH as the countdown clock hits. HBK and HHH go face-to-face as number 19, John Cena makes his way to the ring. HBK and HHH never touch and they turn their attention to Cena. Cena going to work on both HHH and HBK. He has both guys down now. He does a double "you can’t see me" and hits the 5-knuckle shuffle on both guys. HBK is up and Cena has him in position for the Attitude Adjustment. He’s trying to throw him out using the move but HHH makes the save. HHH pedigrees Cena. Countdown clock begins. HBK superkicks HHH out of the ring. HHH is eliminated and HBK is the man who eliminated him.
Number 20 comes out and is Shelton Benjamin. Benjamin lays out HBK and Cena. Cena gets up and throws Benjamin out. It’s only Cena and HBK in the ring again. Both guys are trying to get to their feet. HBK back-suplexes Cena as the countdown clock begins. Out comes #21: Yoshi Tatsu. Cena quickly throws Tatsu out with ease. Back to HBK and Cena. HBK kicking Cena on the ground. #22 is The Big Show. Big Show headbutts Cena and HBK down to the ring mat. Big Show almost eliminates HBK. Cena instead grabs Big Show from inside and they try and work together to eliminate him. Big Show shucks Cena off. He picks HBK up and hands him to Cena. Cena almost eliminates him but he stays in. Big Show slams HBK down. All three men are still legal. Countdown clock begins. Number 23 is: Mark Henry. Big boy time. Henry and Big Show go face-to-face. Big Show pie-faces Henry away. They trade punches. Henry picks Big Show up but can’t fully get him. Big Show finally gets Henry down. Cena is back in the mix now punching away at Big Show. Henry and Cena both working on getting Big Show. Henry slams Big Show. Cena tries to pick Henry up for the Attitude Adjustment but collapses in the process.
#24 comes in and is Chris Masters. Masters, HBK, Big Show, Henry and Cena in the ring still. The Big Show eliminates Chris Masters. Henry again trying to eliminate Big Show. HBK comes to try and pull both guys over – not happening. Countdown cock: number 25: R-Truth. R-Truth comes in and eliminates both Big Show and Mark Henry. Wow. He’s going to town on HBK and Cena as well, the only two remaining men in the ring. R-Truth hits the scissors kick on Cena. Countdown clock: number 26 is Jack Swagger. Four men are legal in the ring now. Swagger going to town on everyone. Swagger with a big slam on R-Truth. Swagger comes real close to eliminating HBK but HBK hangs on and rolls back in. #27 is out and he is Kofi Kingston. Kingston working over everyone now as the fresh guy. Three spots left, Batista and Chris Jericho remain. Kingston eliminates Swagger. Jack Swagger is eliminated. R-Truth, Kofi Kingston, Shawn Michaels and John Cena remain. Kingston eliminates R-Truth. Number 28 is Chris Jericho. Jericho beating on Cena as the fresh guy now. Cena hits Jericho quickly with the Attitude Adjustment to slow him down. HBK hits a DDT on Cena. HBK, Cena, Jericho and Kingston remain. Two slots left open with only Batista as an announced participant remaining. HBK stomping, tuning up the band for the superkick. Kingston hits HBK with the Trouble In Paradise instead. Cena eliminates Kingston immediately after. Crowd boos. Jericho hits the Code-Breaker on Cena. Cena, Jericho and HBK remain. Countdown clock.
Number 29 is — EDGE. Edge makes his way to the ring to an enormous pop. Edge spears Jericho immediately. He spears HBK. He spears Edge. Crowd is awake now. Edge eliminates Chris Jericho. Edge, Cena and HBK remain. Ten seconds left. #30 is – Batista. Final four time as Batista enters the ring fresh. He slams Edge down and clotheslines HBK and Cena. Batista working the fresh guy stuff now. Edge spears Batista to slow him down. Cena with the Attitude Adjustment on Edge. HBK and Cena crawl to their feet. HBK off the top with the big elbow on Cena. Cena inziguri on Batista. Everyone down except HBK. HBK goes to the top again and hits the big elbow on Batista. HBK tuning up the band. He hits Cena with Sweet Chin Music. And Batista. Edge clotheslines HBK over the top but both guys hang on. They’re both fighting on the wrong side of the apron. HBK hits Sweet Chin Music on Edge to knock him back IN the ring. Batista eliminates HBK. We’re down to Batista, Edge and Cena. No HBK-Undertaker match now? That’s what we’re being lead to believe. Big dramatic exit for HBK, who looks shocked that he didn’t pull it off. The ref tells HBK to leave. HBK throws the ref down and goes back in the ring. Another ref comes in to try and stop him. HBK is screaming he doesn’t understand. He hits the ref with Sweet Chin Music. He crumbles to the mat in disbelief. Out comes another ref pleading for HBK to leave the ring. HBK finally accepts it and heads to the back. Batista, Edge and Cena remain in the 2010 Royal Rumble. Cena eliminates Batista with a clothesline. We’re down to Cena and Edge. Cena draped across the ropes, we see Edge waiting for him – looking for possibly a spear or something. Edge is waiting on Cena to turn around. Cena kicks Edge and avoids it. Edge turns around and throws Cena out anyways. Edge wins the 2010 Royal Rumble.
2010 Royal Rumble Winner – Edge.
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