Royal Rumble (2008)

Royal Rumble (2008) was a wrestling PPV that took place in New York City, New York at Madison Square Garden. It was the 21nd Royal Rumble event. The event had the twenty-first yearly Royal Rumble match as the main event, which John Cena won. One of the matches was Randy Orton defending his WWE Championship against Jeff Hardy. Another was, Edge defending his World Heavyweight Championship against Rey Mysterio. Another match was, John "Bradshaw" Layfield wrestling against Chris Jericho. The last match was Ric Flair wrestling against M.V.P.

Royal Rumble (2008)
Theme song(s)	"Stand Up For Rock 'N' Roll" by Airbourne
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown ECW
Date	January 27, 2008
Attendance	20,798
Venue	Madison Square Garden
City	New York, New York
Pay-per-view chronology
Armageddon (2007) Royal Rumble (2008) No Way Out (2008)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2007) Royal Rumble (2008) Royal Rumble (2009)

Results

#	Matches	Stipulations	Time
0 Dark	Shannon Moore and Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Deuce 'n Domino	Tag team match	Unknown
1	Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious Porter	Career Threatening match	07:48
2	John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated Chris Jericho by disqualification	Singles match	09:23
3	Edge (c) (with Vickie Guerrero and Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder) defeated Rey Mysterio	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	12:34
4	Randy Orton (c) defeated Jeff Hardy	Singles match for the WWE Championship	14:03
5	John Cena won by last eliminating Triple H	2008 Royal Rumble match	51:26
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Draw	Entrant	Brand	Order	Eliminated by	Time	Eliminations
1	The Undertaker	SD	11	Shawn Michaels	32:33	3
2	Shawn Michaels	Raw	12	Mr. Kennedy	32:39	2
3	Santino Marella	Raw	1	The Undertaker	00:25	0
4	The Great Khali	SD	2	The Undertaker	01:09	0
5	Hardcore Holly	Raw	6	Umaga	13:46	0
6	John Morrison	ECW	14	Kane	29:23	0
7	Tommy Dreamer	ECW	3	Batista	02:09	0
8	Batista	SD	28	Triple H	37:40	4
9	Hornswoggle	SD	16	Never re-entered match	26:17	1
10	Chuck Palumbo	SD	5	CM Punk	04:00	1
11	Jamie Noble	SD	4	Chuck Palumbo	00:28	1
12	CM Punk	ECW	17	Chavo Guerrero	23:50	0
13	Cody Rhodes	Raw	18	Triple H	23:14	0
14	Umaga	Raw	26	Batista	26:05	1
15	Snitsky	Raw	10	The Undertaker	12:26	0
16	The Miz	ECW	13	Hornswoggle	13:07	0
17	Shelton Benjamin	ECW	7	Shawn Michaels	00:18	0
18	Jimmy Snuka	Legend	9	Kane	02:43	0
19	Roddy Piper	Legend	8	Kane	01:00	0
20	Kane	SD	27	Batista & Triple H	17:58	3
21	Carlito	Raw	22	John Cena	15:07	0
22	Mick Foley	Legend	20	Triple H	11:29	0
23	Mr. Kennedy	Raw	25	Batista	13:32	1
24	Big Daddy V	ECW	19	Triple H	07:49	0
25	Mark Henry	SD	24	John Cena	09:12	0
26	Chavo Guerrero	SD	23	John Cena	07:33	1
27	Finlay	SD	15	Disqualified	00:00	0
28	Elijah Burke	ECW	21	Triple H	02:11	0
29	Triple H	Raw	29	John Cena	11:22	6
30	John Cena	Raw	-	WINNER	08:28	4

Royal Rumble (2008) Media

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  The event was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

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  John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) who faced off against Chris Jericho

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  Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) faced off against Ric Flair

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  Jeff Hardy faced Randy Orton for the WWE Championship at the Royal Rumble.