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The main event was the 2008 Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from all three brands. Raw's John Cena, the surprise 30th entrant returning from a torn pectoral muscle, won the match by last eliminating Raw's Triple H, the 29th entrant.
On January 27, 2008, at the Royal Rumble, Cena made a surprise return as the final participant of the Royal Rumble match, winning it and the traditional WrestleMania XXIV title shot, last eliminating Triple H. [108] Instead of waiting until WrestleMania, the shot was cashed in against WWE Champion Randy Orton at No Way Out on February 17 ...
The main feud on the Raw brand heading into No Way Out was between Randy Orton and John Cena, with the two battling over the WWE Championship. At the Royal Rumble, Cena made a surprise return, entering as the thirtieth participant. Cena went on to win the match after last eliminating Triple H.
The Great Khali won, last eliminating John Cena. On January 14, 2008 edition of Raw, Vince McMahon organized a mini-Royal Rumble, involving The Great Khali and midget wrestlers. Hornswoggle won the match. A 5-man Royal Rumble took place on the January 25th, 2011 episode of SmackDown as a "Royal Rumble Exhibition".
The 2008 Royal Rumble was the first WWE pay-per-view to be available in high-definition. [15] In 2015, the Royal Rumble began to air on WWE's online streaming service, the WWE Network, which launched in February 2014, [16] and in 2022, the event became available on Peacock as the American version of the WWE Network merged under Peacock in March ...
He then restarted his feud with John Cena, who had returned from injury to win the 2008 Royal Rumble match. [90] Instead of taking his title shot at WrestleMania XXIV , as Royal Rumble winners typically do, Cena took it at No Way Out and defeated Orton, who intentionally got himself disqualified by slapping the referee to retain the title.
Men's Royal Rumble match: John Cena. Men's Royal Rumble surprise: Joe Hendry. Women's Royal Rumble match: Iyo Sky. ... like John Cena in 2008, deciding to cash in their opportunity prior.
At the 2013 Royal Rumble, John Cena won the Royal Rumble match to earn himself a world title match at WrestleMania 29. Later that night, The Rock defeated CM Punk to end Punk's 434 day reign as champion. [68] The following night on Raw, Cena chose to face The Rock for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 29. [69]