Royal Rumble (2004)

Royal Rumble 2004 var det syttende årlige Royal Rumble, et professionel wrestling pay-per-view-event. Det fandt sted den 25. januar i Wachovia Center i Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, hvor i alt 47 stjerner optrådte. Under denne PPV var der i alt syv kampe og sidst men ikke mindst Royal Rumble kampen. Det var historiens syttende Royal Rumble og blev en uforglemmelig aften, dermed en af wrestlingens største begivenheder.

Hovedet bag showet er Vince McMahon som styrer WWE, dermed forstået som Monday Night Raw og Friday Night Smackdown.

Kampe

Victoria (sammen med Steven Richards) slår Molly Holly (4:56) (One-managing Single Match)

Batista og Ric Flair slår Bubba Ray Dudley og D-Von Dudley (4:23) (Tornado Tag Team Tables Match)
- Batista og Ric Flair genvinder World Tag Team Championship titlerne

Rey Mysterio slår Jamie Noble (sammen med Nidia) (3:12) (One-managing Single Match)
- Rey Mysterio genvinder WWE Cruiserweight Championship titlen

Eddie Guerrero slår Chavo Guerrero, Jr. (sammen med Chavo Guerrero Sr.) (8:03) (One-managing Single Match)

Brock Lesnar slår Hardcore Holly (6:30) (Single Match)
- Brock Lesnar genvinder WWE Championship titlen

Triple H og Shawn Michaels afgøre kampen med et uafgjort (22:26) (Last Man Standing Match)
- Triple H genvinder World Heavyweight Championship titlen

Chris Benoit vinder Royal Rumble kampen (61:35)
- Chris Benoit sikrer sig chancen om at blive ny World Heavyweight Champion under Wrestlemania XX

Royal Rumble kampen

Den syttende Royal Rumble kamp gik i gang med 15 af Raw's stjerner og 15 af Smackdown's stjerner.

Entre	Deltager	Hold	Elimination	Elimineret af	Tid i ringen
1	Chris Benoit	Smackdown	VINDEREN	VINDEREN	1:01:30
2	Randy Orton	Raw	17	Mick Foley	00:33:43
3	Mark Henry	Raw	3	Chris Benoit	00:05:14
4	Tajiri	Smackdown	2	Rhyno	00:03:39
5	JBL	Smackdown	1	Chris Benoit	00:00:38
6	Rhyno	Smackdown	7	Chris Benoit	00:14:00
7	Matt Hardy	Raw	8	Rene Dupree	00:14:18
8	Scott Steiner	Raw	5	Booker T	00:06:49
9	Matt Morgan	Smackdown	10	Chris Benoit	00:12:14
10	Gregory Helms	Raw	4	Matt Morgan	00:00:19
11	Booker T	Raw	12	Randy Orton	00:09:11
12	Kane	Raw	6	Booker T	00:01:30
13	Spike Dudley	Raw	Kom aldrig ind	Kom aldrig ind	00:00:00
14	Rikishi	Smackdown	11	Randy Orton	00:03:48
15	Rene Dupree	Raw	9	Rikishi	00:00:33
16	A-Train	Smackdown	13	Chris Benoit	00:01:44
17	Shelton Benjamin	Smackdown	14	Randy Orton	00:00:37
18	Ernest Miller	Smackdown	15	Randy Orton	00:00:56
19	Kurt Angle	Smackdown	27	Big Show	00:29:04
20	Rico	Raw	16	Randy Orton	00:01:06
21	Mick Foley	Raw	18	Eliminerede sig selv	00:00:43
22	Christian Cage	Raw	19	Chris Jericho	00:07:39
23	Nunzio	Smackdown	22	Bill Goldberg	00:03:48
24	Big Show	Smackdown	28	Chris Benoit	00:22:38
25	Chris Jericho	Raw	26	Big Show	00:14:58
26	Charlie Haas	Smackdown	20	Big Show	00:06:53
27	Billy Gunn	Smackdown	21	Bill Goldberg	00:05:37
28	John Cena	Smackdown	24	Big Show	00:07:37
29	Rob Van Dam	Raw	25	Big Show	00:06:44
30	Bill Goldberg	Raw	23	Kurt Angle	00:02:07

Demonstration

Formænd

Eric Bischoff (Monday Night Raw)
Theodore Long (Friday Night Smackdown)
Vince McMahon (World Wrestling Entertainment)

Kommentatorer

Jerry Lawler (Monday Night Raw)
Jim Ross (Monday Night Raw)
Michael Cole (Friday Night Smackdown)
Tazz (Friday Night Smackdown)

Dommere

Brian Hebner (Friday Night Smackdown)
Charles Robinson (Friday Night Smackdown)
Earl Hebner (Monday Night Raw)
Jack Doan (Monday Night Raw)
Jim Korderas (Friday Night Smackdown)
Mike Chioda (Monday Night Raw)
Nick Patrick (Friday Night Smackdown)

Interwiewere

Jonathan Coachman (Monday Night Raw)
John Matthews (Friday Night Smackdown)
Terri (Gæst)

Rekorder

Chris Benoit blev den anden til at vinde Royal Rumble kampen fra spot 1.
Chris Benoit slog rekorden i at være den eneste med en sejr på hele 7 elimineringer hvis vi tæller Lamont som ikke var en del af kampen.
Chris Benoit slog verdensrekorden i at holde ud i hele 61:35 minutter. (rekorden er slået igen af Rey Mysterio i 2006)
Spike dudley og Test kom aldrig ind i ringen. Test blev udskiftet med Mick Foley som overfaldede ham.
Rivalerne: Mick Foley og Randy Orton var også de eneste som sloges videre efter at begge blev eliminerede.

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