2008 Royal Rumble Review

Ric Flair defeated Montel Vontavious Porter (7:59)
Flair forced MVP to submit with the Figure Four Leglock.
If Flair had lost, he would have had to retire.
**1/4
Nothing special. The crowd made this match.

John "Bradshaw" Layfield defeated Chris Jericho by disqualification (9:30)
Jericho was disqualified after hitting JBL with a steel chair.
**1/2
Typical old school match. The DQ leads to a rematch at No Way Out or Mania.

Edge defeated Rey Mysterio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (12:35)
Edge pinned Mysterio after a Spear in mid-air.
***1/4
Just a good Smackdown main event. No one thought Rey had a shot.

Randy Orton defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the WWE Championship (14:11)
Orton pinned Hardy after reversing a Twist of Fate attempt into a RKO.
***1/2
Not the classic everyone said it would be but really good none the less.

John Cena won the 2008 Royal Rumble Match (51:45)
The final two men were Cena and Triple H. Cena won by reversing a Pedigree into an FU out of the ring to win.
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Entrant
Elimination Number
Eliminated by
Time

1 The Undertaker
11
Michaels
32:34

2 Shawn Michaels
12
Kennedy
32:40

3 Santino Marella
1
Undertaker
0:17

4 The Great Khali
2
Undertaker
1:10

5 Hardcore Holly
6
Umaga
13:45

6 John Morrison
14
Kane
29:10

7 Tommy Dreamer
3
Batista
2:07

8 Batista
27
Triple H
37:43

9 Hornswoggle
15
Himself
26:57

10 Chuck Palumbo
5
Punk
4:00

11 Jamie Noble
4
Palumbo
0:28

12 CM Punk
16
Guerrero
23:52

13 Cody Rhodes
17
Triple H
23:14

14 Umaga
25
Batista
25:55

15 Snitsky
10
Undertaker
12:25

16 The Miz
13
Hornswoggle
13:15

17 Shelton Benjamin
7
Michaels
0:20

18 Jimmy Snuka
9
Kane
2:44

19 Roddy Piper
8
Kane
1:03

20 Kane
26
Batista & Triple H
18:00

21 Carlito
21
Cena
15:09

22 Mick Foley
19
Triple H
11:29

23 Mr. Kennedy
24
Batista
13:32

24 Big Daddy V
18
Triple H
8:01

25 Mark Henry
23
Cena
9:12

26 Chavo Guerrero
22
Cena
7:27

27 Finlay
-
Disqualified before entering
0:00

28 Elijah Burke
20
Triple H
2:06

29 Triple H
28
Cena
11:22

30 John Cena
-
WINNER
8:28

***1/2
Cena's return made changed this Rumble from OK to really good. One of the biggest shocks I've had in wrestling in a long while.

Overall a solid show with no real great matches.