-[crowd cheering] -[uplifting music playing]
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] We all search for that moment that defines us…
-[Dean] My moment. -[Bryan] My moment.
-[Dean] My opportunity. -[Ryback] My opportunity.
[narrator] …that cements who we are, what we've done…
-[Dean] My dream. -[Roman] My dream.
-[Bray] My legacy. -[Dolph] My legacy.
[narrator]…and where we're going. But this time, there can only be one.
To be the one…
[Lana] …means you've outlasted 29 others.
It means you've hung on to the very end.
-To the very end. -It means you stand alone.
-And get to breathe… -[breathes deeply]
The rare air.
It means your dream could become a reality.
And this reality leads to immortality.
-[speaking Bulgarian] -It means you've made it.
[Bryan] Made it to the biggest stage in entertainment.
It means everything.
And that's why, I…
-I… -I…
…will be the one.
[narrator] Tonight, destiny will be decided for the one.
[Michael] Lesnar, Cena, Rollins for the championship.
[narrator] The undisputed champion.
[Bradshaw] The Beast is loose and hell's coming with him.
[Michael] The Beast is unleashed!
-[narrator] The challenger. -[John] There's a fire in me
like I have never had before and I will take that fire
to the Royal Rumble and say, "The champ is here!"
-[narrator] The future. -[Seth] I am walking out champion.
[narrator] Three men battle for glory,
30 collide for the opportunity to obtain it.
Who will make history? Who will define their moment?
[Big Show] Tonight I will be one.
-[Rusev] I will be the one. -[Bryan] I will be the one.
[Dean] I will be the one.
[Bray] I will be the one.
[Roman] I…
[wrestlers] …will be the one.
[narrator] The Road to WrestleMania starts now.
[announcer] And now Hulu and WWE Immortals present the Royal Rumble.
["Gonna Be a Fight Tonight" playing]
-♪ There's gonna be a fight tonight ♪ -[crowd cheering]
-♪ Hey, hey! ♪ -♪ Hey, hey! ♪
[Michael] Welcome to the 28th annual Royal Rumble.
You are looking live at a sold-out Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,
17,164 WWE fans on hand
to start the Road to WrestleMania.
♪ I feel the pressure on my chest ♪
♪ Oh, you didn't know? ♪
["Oh You Didn't Know?" playing]
♪ You better call somebody ♪
You damn right!
You see, Billy,
I told you, the pop's automatic for the Philly fanatic.
[crowd cheering]
It's just… it's just me and slick willy getting silly in Philly.
[crowd cheering]
The Road to WrestleMania starts right here.
But hell, at this age,
I just hope we make it to the next mile marker.
Now, Philadelphia, are you ready?
[crowd cheering]
Well, that sounded pretty good, Lilián,
but I'm gonna try to get them to do one more better.
I said, Philadelphia, are you ready?
[crowd cheering]
Well, then holler if you hear me and follow me if you're near me.
[grunts] Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages,
tonight D-Generation X proudly brings to you the six-time
WWE Tag Team Champions of the world,
"The Road Dogg" Jesse James, "The Bad Ass" Billy Gunn,
-the New Age… -[crowd] …Outlaws. [cheering]
[Bradshaw] I saw Billy backstage rehearsing this.
-[Michael laughs] -[Bradshaw] No way he'll forget.
And of course, if you're not down with that, we got two words for you.
-[crowd] Suck it. -[Jerry] He did it.
-[Bradshaw] That and the crowd helped him. -[Michael laughs]
["Rebellion" playing]
-[bell ringing] -[both yell]
[Lilián] The following Tag Team match is scheduled for one fall,
making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 487 pounds,
the team of Konnor and Viktor, The Ascension.
Well, the New Age Outlaws, great way to kickoff
the Royal Rumble match, versus The Ascension.
Michael Cole, the legend JBL, the Hall of Famer Jerry "the King" Lawler.
I want to take you guys back now to this past Monday in Dallas, Texas,
where we're gonna talk about the Raw Reunion.
The New Age Outlaws in the ring with a bunch of other legends
and The Ascension.
Now, so far, this party is complied of Thoroughbreds and racehorses.
So, I got just one question.
Who invited the jackasses?
[Michael] There's a little lesson in respect, John.
[Bradshaw] Sometimes respect has to be taught.
[Michael] And, the New Age Outlaws in there with the NWO
and of course JBL and Ron Simmons of the APA.
And well, John, you were coming out of the bullpen,
warming up that rotator cuff. [laughs]
[Jerry] Getting the old right arm warmed up.
[Bradshaw] I've been saving that clothesline--
[Michael] Oh! With a clothesline from hell.
[Bradshaw] For the right person.
[Michael] Little message sent to The Ascension.
[Jerry] Welcome to the WWE, Young Guns.
This was awesome.
-[Michael] So, Road Dogg… -["Rebellion The Ascension" plays]
So, there is Viktor, and he's gonna start things off
against Billy Gunn, here in this matchup.
[Jerry] Michael, JBL, look around you.
-Look at this crowd here tonight. -[bell ringing]
-[Jerry] Unbelievable. -[Michael] 17,164 WWE fans on hand.
[Bradshaw] I don't think the face paint of The Ascension
is gonna play very many mind games
-with the New Age Outlaws. -[Michael] No, not at all.
And John, Road Dogg tweeted out earlier today that school is in session.
There's a couple of students in for a rude awakening.
-[Billy grunts] -[groans]
-[Michael] The Ascension now looking… -[Jerry] Whoa!
…to fight their way into the Tag Team Title hunt,
taking on the New Age Outlaws, John.
Who, in their career, have won six Tag Team Titles.
In fact, at last year's Royal Rumble event,
they won the Tag Team Titles as well.
-[crowd chanting] You still got it! -[Jerry] You still got it.
[Bradshaw] "You still got it," being chanted
by the WWE Universe. I agree.
[Jerry] Well, we all witnessed The Ascension show up here
and, of course, they've made quite the name for themselves at NXT
and that sort of thing, but they made a lot of comments,
a lot of disparaging remarks about some of the past great--
[Bradshaw] But since then, King, they've been fighting auto mechanics here
every night in the WWE.
[Michael] Well, The Ascension have said that they're better than Demolition,
that they're better than The Road Warriors,
The Barbarian, The Warlord, the Powers of Pain.
-And look at Road Dogg go. -[Jerry laughs]
-[Michael] That is vintage Road Dogg. -[Bradshaw chuckles]
[Michael] Shake it, shake it, lotta, lotta, Road Doggy.
[commentators laughing]
[Michael] Here's the cover. Is it enough? And a kick-out by Konnor.
[Bradshaw] Well, it's put up or shut up time for The Ascension now.
I mean, they're in there with some of these guys
that they've been bad-mouthing. Let's see what they've got.
[Michael] Yeah The Ascension is saying that your extinction awaits,
talking about the New Age Outlaws,
as the double team finally gets to the Road Dogg.
Konnor is 6'5", 290 pounds, as he tags in his counterpart, Viktor.
[Bradshaw] Road Dogg not only a cornerstone along with Billy
of the Attitude Era, but also a second generation--
[Michael] Cover, and Road Dogg got the shoulder off.
[Bradshaw] Bullet Bob, a 2011 WWE Hall of Famer.
In fact, Bullet Bob once won the North American Title
in 18 seconds from Buddy Colt.
[Michael] About as long as you were in last year's Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] I didn't get my cufflinks off. Maybe Buddy Colt didn't either.
[Jerry] Yeah, you know, the guys like The Ascension
owe a lot to teams like Road Dogg and Billy Gunn,
I mean, paving the way so to speak.
You know, I actually owe something to Road Dogg.
He's actually the guy that first coined the phrase "puppies,"
the first guy to ever say it in the WWE. I stole it after that and made it famous.
[yells]
[Michael] Well, you know, John, The Ascension though have effectively
put themselves in a good position here tonight
if they can knock off the legendary New Age Outlaws.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, look, I don't agree with the lack of respect
that The Ascension has shown for all these old legends.
But if they knock off somebody like the New Age Outlaws,
perhaps they step up a ladder and start stepping up the title--
-[Michael] Cover. -One!
[Bradshaw] In the title chase for the Tag Team Championships.
[Michael] Konnor showing very little respect to Road Dogg there.
[Bradshaw] Road Dogg served in the first Gulf War and another war,
he realized that Zeb Colter-- He served in the Civil War.
[Michael] I miss Road Dogg and Zeb,
of course still recovering from a broken leg
as Road Dogg is in a world of trouble here desperately trying to make it
to his corner, his partner, Billy Gunn.
New Age Outlaws, John,
one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, one of the main reasons for the entire Attitude Era.
[Jerry] How awesome was that last week to see the New Age Outlaws, ATA.
I mean, all of these guys in the ring at one time was awesome.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, what an honor it was
to be in the ring with all those great legends.
Hall of Famers.
-[Jerry] Oh, man! -[Bradshaw] Road Dogg and Billy
are the one who put Animal, one of the real Road Warriors,
through one of these announce tables right here.
[Jerry] Exactly.
[Michael] And Animal one of those who've really been very vocal
on social media about what The Ascension has had to say about the road warriors.
Oh, watch out. Oh, moved out of the way just in time.
[Bradshaw] Well, Ascension wanted to get noticed.
They certainly have gotten noticed. Now, it's a matter of can they back it up.
[Michael] And here's Viktor again and continuing to put the pressure
on Road Dogg who tries to create a bit of separation to make a tag.
Road Dogg tried to get to Billy and Viktor not gonna allow it to happen.
And now Road Dogg makes the tag and here comes Billy Gunn.
Get out of here.
-[Jerry chuckles] -[Michael] Konnor sent over the top rope.
And there's Billy with a Tilt-A-Whirl Slam.
[Bradshaw] So, is Billy the man that time forgot?
I don't think he's aged one bit.
[Michael] Not at all. He looks better than ever.
-Uh-oh. -[Bradshaw] Oh, boy!
[Michael] Went for the Fameasser.
-Tag made. -[Bradshaw] Watch out.
[Michael] And Konnor, the legal man.
Road Dogg knocked him off with a cheap shot.
And The Ascension-- Is it enough to put Billy Gunn away?
And it is.
-[bell ringing] -["Rebellion" playing]
[Lilián] Here are your winners, The Ascension.
[Jerry] Man, just when-- Things went south quickly.
[Bradshaw] I'm not very happy about that, but it is what it is.
[Michael] The Ascension with their first major victory here in WWE.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, their first decent victory. Say that.
[Michael] Yeah, let's go back and look at the closing moments of this match.
As I said, things went south quickly here.
Billy Gunn looking good right up to this point.
And watch how fast this happens.
Oh, man, right on the back of his head. So, John, the question to you,
is this a statement win tonight by The Ascension?
[bell ringing]
[Bradshaw] This is the first time since The Ascension
has been in the WWE that I have been impressed.
So, yes, this is a statement win.
[Michael] The Ascension in a matchup that came off of Raw Reunion
this past Monday, knocking off the New Age Outlaws.
And speaking of Raw Reunion, from Dallas,
John Cena was really put on the hot seat.
It was a three-on-one "handicap" match against Kane, Big Show, and Seth Rollins.
Remember, Cena had to win not only to get the jobs of Ryback,
Rowan and Ziggler back, but to keep his spot
in the Triple Threat match for the championship
when the vigilante Sting would arrive on the scene.
[Jerry] Yeah, things were looking absolutely hopeless
for John Cena and suddenly,
I think this was Sting's first-time appearance on Raw ever.
[Michael] Yeah, his first appearance on Monday Night Raw,
but Sting would again stick it to The Authority,
much like he did at Survivor Series.
Watch what John Cena does to take advantage of the distraction.
[Jerry] Look at that, look at that.
[Michael] Cena wins, keeps his opportunity in the Royal Rumble Title match tonight.
-[Lilián] Here is your winner… John Cena! -[Michael] Cena beating three men
at once on Monday Night Raw this past week.
[Jerry] Suffice to say, The Authority was absolutely livid.
And guys, that also means that Ryback, Erick Rowan
and Dolph Ziggler have their jobs back in WWE.
Now, this past Thursday night on SmackDown,
The Authority decided they were gonna stick it to those guys
and make them qualify for tonight's Royal Rumble match.
Well, we had a two-for-three result. Dolph Ziggler would qualify.
Ryback would qualify.
Erick Rowan would not be able to advance into tonight's Royal Rumble match.
Well, they should have had to qualify. They've been sitting home
on vacation for a few weeks.
Yeah, but they have their jobs back. That's the big thing.
-I just-- -I don't get it.
I don't understand how nobody can know anything.
Well, let me just make it very clear. Last week Sting gets in the building.
What is he hiding on--
You know, somewhere in the top of the arena or--
Yeah, here's the thing. Today five people ran up to me today
to tell me that Nikolai Volkoff had pulled into the parking lot, right?
So, that's a big deal. Sting, nothing, I don't hear a word.
Well, I've got to say, that's gonna stop right now.
Okay? Maybe that worked in WCW, but this is WWE.
This is the house of McMahon.
Okay? This is the house that my father built,
that my grandfather built.
We better take care of Sting and anyone else
-who had something to do with this. -The reality of it is this.
This is our house. I'm the one that defends it.
He walks in here again and I'm gonna destroy Sting.
[clears throat]
[crowd cheering]
-Hello, Paul. -Hi, Steph.
-Can we help you? -[mumbles]
Because we were having a conversation here
and I don't recall inviting you to it.
-Well, I'm not here to cause any problems. -Great, you can leave.
I can take all your problems with me
if you want me to because I'm here to solve your problems.
You had a problem with John Cena as your World Champion.
I gave you the solution.
Brock Lesnar.
I have a problem with tonight's Triple Threat
but that's okay, I have the solution.
Brock Lesnar.
You have a problem with Sting.
I have your solution.
Brock Lesnar.
[bell ringing]
[Eden] The following contest scheduled for one fall
is for the WWE Tag Team Championship.
♪ Quiet on the set Can we please have quiet on the set? ♪
[Miz] Awesome!
["I Came To Play" playing]
♪ I came to play, there's a price to pay ♪
♪ Time for you to get down On your knees and pray ♪
♪ I came to play… ♪
[Eden] Introducing first the challengers…
-[crowd cheering] -…at a combined weight of 442 pounds,
Damien Mizdow and The Miz.
[Michael] Interesting, the loud cheer
was for The Miz's stunt double, Damien Mizdow.
[Bradshaw] Well, this is the arena that the former Damien Mizdow
in his former life won Money in the Bank.
[Michael] And tonight, the WWE Royal Rumble is presented by Hulu.
Watch current episodes and full seasons of TV's hottest shows on Hulu
a plus subscription.
[Jerry] And by WWE Immortals, take the fight out of the ring
and watch your favorite superstars become immortal.
Download it now and play for free on mobile devices.
[Michael] And now, Damien has got a serious upgrade.
-He's Miz's stunt double. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And he's also a fan favorite here in Philadelphia.
[Jerry] Yeah, but you can't judge too much by that.
Paul Heyman's a fan favorite here in Philadelphia.
[Bradshaw] Well, that's a good point, King.
-["So Close Now" playing] -[both chanting in Samoan]
And when we say, "Us," y'all say, "O."
-Us! -[crowd] O!
♪ I'm on top, attaining my peak… ♪
[Eden] Their opponents, at a combined weight of 479 pounds,
they are the WWE Tag Team Champions
Jimmy and Jey, The Usos.
[Michael] Well, guys, if you want to talk about 2014,
it was all about The Usos.
The final Raw of last year, The Usos versus Miz and Mizdow
for Miz and Mizdow's WWE Tag Team gold.
[Jerry] Well, you're right about that, Michael.
And as big as 2014 was for The Usos, I think 2015 may be even bigger.
These guys have a tremendously bright future,
-as you can see right there. -[Bradshaw] Yeah, the double team
by Jimmy and Jey. And watch, flying high The Usos with a big splash
winning the Tag Team Championship for a second time.
[Michael] Listen, back in March of last year,
The Usos knocked off the New Age Outlaws.
They would hold the Tag Team Titles for over 200 days.
-[Jerry] Yeah. -[Michael] They would then regain them
in December. And, John, voted by the WWE fans,
The Usos "The Tag Team of the year," winning the Slammy Award.
[Bradshaw] I agree with the WWE Universe.
I think they are the absolute cream of the crop right now.
They're not just the champions.
I think they are the best tag team the WWE has.
[Jerry] Hang on, John. Miz wants silence I think.
-Oh. -[crowd booing]
[Michael] You can't make any noise while he pulls off his shades.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Whoa.
[crowd booing]
[Bradshaw] Tremendous ovation from this Philly crowd for Mizdow.
[Michael] And again if you want to talk about this matchup
on social media, use the hashtag Tag Team Titles.
So, here we go.
This is Jey Uso starting things off against The Miz. Thanks, John.
I got a little ahead of myself. I'm excited.
-It's the 28th annual Royal Rumble. -[Bradshaw] No, you're just tongue-tied.
-[Jerry laughing] -[Michael] It's contagious out here.
Miz better concentrate on trying to win the Tag Team gold back
instead of playing off this capacity crowd here tonight in Philadelphia.
-Oh, and that's a… -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Bradshaw] Yeah, but when you're an A-lister, like Miz,
and you want to give back,
it's so hard to do just to concentrate on one task at hand.
[Michael] And quite the rivalry between The Usos and Miz and Mizdow.
Remember, at one point, Jimmy Uso just made the tag,
his wife Naomi was involved. Here's the cover, hook to the leg.
Miz kicks out at two.
Miz had promised Naomi she was gonna be a big Hollywood star,
a big singer.
Miz was using it to his advantage, but in the end Jimmy and Naomi
-turned things around on The Miz. -[grunts]
[Bradshaw] Well, The Miz will never admit that.
The Miz was just trying to help.
[Jerry] Yeah.
He's such a… such a giving sort of individual.
-[Michael] Going up top and he got back. -[Jerry] Ow!
[Bradshaw] He's like Angelina Jolie. He's a humanitarian.
[Michael] Oh, and now, Mizdow, of course being the stunt double
aping what Miz does.
[Jerry] Aping, I like that. That's more of a…
-Is that like monkey see, monkey do? -[Michael] Yeah, mimicking.
-[Jerry] I got you. -[Michael] Oh!
Easy, Jane Goodall.
[Jerry] Oh!
-Watch out, look at Mizdow. -[groans]
[Michael] This guy is a first-class fool.
[Bradshaw] No, he's not, He's dedicated, Michael.
-He's like a Daniel Day-Lewis. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And he enjoys the adulation of the crowd here.
[Jerry] I don't know, Michael. I don't think Mizdow
is exactly stupid, but he's not exactly on the zombie menu either.
-[Michael chuckles] Oh! -[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Michael] Miz telegraphing that.
And Jimmy Uso…
right into the second rope.
[crowd chanting] Mizdow is awesome!
[Jerry] "Mizdow is awesome" chant
[Michael] Although Miz would say, they're chanting, "Miz is awesome."
[Bradshaw] The most famous stunt double since "Judo Gene" LeBell.
-[Jerry] Watch the impact as Miz sends… -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Jerry] …his opponent into the-- I think that went throat first.
[Michael] Miz and Mizdow looking to regain their Tag Team Championship here tonight.
You know, one of the marks of a great tag team
is respecting one another, King.
-And I'm not sure Miz respects Mizdow. -[Jerry] You're not sure?
I don't think there's one bit of respect for Mizdow from The Miz.
See him reach out with his foot to make a tag--
[Bradshaw] You guys are so cynical. He gave Mizdow a job.
Without Miz there is no Mizdow.
[Jerry] Well, I'll agree with that. That's probably true.
[Michael] Miz off the neckbreaker, countered by Jimmy.
And Jimmy, looking for the Samoan Drop.
Now, Miz, again backbreaker, neckbreaker. Miz, cover, hooks the leg.
Is it enough to put him away? And a kick-out at two.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] I think, Miz is contemplating a tag.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] The Philly fans want it.
I think the Universe wants it.
[Bradshaw] Miz is also wasting precious time
in a Tag Team Title match right now.
-[crowd booing] -[Jerry] What a jerk! [laughs]
[Bradshaw] Yeah, I agree. Mizdow has no reason
to try to upstage Miz. He is a jerk.
[Michael] Does Miz forget that Mizdow actually picked up the pinfall
when they won the Tag Team Titles the first time around?
[Jerry] I don't think he forgets it. I just don't think he wants to admit it.
[crowd applauding]
[Jerry] He's in denial. He still thinks he won the title.
[Michael] Tag, here comes Jey.
And Mizdow, still has not entered this matchup.
[Jerry] See, if I were Miz, this is the time I would want
my stunt double in there taking this abuse.
[Michael] Yeah, isn't that the role of the stunt double?
-[Jerry] I would think. -[Michael] Samoan Drop.
[Bradshaw] You can't tell a man what his stunt double
should and shouldn't do.
-Us… -[crowd] O!
[Michael] And Jey Uso.
-And here comes Mizdow. See ya. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Michael] Miz from behind trying to take advantage of the distraction,
rolls him up, grabs the tights for the Tag Team gold.
No, reversal this time. And Miz able to kick out at two.
-And Miz, planting! Cover. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
-[Bradshaw] That could be it. -[Jerry] That may be it. You're right.
[Michael] For the Tag Team Championship and a kick-out again.
[Bradshaw] Uso just got planted like a lawn dart.
[crowd chanting] We want Mizdow!
-[Bradshaw] And The Usos-- -[Michael] "We want Mizdow" chants.
[Jerry] Come on, Miz, listen to your fans.
[Michael] Miz, looking for the figure-four leglock.
Jey Uso missed and now he caught him, though.
-[Bradshaw] That's on the button. -[Michael] Missed on the first time.
Walked into the second one.
-Uh-oh. -[Bradshaw] We're about to have us
a flying Uso.
[Jerry] No, maybe not.
-[Bradshaw] Great counter by Miz. -[Michael] Here comes Jimmy.
Not that time and Miz used his stunt double as a human shield
and then took advantage.
[Bradshaw] That's what stunt doubles are for.
-[Jerry] Not this time. -[Bradshaw] Oh, man, almost missed
and caught with those feet right in the head.
[Jerry] Everybody's down. I think Miz is out.
[Cone] One!
[Michael] Miz and Mizdow need a pinfall
or submission victory to win the Tag Team Titles here.
[Cone] Three!
[Jerry] Let's watch this again. Man, the action Fast and Furious.
Whoa! As you said, Mizdow, the stunt double, going down…
but so did Miz. Two feet to his head.
[Michael] Going up top.
Jey Uso, for the splash. Miz rolled out of the way.
And now, Miz, looking to win the Tag Team Titles.
Skulls-crushing finale for The Miz, for the gold. Can they do it again?
And oh, but he manages to kick out at two, a near fall for Miz.
[Jerry] Look at The Miz. He can't believe that didn't work.
[Michael] Miz hit his trademark finishing maneuver
called the skull-crushing finale, but it wasn't enough.
[Jerry] That's the same look I have on my face
when I'm watching one of Miz's movies.
[Bradshaw] I've seen them all several times, he's a great actor.
[Jerry] Well, several states are thinking of showing Miz's movies
in lieu of capital punishment.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Bradshaw] Man!
-[Jerry] Good night! -[Michael] At least the supreme court
wouldn't challenge that, or maybe they would.
Up to the top rope.
Jey Uso! Cover, hook to the leg.
But Mizdow breaks it up and saves The Miz.
[Bradshaw] That's a what a stunt double is supposed to do.
-[Jerry] Watch out. -[Michael] Shoulder first
-into the steel post. -[Jerry] Mizdow--
[Michael] Mizdow, skull-crushing finale.
But Miz is the legal man.
Can Miz take advantage of the actions of Mizdow?
Miz is about to become Tag Team Champion again.
[Jerry] But not by himself, you've got to admit--
[Michael] Covered by The Miz
for the Tag Team gold and a near fall again.
-[Jerry] Curses. Foiled again. -[Michael] Mizdow did what he could.
[Jerry] Yes, he did.
You've got to give Mizdow credit.
He's holding up his end of the bargain in this match.
[Michael] So is The Miz.
-[fan 1] Come on, Miz! -[fan 2] Come on, Miz!
[Michael] Critical moment in the match for both of these competitors.
[Jerry] Miz is back to the drawing board.
[Bradshaw] Both have hit each other with their homerun shots
and neither one of them have been able to get the victory.
[Michael] And Miz, just was given a gift by Mizdow, and couldn't capitalize.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
Miz going with the high risk.
[Michael] Yeah, Jey Uso, trying to fight out of it.
[Jey] Oh.
[Michael] Mizdow-- And Miz takes advantage of the distraction for a second time.
[Bradshaw] Mizdow doing his part to help save the team.
-[Jerry] Jey determined he is not gonna-- -[Michael] Tag.
[Cone] Tag.
[Michael] Tag made by Jimmy Uso. Remember, Jimmy's the legal man!
[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Michael] Top rope, Jimmy Uso-- Splash, changed direction in midair.
-Can he capitalize… -[Jerry] Yes.
[Michael] …to hold the gold? Usos win.
-[bell ringing] -["So Close Now" playing]
[Eden] Here are your winners and still the WWE Tag Team Champions…
-The Usos. -[Jerry] JBL, I've got to ask you.
Where was Mizdow when it really counted, when The Miz really needed him?
[Bradshaw] That's the whole problem having a stunt double.
You've got to do it all yourself.
Once again, the stunt double let him down.
-Miz can only do so much. -[Jerry] Big victory for The Usos.
2015 starting off right where 2014 ended.
[Michael] Jimmy and Jey retaining the Tag Team Titles here tonight
at the Royal Rumble event.
[Bradshaw] That is the best tag team of the WWE.
[Michael] Well, guys, before every pay-per-view we have our kick-off show
anchored by an All-Star Panel and our own Renee Young.
We have our first championship put on the line and retained by The Usos.
What a night here. I'm Renee Young, joined by the Royal Rumble kick-off panel.
We have Hall of Famer, Booker T,
we have Byron Saxton, the analyst from SmackDown,
and the analyst from the Raw, pre-show, Corey Graves.
Guys, we've seen a bit already tonight,
but what are you looking forward to still to come here tonight?
Well, for me, it definitely is the Royal Rumble match.
Excuse me, 30 men enter, one man leaves.
Who will it be? We're gonna find out tonight.
I cannot wait for the Triple Threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Title,
Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins, John Cena, three combustible elements.
And remember, Seth Rollins, has two chances to walk out as champion.
I want to know what kind of mood John Cena's gonna be in
because Cena has a chance to tie Ric Flair's record
as a 16-time, World Heavyweight Champion, but also remember, Brock Lesnar
does not have to be pinned to lose this WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Well, guys, that is all still to come here tonight on Royal Rumble,
but earlier on in the night in the Royal Rumble kick-off show
we got to the action right away.
Seeing Big E and Kofi Kingston of a New Day,
take on Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.
[Michael] Hey, guys, we had the opportunity
to call this matchup and what an incredible match it was.
Tyson Kidd, with a Sharpshooter here, on Kofi Kingston.
[Jerry] Who would make this safe?
[Michael] None other than Big E, Kofi Kingston's partner from The New Day.
And, John, we talked about this big matchup
because these teams jockeying to get into the Tag Team Title hunt.
[Bradshaw] These are two very good teams, you're right, Michael.
[Jerry] Yeah, there was a little distraction
there from Adam Rose. Watch this…
Bam, there you go.
That's it, from the outside interference with Cesaro.
That's what did Kofi Kingston in.
-[crowd] One! Two! Three! -[Jerry] But nonetheless, a victory…
-[bell ringing] -…for Tyson Kidd and Cesaro.
[Eden] Here are your winners, Cesaro…
[Joey] Yeah. Hmm. [grunts]
-What the heck are you doing? -What am I doing?
It's WWE Immortals,
the new mobile game where superstars take it beyond the ring
and battle it out in the supernatural universe.
Can I get that on my phone?
You can get it anywhere. Yeah, it's free. You can download it right now.
Hey, hey, hey, hey, what are you two doing?
What is going on here? What is that?
What-- No, no, no, no. What is that? What is that?
Are you two playing games right before the biggest match of my career?
It helps Jamie relax.
I don't want Jamie relaxed. I don't want you relaxed.
I need you two focused, focused on Cena, focused on Brock Lesnar,
focused on doing whatever it takes to make sure
that I walk out of here tonight as the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
-You got me? -We got it, boss.
-You're the future. -No, no, no, no, no.
You know what, I am tired of hearing about the future.
You know what I am?
I'm the right now.
["Rise" playing]
♪ You can take a swing at my ego You can make a run for my crown ♪
♪ Even if your stand makes me nervous You ain't gonna take us down ♪
♪ There will be no need for crying ♪
♪ Like the phoenix we ♪
♪ We'll rise ♪
-♪ Oh-uh ♪ -♪ Garrin-garrin-garrin-go ♪
♪ Garrin-garrin-garrin-go Garrin-garrin-garrin-go ♪
-♪ Oh-uh ♪ -♪ Garrin-garrin-garrin-go ♪
[Michael] And guys, tonight starts the Road to WrestleMania.
-[Jerry] I love it. -[Michael] The Royal Rumble.
["You Can Look, But You Can't Touch" playing]
[bell ringing]
[Eden] This is a Divas Tag Team match, set for one fall.
Introducing first from Scottsdale, Arizona,
Brie and the Divas Champion, Nikki, The Bella Twins!
[Michael] Well, I mean, two women who fancy themselves
the stars of Total Divas,
Nikki and Brie, The Bellas. And you know, Natalya,
seems to always have issues with The Bellas
and a lot of it, of course, over Total Divas on E.
But now apparently, Natalya, has got some backup.
I want to take you to three weeks ago on Monday Night Raw
and the backup came in the most unlikely of places,
that woman, Paige, who's cultivated an odd relationship with Natalya,
-King, on Total Divas. -[Jerry] Yeah, you're right about that.
I don't know if they're exactly friends.
I don't even know if Paige considers them real friends,
but somehow they coexist long enough to be successful together.
[Michael] And it paid big dividends.
Natalya would then pick up the victory
and then, Paige would help her out after the matchup.
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Michael] You make a good point, King, Paige does not have
a great track record with friends, but maybe this time things will work out.
[Bradshaw] Doesn't have a great track record? None of them have worked out.
None.
-[Jerry] Okay. -[Bradshaw chuckling] So, it's not like
this great track record, It is a sure-fire car wreck.
["New Foundation" playing]
[Eden] Their opponents, first from Calgary,
Alberta, Canada, Natalya.
["Stars In the Night" playing]
[Eden] And her partner from Norwich, England, Paige.
[Jerry] Certainly contrasting styles but, you know,
sometimes they tell you opposites attract.
[Michael] Yeah, hand in hand-- And 2014, John, quite the year for Paige,
[Bradshaw] Became a two-time Diva Champion again,
the youngest Diva Champion of all time.
[Michael] It happened the night after WrestleMania last year.
[Bradshaw] Paige was actually born after the Royal Rumble was created.
[Michael] This has got to be a huge moment for a young Diva like Paige.
[Bradshaw] Paige, also the inaugural NXT Women's Champion,
holds both titles simultaneously with the WWE's championship.
[Michael] We saw last week on Monday Night Raw
while The Bella Twins joined us here at ringside,
Natalya and Paige take out Summer Rae and Alicia in tag team action
and then as Paige and Natalya joined us on SmackDown on commentary.
Brie would defeat Naomi in singles action.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] So, here we go tonight…
tag team matchup.
Natalya and The Bellas, veterans of Total Divas,
of course Paige a newcomer to this season…
[Brie] Come on, Nikki!
…and she has been the quirky one so to speak,
loves to play practical jokes.
In fact, a lot of those practical jokes in the early season
were directed toward her partner tonight, Natalya.
[Jerry] Yes, they were.
[Michael] And this is the Divas Champion, Nikki Bella.
I know both Paige and Natalya would love an opportunity
at the Divas Title somewhere down the road.
[Bradshaw] And Nikki, also a two-time Divas champion.
-[Nikki grunts] -[Paige grunts]
[Jerry] You know, we talk about how well Paige and Natalya
will work together, are they really friends or whatever but,
you know what, it's hard to beat a combination like The Bellas.
I mean, they're twins. I mean, they've lived their entire life,
-every moment of their life together. -[Michael] Cover by Natalya,
-and a kick-out. -[Jerry] They know what
-each other's thinking. -[Bradshaw] According to my research,
they have been twins most of their life.
[Jerry] Really?
[Michael] Natalya out earlier tonight on the Royal Rumble kick-off show
in support of her husband, Tyson Kidd.
It's been a pretty good day for the Hart Dungeon.
[Jerry] Which one's actually older, Nikki or Brie?
[Michael] Tag made and Brie, now in the matchup.
[Bradshaw] You don't ask a woman's age, King.
[Jerry] That's not actually asking her age.
[Bradshaw] You were asking us to tell you her age.
[Michael] I think we're gonna put ourselves on the spot.
[Jerry] Look at Natalya go, here.
[Michael] And Natalya makes another tag to Paige,
working very well as a team, and here comes Paige.
-One! -[Michael] Oop.
-Two! -[Michael] Great double team.
[Jerry] Yes.
-[Michael] Whoa! -[Jerry] Oh!
What goes up must come down.
[Michael] And Paige, a very unique style, crawls her way…
into the cover, I guess. Yes, on three, kick-out at two.
Great interview on WWE.com
with Paige about being on Total Divas this year.
And she said, King, that they needed a pale,
goth, hot mess on the show.
[Jerry] Well, they got it. [chuckles] Paige is exactly that.
So, that's the way she describes herself?
-[Michael] Yes. -[Jerry] I love it.
[Bradshaw] If they just needed a pale mess, Michael,
they could get you.
I don't know about goth. I certainly know you're not hot.
-[Jerry] I guess… -[Bradshaw] At least not to me.
[Michael] Tag to Natalya.
[Jerry] I think, if any of us had described Paige that way,
-she would probably slap our face. -[Michael] Paige, again and off the tag.
Paige said, "I'm gonna be in your face."
"I'm not gonna talk behind your back."
"I'm gonna tell you like it is." And she has done that so far.
-Oh, man. -[Bradshaw] If they just took
my cowboy hat, I'd have called security. I was scared to go get it myself.
[Michael] Here's the cover, hook with the leg, and now wait a minute…
You got to get out. You got to get out.
…the official is telling Natalya she's got to get out ring,
that Paige is actually the legal competitor.
[Jerry] How do you get that mixed up? Oh.
[Bradshaw] Because The Twins are on the other side.
[Michael] Cover. Is it enough here? And a kick-out.
[Bradshaw] A little European-football chant going on in honor of Paige.
[Jerry] The slam, no. Oh, nice move.
[Michael] Natalya landed on the back of her head.
[Michael] Hook to the leg here, kick-out.
International flavor here in this match,
Paige, of course, from England and Natalya, from Canada.
-[Jerry] And The Bella's? -[Michael] Tag made.
Here comes Nikki. Arizona.
[Jerry] Oh!
Shut your mouth!
[Jerry] You named two countries and then a state.
Come on, Natty, get up.
[Michael] We didn't have geography at Syracuse.
-[Jerry] Oh, man! -[Michael] It was a joke.
-[Jerry] Don't get hot, Michael. -[Michael] Why are you all uptight?
Because you might get called to be in the Rumble match again
and only last seven seconds this year?
[Jerry] Oh!
[Bradshaw] If I could have got my cufflinks off,
I think, I would have done better.
[Michael] Natalya trying to somehow get to Paige
as Nikki keeps up the pressure.
[Bradshaw] I hope that this year somebody from the Spanish announce team
gets called to get up in there.
[Jerry] That would be awesome.
[Jerry] Watch-- Oh.
[Michael] And again, The Bellas dominating Natalya.
[Bradshaw] Bellas are looking fantastic.
[Jerry] They always look fantastic.
[Bradshaw] That was a softball to you, King.
[Jerry] If beauty were a crime,
The Bellas would be serving a life sentence.
Tag! Tag made.
[Michael] And Brie, as The Bellas continue to tag in and out
of this matchup.
[Jerry] Well, showing that mean, vicious streak they have as well.
[Michael] Cover again and Natalya manages to slip the shoulder up.
It has been mainly all Bellas since the start of this matchup.
-Please, please, come on. -[Michael] Natalya needs to make that tag
that the referee said they didn't make earlier.
[groans]
I think you were right about what you said earlier.
I think The Bellas are just a better team right now, King.
-[Jerry] Oh, man. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Michael] Paige and Natalya have only been together a couple of weeks.
Again, Brie looking to put Natalya away
and Natalya again manages to avoid the loss.
Another near fall for The Bella Twins. Tag, here comes Nikki, the Divas Champion.
[Jerry] Look at this.
-Oh, man. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Jerry] See, there's… there's a maneuver that--
I mean, it takes a team of twins to perform something like that.
[Michael] Oh, and Natalya again. You've got to give her credit.
-She's staying in this. -[Jerry] Yes, she is.
[Bradshaw] Total Divas Champion herself.
Natalya, the inaugural Stampede Women's Champion.
[Bradshaw] She just needs to find her partner Paige right now.
[Jerry] Look at that. That was awesome.
Not for Natalya but…
-Oh, look at this, guys. -[Michael] The Bellas love this.
[Jerry] A little showing off.
[Michael] They said all along that they're the stars and the other Divas
are just the supporting cast so to speak.
[Bradshaw] I think that's a fair statement.
[Michael] Not only on Total Divas but here in the WWE.
[Bradshaw] I still think it's a fair statement
[Jerry] She's actually doing a little exercise here in the ring.
[Michael] Showing off.
Oh, look at Natalya.
-Great power by Natalya. -[Bradshaw] From a dead squat.
[Michael] Oh!
Now, this could be Natalya's moment right here.
[Jerry] She needs to get to the corner and needs to make a tag to Paige.
[Michael] Nikki waiting for a tag as well.
She's in between Natalya and help.
Paige desperate here.
-Uh-oh, look at-- Natalya caught her-- -[Jerry] Going for the Sharpshooter. Oh.
Hey, get off. One! Two! Hey! Hey! Hey!
-[Jerry] Oh. -[Michael] Went for the cheap shot.
-[Jerry] Didn't work. -[Michael] And Natalya made her pay.
Oh, man, so did Nikki.
-This is over, Paige. -[Paige] Man, shut your mouth--
-[Jerry] More showing off. -[Michael] And mocking Paige.
Natalya ducks underneath. Can she make a tag now?
-Can Natalya get to Paige? -[Jerry] She's close.
[Michael] Arm lengths away.
Come on, reach, reach, reach.
[Jerry] Whoa!
And there it is. There it is. Whoa, wait a minute.
[Michael] Oh, come on.
[Jerry] Paige pulled right off the ring apron and face first
-to the floor of the ring. -[Michael] Paige hit her head hard…
-[Jerry] You're not kidding-- -…and Natalya finally made it there
and here's the cover. And Nikki looking to put Natalya away
-and win this matchup and it's over. -[bell ringing]
["You Can Look, But You Can't Touch" playing]
[Michael] Total domination by The Bellas.
[Eden] Here are your winners, The Bella Twins.
[Bradshaw] That was a very impressive win for The Bellas.
[Jerry] I've got to-- Yeah, impressive is the right word.
I mean, Nikki and Brie just dominated from the get-go.
They didn't even give Paige an opportunity
to get in there and show her stuff.
So close right here, but watch Brie from the outside
and watch the impact… to Paige's face and then watch the impact to this forearm.
-Boom. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
I think that knocked Natalya's lights out long enough to get that three-count.
[Michael] Guys, The Bellas did a lot of talking before this matchup
and, well, they backed up their words tonight.
[Bradshaw] When you can back it up it's not bragging, it's fact.
[Jerry] Wish I was the Championship Belt right there.
["Gonna Be A Fight Tonight" playing]
♪ When the sun goes down tonight Street lights turn on real bright ♪
[Michael] We're sold out in Philadelphia, 17,164 WWE fans on hand
and everyone is talking about the Royal Rumble match
including the superstars who are involved.
Everyone talking about who's gonna be the one.
In 2014, I broke Kane's record and I eliminated more superstars
than anyone else in Royal Rumble history.
Cool moment, but it means nothing.
The only thing that matters tonight is winning the whole thing.
Believe that.
The celestial bodies are in alignment.
It's written across the sky.
A son of dust
has the cosmic key in his grasp.
You got that right, my celestial brother.
[breathes deeply]
-[exhales sharply] -[hisses]
Tonight my rise to power will be complete.
[speaking Bulgarian]
Rollins, Cena, Lesnar, I don't who the champion is.
I will crush him at WrestleMania.
This is my year.
-His year. -I become an even bigger
international movie star.
He becomes an even bigger international movie star.
And of course, I win the Royal Rumble match.
And then I go onto…
[song stops abruptly]
You mean, I win the Royal Rumble match.
-That's what I said. -That's what I thought.
♪ When the sun goes down tonight Street lights turn on real bright… ♪
Brock Lesnar tried to make me look mortal last week.
I'm not mortal. I'm a giant.
And right now, I'm an extremely angry,
vicious, highly motivated giant.
And that's where Roman Reigns and all the other pretenders
are gonna find out tonight when I annihilate them.
♪ Hey, hey! Hey, hey! ♪
Do you understand what's at stake here, Mi Amore?
The spotlight will soon be ours.
The roster underestimates the sheer power of the tango.
But they will learn soon enough
and the spotlight of WrestleMania will be ours.
[speaking Spanish]
♪ Hey, hey! Hey, hey! ♪
Last year The Authority kept me out of the Royal Rumble match
and I still fought my way into the main event of WrestleMania
and won the WWE Championship on the grandest stage of them all.
Do I think I can do the whole thing all over again this year?
♪ There's gonna be a fight tonight! ♪
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
[Jerry] Yes, yes.
And a special thank you to Danko Jones for "Gonna Be A Fight Tonight."
It's the official Royal Rumble theme song and it's available right now on iTunes.
[Michael] So, again we know the winner of the Royal Rumble match
will main-event WrestleMania
and take on the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
The question is, who will be
the WWE World Heavyweight Champion. King, we are gonna find out next.
Well, you're right about that. And this is the question
that the whole universe is wondering about.
Royal Rumble, it's the World Heavyweight Champion, Triple Threat match.
There you see the champion, Brock Lesnar, John Cena and Seth Rollins.
[Michael] And the question on everybody's mind,
who will be the next WWE World Heavyweight Champion?
[dramatic music playing]
[Triple H] At the Royal Rumble pay-per-view,
-John Cena, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins-- -[Stephanie] Triple Threat match
for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
-[Michael] Oh, my, The Beast. -[Heyman] The reigning, defending,
undisputed, WWE Heavyweight Champion of the world,
[Heyman roaring, echoing] Brock Lesnar!
[Michael] F5 from Lesnar.
The most dominating performance in a championship match.
Both these men are dead meat.
When I show up, it's business time.
[Seth] I am Seth Rollins.
I am the living, breathing, undisputed future of the WWE.
I am Mr. Money in the Bank.
At the Royal Rumble whether either of you like it or not,
whether it's plan A or plan B,
I am walking out WWE Champion.
[John] You know, a long way back The Authority concocted this great plan
to get rid of John Cena.
[Michael] John Cena found a way to win another big match.
Every single thing you do lights a fire in me
like I have never had before.
And I will take that fire into the Royal Rumble
and knock the teeth out of your mercenary
and your protégé and say, "The champ is here."
Brock, you don't have to get pinned at the Royal Rumble
to lose that championship,
but you're gonna get pinned and lose that championship.
[Michael] Cena with Lesnar on his shoulders, AA through the table.
Curb stomp to Cena.
No, no, no, no, no, look at this.
-Curb stomp to Lesnar. -[Bradshaw] Oh, the audacity.
I am not afraid of Brock Lesnar.
[Brock] John Cena, you are going to be conquered.
Seth Rollins, when I show up you know where to be found.
I'm here to fight.
[crowd cheering]
["The Time Is Now" playing]
♪ Your time is up, my time is now You can't see me, my time is now ♪
♪ It's the franchise, boy I'm shining now ♪
[Michael] This Philly crowd is always a bit unique.
They come to have fun.
And this match right here, this is gonna be fun to watch.
[Jerry] Yeah I like a crowd like this. It fires John Cena up.
John Cena is here.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, for John Cena
tonight's about chasing history.
A victory tonight means John Cena will tie the Hall of Famer,
"The Nature Boy" Ric Flair, with 16 World Championship reigns,
the most in sports entertainment history.
♪ I brush your mouth like Colgate ♪
♪ In any weather, I'm never better Your boy's so hot ♪
[Michael] The greats in this business, Gotch, Fez, Triple H.
Cena will now stand at the very top with just one other man, Ric Flair.
[crowd cheering, booing]
["The Second Coming (Burn it Down)" playing]
[Michael] You know, guys, the Royal Rumble event
is always about the numbers
and there is one number that is very significant tonight, John,
for Seth Rollins and that number is two.
That is the amount of opportunities that Seth Rollins has tonight
to become WWE World Heavyweight Champion if he chooses to do it.
[Bradshaw] Which is very important for Seth Rollins.
Seth Rollins could actually lose this match
and end up, after the match, cashing in that contract
that's in that briefcase
and walking out of here WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
[Michael] Yeah, so if Seth Rollins for some reason
doesn't win this Triple Threat match tonight, as John mentioned,
he could turn right around, cash in his contract
for winning the Money in the Bank last year
and possibly become WWE World Champ that way.
[Jerry] You're right. And he could save it though, guys.
He could cash in anytime until next year's Money in The Bank.
[Michael] And you know, John, Seth Rollins had a great Royal Rumble debut last year.
Lasted longer than anyone in the Royal Rumble match
at over 48 minutes.
[Bradshaw] Seth could always win the title
and just keep that contract there just in case.
["Next Big Thing" playing]
[Michael] Oh, man, wow.
That's scary.
-Look at the shape Brock Lesnar's in. -[Bradshaw] Oh, my God.
[Michael] Since being 33 and 0 as a senior at Webster High in South Dakota,
Brock Lesnar has dominated everything he's done.
UFC 116 defeated Shane Carwin
for the Undisputed Championship in his third match in the UFC.
He defeated legend Randy Couture for the Heavyweight Title.
2003 Royal Rumble or 2002 King of the Ring.
The Beast Incarnate.
And we got a little taste at the end of Monday Night Raw last week,
what that man is capable of.
Brock Lesnar beating up everything in his path.
And who will ever forget the domination at SummerSlam last year versus John Cena?
King, the most lopsided championship match in history.
[bell ringing]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall
and it is for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Introducing the challengers,
first from West Newbury, Massachusetts, weighing in at 251 pounds,
John Cena!
[crowd cheering]
From Davenport, Iowa, weighing in at 217 pounds,
Mr. Money in the Bank, Seth Rollins!
[crowd cheering]
And from Minneapolis, Minnesota,
weighing in at 286 pounds,
he is the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,
Brock Lesnar!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And guys, it's about the WWE World Heavyweight Title.
Who will defend the championship at WrestleMania?
We're gonna find out right now.
Remember the rules, Triple Threat rules,
first man to gain pinfall or submission wins the match,
no count-outs, no disqualifications,
which means, King, the champion Lesnar's at a disadvantage.
[Jerry] Yeah, you know, you don't have to beat the champ to become the champ.
[Jerry] John, I do not remember seeing Brock Lesnar in the shape
that he looks like he's in here tonight ever before.
-[Bradshaw] In the history of champions… -[bell ringing]
…I think Brock Lesnar is the most intimidating champion
that the world has ever seen.
-[Michael] Lesnar went right into it. -[Bradshaw] Here we go.
[Michael] Lesnar with a German Suplex to Cena,
shades of SummerSlam,
when he delivered nearly two dozen to Cena that night.
[Jerry] It seems I remember Seth Rollins getting right in somebody's face,
Paul Heyman's I believe it was, and saying,
"I'm not scared of Brock Lesnar."
[Bradshaw] Everybody's got a plan until you get hit in the mouth…
-[Michael] Another German Suplex and now… -…or until you get German Suplexed.
…Rollins trying to go from behind J&J Security
saving Rollins in the early going.
And if you're Joey or Jamie, you-- Oh, my Lord.
And now Cena's stalking, looking to prey, going for the AA on Lesnar.
And Rollins catches him.
Fast-paced action and barely going in this matchup
and now Lesnar's gonna feed on Rollins.
[Jerry] Yeah, Seth Rollins about to get a little taste of the champion.
[Michael] Lesnar warned Rollins, "The future is when I say it is."
[Jerry] I don't know about you guys,
but this is getting the hair on the back of my neck standing up.
-This is intense. -[Michael] Let's not forget--
And a German Suplex to Rollins. Seth Rollins Curb Stomped Lesnar,
not once but twice over the past few months.
And a German to Cena.
[Bradshaw] And another destruction by Brock Lesnar.
I see that title on Brock Lesnar's shoulders.
I think he may hold onto it until he wants to let it go.
And that smug smirk on the face of Paul Heyman.
He knows what his champion is capable of and he's delivering right now.
[Bradshaw] I would be smirking too if I was Mr. Heyman.
I would be smirking if I was Brock Lesnar.
And Lesnar another Suplex to Cena, tossing him all the way across the ring.
[Michael] Almost a Suplex Throw.
[Jerry] Look at this. This is methodical.
It's like he's going about his business.
[Michael] Paul Heyman has managed a record five world champions.
-[Jerry] Oh! -[Michael] Oh, my Lord,
Rollins landing high and hard on his shoulder.
[Jerry] You think Brock Lesnar cares how his opponent is gonna land
-when he throws him like this? -[Michael] No, not at all. Look at this.
-[Jerry] Watch his head too. -[Michael] Oh, God!
[Bradshaw] Brock's gonna hurt one of these guys.
[Jerry] One of these guys? Maybe both of these guys.
[Michael] It has been all beast since the get-go.
Cena tossed across the ring again,
and Lesnar is just tossing these guys around like they weigh 75 pounds.
[Bradshaw] You can prepare all you want.
You can't put Brock Lesnar on a drawing board
and work out a game plan that makes any kind of sense.
-[Jerry] Watch the impact here, guys. -[Bradshaw] This guy's superhuman.
[Jerry] We better get a calculator out and start counting these Suplexes.
[Michael] It has been all Lesnar.
You think Cena's thinking back now to SummerSlam
and what happened to him that night?
Well, both Cena and Seth Rollins talked before this match started
about what they were they were gonna do--
-[overlapping commentary] -[Michael] Uh-oh, look this…
-[Jerry] He's got it, baby, come on. -[Michael] Kimura lock on John Cena.
Submission maneuver, remember, if Cena taps out,
Lesnar keeps the championship here.
[Bradshaw] Even as big as John Cena's arms, they break.
[Michael] Lesnar will break his arm, to John's point.
Cena trying to somehow make it back to his feet,
but he's got to try to lift this… this beast.
-[Bradshaw] Look at this. -[Michael] Oh, my God, the power of Cena.
Look at Cena, back to his feet. Absolutely incredible.
Seth Rollins taking out both men.
[Bradshaw] Rollins just jumped on the pile
-with a knee to the head of Brock Lesnar. -[Jerry] No kidding.
[Michael] And now with Lesnar down, Seth Rollins looking to take advantage.
Lesnar kicks right to the hamstring. Take another look.
-[Jerry] Look at this knee to the head… -[Bradshaw] Wow…
-…into Brock Lesnar and into John Cena. -[Bradshaw] That is an impact.
[Michael] And it's that worst kind of impact.
It's that blow you don't see.
Seth Rollins now trying to take advantage of Lesnar,
but Lesnar right back to his feet. Now John Cena…
And it may behoove Cena and Rollins to do this…
-[Jerry] You're not kidding. -…to double team Lesnar.
[Jerry] This may be the only way-- Oh!
You'll get Lesnar in a disadvantage in this match.
[Michael] Yeah, find common ground with an enemy for a moment,
try to turn this into a one-on-one affair.
[Jerry] Cena AA to Lesnar, AA to Lesnar.
[Michael] And Rollins gets rid of Cena, looks to steal the victory here.
-And a kick-out by Brock. -[Bradshaw] At one, kick-out at one.
[Michael] Rollins can't believe it.
-[Jerry] John Cena back into the frame. -[Michael] Cena has won
15 world championships, a lot of them with that AA,
and Brock Lesnar kicked out at one.
[Michael] And now he's right back on his feet on the attack again
like a tank, John.
[Bradshaw] What are you gonna do with Brock?
[Jerry] Well, you're not kidding.
I don't know… I don't know if you can come up with a game plan
that is gonna work against Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] I mean, Cena hit him with an AA.
[Bradshaw] That is the closest thing the world has ever seen
to a pure gladiator.
[Michael] And now Rollins again and now he's stunned Lesnar momentarily,
right to the shoulder of Brock.
[Jerry] Not only did he drop-kick, but then I think Lesnar's shoulder
went into either the steps or the ring post.
[Michael] And Lesnar, smartly now, outside the ring
and now Rollins looking to take control.
And Cena right back to Lesnar.
Great strategy here for Cena and Rollins,
take out Brock, make it one-on-one for at least a bit.
[Jerry] I don't know if I agree right now, though.
If I were John Cena-- Well, I don't know.
I think I would concentrate on trying to keep Brock Lesnar down.
But Cena can take out Rollins. He's a champ.
[Bradshaw] I think I would try to find a way to pin anybody
not named Brock Lesnar and walk out of here champion.
[Jerry] You're right.
[Bradshaw] John Cena has history waiting for him.
[crowd cheering]
-[Jerry] You can't see-- Oh, oh! -[Michael] Now Rollins tried.
Cena caught him.
Rollins landing on his feet right into the arms of John Cena,
-who plants Seth Rollins. -[Jerry] Let's try this one more time.
-You can't-- -[Michael] Oh, no, Lesnar,
a German, from out of nowhere.
[Jerry] Well, John Cena couldn't see Brock Lesnar coming up from behind.
[Michael] And another one and this time Lesnar does not release.
Rollins right to the side of the head of Brock.
[Bradshaw] Seth saving John Cena there.
I think Seth realizes the only chance he has of getting rid of Brock Lesnar
is with the help of John Cena.
[Michael] Lesnar stunned off that kick to the side of the head.
Seth Rollins now right to the shoulder blade,
driving Brock out of the ring. Cena from behind.
-[Jerry] Watch out! -[Michael] Cena…
looking to take out Rollins. Is it enough to win the WWE World Title?
And Rollins at two.
Again an example there of how the champ does not have to be involved…
in the pinfall.
[Jerry] You talked about the shape Brock Lesnar's in.
What about Paul Heyman?
Round is a shape.
[Bradshaw] Paul Heyman, you can take out arguably,
is the greatest manager of all time.
[Michael] And the legend will grow tonight if he can…
-[Jerry] Whoa. -[Michael] …help lead Lesnar to victory.
Rollins for the championship tonight at the Rumble.
And Lesnar saving his title.
Remember, it's that man, Brock Lesnar, who ended The Undertaker's WrestleMania
winning streak last year.
Wouldn't you like to have that creature
just come flying out of midair and land right on you?
[Bradshaw] If you designed a fighting machine,
it would look like Brock Lesnar.
I said it before, he's built like a tank. Like something out of a video game.
[Michael] Ooh.
Cena shots to the midsection. Lesnar covers up his face.
Cena now went for the clothesline.
Lesnar was not even stunned, again, like running into a wall.
[Jerry] Look at this.
[Michael] John Cena third time-- Lesnar's down.
-[Jerry] Oh, Seth Rollins-- -[Michael] And now Rollins from behind.
Another example of the Triple Threat.
Rollins waiting for Lesnar to make it to his feet.
Rollins-- Oh, caught by Brock! Oh, my Lord, incredible!
-F5. -[Jerry] F5.
-[Bradshaw] That's it. -[Michael] Lesnar to go to WrestleMania.
And Cena breaking things up.
My Lord, that was incredible.
Cena saving this match.
[Jerry] Wow, watch this.
Look at the strength, catching Seth Rollins in mid-flight
and then delivering a devastating F5.
The match was won if not for John Cena right there.
Watch this.
[Michael] And Lesnar with Cena again. Another German Suplex to Cena.
Lesner with a clinic so far.
[Bradshaw] Good grief.
[Jerry] He's got some evil intentions to go along with that.
[Bradshaw] Lesnar just looks unstoppable.
[Michael] What a frightening, frightening sight here.
And this is not good.
[Bradshaw] It's the right table at least.
[Michael] Yeah, it's got that it's… Brock Lesnar does not need to use tables.
-[Michael] Watch out. -[Jerry] Good grief!
[Bradshaw] Good Lord.
[Michael] Lesnar does not need to use tables to cause destruction.
He can do that very well on his own.
Cena AA again, AA again to Lesnar.
But Lesnar right back to his feet. Cena with a second AA.
-Lesnar back to his feet a second time -[Jerry] How is Lesnar getting up?
-[Michael] A third AA to Brock. -[Jerry] That's gonna be it.
[Michael] Cena cover, hooks the leg. This time Rollins saves him.
-But Brock Lesnar… -[Jerry] Watch out!
[Michael] …suffered through three AA's from John Cena.
[Bradshaw] Look at this. Brock Lesnar is not even all the way down.
He's still finding his way up. He doesn't know where he's at.
-[Michael] Rollins Curb Stomp to Lesnar. -[Jerry] Curb Stomp!
[Bradshaw] About to have a new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
-[Michael] Rollins for the Title. -[Bradshaw] Seth Rollins has got it.
[Michael] John Cena making the matchup continue.
Brock Lesnar, three AA's and a Curb Stomp and still alive.
[Jerry] Seth Rollins tried to make Brock Lesnar's head look like watermelon
at a Gallagher concert, but somehow as you say-- Watch this.
Devastating. Oh, Curb Stomp.
[Michael] How on earth is Brock Lesnar
still crawling and rolling out of the ring?
Somebody explain that to me. Three AA's and a Curb Stomp.
[Jerry] Superhuman. That's all I can say.
I've got to agree with you, JBL.
I don't think there's anybody else on the planet like this man.
[Michael] And Lesnar is back on his feet.
[Bradshaw] Brock Lesnar could be unstoppable.
[Michael] He's on his feet.
-The other two men are-- -[Bradshaw] That is scary.
[Michael] Rollins and Cena are down in the ring
-and Lesnar is out here walking around. -[Jerry] He had three AA's.
And Cena driving him through the barricade.
Oh, my God.
[Michael] How much more of this can Brock Lesnar take?
[Bradshaw] Good grief.
Somebody has to--
[Jerry] That may have done in both Brock Lesnar and John Cena.
[Michael] But guys, understand, there's no disqualifications.
Somebody has to pin somebody. And there's no count-out either, John.
So all this out here, just some action continues.
Rollins can lay in the ring all day and he won't get a count-out victory.
Pinfall or submission.
-[Jerry] Whoa, holy mackerel. -[Michael] Can you imagine--
The-- the thing is, Lesnar's still moving around out here.
-[Jerry]] No kidding. -[Michael] Brock Lesnar
is still somehow moving around.
[Jerry] It was unbelievable.
-[Michael] John Cena can't believe it. -[Jerry] Watch it, watch it!
[Michael] Cena going back on his feet,
gonna drive Lesnar right into the steel steps.
[Bradshaw] His head went right into those steel stairs.
[Michael] And John Cena… John Cena just clapped his hands in front of us
making a sign that it's done, that Lesnar's done for.
[Jerry] It's like a job well done. Watch and listen.
[Michael] Look at John Cena's face. You just saw it
in the upper left-hand corner of your screen,
a look of disbelief on Cena's face
that Brock Lesnar is still trying to get to his feet.
[Jerry] It's a disbelief that Brock Lesnar's still breathing.
Watch out!
-You're kidding, oh! -[Bradshaw] Steps over
to the skull of Lesnar.
[Michael] Now Rollins.
This match is as physical
as is vicious as we thought it was gonna be.
-Wait a minute. -[crowd cheering]
[Bradshaw] You wanna do big things, you've got to take big risks.
[Jerry] No, no, no! You've got to be kidding me!
[Bradshaw] Nah! Hell, don't do it!
The championship is at stake.
-[Jerry] Oh, my God! -[Michael] Lesnar through the table.
Rollins literally bounced off Lesnar as the table crashed to the floor.
[Jerry] Holy mac-- Jesus, what--
[Bradshaw] Brock's not moving. Rollins is not moving
-Cena's not moving. -[Jerry] Look at this. Look, look.
[Michael] Watch this impact.
[Bradshaw] You want to take a championship from a man like Brock Lesnar,
that's what you have to do.
Let me just say kudos to all three of these men.
I don't care who comes out of this as champion.
-This is freaking awesome. -[Jerry] Yes, it is.
[Bradshaw] This is a championship match.
[Michael] But guys, at this juncture who do you think has the upper hand?
[Jerry] Watch this one more time.
I don't know.
I think I gotta admit that that--
That move did just as much damage to Seth Rollins
as it did to Brock Lesnar. I think Cena has the upper hand right now.
[Michael] Of course it did.
But you saw three AA's to Brock in a row with a Curb Stomp
and then the man was still getting up somehow, if he is a man.
[Jerry] That's why I'm saying, I think this is Cena's opportunity.
Look out, look out!
[Michael] Rollins, Rollins, small package for the victory.
Kick-out by Cena at two.
[Jerry] So close. Oh!
-Right under the chin. -[Michael] And Rollins again
for the championship and another kick-out.
-[Jerry] Guys, this may go on all night. -[Bradshaw] I hope it does.
What a championship match we have here at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
[Jerry] Well, guys, listen this match is not gonna go on all night.
The beating that these men have given each other tonight,
something has to give somewhere in this Triple Threat match.
Watch this boot under the chin oh, right to the head of John Cena.
[Bradshaw] I think the greatest chance these two competitors,
-Rollins and Cena, have-- -[Michael] Uh-oh. Rollins in trouble.
Cena going for the AA on Seth Rollins.
Delivered. Oh, no, on his feet.
Oh, John Cena to become a 16-time world champion.
-Oh, and a near fall. -[Jerry] Oh, man.
[Bradshaw] Immortality awaits John Cena
if he wins that championship again tonight.
It's just him and Flair alone on top of the mountain.
[Bradshaw] Paul Heyman is out here yelling for a doctor.
[Jerry] Screaming for a doctor.
-Watch this turn into a-- -[Heyman] We need a doctor out here.
[Jerry] Okay, okay. Look at that power bomb.
And somehow Seth Rollins kicks out.
[Bradshaw] The greatest chance Rollins and Cena have of winning this
is the fact that they've gotten rid of Brock Lesnar now.
[Michael] Yeah, it's a one-on-one matchup for this point with Cena and Rollins.
[Bradshaw] And again, the champion can lose that championship
even not involved in the finish…
[Michael] And a Triple Threat rules..
…which may be the only way Brock Lesnar ever loses that championship.
[Jerry] As I told you, we've got two doctors working on Brock Lesnar
here at ringside.
[Michael] Meanwhile Cena and Rollins going up toward the top rope.
WrestleMania looming in the background because this is what this is all about,
the champion to defend at WrestleMania.
[Jerry] Seth Rollins trying to reverse this and--
[Michael] Uh-oh, Cena hanging on. Here's the power of Cena,
but Seth Rollins though-- Seth Rollins across the ring.
Cena down first off the turnbuckle.
Rollins for the win, for the championship to go to WrestleMania.
And a kick-out by Cena.
[Bradshaw] Both these men down on the inside of the ring.
Brock Lesnar down on the outside of the ring.
[Jerry] Oh, man, that did some damage.
That could… whiplash that neck of John Cena.
[Michael] What a hellacious match.
[Bradshaw] This is a match worthy of that honored championship.
This just shows you how much that title means.
[Jerry] John Cena struggling to get back to his feet.
[Michael] Seth Rollins looking for his first. Cena for his sixteenth.
-[Jerry] No, no, no, no. -[Michael] And Big Match John
may have just found a way to get it.
Going for the STF, Cena for the STF, center of the ring. Try locking in.
Rollins trying to make it to a rope, but…
-will Rollins tap out? -[Jerry] No, he's touching the rope.
[Michael] Yeah, it doesn't matter, though.
Remember, there's no disqualifications or count-outs.
[indistinct] is not gonna cause a break.
That's the reason Mercury and Noble came in to take out Cena.
[Bradshaw] Good grief.
[Michael] The official cannot do anything about this assault by J&J Security.
[Bradshaw] This is why they were hired. Like it or not, this is all legal.
[Michael] Guys, if you look in the background now,
you'll see the EMTS are bringing the stretcher out here ringside.
-That is for Brock Lesnar. -[Jerry] I'm telling you,
Brock Lesnar is hurt.
[Michael] The WWE World Champion, if he is carted out of here, guys,
we're guaranteed to crown a new champ tonight.
[Bradshaw] Look at this, the Shield 2.0.
[Jerry] You've got to be kidding me.
[Bradshaw] Seth Rollins is about to walk out of here
WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
-[Michael] And that could be it. -[Bradshaw] Get ready.
-Seth Rollins… -[Bradshaw] The crowning of the future
-is now. -…to win his first World Championship.
And a kick-out by Cena, staying in it.
[Jerry] Brock Lesnar down, man.
[Bradshaw] Lesnar is moving but barely. He doesn't know where he's at, at all.
Heyman is barking orders out here.
[Jerry] Seth Rollins surveying the situation.
I think it's just now sinking in to Rollins
-that it's just he and Cena. -[Bradshaw] This is where a manager…
like Paul Heyman is absolutely helpless.
[Michael] And Rollins with the Money in the Bank briefcase in hand.
He can use this to his advantage.
[Jerry] And here it comes!
[Michael] And with that Rollins sent over the top rope.
Down goes Mercury.
Nobel stopped by Cena, as well.
Uh-oh, uh-oh.
[Jerry] Look, look at this!
[Michael] J&J Security gonna go for a ride.
[Jerry] I think this security guy is about to be out of business.
[Bradshaw] Together that was one person
-[Michael] AA to the unemployment line. -[Jerry] Watch it.
[Michael] Rollins up top.
Cena. AA to Rollins. For the Championship.
[Bradshaw] Cena has found a way to win another big match.
[Michael] Come on. Rollins stayed in it.
-[Bradshaw] He kicked out? -[Jerry] Yes! Amazing. Amazing.
[Bradshaw] Mike Chioda, the referee, in perfect position.
-[Jerry] Seth Rollins will not be denied. -[Bradshaw] They have got Brock Lesnar
on the backboard, over here.
[Michael] And Lesnar has not moved since being driven through the table by…
-[Bradshaw] And he hasn't said a word. -[Michael] …by Seth Rollins.
[Jerry] Man, I hope it's not his neck.
[Michael] Well, doctors are very concerned out here.
In the preliminary-- We're getting preliminary information now
that Brock Lesnar is suffering from at least a broken rib.
At least a broken rib is what we're being told.
[crowd chanting] Wrestle, Cena! Cena sucks!
[Michael] Meanwhile Cena and Rollins continue to battle
for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship,
to defend it in the main event at WrestleMania.
[Bradshaw] The most prestigious Title in all of sports at stake.
[Michael] Rollins up on the shoulder, kicked right to the midsection of Cena.
Cena quickly with Rollins up again.
Rollins from behind, enzuigiri back of the neck.
Will it be enough?
Rollins Curb Stomp to Cena. Seth Rollins…
-[Bradshaw] He's got it. -[Jerry] Oh, Seth Rollins.
[Michael] Seth Rollins for his first Championship.
And a kick-out by Cena.
[Jerry] This is unbelievable!
How did John Cena survive?
[Bradshaw] How in the world does John Cena do it?
I have never seen a guy with a knack to win bigger matches than John Cena has.
Can he do it again?
Because if he does it right now, he makes history.
[Michael] Rollins cannot believe it, but Seth Rollins…
[Bradshaw] These guys have been through hell already and they're not done yet.
[Jerry] Talking about going through hell, what about Brock Lesnar?
[Michael] And Seth Rollins now, going up to the top rope.
John Cena's in trouble.
Rollins, with Cena center of the ring.
-Wow! -[Jerry] Wait a minute.
[Michael] Lesnar, Lesnar. Where did he come from? German Suplex.
How the hell is Lesnar up? How the hell
-is Lesnar back in this match? -[Bradshaw] He's not human.
-That's how it is. It's the closest thing. -[Jerry] It's unreal.
[Michael] Brock Lesnar, Suplex, and this time Rollins lands on his feet
briefcase in hand. Lesnar back, right to the skull.
Rollins again.
Seth Rollins… Oh, he's lining up for the Curb Stomp.
Looking for the Curb Stomp, Curb Stomp.
Lesnar picked him out of the air.
-F5! Lesnar. -[Jerry] Holy crap!
-[Michael] To retain the Championship! -[crowd counting]
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Brock Lesnar is still Champion!
[Jerry] Oh, my God!
[Lilián] Here's your winner and still the WWE World Heavyweight Champion,
-Brock Lesnar! -[Michael] And Brock Lesnar to defend
the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the main event at WrestleMania.
[Jerry] I have never seen anything like this.
[Michael] What an absolutely incredible performance!
[Bradshaw] Broken rib and all, that man Brock Lesnar is unstoppable.
He may have that Championship as long as he wants it.
-Guys, incredible performance… -[Michael] Geez, what a match.
[Bradshaw] …by all three superstars.
-[Michael] What a match. -[Bradshaw] And they are superstars.
[Jerry] Guys, look, I don't know that you can get a shot,
but these paramedics and doctors are standing here in shock.
They cannot believe it. I can't believe it.
The beast. The conqueror.
[Michael] I am in awe of Brock Lesnar.
[Jerry] You're talking about a phoenix rising from the dead.
Brock Lesnar was out of this.
[Bradshaw] Brock Lesnar didn't get beat tonight.
I don't know who in the world has a chance of beating him.
[Jerry] Look at this, JBL.
We thought this was for sure the end of Brock Lesnar.
[Bradshaw] That's when Brock broke that rib and we don't know what else.
[Jerry] Watch once again.
Seth Rollins flying in the air, the impact, the table crashing,
breaking, Brock Lesnar's ribs breaking.
But then John Cena doing away with J&J security.
Seth Rollins took advantage.
But somehow Seth Rollins survived that AA.
[Michael] Guys, it was an absolutely incredible performance
-by all three men. -[Bradshaw] Look at this.
That is unbelievable.
[Michael] But watch what happens next,
after Rollins get this. Watch your screen.
Lesnar from out of nowhere, quick as a cat.
[Jerry] I can imagine Seth Rollins could not believe what happened.
But he had the wherewithal to get that briefcase and one, two,
slam it into the side of the head of Brock Lesnar.
And look at this. He was thinking Curb Stomp.
But no, once again, the phoenix Brock Lesnar rises from the dead,
-delivers an F5, and that was it. -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] Guys… -[Jerry] The beast retains.
…that was one of the most incredible championship matches
in Royal Rumble history.
[Jerry] You're not kidding.
-[Bradshaw] Wow. That was awesome. -[Jerry] In WWE history.
[Bradshaw] What a performance by Seth Rollins.
What a performance by John Cena.
[Michael] And let's not forget though,
Seth Rollins is still the Money in the Bank contract holder.
He still has a championship opportunity whenever he wants to cash it in.
[Bradshaw] Yeah, but when are you gonna find the time to cash in on Brock Lesnar?
[Jerry] From the looks of Seth Rollins,
he don't want anymore of Brock Lesnar right now.
[Michael] Maybe not tonight but that man is the architect.
Guys, I can't believe what we just witnessed.
Brock Lesnar is still the WWE World Heavyweight Champion.
That was one of the most incredible things I have ever seen.
Without a doubt. I mean, I can't get over it.
I'm almost speechless. It was just unbelievable.
-And the question is who was-- -Like I said though,
kudos to everyone in that match.
-Absolutely. -They all won as far as I'm concerned.
Especially WWE Universe, that was awesome.
And the question now is who will Brock Lesnar defend against
in the main event at WrestleMania.
We are going to find out the answer to that question
right now because it's the Royal Rumble Match,
which, of course, this match is all about the numbers.
[dramatic music playing]
[narrator] Opportunity, it comes in many forms.
But once a year it doesn't get any bigger.
[Howard] It is now time for the Royal Rumble.
[narrator] For the past 27 years the Royal Rumble has been a proving ground
where 30 of WWE's best and brightest compete
for a guaranteed WWE World Heavyweight Championship Match at WrestleMania.
The objective of the match is simple. Elimination.
Easier said than done for the 782 entrants who've shared a similar fate.
-[Jerry] Look at this! -[Michael] Are you kidding me.
[narrator] Just remember, two feet must hit the floor.
[Michael] What in the world? Kofi's still alive.
[narrator] Eliminating superstars came natural for WWE Hall of Famer
Shawn Michaels who still holds the all-time record
for total eliminations at 39.
[Jerry] How does he do that?
[narrator] One shy of The Heartbreak Kid's record is Kane.
The corporate monster has 38 eliminations over 15 Royal Rumbles,
and in 2001 Kane tossed out an impressive 11 competitors.
But records are made to be broken.
Just ask Roman Reigns.
[Michael] What a showing by Roman Reigns.
Roman Reigns with 12 eliminations sets a new record
for most eliminations in a Royal Rumble Match.
[narrator] Will Reigns make history again?
Believe that.
[narrator] 216,557 pounds
or over 108 tons is the astronomical mass of humanity
that has competed the Royal Rumble match.
Of those, nine superstars won in their Rumble debut.
Forty-three entrants are WWE Hall of Famers.
And a total of 26 different nations have been represented.
Don't forget, for the first time ever the Royal Rumble will broadcast live
on the WWE Network to over 170 countries.
Plus, a remarkable 470,822 members of the WWE Universe
-have been in attendance… -[Bradshaw] Take a look.
They're here in numbers.
…to witness a number of unforgettable moments,
including three record-setting, stone-cold victories.
[Stone Cold] Oh, hell yeah!
[narrator] Historically time is not always on your side in the Royal Rumble.
[Jerry] What? Could that have been a record? He didn't even last two seconds,
-about a second-and-a-half. -I wasn't ready! I wasn't ready!
[narrator] However, in 2006 Rey Mysterio survived fierce competition
to set the single Rumble record at 62 minutes 12 seconds.
[Jerry] He did it! Rey Mysterio did it!
[narrator] But the Rumble's all-time cumulative record is held by WWE COO,
Triple H, who's fought in the match for over 3 hours and 51 minutes.
That-- Oh, yeah. That is best for business.
["Gonna Be A Fight Tonight" playing]
[narrator] Remember, order of entry can make or break
a superstar's probability for success,
but since its inception, the number one entrant has generated
the same amount of winners as the coveted number 30.
♪ I feel the pressure on my chest Anticipation in the air ♪
[narrator] It's a dream of every WWE superstar
to headline WrestleMania. The question is, who will it be?
[Michael] Only one man can emerge victorious.
Will main event WrestleMania.
♪ When the sun goes down tonight Street lights turn on real bright ♪
♪ It's gonna light my way ♪
[narrator] The Road to WrestleMania truly begins at the Royal Rumble.
[crowd cheering]
♪ There's gonna be a fight tonight! ♪
[bell ringing]
The following is the Royal Rumble match!
Now, in this match the first two superstars
who drew number one and number two will start the match.
Every 90 seconds another participant will join in.
This will continue until all 30 superstars are in the ring.
Eliminations occur when a superstar is thrown over the top rope
with both feet landing on the floor.
The last man in the ring will be declared the Royal Rumble winner
and will advance to the main event at WrestleMania!
[crowd cheering]
[Miz] Awesome!
["I Came To Play" playing] ♪ I came to play, there's a price to pay ♪
[Michael] And here is entrant number one!
♪ Time for you to get down On your knees and pray ♪
[Lilián] Introducing first, residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds, The Miz.
[Michael] Ladies and gentlemen, Miz now entering his eighth Royal Rumble match
in his career.
And two people have won from the number one position
including Hall of Famer HBK in 1995.
[Bradshaw] Not an enviable position for The Miz, King.
[Jerry] No. Not all, but can tell by the confidence on his face--
[Bradshaw] If anybody can do it, an A-lister like Miz can do it.
[Michael] Let's find out who is number two.
["What’s Up?" playing]
This the part where we crank it up! Let's crank it up!
Now here we go!
♪ People over there whassup? ♪
♪ If you feel me Stand up and say whassup? ♪
♪ Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? ♪
-♪ Whassup? ♪ -What's up!
♪ You can get with this Or you can get with that ♪
♪ You better come get with this 'Cause this is where it's at ♪
♪ Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? ♪
♪ I be skippin' and jumpin' And leavin' the competition ♪
♪ Makin 'em disappear Like your favorite magician ♪
♪ I ride that 'til the wheels fall off ♪
♪ And I bounce 'em back to back 'Til they necks get soft ♪
♪ Most of the time you see me I'm tryin to keep it simple ♪
♪ These are the type of people To get popped like a pimple ♪
♪ Statin my claim to fame ♪
♪ To be one of the baddest young blood To step foot in this game ♪
♪ And I haven't even started yet! ♪
♪ But you can better believe I'mma yank it off a sure shot bet ♪
♪ Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? Whassup? ♪
[crowd cheering]
Philadelphia, make some noise!
[crowd cheering]
-What's up! -[crowd] What's up!
[Michael] And this is the seventh Rumble match in the career of R-Truth.
-[R-Truth] What's up? -[crowd] What's up?
Whoo! There it is.
[Michael] So, Truth going to start things off against Miz,
first two entries in the 2015 Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] And two people have won from the number two spot,
Rey Mysterio, the only masked superstar to win a Royal Rumble.
And Mr. McMahon in 1999.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, John, setting the record for lasting longer than anyone
in Royal Rumble history at 62 minutes 12 seconds.
[Jerry] Miz glancing up at that big WrestleMania sign
knowing that's what the Royal Rumble is all about.
Hang in there, Miz.
[Michael] Again, the winner of this matchup will face Brock Lesnar
for the WWE World Title at WrestleMania.
That is what's at stake tonight.
I guess one of those two men it's just about surviving, King.
-Uh-oh, Miz as he goes over the top rope. -[Jerry] Not even close. Not even close.
[Bradshaw] If both feet hit the floor he'd be eliminated.
Whoa! Same with R-Truth.
[Jerry] One of the strategies I always thought was important
in the Royal Rumble was stay away from those ropes as much as you can.
Nothing good can happen near the ropes in the Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] Just find yourself a corner and hide there.
[Jerry] I've actually hid under the ring at the Royal Rumble before.
[Michael] You do what you can just to stay in this match.
Since 1993 when the Royal Rumble gave the person a title shot,
13 of 22 winners has gone on to become champion,
Yokozuna being the first in 1993.
[crowd counting down]
[Michael] Six seconds to entrant number three
in this year's Royal Rumble.
[buzzer blares]
[Jerry] Who's it going to be?
["We're Coming Down" playing]
[Jerry] Oh, my! What?
Oh, you got to be kidding me.
Welcome home to Philly!
You've got to be kidding me!
[Bradshaw] Bubba Dudley!
[Jerry] Guys, for the first time in ten years,
Bubba Ray Dudley's come home!
[crowd chanting] Dudley!
-[Jerry] Bubba Ray Dudley. -[Michael] A nine-time Tag Team Champion.
[Bradshaw] And eight-time ECW Tag Team Champion.
[Michael] And a man who made his name in Philly.
[Jerry] Guys, I got to tell you, I never saw this coming.
[Bradshaw] Can you believe this is the first time
in his career Bubba Ray Dudley has been in a Royal Rumble match?
Bubba has been in five Royal Rumble pay-per-views
-including some incredible-- -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] No way!
[Bradshaw] But this is Bubba's first Royal Rumble!
[Michael] Oh!
Nine different superstars have won the Rumble in their debut,
Bubba Ray Dudley could be one of them. He could be number ten.
Wait a minute, wait a minute.
I have seen this before. I have been there before!
[Jerry] But never with these two!
[Bradshaw] That will get you singing an octave higher.
-Michael] Got to say it. Vintage.
[crowd chanting]
[crowd cheering]
Get the tables!
[Jerry] Uh-oh. Bubba Ray having flashbacks.
[crowd chanting] Table! Table!
[Jerry] This is incredible.
[Bradshaw] This Philly crowd is having fun.
[Michael] Meanwhile Miz looking to eliminate R-Truth.
-[Michael] Hey! 3D! -[Jerry] Oh, my God!
-[Michael] Dudley Death Drop! -[Jerry] What in the world?
[crowd counting down]
[Michael] Who's going to be number four?
[Jerry] Oh, Miz is gone. Thanks to Bubba Ray Dudley!
-[buzzer blares] -["Swamp Gas" playing]
[Michael] And number four is Luke Harper.
-[Jerry] Hey, hey! -[Michael] R-Truth eliminated.
[Jerry] Bubba Ray Dudley ruling the ring right now in the Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] There has never been a winner from the number four position.
This is Luke Harper's second Royal Rumble.
Ric Flair won it from number three in 1992
[Jerry] Guys, this is as unlikely as a combination with two superstars
to be in the ring tonight I ever would have ever expected.
[Michael] Bubba Ray and Luke Harper going to exchange blows
to start things off here between these two.
[Jerry] That's the way it should be.
These two big guys just throwing bombs.
-[Bradshaw] Ow. [laughs] -[Jerry] Ask and you shall receive.
[Michael] Uh-oh, look at this!
[Jerry] Oh, my goodness.
[Michael] Bubba was looking for the Bubba bomb
and the clothesline.
Bubba also a ten-time WWE Hardcore Champion…
and a person who doesn't mind it extreme.
-Here comes entry number five. -[Jerry] Oh, look out, nobody home, Bubba.
[crowd counting down]
[buzzer blares]
-["Live In Fear" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And the first rumble for Bray Wyatt here tonight.
[Bradshaw] Stone Cold won his first Rumble from the number five position in 1997.
[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Another unlikely stare down.
[Bradshaw] Wrong family camp there, Bubba.
[Michael] Remember, Harper and Bray Wyatt used to be part of the Wyatt family,
now the double team on Bubba Ray Dudley.
Unique seeing these two back together.
[Bradshaw] I don't think unique is the word Bubba's thinking right now.
[crowd chanting] We want Devon!
[Michael] Oh, big boot from Luke.
We want Devon chant and Bubba Ray is gone.
[Jerry] Bubba Ray wants Devon right now too.
Guys, look at this combination.
-This could spell some serious trouble. -[Bradshaw] Wait a minute.
[Michael] Yeah, really a mentor and protégé, so to speak squaring off.
[Jerry] Well, if they don't square off, what if they just stood here
and waited for the competition.
They could pick them off one by one as they came out here.
-[crowd counting down] -[Bradshaw] You are right, King.
[Michael] Entry number six…
[Bradshaw] You are right, King that's what they are going to do.
-…on the way. -[buzzer blares]
["Reborn" playing]
[Bradshaw] How would you like to be Curtis Axel right now?
[Jerry] This does not bode well for anybody coming out here
and facing those two alone.
[Michael] Number six entrant-- And hey!
From behind Erick Rowan!
[Jerry] What? Oh!
-[Michael] Well, remember Erick Rowan… -[Jerry] What? What? What
…Erick Rowan did not qualify for the Royal Rumble match.
He got beat on Thursday so he is not an official entrant, guys.
But this is like a Wyatt family reunion here.
[crowd cheering]
[Bradshaw] What?
[yells]
[Jerry] You are kidding me.
[Michael] Well, Bray and Luke Harper now attacking Erick Rowan.
[Bradshaw] Rowan's not legally in there anyway.
He deserves to get his butt kicked by both of them.
[Michael] You got a good point, John. Erick Rowan not in this match.
But he is taking to it Bray Wyatt and turning his attention to Luke Harper.
[Bradshaw] He is strong as an ox.
[Michael] Twice as smart.
Remember, Luke Harper beat Erick Rowan on SmackDown, Thursday.
[Michael] Uh-oh. Harper was eliminated.
[Michael] And Harper was eliminated as he was dealing with Erick Rowan,
eliminated by Bray Wyatt.
[shouts indistinctly]
[Jerry] It shows-- You know, Bray Wyatt shows his true colors here.
[shouts indistinctly]
[Michael] As we now await entry number seven.
[crowd counting down]
-[buzzer blares] -["I'm Coming To Get You" playing]
-[Michael] Whoa! -[Bradshaw] Oh, no.
[Jerry] What?
[Michael] John, are you having Royal Rumble flash backs.
[Bradshaw laughing] I didn't do so well at the Royal Rumble against The Boogeyman.
This is going to be good.
You thought, Bray Wyatt out there, you thought, it was freaky before.
[Michael] And for those of you who have never seen this,
this is who we call The Boogeyman.
[Jerry] Yeah, Bray Wyatt, you think Bray Wyatt's weird,
it just got weirder.
[Michael] And he has made a name for himself
because he used to eat earthworms.
So guys, I guess we can say it's the eater of worlds in Bray Wyatt,
versus the eater of worms in The Boogeyman.
[Jerry] I like it.
[Michael] Boogeyman beat you at the Royal Rumble in 2006, John,
and then he took out Booker T at WrestleMania.
[Bradshaw] Poor Jillian never recovered.
-Well, he feasted on a growth. -[Jerry] The Boogeyman is back!
[Bradshaw] This guy is one of the most creepy, disgusting--
[Bray] This is my world, man.
Come on!
[Jerry] I think Bray Wyatt likes him.
[Bradshaw] Look at him foaming at the mouth.
[Jerry] Let's see who can get more weird.
[Bradshaw] They're trying to out-freaked each other.
[Jerry] There you go, your winner is…
[Bradshaw] The Boogeyman was even freaked out by that? Maybe not.
-Bray Wyatt caught Boogeyman-- -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa! Wait a minute!
[Bradshaw] Well, thanks for coming.
[Bradshaw] So, Bray Wyatt stands alone.
[Michael] You saw the sea of cell phones light up the arena
when he made his way into the ring, John.
-Bray Wyatt calls that his fire flies. -[crowd counting down]
-[Michael] Entry number eight now. -[buzzer blares]
["Ancient Spirit" playing]
[Michael] And the masked…
luchador from Mexico, Sin Cara, enters his second Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] Number eight position has seen a winner before in 2009, Randy Orton.
Also seen a masked seen superstar winner in Royal Rumble
as we already mentioned with Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Now, Bray Wyatt looking to make Sin Cara's trip here short.
Yeah, but Sin Cara hanging on. There's the quickness of Sin Cara.
Top rope and a big right hand by Bray.
And Bray Wyatt looking for Sister Abigail is what he calls this move.
His reverence to his late sister, I guess, influenced in his life.
Watch out, Sin Cara eliminated.
Bray Wyatt has now eliminated four superstars.
Entry number nine coming.
[Bradshaw] What a display Bray Wyatt is putting on.
Open invitation!
Everyone in the back, I hope you got the message,
this is Bray Wyatt's year!
[crowd cheering]
♪ He's got the whole world in his hand ♪
-♪ He's got the whole wide world ♪ -[crowd] ♪ He's got the whole wide world ♪
-♪ In his hand ♪ -[crowd] ♪ In his hand ♪
-[crowd counting down] -[Michael] Entry number nine.
[buzzer blares]
-[Zack] Woo Woo Woo, you know it. -[crowd cheering]
["Radio" playing]
[Jerry] The Long Island Broski, Zack Ryder, is back.
[Michael] No one has ever won from the number nine position.
[Bradshaw] Ryder has been out a number of months
with rotator cuff surgery.
Zack Ryder returning here in the Royal Rumble match.
[Jerry] JBL, I think you are trying to jinx Zack Ryder.
He needs all the help he can get here tonight.
Oh! Nice.
Zack Ryder taking it to Bray Wyatt.
-Woo Woo Woo! -[crowd chanting] Woo Woo Woo!
-[Michael] Watch this. -[Bradshaw] Broski Boot!
[Jerry] Can you imagine if Zack Ryder eliminates Bray Wyatt here?
What a comeback for Ryder.
-[Jerry] Whoa, oh, oh! -[Michael] He did not last long.
[Bradshaw] Bray with his fifth elimination.
[Michael] Sin Cara is Spanish for "You are eliminated."
[Bradshaw] Remember Roman Reigns set the record last year
-with 12 eliminations in a single Rumble. -Not a damn one of you is taking it!
-[Bradshaw] Bray Wyatt is at five. -[Bray shouts indistinctly]
[Jerry] Number ten will soon be on his way.
-[Bradshaw] He is just waiting… -It's only gonna take me
-about half a minute! -…for his next victim.
[crowd counting down]
[buzzer blares]
-["Flight Of The Valkyries" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jerry] Oh, boy!
[crowd chanting]
[Bradshaw] And the rivalry that Daniel Bryan and Bray Wyatt
had in the past
in his third Royal Rumble match, the man that the hall of famer
Hulk Hogan picked to win the whole thing, Daniel Bryan
and Bray Wyatt, here we go.
[Michael] John, his counter says 2015 is the year of the goat.
We are about to find out if that's true.
-[Jerry] Is it really? -[Michael] Yes, it is.
[Michael] Daniel Bryan keeping his spot in the Royal Rumble match
with a victory over Kane, no disqualification style,
Thursday night on SmackDown.
-[Bradshaw] Yes! -[Jerry] Whoa!
Yes!
Yes! More?
[Michael] You got a long Rumble ahead of you, Daniel,
pace yourself, young man. Pace yourself.
[Bradshaw] Daniel Bryan just returned after being out nine months
because of neck surgery.
No one has ever won from that number ten spot,
but no one has been the underdog, Daniel Bryan.
[Jerry] Quit jinxing people, JBL.
[Bradshaw] The man who beat Triple H and then Randy Orton and Batista
on the same night at WrestleMania last year
to win the WWE World Title…
-[Jerry] Oh, man! -Sent Wyatt flying.
[Jerry] Now, hoist him up somehow and get him over that top rope.
[crowd chanting] Eight, seven, six,
-five, four, three, two one! -[Michael] Number 11 on his way.
[buzzer blares]
["Peña Flamenca" playing]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
Well, John, I guess you would
has been brought to the Rumble.
Fandango.
With the power of the tango.
[Michael] Accompanied there by Rosa,
fancies himself one of the world’s best dancers
and very vicious in the ring as well
making his second entry into a Royal Rumble match.
Great move there, dropkick by Fandango.
[Bradshaw] Pulled off the biggest upset in WrestleMania history,
did Fandango see if he can do the same thing here at the Royal Rumble.
Fandango hoping to dance his way to victory.
[Michael] Watch out. Daniel Bryan on his feet. Oh!
Fandango no longer on his feet.
Up and over? Over the ropes?
Wait a minute.
Hey… [chuckles] …going old school, the old airplane spin.
Fandango struggling, fighting, trying to hang on
with everything he's got.
-[crowd counting down] -[Bradshaw] Entry number 12 coming.
[buzzer blares]
["Right Here, Right Now" playing]
[Michael] Oh, boy. Tyson Kidd earlier tonight,
part of an impressive victory tag team style with Cesaro
-in our Royal Rumble kickoff show. -[Jerry] Man.
[Michael] Tyson Kidd's second Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] Kidd's uncle, Bret Hart was the very first entrant
in the very first Royal Rumble.
This Tyson kid will come flying at you from any and everywhere.
You don't know what to expect from him next.
[Kidd] Yes!
[Michael] Oh, boy.
[Bradshaw] Bray Wyatt, Daniel Bryan, Tyson Kidd, Fandango,
five superstars alive here in the Royal Rumble.
[Jerry] Man.
[both grunting]
[Michael] Tyson Kidd, Daniel Bryan trading big forearms.
-Ooh, yeah. -[Bradshaw] Wow.
[Michael] Substituting a kick.
Oh!
They say great mind think alike,
but sometimes bad things happen when they do.
Been going for a crossbody…
both of them hit it.
[crowd counting down]
-[Michael] Who's next? Number 13! -[buzzer blares]
["Written In The Stars" playing]
[Michael] Will be the first Royal Rumble match for Stardust.
"Hacksaw" Jim Duggan entered at number 13 in the very first Royal Rumble,
which he won and there's been nine people that have won Royal Rumbles
in their debut match.
This is Stardust's debut.
Stardust, Kidd, Bray Wyatt, Daniel Bryan, Fandango.
Stardust coming in fresh, taking over.
This is where you gotta be so careful,
you gotta try and watch your back at all times.
[Bradshaw] You can't win in here, but you can sure lose in here.
[Michael] Fandango hanging on, Stardust thought he had him eliminated.
[Jerry] Whoa. Hey.
What you can do, I can do better.
Taking out the legs of the dancing Fandango.
-Whoa, whoa, whoa, man. -[Michael] Tyson Kidd eliminated.
-[Jerry] Watch how Tyson Kidd-- -[Michael] Watch this, Daniel Bryan now,
both feet hit the floor at the same time, eliminated Tyson Kidd.
First elimination for Daniel Bryan here in this Rumble match.
And Daniel Bryan-- Wait a minute!
They both went between the middle ropes though,
not over the top, so Bryan not eliminated, neither is Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Mil Mascaras is one of the few dummies
to make that mistake and throw himself over the top rope by accident.
[crowd counting down]
[Michael] He eliminated himself, these guys did not.
[buzzer blares]
[Michael] I'd try to get myself back in the ring as quickly as possible.
[Diamond] Yo, it's me, it's me, it's DDP!
-[Bradshaw] What? -[Michael] Number 14, Diamond Dallas Page.
["It's Me, It's Me" playing]
[Jerry] Man, oh man.
[Michael] Second Royal Rumble match
for the legendary three-time WCW World Champion, DDP.
Dallas Page getting caught by Stardust before he can even get to his feet.
[Jerry] Come on, get up, DDP!
[Michael] Stardust now toying with Diamond Dallas Page.
[Jerry] He didn't even let him stand up.
[Michael] Uh-oh, look out. Diamond Cutter!
[Bradshaw] They teach that in yoga class?
[Michael] Fandango blindsiding DDP.
Watch Bray Wyatt here as he goes through the middle of the rope
with Daniel Bryan, watch Daniel Bryan as well.
He goes through the middle rope here, too,
so Bryan and Bray are still in this matchup.
Bray Wyatt's been in the Royal Rumble match
for over 15 minutes.
-Fandango top rope-- DDP… -[Jerry] Oh, no!
…does not allow him to deliver the leg drop.
[Bradshaw] DDP also a four-time WCW Tag Champ, WWE Tag Champ.
-Trying to add Royal Rumble winner. -[Michael] Uh-oh. From the top rope!
-[Bradshaw] Oh, man! -[Michael laughs] Freak!
[Michael] I may have to try that DDP Yoga.
-[Bradshaw] From behind-- -[Michael] Watch it Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Fist slammed right into the back,
base of the skull of Diamond Dallas Page.
-Now-- -[Jerry] Hey-- Whoa!
[Michael] Another Diamond Cutter.
-DDP on fire. -[Jerry] On fire, yes!
[crowd counting down]
[Michael] Awaiting entry number 15,
which means we'll be halfway through the field of this year's Royal Rumble.
[buzzer blares]
-["Roar of the Lion" playing] -[Rusev speaking Bulgarian]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Bradshaw] The United States Champion.
[Michael] Business just picked up, Mr. Diamond Dallas Page.
Welcome back.
[Bradshaw] Well, this is the city of brotherly love,
but this guy has no love for anybody.
[Michael] Rusev's second Royal Rumble,
impressive performance last year. It took four men to eliminate him.
[Bradshaw] I don't know how this man has grown, John, over the past year,
[Michael] But the Diamond Cutter-- Rusev, kick to the face.
-Yoga that! -[Michael] Watch out.
DDP eliminated by Rusev.
-[Bradshaw] Dance that! -[Michael] Fandango eliminated by Rusev.
[Bradshaw] Rusev showing absolutely no mercy.
[Michael] Rusev, Wyatt, Bryan, Stardust all in the match.
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Bradshaw] Talk about a collision brewing.
[Michael] I hope these two beat each other to smithereens.
-[Bradshaw] Daniel Bryan! -[Michael] Daniel Bryan flying in!
-You think they love Bryan in Philly? -[crowd in unison] Yes! Yes! Yes…
They love him all over the world. "Yes." "Yes"
[Michael] Thank God he only has two feet.
If he was an octopus he might beat everybody up.
-[crowd] Ohh… Yes! -[Michael] Uh-oh. Caught.
[Jerry] Oh, man!
[Michael] Oh, no, no, no, no! Daniel Bryan stays in, for now.
[Jerry] Bray Wyatt eliminates Daniel Bryan!
[crowd boos]
[Michael] Guys, that is the sixth elimination for Bray Wyatt
as Daniel Bryan's dream comes to a screeching halt
-much earlier than he expected. -[Jerry] Wow. That is heartbreak.
[Bradshaw] Not if you're Bray Wyatt.
-[Jerry] He doesn't have a heart. -[Michael] Six eliminations,
-guys, for Bray. -[buzzer blares]
[Bradshaw] One man, Daniel, eliminated six people in the first-ever Royal Rumble.
-["Gold-Lust" playing] -[Michael] Goldust enters at number 16,
and this will be Goldust's tenth Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] The only people that have competed in more decades
are HBK and the Hacksaw competed in the Rumble in four different decades,
[Michael] Goldust three.
Inverted Atomic Drop. Kick right to the face.
Bray Wyatt has been in the Royal Rumble match
for over 20 minutes since entering at number five.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy! -[Michael] He's eliminated
six superstars already.
[Jerry] Goldust about to do a little damage here.
Half-way to the record is Bray Wyatt.
-[Jerry] Wait a minute. -[Michael] Hey, payback.
Oh, no. Remember, last year, Goldust eliminated his brother.
-[Michael] Was it another-- -[Bradshaw] Turn around, you cosmic goof.
[Michael] Like in an alternate universe, John.
[Bradshaw] Every man for himself.
Brother versus brother.
Hey, HBK eliminated Marty Jannetty, Diesel and Triple H,
all of his tag team partners.
[Jerry] And last year, Roman Reigns eliminated Ambrose and Rollins,
his Shield brethren at the time.
Brother versus brother, friend versus friend.
You get in the Royal Rumble, it's every man for himself.
[Bradshaw] This crowd here is still reeling over fact that
their favorite, Daniel Bryan, got eliminated.
[Michael] I'm shocked that Daniel Bryan was eliminated.
-[crowd booing] -[Michael] Rusev, Goldust, Stardust,
Bray, as we await entry number 17.
[crowd counting down]
[buzzer blares]
["New Day, New Way" playing]
[Michael] It is Kofi Kingston entering his seventh Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] He won a Slammy for his performance in the Royal Rumble--
Tell me I didn't just see that.
[Jerry] Whoa! Kofi Kingston flying.
He's been grounded.
-[Michael] Uh, Kofi hanging on. -[Jerry] Yeah, we have seen Kofi Kingston
do some amazing things in the Royal Rumble. Whoa!
-[Michael] Kofi still hanging in there. -[Jerry] Still there. Still there.
Bray Wyatt can't believe it.
[Jerry] Kofi Kingston back in this thing.
[Bradshaw] One year Kofi used my chair to pogo stick his way back into the ring.
[Michael] One year he used a barricade, remember?
[Jerry] That is one of my favorite moments. [chuckles]
[Bradshaw] One year he ended up on his hands walking around for a while.
[Michael] What kind of, uh, miracles does Kofi have in store
for us tonight, if any?
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] The Daniel Bryan chants continue.
[Jerry] Uh, I mean, we all know that Daniel Bryan
was one of the favorite from all the Universe.
Everybody wanting to see that young man do well.
Bray Wyatt now got his hands full over in the corner
trying to eliminate Stardust. Everybody's--
Goldust trying to help out there.
Stardust, still his feet did not hit the floor.
-[buzzer blares] -[Jerry] At number 18…
["Break Away" playing]
…Adam Rose enters his first Royal Rumble match.
[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute.
All these Rosebuds don't get to go in there, do they?
[Bradshaw] Shawn Michaels entered as number 18 in 1996
and won his back-to-back Royal Rumble for that position.
-[Rosebuds cheering] -♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Welcome to the revolution ♪
[Michael] So, right now Bray Wyatt,
Stardust, Rusev, Goldust, Kofi Kingston, Adam Rose all in this match.
-I hate the Rosebuds. -[Bradshaw] Yeah, but I like this.
[Michael] I don't. It's horrible.
He doubled-up now.
[Michael] First Royal Rumble,
three people have 100% success rate in the Royal Rumble,
Brock Lesnar, Big John Stud, and Mr. McMah--
[Bradshaw] Look it, Kofi--
Kofi's not on the ground. Kofi's not on the ground.
[Jerry] Thrown all the way over the top rope but caught by the Rosebuds.
[Michael] Both feet have to hit the floor. And Kofi Kingston, this time--
[Bradshaw] Those idiot Rosebuds, how stupid can they possibly be.
[Michael] Adam Rose eliminated by Rusev.
[Bradshaw] And the Rosebuds, where did they go?
[Michael] What a bunch of goofs!
-[Jerry] That is great. -[Michael] You can't trust a guy
who dresses up as a hot dog.
The Rosebuds saved Kofi and Adam Rose gets eliminated.
[Bradshaw] Kofi's still hanging in there.
[Michael] Yeah, he was dressed up as a hot dog--
[Bradshaw] Rusev eliminates Kofi!
[Michael] Kofi lost that time, but we saw he was saved earlier…
and I think probably unintentionally.
They marched him around, danced a while, put him back in the ring,
and left when Adam Rose needed him.
[Michael] So, guys, this is interesting. Bray Wyatt eliminated six men tonight.
Rusev has eliminated four.
[Bradshaw] Rusev and Bray Wyatt.
I don't know if you caught it earlier, but I swear
-I thought I saw the two of them… -[crowd counting down]
I don't know if it was a nod or something was said,
but I think they made some sort of an unholy alliance here.
-[Michael] Entry number 19. -[buzzer blares]
["I Am Greatness" playing]
[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[crowd jeering]
Oh, baby.
[Michael] And here he comes, Roman Reigns, who made history, John,
last year. Eliminated over 40% of his competitors.
A record 12 competitors were eliminated last year by Roman Reigns.
[Bradshaw] How many people have won from position number 19?
[Michael] One person, John Cena in 2013.
Roman Reigns entered fifteenth last year, lasted over 33 minutes.
Came down to the final two with Batista last year.
Roman Reigns hopes to change that tonight.
Roman Reigns taking it to both Gold and Stardust.
-[Bradshaw] Wow. -[Michael] Now Bray Wyatt, now Rusev.
Samoan Drop.
Top of the world slam.
[Michael] And there goes Goldust.
Followed by Stardust.
[booing continues]
Reigns, Rusev, Bray, the three men in this match so far, right now.
[Bradshaw] This is what I was talking about earlier.
Bray Wyatt and Rusev look like they are on the same page.
-They need to eliminate… -[commentators] Oh!
…Roman Reigns, but I don't think it's going to work.
[Michael] Roman Reigns, the 2014 Superstar of the Year,
won the Slammy Award, voted on by the WWE fans
-as we await number 20. -[buzzer blares]
["Feel the Power" playing]
[Michael] Big E, second Royal Rumble match for this man
who entered number 29 last year. Big E, former Intercontinental Champion.
[Bradshaw] Big E can throw his weight around in there.
He has a lot of it to throw around.
He can lift any of these guys and toss them over the top.
[Michael] Bray Wyatt has been in this match over 26 minutes
since entering at number five.
[Bradshaw] Watch this, what'd I tell you?
Rusev… sent flying.
[Michael] Big E trying to get Rusev up and over--
[Bradshaw] One of the few guys who can match up power with Rusev,
is certainly Big E.
[Jerry] They had some great battles last year, Big E and Rusev.
-[Bradshaw] Look at this. -[Jerry] With ease.
[Bradshaw] That is a strong, strong man.
[Michael] We are two-thirds of the way through the field
of the 2015 Royal Rumble match.
-[Jerry] Oh, boy. Wow. -Oh!
[Michael] The Otto Wanz bowling ball.
[Bradshaw] Twenty-two superstars have won the Royal Rumble.
[Michael] John, out of the first 20 here tonight,
none of the superstars have ever won a Royal Rumble match before.
[Bradshaw] Watch this move.
What'd you call it? The Otto Wanz bowling ball?
[Michael] Otto Wanz used to do that. [chuckles]
Former AWA Champion, from Graz, Austria.
Big E trying to get Rusev up but Rusev blocking it at every turn.
-[crowd counting down] -[Michael] This is entry number 21.
[buzzer blares]
-♪ Awesome! ♪ -["I Came to Play" playing]
♪ I came to play… ♪
[Michael] What? The stunt double for The Miz, Damien Mizdow!
Last year Damien Mizdow was the first one eliminated
-from the Royal Rumble, but it's also-- -[Jerry] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.
Get in your spot! You go to the back!
Go to the back! I'm taking your spot! This is my spot!
[Michael] Miz just said that he is taking his spot.
[Bradshaw] Well, maybe not.
[Michael] Come on Mizdow, this is an opportunity of glory.
[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] There goes Mizdow. -[overlapping commentary]
I would do the same thing!
It's every man for himself!
[Jerry] And now The Miz move! Here it is!
-[Michael] Yeah, it is. -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Michael] Now, Rusev eliminates Mizdow.
Glory is fleeting. Six eliminations for Bray Wyatt, five for Rusev.
-[both shouting indistinctly] -[Michael laughs]
Oh, no. I don't know if this is going to work, Mizdow.
[shouting indistinctly]
-[Michael] Entry 22. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] This guy could break A-train's record,
-most Rumbles without an elimination, six. -[buzzer blares]
Mizdow's shot at being the leading man was fleeting.
["Patriot" playing]
[Bradshaw] Now, the real American, Jack Swagger,
will enter his fifth Royal Rumble match, now.
-We the People! -[crowd in unison] We the People!
[Bradshaw] Bray Wyatt who entered number five has been in over 30 minutes.
Last year Swagger with an impressive Rumble,
lasting other ten minute.
He has had some great battles with Rusev over the past year.
[crowd in unison] We the People!
[Michael] Swagger Bomb. Swagger can do some damage.
[Bradshaw] This is a big, strong raw bone guy.
[Michael] Going to eliminate Rusev and-- Boy.
How great did this taste for Jack Swagger, John,
after everything Rusev has put him through.
[Bradshaw] You're right about that, buddy.
[Michael] Once again, here's Bray Wyatt coming to the aid of Rusev.
Maybe these two-- Oh, no. Maybe I spoke too soon. [chuckles]
[Michael] Swagger, a real American, John, much like the first Royal Rumble winner
was, as you mentioned before, Hacksaw Jim Duggan,
[Bradshaw] How great would be for Zeb Colter
watching at home to see his buddy,
Swagger, eliminate Rusev.
[Michael] First-ever elimination in a Royal Rumble was Butch Reed
by Jake Roberts.
[Bradshaw] Jake Roberts.
[Michael] Damien once came in and actually eliminated [chuckles] Andre the Giant.
[Jerry] I remember having a run in at Royal Rumble
with Jake Roberts and Damien came down he had that big… bag over his back?
[crowd counting down]
-[Michael] Damien did? -[Jerry] Oh, no. Jake did…
-[Bradshaw chuckles] -…but the snake wouldn't come out of bag!
-[Michael] Entry number 23 is… -[buzzer blares]
[Bradshaw] I never got that lucky with Rusev.
-[Michael] …The Big Guy, Ryback! -♪ Feed me more! ♪
["Meat On the Table" playing]
It is Ryback's third Rumble.
Remember Ryback's back after Cena won that 3-on-1 "handicap" match
last week on Raw brought Ryback back to work
and then, King, Ryback beat this man, Rusev,
on Smackdown Thursday night to qualify for tonight's match.
[Bradshaw] You're right about that, if Ryback has his way he's gonna
beat a lot of people here, tonight.
[Michael] Lex Luger won from that number 23 spot,
the only person to win the Royal Rumble and never go on to win a WWE title.
[Bradshaw] Look at The Big Guy go.
You got a lot on your plate, but you look hungry.
[crowd chanting] Feed me more! Feed me more!
[Jerry] Meathook! Why not?
[Michael] Can you imagine if Ryback eliminates Rusev?
[Bradshaw] Rusev, he has… [chuckles] a penchant for hanging on for dear life
when he gets close to those ropes.
[Michael] From behind Bray Wyatt, who is still in this match.
Rusev's been in the match over 15 minutes, Bray Wyatt over 30 minutes.
Impressive performance so far
for Bray Wyatt with six eliminations, Rusev with five.
[crowd chanting]
-Entry number 24 coming. -[crowd counting down]
[Michael] Three people have won from this spot,
-Hogan, Austin, and The Rock. -[buzzer blares]
-["Veil of Fire" playing] -[Michael] And a man who is long due,
John, one of the most prolific Royal Rumble performers in history,
his sixteenth Rumble, it's Kane.
Thirty-eight eliminations over his lifetime.
the only person with more, HBK, Shawn Michaels at 39.
[Bradshaw] So, keep an eye on Kane.
He is two eliminations away from setting the all-time record.
[Michael] Remember he held the record for most eliminations in one Rumble,
11 set in 2001 before it was broken last year by Roman Reigns.
-Kane was extremely upset… -[Bradshaw] Oh, boy.
…didn't last long in last year's Rumble match,
said he wants to make amends this time around.
[Bradshaw] Kane going after The Big Guy, he's almost got him up and over.
[Jerry] Oh, boy. Ryback teetering.
[Bradshaw] Oh.
King, we are getting into crunch time in this Rumble match now
as Swagger may be eliminated by Big E.
[Michael] Also, you got a ring full of guys that are just--
You'd have to dub them "Not easy eliminations."
These guys know what it takes to hang into a Royal Rumble.
Kane, Ryback, Swagger, Big E, Reigns, Rusev, Wyatt
as we await number 25.
-[crowd counting down] -[buzzer blares]
["Lunatic Rage" playing]
[Bradshaw] Uh-oh, the Lunatic Fringe!
The man the hall of famer, Ric Flair, picked to win this year's Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Bray Wyatt looking to eliminate Ambrose early.
Ambrose!
[both shout]
[Michael] He's had some run-ins with Rusev as of late.
[crowd chanting] Let's go, Ambrose!
[Bradshaw] The "Let's go, Ambrose" chants going through the Wells Fargo Center.
I think…
Ambrose has become the new favorite here in the city of brotherly love.
[Michael] You know, last year in his Royal Rumble debut--
Look at Ambrose trying to eliminate Rusev, Ambrose lasted almost 34 minutes.
He eliminated three people, John, before being eliminated
by his Shield buddy, Roman Reigns.
This certainly could be Ambrose's time to win the Royal Rumble
and head on to WrestleMania.
I said it before, 13 of 22 people who won it
-have gone on to become champion-- -[Bradshaw] Because of that Royal Rumble.
[Michael] Ryback, Ryback!
Oh, Big E looking to eliminate Ryback,
and look how Ryback's hanging on to the bottom rope.
[Bradshaw] That's right. That's the way you gotta do it.
Wrap yourself around that rope like a snake.
[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Entry number 26. -[buzzer blares]
-["Let Me Show You How" playing] -[Jerry] Oh, boy.
[Michael] Titus O'Neil enters the Royal Rumble match for a second time.
Every single last one of 'em!
[Michael] This guy is impressive-looking.
Uh-oh!
[Bradshaw] Thanks for coming, Titus.
I think that was Rusev and Ambrose with a dual elimination there.
I should say Reigns and Ambrose.
[Michael] Did Titus just break Santino Marella's record?
[Bradshaw] I don't know but he was talking a lot of smack on the way to the ring.
We'll have to check to see how long Titus was actually in the match.
Four seconds. So, no, Santino's record is still intact.
-[Michael] Titus appeared very confident. -[Jerry] And Kane-- Yeah. I know.
[Michael] Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, still in this match, guys.
Very impressive Rumble so far for Bray Wyatt.
Rusev just went over 20 minutes
in the Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] Look at this ring right now. One of these guys may be facing
Brock Lesnar for the World Championship.
[Michael] Bray Wyatt is at 38 minutes and counting in this year's Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] Wyatt may be earless at WrestleMania
if Dean Ambrose has anything to say about it.
-[crowd counting down] -[Michael] Entry number 27 now.
This is the favorite number.
-Four people have won from this number. -[buzzer blares]
[Jerry] Really?
-["Rebel Son" playing] -[Bradshaw laughs] And my favorite guy.
[Michael] You mentioned four, it's his fourth Rumble match,
the five-time Intercontinental Champion, Bad News Barrett.
[Bradshaw] Big John Studd, Yokozuna, Bret Hart, and Stone Cold
have all won from this position.
[Michael] Bad News could be next!
Come on!
Four winners from this position. This is Barrett's fourth Royal Rumble.
[Jerry] Boy, and the numbers are adding up well for the Bad News Barrett.
[Bradshaw] Paddy Power's going crazy with this.
[Michael] And the numbers are also adding up in the ring, King.
I believe this is the most entrants we have had the ring
at one time in the Royal Rumble match tonight.
-[Bradshaw] Barrett-- -[Michael] He plants Ambrose.
And Ambrose draped over that rope but then comes Roman Reigns
-and backs off Bad News Barrett. -[Bradshaw] I am telling you,
this is where it gets to be a true Battle Royal here.
I mean, you got to watch your back, everybody out for himself.
[Michael] You don't know who's going to hit you from where.
[Jerry] Rusev and Swagger battling.
[Michael] But you know this, you know the main event
of WrestleMania's waiting on the winner.
[Bradshaw] You are right. Yeah, so is Brock Lesnar.
[Michael] Dean Ambrose trying to get Bad News Barrett,
got to get him over that top rope, not the middle.
[crowd counting down]
[Bradshaw] Only one person has won from number 28
-but he has done it twice, Batista. -[buzzer blares]
-["Swiss Made" playing] -[Bradshaw] This year number 28 is Cesaro,
his third Royal Rumble match, and guys, Cesaro's a guy
who can be very dangerous from this position.
[Jerry] Dangerous from any position.
[Bradshaw] I agree with you, King.
There is not one man in this ring that Cesaro
could not lift up in the air with ease and throw right over that top rope.
[Jerry] John, let's not forget what Cesaro accomplished last year
at WrestleMania. He won the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal
so he has been tested in these types of matches and he's come out on top.
[Michael] Coming in this late in the Royal Rumble,
Cesaro could be the favorite right now.
Cesaro-- Yeah, Cesaro's fresh.
Roman Reigns has been in this match over 15 minutes.
-[Jerry] What about Bray Wyatt? -[Bradshaw] Over 40 minutes…
-[Jerry] Amazing. -…for Bray Wyatt-- Oh, no.
[Jerry] Oh, man!
-Lunatic Fringe-- -[Michael] To knock Dean Ambrose,
out you still got to get him over the top rope.
-[overlapping commentary] -[Jerry] There he goes.
[Michael] And Cesaro trying to eliminate Ambrose there, and Ambrose stays in it--
[Michael] Ambrose is smart.
Once saw Road Dogg do that for about half the Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] Doesn't matter how you stay in, just stay in.
-[Jerry] You are right. -[Bradshaw] I remember one year Santino
hung out outside the ring 'til the end of things.
Whoa.
Almost ended up winning it.
[all grunting, groaning]
[Michael] Get yourself back in there-- Big E. eliminated by Rusev.
[Bradshaw] Let's get a count on Rusev now for eliminations.
One, two, three, four, five, six eliminations
-for Rusev. -[Jerry] Dean Ambrose.
[Bradshaw] Here comes entry number 29.
[crowd counting down]
[buzzer blares]
-["Crank It Up" playing] -[Jerry] Oh, no.
The mood just changed. And John, this man, Big Show,
is entering his tenth Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] And two people have won from the number 29 position,
Brock Lesnar and Edge.
And Big Show, John, going to be closing in on history tonight.
Twenty-five eliminations all time. And look at everybody.
[Bradshaw] Well, this is smart, very smart.
Uh-oh, look at Big Show powering out!
[Michael] Now, Big Show has seventh
on the all-time list of career eliminations.
-[Jerry] Yeah, if he gets-- -[Bradshaw] Has Hulk Hogan ahead of him
at 27 and Triple H at 28.
Big Show's at 25.
[Jerry] Big Show needs four to move into top five.
You could tell that Big Show was expecting all of these Superstars
that were left to glom him and he fought them all off.
[Jerry] Whoa! Roman Reigns going for the ride.
[Bradshaw] Big show and members of The Authority working together
-to eliminate Ryback. -[Michael] That's a big elimination,
getting rid of Ryback.
[Bradshaw] So, Show gets the elimination there,
-and so does Kane, guys. -[Jerry] Watch it, watch it!
-[Michael] So, Kane-- -[Jerry] Eliminated!
[Michael] So, Kane has just tied Shawn Michaels
with 39 lifetime eliminations.
[Jerry] Oh, boy. He's got Rusev up and down.
[Bradshaw] Kane needs to get a few more
if Kane's going to walk out of here of the Royal Rumble.
This is Kane's sixteenth Royal Rumble.
-[slaps] -[Michael] Oh!
[Bradshaw] I don't care how strong you are, that hurts.
-[Jerry] No kidding. -[crowd counting down]
[Michael] Number 30, two people have won from this position,
Undertaker and John Cena.
-Who's it going to be? -[buzzer blares]
-["Here to Show the World" playing] -[Michael] We know, he qualified
Thursday night on Smackdown, The Showoff, Dolph Ziggler!
[crowd cheering]
[Bradshaw] Entering his seventh Royal Rumble match.
[music concludes]
[groans]
[Jerry] Oh!
What a great spot for Dolph Ziggler.
[Bradshaw] Dolph Ziggler has had an incredible year.
[Jerry] Some of these other superstars have got to be tired,
they've got to be worn down.
[Bradshaw] When you are talking about the last 12 months--
-Whoa! -[Jerry] Whoa! Man!
What about that? That is some showing off. Oh, there goes-- Oh, no.
-[crowd cheering] -[Jerry] Yes!
[Bradshaw] So much for the lucky number four.
[Jerry] Oh, boy. Uh-oh, look out. Just a swinging.
-[crowd counting] -[Jerry] Oh, my God.
[Bradshaw] He is the last member of the Rumble,
so there's nobody that will come in and save him.
We are going to be here a while. Keep swinging him!
[grunts]
[Michael] And now trying to eliminate Dolph, who's hanging on.
Not so dizzy, he can't hang on to anything.
[Jerry] Right.
Would've lost my lunch flying around there like that. [chuckles]
[Bradshaw] Ziggler would love to win this Rumble match
and stick it to The Authority.
[Michael] Dolph, he just drags his arm over that top rope.
They are both in a precarious spot here.
[Bradshaw] Bray Wyatt still in this match, has lasted over 45 minutes thus far, guys.
-[groans] -[Michael] Now, both Cesaro
and Ziggler teetering. Cesaro eliminated by Dolph.
[Jerry] You better get back inside, Dolph. It's a dangerous spot to be in.
[Michael] There you go.
-[Jerry] Whoa! -[Michael] Ziggler stays on the apron.
[groans]
[Michael] Going up top.
This is dangerous for Dolph to be up there.
-[Bradshaw] The knock-out punch. -[Michael] KO punch!
KO punch!
[Jerry] Oh, man.
[crowd jeering]
[Michael] Kane and Big Show, the only ones standing.
Ambrose, Bray, and Roman now along with Dolph Ziggler.
-[crowd booing] -[Michael] And look, guys,
Kane just broke the record. All-time eliminations.
[Jerry] Watch this big right hand land. Oh, man.
Dolph knocked unconscious.
[Bradshaw] Now, the double team continues by Kane and Big Show.
[Michael] Bray Wyatt was going for that sister Abigail
and just got KO'd by Big Show.
[Bradshaw] And Big Show has now moved into the top five.
So, Big Show and Kane make history tonight,
eliminating Dolph Ziggler and Bray Wyatt.
[Michael] Kane is the most efficient eliminator in Royal Rumble history at 40,
followed by Shawn Michaels, Stone Cold, The Undertaker, and now, the Big Show.
[Bradshaw] Big Show with 29 overall moves into the top five.
So, now it's Big Show and Kane, Ambrose and Reigns remaining.
The final four here to see who goes to WrestleMania.
[Jerry] Here they go.
Reigns on the Big Show!
[Michael] We have already seen history made.
-Now we're going to find out who goes to… -[Jerry] Uh-oh.
…WrestleMania and really makes history.
[Roman groans]
[Jerry] Ambrose!
Oh!
[Michael] And Big Show has been so dominant so far.
Ambrose with a clothesline.
[Bradshaw] Little effect on the Big Show and-- Yeah!
[Michael] He doesn't want Big Show's spot, he wants to earn his own.
He wants to do it tonight at the Rumble match.
[crowd booing]
[Jerry] You see Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose double-teaming the Big Show.
This is what you gotta do. This is good strategy.
[Bradshaw] …if the Shield brothers end up in there together,
they are going to turn on each other like two rabid wolves.
And Kane with a big boot, and he thwarts the attempted elimination
of Authority brethren, Big Show.
Imagine if it comes down to Big Show and Kane,
two members of the Authority. What's going to happen there?
[Michael] Beat each other to smithereens, I hope.
Uh-oh.
[Bradshaw] Show slam to Ambrose.
[crowd jeering]
[Bradshaw] The WWE fans sense that it is coming.
The elimination of Dean Ambrose by Big Show and Kane
who have been decimating the entire field.
[crowd jeering]
[Bradshaw] And now it is down to Roman Reigns for the Authority.
[Michael] This does not look good for Roman.
[crowd booing]
-[crowd chanting] Roman! -[Jerry] I know it's difficult.
[crowd chanting]
[Michael] WWE fans, of course, not happy with the elimination
of the likes of Daniel Bryan and Dean Ambrose,
Dolph Ziggler here tonight.
Back to the absolute dominance here in the last few minutes
by Big Show and Kane.
[Jerry] Roman Reigns, this is where you got to think, what's at stake.
-[crowd jeering] -[Bradshaw] Reigns trying to power back,
the powerhouse…
[Michael] John, it's just got to be a matter of time.
[Bradshaw] The Shield used to have the numbers game.
Roman Reigns knows it very well. He just happens
to be on the other end this time.
[Michael] And he's also in the ring against two of the great performers
in the history of WrestleMania,
and of Royal Rumble matches.
Over 75 eliminations between just Big Show and Kane.
Lifetime history Royal Rumble performances.
[Jerry] Like you said, Michael, what's going to happen
between Kane and Big Show when they get rid of Roman Reigns.
[Michael] Look at this!
[Jerry] There's what's going to happen. Look!
[Bradshaw] Big show, I think he was trying--
Looked like he was trying to keep Kane in the match.
[Jerry] No, I don't think so. I think he was trying to eliminate Kane
-and Roman Reigns at the same time. -[Michael] That's what Kane believes.
[both grunt]
[Jerry] Here they go!
-The Authority breaking down! -[crowd booing]
[Bradshaw chuckling] Haymakers landed by these two massive men.
[Jerry] Uh-oh.
[Bradshaw] This is a test of wills right here.
[Michael] Hey, Roman Reigns! Roman Reigns!
[Jerry] Roman Reigns has got him! Can he do it?
-Can he? Yes! -[Michael] Eliminates both men!
-Reigns eliminates Big Show and Kane! -[bell ringing]
-[crowd booing] -[Michael] Roman Reigns!
[Jerry] Roman Reigns has won the Royal Rumble.
[Bradshaw] Roman Reigns is headed to WrestleMania!
[Jerry] Oh, no.
[Michael] This is ridiculous.
The Authority upset over the elimination now, just…
beating the heck out of Reigns.
No celebration for Roman Reigns here.
[Jerry] Oh, no.
-Giant chokeslam! -[Bradshaw] Oh, my God.
[crowd chanting] We want Rusev!
-["Electrifying" playing] -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Wait a minute! -[Jerry] What?
[Michael] Oh, my god!
-The Rock! The Rock! -The Rock is in Philly!
The rock's at the Rumble!
The Rock laying the Smackdown!
[Bradshaw] The Rock is here!
[Michael] Taking out Big Show!
[Bradshaw] The most electrifying man in sports entertainment!
-[Michael] King, King, here it comes! -[crowd roaring]
[Jerry laughs] Get ready!
[Michael] Do it, King, do it!
The most electrifying man in all of sports entertainment
-with the People's Elbow! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Rock!
-Where did he come from? -[Jerry] This is awesome!
[Michael] There were rumors all week long that Rock was in Philly
but we didn't think he would be here tonight.
Reigns with the Superman Punch!
-Rock bottom! -[crowd cheering]
[crowd booing]
[Michael] Rock coming to the aid of Roman Reigns!
[crowd booing]
-Guy, guys, guys! -[Jerry] Wait a minute!
[Michael] Rusev's in this!
-Rusev's in-- Spear! I'm looking back! -[Bradshaw] Spear!
[Michael] Rusev was never eliminated!
-Rusev is still in this match! -[Bradshaw] What?
Rusev entered at number 15…
-and looking back on my notes-- -[Jerry] I thought he was gone.
[Michael] No, Rusev was never eliminated…
-[Jerry] Oh, wait a minute! -…but now he is!
-Roman Reigns is going to WrestleMania! -[bell ringing]
["The Truth Reigns" playing]
[Lilián] Here is your winner, Roman Reigns!
[Michael] We have witnessed the advent of Roman Reigns!
[Michael] Last year he tasted it as runner up. This year, he wins it.
[Bradshaw] That's the prize that awaits Roman Reigns. Brock Lesnar.
[Bradshaw] The 2000 Royal Rumble Champion, The Rock,
and the 2014 Royal Rumble Champion, Roman Reigns.
[Jerry] Look at this sight.
Roman Reigns and The Rock.
It's all about WrestleMania! Yeah!
[Michael] Roman Reigns becomes just the twenty-third man in history
to win the Royal Rumble match.
[Bradshaw] Thirteen of the last 22 have gone on to win the championship.
[Michael] And The Authority is not pleased.
[Jerry chuckles] That's an understatement.
[Michael] Between Sting and The Rock,
The Authority is not having a very good month.
[crowd booing]
[inaudible]
[Michael] Well, The Authority's going to have to live with it
because it will be Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar
for the WWE World Title in the main event at WrestleMania.
[Jerry] Whether The Authority like it or not.
And I don't think The Authority appreciates very much
the fact that The Rock stuck his nose where it doesn't belong.
[music continues playing]
[Jerry] This is awesome.
[Bradshaw] A time where you have arrived, Roman Reigns just got there.
[fireworks bursting]
[Michael] Sixty-three days away, March 29,
Roman Reigns versus Brock Lesnar for the WWE World Title at WrestleMania. how.