Royal Rumble (2006)
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American Airlines Arena | |||
Attendance | 16,000[1] | ||
Buy rate | 585,000[2] | ||
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The 2006 Royal Rumble was the 19th annual
Six
Production
Background
The
The Royal Rumble match generally features 30 wrestlers. Traditionally, the winner of the match earns a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania.[5][6] For 2006, the winner could choose to challenge for either Raw's WWE Championship or SmackDown!'s World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 22.[4]
Storylines
The event included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
Prior to the annual
- Royal Rumble qualification matches
- Chavo Guerrero Jr. defeated Rob Conway – Raw, January 9[9]
- Val Venis – Raw, January 9[9]
- Kane defeated Snitsky – Raw, January 9[9]
- Sylvan defeated Scotty 2 Hotty – WWE Velocity, January 15 (aired January 21)[9]
- Battle Royal match – WWE Heat, January 16 (aired January 20)[9]
- Jonathan Coachman defeated Jerry Lawler – Raw, January 23[9]
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The main feud heading into the Royal Rumble on the
The main feud heading into the Royal Rumble on the
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators | Joey Styles (Raw) |
Jerry Lawler (Raw/Royal Rumble Match) | |
Michael Cole (SmackDown/Royal Rumble Match) | |
Tazz (SmackDown) | |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Hugo Savinovich | |
Interviewers
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Todd Grisham |
Josh Mathews | |
Ring announcer | Lilian Garcia (Raw) |
Tony Chimel (SmackDown) | |
Referees | Nick Patrick |
Charles Robinson | |
Mike Chioda | |
Mickie Henson | |
Chris Kay | |
Jim Korderas
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Dark match
Before the event went live on pay-per-view,
Preliminary matches
The opening match was a
The second match was a
In the third match,
The fourth match was the 2006 Royal Rumble match. Triple H drew as the No. 1 entrant while Rey Mysterio drew No. 2. Mysterio and Triple H fought off each other in the beginning of the match. Later on, the two teamed up to eliminate No. 3 entrant Simon Dean. Mysterio eliminated No. 4 entrant Psicosis on his own. Ric Flair drew No. 5 but he made a mistake by charging Triple H near the ropes. Triple H simply sidestepped the charge and eliminated Flair from the match. No. 6 entrant was Big Show and No. 7 entrant was Jonathan Coachman. Coach was quickly eliminated with a swat of Big Show's hand. Bobby Lashley drew No. 8 while Big Show's World Tag Team Championship partner at the time, Kane drew No. 9, while making made his tenth appearance in a Royal Rumble match, tying the record for most Royal Rumble appearances with Rikishi. It also marked his eighth consecutive appearance in the Royal Rumble as Kane, breaking the previous record of seven consecutive appearances held by himself, Owen Hart and Rick Martel.
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Big Show and Kane teamed up to eliminate Lashley and then the two targeted each other trying to eliminate each other at the ropes. Triple H took the advantage and eliminated both men from behind. In addition,
As Michaels eliminated Benjamin from the match,
Triple H, Mysterio and Orton were the final three participants. Triple H and Orton teamed to eliminate Mysterio but failed to do so, instead, Mysterio performed a
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The fifth match was between
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The
Aftermath
Chris Benoit and Booker T continued their feud over the WWE United States Championship. Benoit went on to win the title from Booker at No Way Out.[26] Rey Mysterio was awarded a match against Kurt Angle for the World Heavyweight Championship which was scheduled to take place at WrestleMania 22, but before that, Mysterio defended his spot against Randy Orton at No Way Out. Orton won the match and Rey's title shot. Mysterio would later be readded to the match, forming a Triple Threat match between Angle, Mysterio and Orton.[27] At No Way Out, Angle successfully defended the World Heavyweight Championship against The Undertaker,[28] but lost the title to Mysterio at WrestleMania.[29][30]
In February, the Road to WrestleMania tournament was arranged to determine a new number one contender to John Cena's WWE Championship. This was an eight-man
In mid-2006, WWE launched a third brand dubbed ECW, which featured wrestlers from the former Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion, as well as newer talent. Additionally, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship was reactivated to be the brand's top championship, and third concurrently active world title in WWE.[33]
Results
No. | Results | ||||||
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Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
- – Raw
- – SmackDown!
- – Winner
Draw[35] | Entrant[35] | Brand | Order[35] | Eliminated by[35] | Time[35] | Eliminations |
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1 | Triple H | Raw | 28 | Rey Mysterio | 1:00:16 | 6 |
2 | Rey Mysterio | SmackDown! | — | Winner | 1:02:12* | 6 |
3 | Simon Dean | SmackDown! | 1 | Rey Mysterio and Triple H | 00:45 | 0 |
4 | Psicosis | SmackDown! | 2 | Rey Mysterio | 01:15 | 0 |
5 | Ric Flair | Raw | 3 | Triple H | 01:20 | 0 |
6 | Big Show | Raw | 7 | 09:02 | 2 | |
7 | Jonathan Coachman | Raw | 4 | Big Show | 00:30 | 0 |
8 | Bobby Lashley | SmackDown! | 6 | Big Show and Kane | 04:17 | 1 |
9 | Kane | Raw | 8 | Triple H | 03:33 | 1 |
10 | Sylvan | SmackDown! | 5 | Bobby Lashley | 00:18 | 0 |
11 | Carlito | Raw | 26 | Rob Van Dam | 38:29 | 2 |
12 | Chris Benoit | SmackDown! | 17 | Randy Orton | 30:31 | 2 |
13 | Booker T | SmackDown! | 9 | Chris Benoit | 00:18 | 0 |
14 | Joey Mercury | SmackDown! | 22 | Shawn Michaels and Johnny Nitro | 29:14 | 1 |
15 | Tatanka | SmackDown! | 12 | Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro | 14:09 | 0 |
16 | Johnny Nitro | SmackDown! | 23 | Shawn Michaels | 25:45 | 2 |
17 | Trevor Murdoch | Raw | 13 | Shawn Michaels | 13:41 | 0 |
18 | Eugene | Raw | 15 | Chris Benoit | 16:25 | 0 |
19 | Road Warrior Animal | SmackDown! | 10 | Rob Van Dam | 02:49 | 0 |
20 | Rob Van Dam | Raw | 27 | Triple H and Rey Mysterio | 23:52 | 4 |
21 | Orlando Jordan | SmackDown! | 21 | Randy Orton | 16:09 | 0 |
22 | Chavo Guerrero | Raw | 11 | Triple H | 00:59 | 0 |
23 | Matt Hardy | SmackDown! | 14 | Viscera | 07:42 | 0 |
24 | Super Crazy | SmackDown! | 16 | Rey Mysterio and Rob Van Dam | 07:40 | 0 |
25 | Shawn Michaels | Raw | 25 | Shane McMahon** | 12:55 | 4 |
26 | Chris Masters | Raw | 19 | Carlito | 07:01 | 1 |
27 | Viscera | Raw | 18 | Carlito & Chris Masters | 05:20 | 1 |
28 | Shelton Benjamin | Raw | 24 | Shawn Michaels | 06:51 | 0 |
29 | Goldust | Raw | 20 | Rob Van Dam | 03:09 | 0 |
30 | Randy Orton | SmackDown! | 29 | Rey Mysterio | 13:04 | 2 |
(*)
(**) Shane McMahon was not a participant in the match.
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