Royal Rumble (2013)
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Attendance | 15,103[1] | ||
Buy rate | 512,000 | ||
Tagline(s) | Finally... | ||
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The 2013 Royal Rumble was the 26th annual
Five matches were contested at the event, including one on the Pre-Show. In the main event, The Rock defeated CM Punk to win the WWE Championship, which was his first championship since 2002 that also ended Punk's reign at 434 days. On the undercard, John Cena won the 2013 Royal Rumble match, making him the fourth multiple Royal Rumble winner. In another prominent match, Antonio Cesaro defeated The Miz to retain his United States Championship.
Production
Background
The
Storylines
The event comprised five matches, including one on the Pre-Show, that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed
On July 23, 2012, during
Big Show began a feud with Alberto Del Rio after humiliating Del Rio's personal ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, sarcastically picking him to fight Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship during "Champion's Choice Night" on the New Year's Eve 2013 episode of Raw, leading to a disqualification win for Big Show after Del Rio interfered. On the January 11, 2013, episode of SmackDown, Del Rio defeated Big Show in a Last Man Standing match for the championship. Three days later on Raw, Big Show announced that he would invoke his rematch clause at the pay-per-view. The week after, he made the match a Last Man Standing Match.
Event
Role: | Name: |
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English commentators
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Michael Cole |
Jerry Lawler | |
John Bradshaw Layfield
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Pre-show commentators | Matt Striker (Pre-show) |
Spanish commentators | Carlos Cabrera |
Marcelo Rodríguez | |
Interviewer
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Matt Striker |
Ring announcers | Lilian Garcia |
Justin Roberts | |
Referees | Charles Robinson |
Mike Chioda | |
Scott Armstrong | |
Rod Zapata
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Darrick Moore (Pre-show) |
Pre-show
The Royal Rumble Pre-Show match featured reigning
Preliminary matches
As the PPV portion of the show began, a backstage segment was shown with Bret Hart wishing Alberto Del Rio good luck in his match. He then gave Ricardo Rodriguez a pair of his signature sunglasses.[14]
The opening match on the PPV telecast (and second on the card overall) featured reigning
Next, reigning
After that was the annual
Main event match
The main event and fifth match on the card featured reigning
Reception
The event garnered 512,000 pay-per-view buys, the highest in four years.[15]
Aftermath
CM Punk, livid that his reign had ended, invoked his rematch clause at Elimination Chamber, but The Rock defeated him and retained the championship. Punk then challenged Cena for his contendership opportunity, which Cena accepted and defeated Punk. Punk later went to WrestleMania to try to end The Undertaker's undefeated streak. After Elimination Chamber, The Rock retired the spinner and bling belt (which was Cena's design for the championship and used by the company for the past eight years) and unveiled a new belt to represent the WWE Championship.
The following night on Raw, John Cena announced that he would challenge the reigning WWE Champion with his winning the Royal Rumble match. With The Rock retaining the championship, this would set up a rematch between The Rock and Cena from last year's WrestleMania. Cena would go on to win the match and the championship, making him a record 11-time WWE Champion.
The 2013 Royal Rumble was the last to feature the World Heavyweight Championship, as well as the last time it was a choice for the winner of the titular match, as the title was unified with the WWE Championship at December's TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs event, with the latter being renamed to WWE World Heavyweight Championship.[16] It would in turn be the last Royal Rumble in which two world championships were eligible to be challenged for by the Royal Rumble winner until the 2017 event.[17]
Results
No. | Results | Stipulations | Times interfered, Punk would have been stripped of the title.23:20 | | |||
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- ^ Originally, CM Punk defeated The Rock, but the match was restarted after The Shield interfered.
Royal Rumble 2013 entrances and eliminations
- – NXT
- – Winner
Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Time[21] | Eliminations |
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1 | Dolph Ziggler | 27 | Sheamus | 49:47 | 2 |
2 | Chris Jericho | 25 | Dolph Ziggler | 47:53 | 2 |
3 | Cody Rhodes | 12 | John Cena | 27:39 | 4 |
4 | Kofi Kingston | 9 | Cody Rhodes | 21:18 | 2 |
5 | Santino Marella | 1 | 00:55 | 0 | |
6 | Drew McIntyre | 2 | Chris Jericho | 02:40 | 0 |
7 | Titus O'Neil | 3 | Sheamus | 07:30 | 0 |
8 | Goldust |
5 | Cody Rhodes | 09:41 | 0 |
9 | David Otunga | 4 | Sheamus | 04:24 | 0 |
10 | Heath Slater | 11 | John Cena | 15:49 | 1 |
11 | Sheamus | 28 | Ryback | 37:23 | 5 |
12 | Tensai |
7 | Kofi Kingston | 05:37 | 0 |
13 | Brodus Clay |
6 | Chris Jericho, Cody Rhodes, Darren Young, Heath Slater & Sheamus | 03:47 | 0 |
14 | Rey Mysterio | 13 | Wade Barrett | 10:33 | 0 |
15 | Darren Young |
8 | Kofi Kingston | 02:51 | 1 |
16 | Bo Dallas | 21 | Sin Cara & Wade Barrett1 | 21:42 | 1 |
17 | The Godfather | 10 | Dolph Ziggler | 00:05 | 0 |
18 | Wade Barrett | 20 | Bo Dallas | 20:34 | 2 |
19 | John Cena | - | Winner | 26:39 | 4 |
20 | Damien Sandow |
22 | Ryback | 16:26 | 0 |
21 | Daniel Bryan | 16 | Antonio Cesaro & Kane2 | 07:55 | 2 |
22 | Antonio Cesaro |
18 | John Cena | 08:50 | 1 |
23 | The Great Khali | 14 | Daniel Bryan & Kane | 03:08 | 0 |
24 | Kane | 15 | Daniel Bryan | 01:46 | 2 |
25 | Zack Ryder |
17 | Randy Orton | 02:34 | 0 |
26 | Randy Orton | 26 | Ryback | 10:20 | 1 |
27 | Jinder Mahal | 19 | Sheamus | 02:10 | 0 |
28 | The Miz | 24 | Ryback | 05:08 | 0 |
29 | Sin Cara | 23 | 03:27 | 1 | |
30 | Ryback | 29 | John Cena | 09:06 | 5 |
- 1 – Barrett was already eliminated, but after that, Sin Cara pushed Bo Dallas over the top rope. As a result, both Cara and Barrett were able to eliminate Dallas.
- 2 – Cesaro threw Bryan over the top rope, who was then caught on the outside by Kane (who had already been eliminated). Kane then dropped Bryan to the floor, eliminating him.
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