WWE Royal Rumble (2005) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Release Date:

30 January 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action

Plot:

The biggest Superstars of RAW and SmackDown! clash at Royal Rumble to determine who will go to WrestleMania 21 as the heavyweight contender. The Road to WrestleMania begins as RAW and SmackDown! present WWE Royal Rumble. |

Plot Keywords:

Wrestling

Cast

Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Doug Basham	...	Himself
Dave Batista	...	Himself
Shelton Benjamin	...	Himself
Chris Benoit	...	Himself
Eric Bischoff	...	Himself
Michael Bucci	...	Simon Dean (as Simon Dean)
Carlos Cabrera	...	Himself
Mark Calaway	...	Undertaker
John Cena	...	Himself
Tony Chimel	...	Himself
Mike Chioda	...	Himself
Jonathan Coachman	...	Himself (as The Coach)
Michael Cole	...	Himself
Carlos Colon Jr.	...	Carlito (as Carlito Caribbean Cool)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge (as Edge)
Shawn Daivari	...	Himself (as Khosrow Daivari)
Nick Dinsmore	...	Eugene
Jack Doan	...	Himself-Referee
Rene Dupree	...	Himself
Howard Finkel	...	Himself
David Finlay	...	Fit Finlay
Ric Flair	...	Himself
Nelson Frazier Jr.	...	Viscera (as Viscera)
Lilián García	...	Herself
Terry Gerin	...	Rhyno
Joy Giovanni	...	Herself
Eddie Guerrero	...	Himself
Oscar Gutiérrez	...	Rey Mysterio (as Rey Mysterio)
Charlie Haas	...	Himself
Brian Hebner	...	Himself-Referee
Earl Hebner	...	Himself-Referee
Jon Heidenreich	...	Himself (as Heidenreich)
Shane Helms	...	The Hurricane (as The Hurricane)
Christie Hemme	...	Herself (as Christy Hemme)
Paul Heyman	...	Himself
Dan Hollie	...	Danny Basham (as Danny Basham)
Bob Howard	...	Hardcore Holly
Booker Huffman	...	Booker T (as Booker T)
Maven Huffman	...	Himself
Glenn Jacobs	...	Himself (as Kane)
Chris Jericho	...	Himself
Mark Jindrak	...	Himself
Orlando Jordan	...	Himself
Jimmy Korderas	...	Himself - Referee
Jerry Lawler	...	Himself
John Layfield	...	John Bradshaw Layfield (as JBL)
Paul Levesque	...	Triple H
Paul London	...	Himself
Teddy Long	...	Himself (as Theodore R. Long)
Mark Magnus	...	Muhammad Hassan
Dean Malenko	...	Himself
Darren Matthews	...	William Regal
Vince McMahon	...	Himself
Shawn Michaels	...	Himself
Randy Orton	...	Himself
Nick Patrick	...	Himself
Chad Patton	...	Himself-Referee
Daniel Puder	...	Himself
Jason Reso	...	Christian (as Christian)
Charles Robinson	...	Himself - Referee
Jim Ross	...	Himself
Hugo Savinovich	...	Himself
Peter Senerchia	...	Tazz (as Tazz)
Gene Snitsky	...	Himself
James Stone	...	Nunzio
Hiroko Suzuki	...	Herself
Kenzo Suzuki	...	Himself
Scott Taylor	...	Scotty 2 Hotty (as Scotty 2 Hotty)
Travis Tomko	...	Tyson Tomko
Amy Weber	...	Herself
Matt 'Horshu' Wiese	...	Luther Reigns (as Luther Reigns)
Paul Wight	...	The Big Show
Torrie Wilson	...	Herself
Mark Yeaton	...	Himself-Timekeeper

Runtime:

180 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Fresno, California, USA

Company:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Trivia:

When the Sunday Night HEAT match was aired, the match was plagued with technical difficulties. Because of that, it was not put on the DVD despite being advertised as being on it.

Quotes:

Christian: [wanting to challenge John Cena to a battle rap] Tomko, give me a beat.
Tyson Tomko: No.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Yours, Mine and Ours (2005)

Soundtrack:

Find The Real

Not the best Rumble ending but pretty good

This Royal Rumble basically had the message of wrestling these days. Gimmick and image are more popular then wrestling ability.

HBK vs Edge. Pretty good match. A lot of heat for Edge who was just starting out as a heel again and what better way to go into a match with HBK. It kind of got a little slower at the end then usual. Overall this match gets a 6/10. Undertaker vs Hedinreich. Not a good match. Undertaker had to carry Hedinreich through this match who seemed to be really lost and screwed up his moves. It did get interesting to see Raws Gene Snitsky and a bit later Kane come into this match. Overall the fans seemed more interested when this match ended. 2/10 Kurt Angle vs JBL vs Big Show. This match was slow at first but got pretty good at the end when Angle managed to speed up the match.Kurt Angle did some really good wrestling moves and proves he is the best wrestler out of the match. JBL and Big Show put on a slow match. The ending to this match was bad. Over all this match was a 5/10 mainlly because of Kurt Angle. Randy Orton vs HHH. Good match,surprising heat for Randy Orton who was the face in this match. Randy proved he can go the limit with any top star. This match also marked the first match HHH has wrestled where someone dosn't run down and save him from a loss. Over all this match was about a 6/10.

Royal Rumble match was OK. Some surprises. Some not so good surprises. I was kind of upset that Kurt Angle wasn't given enough time in this match. But over all this match had a guy who I never thought would be pushed so soon. I won't tell ya who wins. I give this match a 8/10