WWE Royal Rumble (2005)

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.

Director:

Kevin Dunn

Stars:

Kurt Angle, Doug Basham, Dave Bautista

Cast

Credited cast:
Kurt Angle	...	Himself
Doug Basham	...	Himself
Dave Bautista	...	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)
Carlos Colón Jr.	...	Carlito (as Carlito Caribbean Cool)
Adam Copeland	...	Edge

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

tv special | wrestling

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Genres:

Action

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

WWE

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 January 2005 (USA)

Also Known As:

WWE Royal Rumble 2005

Filming Locations:

Fresno, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$100,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

180 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

The ending of the match did not go as planned. Batista fell over the top rope while eliminating John Cena and the two men hit the floor at the same time. Mr. McMahon furiously ran to the ring to sort this out and blew out both of his knees sliding into the ring. Since this was unplanned, Vince had not stretched before hand resulting in the injury. The end of the match had to be restarted.

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Quotes

[points to girls]
Christian: This is a real tough job, you should be proud of yourselves.

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Connections

Followed by Royal Rumble (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Find The Real"
Performed by Alter Bridge

User Reviews

Royal Rumble 2005

Probably the best Royal Rumble in years.

Match 1 sees Edge battle Shawn Michaels in a good but very long match. Next up one of the worst wrestlers on the roster - Heidenreich takes on The Undertaker in a boring casket match. Match number 3 sees Bradshaw defend his WWE title against Big Show and Kurt Angle in a surprisingly good contest. The next match up sees Triple H defending his 10th heavyweight title reign against Randy Orton in a great match up.

Next up the Royal Rumble takes place in which 15 Raw superstars and 15 Smackdown! superstars hit the ring to try and win the rumble and face the champion whoever that may be at Wrestlemania 21. Highlights included Tough Enough 3 winner Daniel Puder getting his ass kicked by Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero and Hardcore Holly! All of the superstars beating the crap out of Muhammad Hassan, and Raw superstars vs Smackdown! superstars!

Not a bad PPV at all.

Edge vs HBK - 8/10 Taker vs Heidenreich - 4/10 JBL vs Angle vs Big Show

• 7.5/10 Triple H vs Orton - 8.5/10 The Royal Rumble match - 9/10