Royal Rumble 2013 - The Results

Royal Rumble

Josh Matthews interviews Big Show. He's not happy, and he threatens to take back the World title when all is said and done.

Antonio Cesaro retains the WWE United States Championship against The Miz.

Alberto Del Rio and Ricardo Rodriguez meet Bret "The Hit Man" Hart, who wishes them luck. Ricardo even gets a pair of purple shades!

Alberto Del Rio retains the WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show after Ricardo wraps duct tape around the lower rope and one of Big Show's legs to keep him from getting up.

Matt Striker interviews Dolph Ziggler, AJ and Big E Langston. Ziggler chooses the #1 entry, because that's what he is. When Striker doubts "her Ziggy," AJ asks him how fast and how far he can run in five seconds, and Big E takes the microphone from him, causing Striker to flee. Big E then (hilariously) interviews Ziggler, who has plans to cash in the briefcase, win the World title, win the Rumble and become Undisputed Champion at WrestleMania.

Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan and Kane) retain the WWE Tag Team Championships against Team Rhodes Scholars (Damien Sandow and Cody Rhodes) when D-Bry locks the No! Lock on Sandow.

Daniel Bryan and Kane celebrate when Vickie Guerrero hands them their entry numbers for the Royal Rumble. Daniel Bryan shows Kane his number, but Kane doesn't reciprocate on the fact that it's bad strategy and the fact that he may have a higher entry number.

Bo Dallas has recently won the NXT tournament to decide which NXT talent goes to the Rumble. Meanwhile, many of WWE's programs, such as B.A. Star, WrestleMania Reading Challenge and Royal Rumble Fan Fast take center stage in Phoenix.

Dolph Ziggler is on the mic. He says he'll stand in the ring as the victor, and he doesn't care who #2 is. He starts caring again after #2 is revealed to be Chris Jericho, whom Dolph Ziggler rid WWE of the night after SummerSlam. (Ziggler eventually eliminates him after almost 48 minutes.)

Goldust is #8. Cody Rhodes, who is ticked that his brother is in this, eventually eliminates him.

Rey Mysterio returns at the Rumble. He is eventually eliminated by Wade Barrett.

Kofi Kingston leaps onto Tensai and onto a commentary table to avoid being eliminated. He borrows JBL's chair at one of the tables to get back in the ring, only to get knocked back out permanently.

Bo Dallas from NXT enters at #16. He eliminates Wade Barrett, but Barrett runs back towards him and eliminates him.

The Godfather returns at #17. He gets eliminated as soon as he hits the apron, but he leaves just like he enters - dancing with two fine ladies.

The Miz fights with a still-departing Antonio Cesaro when he shows up. He does make it to the ring, thankfully.

Sin Cara also returns, at #29. He gets eliminated near the end.

#19 entrant John Cena wins the Royal Rumble, eliminating #30 entrant Ryback to end the Royal Rumble match.

Dolph Ziggler

Cris Jericho

Cody Rhodes

Kofi Kingston

Santino Marella

Drew McIntyre

Titus O'Neil

Goldust

David Otunga

Heath Slater

Sheamus

Tensai

Brodus Clay

Rey Mysterio

Darren Young

Bo Dallas

The Godfather

Wade Barrett

John Cena

Damien Sandow

Daniel Bryan

Antonio Cesaro

The Great Khali

Kane

Zack Ryder

Randy Orton

Jinder Mahal

The Miz

Sin Cara

Ryback

Josh Mathews interviews The Rock. The Rock gives an impressive speech involving dealing with adversity, and tells the crowd they count...and that he'll come out on top!

As CM Punk fights The Rock, the arena goes dark and The Shield triple-powerbomb Rock through the commentary table. (We don't really see them, though, so we can't tell it's them.) CM Punk retains the WWE Championship against The Rock after dragging him back to the ring and pinning him. Vince McMahon shows up and almost strips him of the WWE Championship, but The Rock grabs a microphone and cuts Vince off. He tells Vince that the show isn't going to go out like this, and tells Vince to restart the match. Mr. McMahon stands there for a few seconds, then makes it so.

The Rock wins in the restarted match, beating CM Punk to become the new WWE Champion and end Punk's 434-day reign. After ten long years, The Rock is king of the mountain in what is his 8th WWE Championship reign.