Royal Rumble (2006)

Royal Rumble (2006)

Infobox Wrestling event
name=Royal Rumble (2006)


promotion=World Wrestling Entertainment
brand=Raw
SmackDown!
date=January 29 2006
venue=AmericanAirlines Arena
city=Miami, Florida
attendance=14,500
lastevent=New Year's Revolution (2006)
nextevent=No Way Out (2006)
event=Royal Rumble
lastevent2=Royal Rumble (2005)
nextevent2=Royal Rumble (2007)

Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 29 2006 in the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands.

The main match on the SmackDown! brand was Kurt Angle versus Mark Henry for the World Heavyweight Championship, which Angle won after pinning Henry with a roll-up.cite web|date=2006-01-29|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/2006/matches/314094/results/|title=Kurt Angle def. Mark Henry to retain the World Heavyweight Championship|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] The predominant match on the Raw brand was Edge versus John Cena for the WWE Championship, which Cena won after forcing Edge to submit to the STFU.cite web|date=2006-01-29| url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/2006/matches/3140941/results/|title=John Cena def. Edge to win the WWE Championship|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] The primary match on the undercard was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which starred talent from both brands. Rey Mysterio, the second entrant, won the match by last eliminating Randy Orton, the thirtieth entrant.cite web|date=2006-01-29|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/2006/matches/31409413/results/|title=Rey Mysterio wins the Royal Rumble match| publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10]

Background

The main feud heading into the Royal Rumble was between John Cena and Edge battling over the WWE Championship. The feud started at New Year's Revolution 2006 when Cena won an Elimination Chamber also involving 5 other superstars.cite web|date=2006-01-08|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2006/matches/15481642/results/|title=WWE Champion def. Kurt Angle, Shawn Michaels, Kane, Chris Masters and Carlito to retain (Elimination Chamber match)|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] However, immediately after the match, Vince McMahon came out and stated that Edge was cashing in his Money in the Bank contract that he won at WrestleMania 21.cite web|date=2005-04-03|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/wrestlemania/history/wm21/results/ |title=WrestleMania 21 official results|publisher=WWE|accessdate= 2007-12-10] Edge then came out with Lita and, two spears later, he pinned Cena to become WWE Champion.cite web|date=2006-01-08|url= http://www.wwe.com/shows/newyearsrevolution/history/2006/matches/154816421/results/|title=Edge def. John Cena to become new WWE Champion|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/wwechampionship/1915976 |title=Edge's first WWE Championship reign|publisher=WWE| accessdate=2007-12-10] Then the next night Edge held a live sex celebration which got smashed up by Cena and Cena delivered an FU on Lita and sent a message to Edge.cite web|date=2006-01-09|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/raw/archive/01092006/|title= Sex Gone Bad|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10]

The secondary feud was between Kurt Angle and Mark Henry over the World Heavyweight Championship. The World Heavyweight Championship was originally held by Batista. He defended the title against Henry at a "SmackDown!" live event in a steel cage match. Henry was disqualified in the match and Batista retained the title but his triceps were injured.cite web|url= http://www.onlineworldofwrestling.com/results/liveevent/2006.html |title=WWE 2006 Live Event Results|publisher=Online World of Wrestling|accessdate=2007-12-10] As a result, he was forced to vacate the title on January 13 edition of "SmackDown!". Later on, a 20-man battle royal was arranged to determine the new World Heavyweight Champion. RAW superstar Kurt Angle won the battle royal last eliminating Mark Henry and winning the vacant titlecite web|date=2006-01-13|url=http://www.wwe.com/shows/smackdown/archive/01132007/ |title=New World Heavyweight Champion|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] cite web|url= http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/worldheavyweight/1934776/ |title=Kurt Angle's first World Heavyweight Championship reign|publisher=WWE|accessdate=2007-12-10] thus also starting a rivalry between the two. This also made Angle leave RAW and shift to SmackDown!. The next week, Henry defeated Rey Mysterio to become the Number One Contender to Angle's title.

Event

Shane McMahon was not a participant in the Royal Rumble match.

Notes

*Rey Mysterio broke the record for lasting the longest in a Royal Rumble match, 1:02:12. The previous record was 1:01:34, set by Chris Benoit at the 2004 Royal Rumble. Mysterio also became the first superstar in WWE history under 200 pounds to ever win the Royal Rumble, as well as the first masked superstar to win.
*Glen Jacobs (Isaac Yankem D.D.S., Fake Diesel, Kane) made his tenth appearance in a Royal Rumble match, tying the record for most Royal Rumble appearances with Solofa Fatu (Fatu, The Sultan, 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.
*During the Rumble match, Shane McMahon came in and eliminated Shawn Michaels after being distracted by Vince McMahon. This marked the second consecutive year that Michaels was eliminated by somebody other than a qualified participant. In 2005, he was eliminated by Kurt Angle after having already eliminated Angle earlier.
*The Angle/Henry match marked the first time that two former Olympians battled for a world title in history.

References

External links

* [http://www.wwe.com/shows/royalrumble/history/2006/ Official 2006 Royal Rumble Website]


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