WWE Royal Rumble 2005

All the rumbling, minus the dancing and singing

WWE Royal Rumble 2005

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Royal Rumble (2005) was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by PlayStation and took place on January 30, 2005 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and featured talent from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship. The primary match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship between reigning champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield, Kurt Angle, and The Big Show.

Dave Bautista

John Layfield

Paul Lévesque

Paul Wight

Kurt Angle

Randy Orton

John Cena

Michael Hickenbottom

Adam Copeland

Eddie Guerrero

Chris Benoit

Óscar Gutiérrez Rubio

Chris Irvine

Booker Huffman, Jr.

Mark Calaway

Jon Heidenreich

Doug Basham

Shelton Benjamin

Carlos Colón Jr.

Robert Howard

Gregory Shane Helms

Kenzo Suzuki

Matthew Wiese

Mark Copani

Scott Garland

Charles Haas

René Goguen

Jonathan Coachman

Mark Jindrak

Paul London

Nelson Frazier Jr.

Glenn Jacobs

Jason Reso

Gene Snitsky

Michael Bucci