ROYAL RUMBLE, Year 5

What a card! The Superstars in the two world title matches will not be in the Royal Rumble match.

Match 1. Christian vs. Damien Sandow   WWE United States Championship
Sandow poked Christian in his eyes and then busted him open with a bulldog. They were then caught in a pinning battle, with many near falls. Christian landed a reverse DDT and a front suplex. They began another in battle, which Christian ended up winning.

Match 2. Cody Rhodes vs. Ted DiBiase   WWE Intercontinental Championship
Former partners going one-on-one right now. Cody landed a huge back drop and a kick to the back. Ted ran after Cody, but he countered it into a scoop slam. Ted landed some rights and left. He was then caught with the Sliver Spoon DDT and won. Two title matches, two title retains.

Match 3. Daniel Bryan vs. Alberto Del Rio
There were a few near falls in the early going. Del Rio attempted a couple of kicks to the back of the head, but Bryan ducked. Del Rio locked in the cross arm breaker. A little later, Bryan caught Del Rio and locked in the Coquina Clutch. Del Rio broke out, but Bryan landed a flying forearm and won.

Match 4. CM Punk vs. Edge vs. Randy Orton   World Heavyweight Championship
Edge and Orton double DDT'd Punk. Later, Edge DDT'd Orton through the announce table. Orton came back and hit Punk with a couple of clotheslines and a scoop slam. Edge connected with the spear on Orton. Punk hit Orton with the GTS. Orton has no shot at winning now. Edge hit Orton with an Electric Chair Drop and leg lock before getting the three count.

Match 5. Boom Truth vs. Epico and Primo   WWE Tag Team Championship
Epico hit Kofi with two back suplexes and a German suplex while Primo hit Truth with the steel steps. Epico then landed the Back Stabber. Truth landed the Lie Detector on a chair, but got a two count. Truth continued with a DDT through the announce table. Epico landed two more back suplexes and a German suplex before getting the win.

Match 6. Hell in a Cell - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena   WWE Championship
Will we see another top title change hands? Cena took Lesnar down and locked him in an armbar. He then landed a hip toss. Lesnar lifted Cena up and connected with three straight powerbombs. Cena kicked out and hit an AA. Cena landed a spin-out powerbomb and got a close three count. Lesnar hit the F5, but Cena kicked out. Cena made Lesnar tap from a single-leg Boston crab.

Main Event. 30-man Royal Rumble
The first two entrants were Daniel Bryan and Rey Mysterio. Bryan quickly put Rey up against the ropes. No. 3 was Jack Swagger. Swagger caught Bryan with a body slam and German suplex. Dolph Ziggler was No. 4. Ziggler kicked Bryan off of the apron for the elimination. Swagger then tossed Rey out. No. 5. was Drew McIntyre. He stood by and watched Swagger and Ziggler go at it. Damien Sandow was No. 6. McIntyre hit Ziggler with a huge big boot. Antonio Cesaro was No. 7. Sandow eliminated Swagger and went after Ziggler, whom he ended up eliminating. No. 8 was Kane. He went right after Sandow, who was able to hold on. Christian was No. 9. He was immediately attacked by Cesaro. The Rock was No. 10. Kane tossed Sandow over the top. Christian eliminated The Rock! Wow, I was not expecting that.

No. 11 was Shawn Michaels. Christian dropkicked McInture out of the match. Cesaro hit Kane with a huge spine buster. Sheamus was No. 12. Kane eliminated Cesaro. Kane and Christian have two eliminations each. No. 13 was Ted DiBiase. Michaels kicked Christian out of the match. Triple H was No. 14. He went right after Sheamus and then hit Kane with a piledriver. Wade Barrett was No. 15. Sheamus eliminated Triple H. Quick outings for The Rock and Triple H. Michaels flipped DiBiase over the top. No. 16 was Alberto Del Rio. Michaels then eliminated Kane, his third elimination. Sheamus clotheslined Barrett over the top rope. Booker T was No. 17. Big Show was No. 18. Del Rio almost eliminated Booker. Big Show flipped Michaels over, but he skinned the cat and made it back in. Chris Jericho was No. 19. Sheamus kicked Show in the head and eliminated him. Del Rio then flipped Booker over the top rope. Del Rio eliminated Michaels next. Del Rio continued his roll by eliminated Jericho. No. 20 was Cody Rhodes. Del Rio kept going by tossing Sheamus over the top.

Kofi Kingston was No. 21. Cody and Kofi tried to eliminated Del Rio, but he broke free. Mark Henry was No. 22. He attacked Kofi with a few clotheslines. Del Rio tallied up his fifth elimination by tossing out Rhodes. No. 23 was The Miz. No. 24 was R-Truth. Will Boom Truth team up in the rumble? No. 25 was Sin Cara. Del Rio kicked Truth in the head for the elimination. Kofi tried to eliminate Del Rio. Henry tossed out Sin Cara with ease. Jeff Hardy was No. 26. Del Rio is unstoppable. He clotheslined Kofi out of the ring and then almost eliminated Henry. John Morrison was No. 27. Morrison dropkicked Henry over the ropes. Ryback was No. 28. Morrison eliminated Del Rio, who entered in at No. 16. Jeff eliminated Miz. No. 29. was Batista. Morrison eliminated Hardy. Morrison made a beeline for Ryback. No. 30 was William Regal. This could be a great opportunity for the English vet. Ryback was eliminated by Morrison.  Batista almost eliminated Morrison, but he held on. Batista flipped Morrison over the ropes. Regal attempted a couple of elimination attempts, but Batista pushed back. Batista won after kicking Regal in the the head and over the top rope.

Recap: Edge is back on top. Epico and Primo with the upset. Cena made The Beast tap. That was a great Royal Rumble match.

Stats: Del Rio had seven eliminations. Morrison had four. A few Superstars had three.