IWE Royal Rumble (2009)
From Iwe
| Royal Rumble (2009) | ||
 Promotional poster featuring various IWE Superstars | ||
| Theme song(s) | "Let It Rock (Kevin Rudolf song)|Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne | |
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | International Wrestling Entertainment | |
| Brand(s) | Raw Smackdown XCW | |
| Date | January 27, 2008 | |
| Attendance | 16,685 | |
| Venue | Joe Louis Arena | |
| City | Detroit, Michigan | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| Armageddon (2008) | Royal Rumble (2009) | No Way Out (2009) |
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||
| Royal Rumble (2008) | Royal Rumble (2009) | Royal Rumble (2010) |
Royal Rumble (2009) was the twenty-second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by International Wrestling Entertainment (IWE). It took place on January 25, 2009 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown and XCW brands. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XXV) for his choice at either the WWE Championship, the World Heavyweight Championship and the ECW World Championship.
Five professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match which featured wrestlers from all three brands. Kevin McAlmond, the eighth entrant, won the match by last eliminating Triple K, the seventh entrant. The featured match on the Raw brand was for the World Heavyweight Championship between reigning champion Dustin Simpson and John "Bradshaw" Goff (JBG), which Simpson won after performing an Attitude Adjustment. The primary match on the SmackDown brand was a No Disqualification match between Josh Hooper and Edge for the IWE Championship, which Edge won by pinfall after Matt Hooper interfered in the match and hit Josh with a steel chair. The predominant match on the XCW brand was between Charlie Wilson and Matt Hardy for the XCW Championship, which Wilson won by pinfall after a gutwrench powerbomb.
Contents |
Background
Event
Preliminary matches
Main event matches
Aftermath
Reception
Results
| # | Results | Stipulations |
|---|---|---|
| Dark | Jimmy Wang Yang defeated Nick Burchill | Singles match |
| 1 | Charlie Wilson (c) defeated Matt Hooper | Extreme rules match for the XCW Championship |
| 2 | Denise defeated Chandra Denney (c) (with Justin Black) | Singles match for the IWE Women's Championship |
| 3 | Dustin Simpson (c) defeated John "Bradshaw" Goff (with Ryan Barnhart) | Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship |
| 4 | Edge defeated Josh Hooper (c) | No Disqualification match for the IWE Championship |
| 5 | Kevin McAlmond won by last eliminating Triple K | 2009 Royal Rumble match |
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ "Raw" indicates a Raw superstar, blue ██ "SD" indicates a SmackDown superstar, purple ██ "XCW" indicates an ECW superstar, and gold ██ indicates a special guest entrant.
| Draw | Entrant | Brand | Order | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Wright | Raw | 20 | Big Marc |
| 2 | Joe Linderman | XCW | 6 | Triple K |
| 3 | Michael | SD | 3 | Wilson |
| 4 | Mikhail Vontavious Porter | SD | 2 | Wilson |
| 5 | Reg Hageman | SD | 1 | Wilson |
| 6 | Jake Wilson | SD | 4 | Triple K |
| 7 | Triple K | SD | 29 | Kevin McAlmond |
| 8 | Kevin McAlmond | Raw | - | Winner |
| 9 | LTG | Raw | 7 | Undertaker |
| 10 | Kyle Johnson | Raw | 27 | Triple K |
| 11 | Kris McGowan | Raw | 23 | Undertaker |
| 12 | Alex Knox | Raw | 19 | Big Marc |
| 13 | Joe Smith | XCW | 5 | Triple K |
| 14 | Finlay | XCW | 21 | Kane |
| 15 | Mark Semmler | Raw | 28 | Triple K |
| 16 | The Undertaker | SD | 26 | Big Marc 1 |
| 17 | Goldust | Raw | 8 | Semmler |
| 18 | Justin Eldridge | Raw | 18 | Big Marc |
| 19 | Steven Larson | XCW | 9 | Wright |
| 20 | Junior Remeriz | SD | 10 | Undertaker |
| 21 | William Kapphan | Raw | 11 | Eldridge |
| 22 | Jose Serrano | Raw | 12 | Woods |
| 23 | Kane | Raw | 24 | Kevin, Semmler and Johnson |
| 24 | B-Truth | SD | 17 | Big Marc |
| 25 | Kyle Van Dam | - | 22 | McGowan |
| 26 | Brian Woods | SD | 13 | Triple K |
| 27 | Nick Kessler | Raw | 14 | Kane |
| 28 | Justin Black | Raw | 15 | Kane |
| 29 | Jim Duggan | Raw | 16 | Big Marc |
| 30 | The Big Marc | SD | 25 | Kevin McAlmond |
1Kevin McAlmond had already eliminated The Big Marc prior to his elimination of The Undertaker.
