IWE Royal Rumble (2012)
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| Royal Rumble (2012) | ||
 The poster featuring Justin Black | ||
| Imformation | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Date | January 22, 2012 | |
| Venue | Scottrade Center | |
| City | St. Louis, Missouri | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs (2011) | Royal Rumble (2012) | Elimination Chamber (2012) |
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||
| Royal Rumble (2011) | Royal Rumble (2012) | |
Royal Rumble (2012) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE, which will take place on January 22, 2012 at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri. It will be the 25th annual Royal Rumble event.
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Background
Royal Rumble will feature professional wrestling matches which involve different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that will play out on IWE's television programs. Wrestlers portray villains or heroes as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches. Traditionally, the main event of this event is the Royal Rumble match.
The main event from Raw will feature Justin Eldridge defending his IWE Championship against Nick Kessler. On the December 26, 2011 episode of Raw, Eldridge was put into a gauntlet match by Interim Raw General Manager John Laurinaitis. If [[Charlie Wilson, Kessler, or Steven Larson defeated Eldridge, he would receive a championship match the next week. Ultimately, Kessler won the match after Eldridge was distracted by Laurinaitis throwing out Lynn Lehr and Wilson from ringside. The next week, during the championship match, Eldridge was counted out as a result of another intervention by Laurinaitis. However, since titles cannot change hands via countout, Eldridge retained the championship. After the match, Laurinaitis told Eldridge he would defend his championship against Kessler again at Royal Rumble with himself as the special guest referee. The following week, Eldridge took on Wilson in a singles match, Laurinaitis added a stipulation that if Wilson lost, he and Lynn Lehr would be banned from ringside. Eldridge won the match; thus, Lehr and Wilson are banned from ringside during the championship match. However, the week after, Laurinaitis revealed that he is using this opportunity to cost Eldridge his title for disrespecting him.
Another rivalry from Raw features Dustin Simpson against Kane. Upon returning to the IWE, Kane attacked Dustin Simpson during his match against Steven Larson and though Larson was the reason for his absence, left him alone. While Simpson assumed that he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time the first time he attacked, Kane continued to attack Simpson revealing that his actions are so that Simpson can embrace the hatred within caused by the anti-Simpson crowd who continues to boo Simpson. When he failed to embrace it, Kane not only continued his attacks on Simpson but began to direct his attention to his close friend Zack Nuss, whose attacks injured Nuss and ended up costing Nuss his United States Championship when John Laurinaitis put him in a match against Charlie Wilson without clearing him first. After Laurinaitis put Simpson in a match against Kane at the Royal Rumble, he then booked Simpson a match against Wilson the same night he won the United States Championship where he proceeded to aggressively attack Wilson for taking advantage of an injured Nuss. During the attack, Kane appeared on the Titantron pleased by Simpson giving into his hatred of Wilson's actions and hopes to see his hatred at their match. The next week, during a Falls Count Anywhere match (where--as per John Laurinaitis--if Simpson got involved, Nuss would be forced to forfeit his U.S. Championship rematch clause), Kane had choke slammed Nuss through the stage further injuring him. During the aftermath, Nicole Bergman (Ryder's storyline girlfriend) had blamed Simpson for Nuss' injuries due to getting him mixed up in Simpson and Kane's feud. Simpson then proceeded to knock the microphone out of interviewer Josh Mathews' hand, and had a very angered look on his face after the ambulance had taken Nuss out.
The main event from IWE SmackDown involves the World Heavyweight Champion Kody Brown defending his title in a Triple Threat Steel Cage match against Big Show and Steven Larson. The previous month at TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Big Show had defeated Larson to win the World Heavyweight Championship only for Larson to attack him after the match and Kody Brown cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase to win the title from Big Show, who thus has the record for shortest time as the World Heavyweight Champion. Using his rematch clause, Big Show faced off against Brown only for Brown to agitate Larson who pushed Brown who ended up losing via disqualification and retaining his title. The following week Brown faced off against Big Show in a No Disqualification, No Count-Out match which ended in a No Contest when Brown's girlfriend, AJ Lee got injured when Big Show ran into her. The week afterwards, Larson finally got his rematch clause in a lumberjack match against Brown. However, that match became a no contest when the lumberjacks became too hostile because of how Brown had agitated them and erupted into a large brawl involving nearly everyone. Soon General Manager Theodore Long booked all three men into a Triple Threat Steel Cage match at the Royal Rumble.
As per tradition, the event will be highlighted by the Royal Rumble match, which will feature the traditional 30 entrants, a year after having a 40 man field. The winner will receive his choice of a IWE or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII. IWE has announced that, for the first time, "Every IWE superstar is eligible to compete in the Rumble match."Template:Cn
Matches
| # | Match | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dark | Yoshi Tatsu defeated Devin Keller | Singles match | |
| 1 | Kody Brown (c) defeated Steven Larson and The Big Show | Triple Threat Steel Cage match for the World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 2 | Chandra Denney, Shannon, and The Gozelanski Twins defeated Kelly Kelly, Nicole, Kassi Austin, and Ana | 8-Diva Tag team match | |
| 3 | Dustin Simpson fought Kane to a double countout | Singles match | |
| 4 | Aaron Jewels defeated Dax Hoovestall | Singles match | |
| 5 | Justin Eldridge (c) defeated Nick Kessler | Singles Match for the IWE Championship with Special Guest Referee John Laurinaitis. Lynn Lehr and Charlie Wilson are banned from ringside. | |
| 6 | 30-Man Royal Rumble match | Winner receives their choice of a IWE Championship or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXVIII Note: The Miz (due to losing a match to B-Truth) will be the #1 enrty. | |
| (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match | |||
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ and "Raw" indicates a Raw wrestler, blue ██ and "SD" indicates a SmackDown wrestler, and beige and "Legend" indicates a special guest entrant
| Entry order | Entrant | Brand | Elimination order | Eliminated by |
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| 1 | The Miz | Raw | ||
| 2 | Alex Riley | Raw | 1 | The Miz |
| 3 | B-Truth | Raw | 2 | The Miz |
| 4 | Mark Semmler | SD | ||
| 5 | Jeremiah Garcia | SD | ||
| 6 | Primo | SD | 3 | Mick Foley |
| 7 | Mick Foley | Legend | ||
| 8 | Ricardo Rodriguez | Raw | ||
| 9 | Justin Black | Raw | ||
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