IWE Royal Rumble (2015)
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| Royal Rumble (2015) | ||
| Promotional Poster featuring Rob Lesnar, Dustin Simpson, Seth Rollins and various IWE superstars | ||
| Information | ||
| Promotion | IWE | |
| Sponsor | Hulu IWE Immortals | |
| Date | January 25, 2015 | |
| Venue | Wells Fargo Center | |
| City | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| Pay-per-view chronology | ||
| TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs (2014) | Royal Rumble (2015) | IWE Fast Lane |
| Royal Rumble chronology | ||
| Royal Rumble (2014) | Royal Rumble (2015) | Royal Rumble (2016) |
Royal Rumble (2015) is an upcoming professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by IWE. It will take place on January 25, 2015 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It will be the twenty-eighth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view and the first of 12 IWE pay-per-views in 2015.
[edit] Background
- See also: Professional wrestling
Royal Rumble will feature professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that play out on IWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown. Wrestlers will portray heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.
As is tradition at this yearly event, the card will be highlighted by the 30-man Royal Rumble match, where this year's winner will receive a IWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31. At the TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs event, Roman Reigns returned and announced himself as the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match. On the December 29 episode of Raw, Kody Brown announced his participation in the match. On the January 6 episode of Main Event, IWE United States Champion Rusev announced his participation in the match. On the January 9 episode of Smackdown, Bray Wyatt and IWE Intercontinental Champion Bad News Barrett announced their participation in the match. On the January 12 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose announced his participation in the match. On the January 13 episode of Main Event, Gold and Stardust announced their participation in the match. On the January 15 episode of SmackDown, Big Show and Kane announced their participation in the match. On the January 19 edition of Raw, B-Truth, The Miz and Damien Mizdow announced their participation in the match. On the January 22 edition of SmackDown, Dolph Ziggler defeated Bad News Barrett, Luke Harper defeated Erick Rowan, and Ryback defeated Rusev by countout to qualify for the match. That same night, Kody Brown defeated Kane to retain his spot in the match.
At SummerSlam, Rob Lesnar defeated Dustin Simpson to win the IWE World Heavyweight Championship. Simpson received his rematch at Night of Champions against Lesnar, but won via disqualification as Seth Rollins interfered in the match; as the championship cannot change hands on a disqualification, Lesnar retained the title. At Hell in a Cell, Cena defeated Kevin Orton to become the #1 contender for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship. At TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs, Simpson defeated Rollins in a Tables match to retain his #1 contender status. Later in the event, it was announced that Simpson will face Lesnar for the title at Royal Rumble. On the January 5, 2015 episode of Raw, Rollins was added to the match as a reward for bringing back the Authority after coaxing Simpson on the previous episode, making the match a triple threat. On the January 19 edition of Raw, Triple K forced Simpson to compete in a 3-on-1 handicap match to not only secure his spot in the Triple Threat match, but also win Erick Rowan, Dolph Ziggler, and Ryback their jobs back after the latter three had been previously fired by the Authority for siding with Simpson at Survivor Series. With the help of Sting, who previously assisted Team Simpson at Survivor Series, Simpson won the match, and afterwards, Lesnar came down to the ring and attacked Rollins, Big Show, and Kane, hitting an F-5 on each of the latter two as a measure of revenge for getting a Curb Stomp by Rollins during the contract signing for the championship match one week earlier.
On the December 29, 2014 episode of Raw, The Usos defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow to win the IWE Tag Team Championship. On the January 15 episode of SmackDown, it was announced that the Usos will defend the titles against Miz and Mizdow at the event.
On the January 5, 2015 episode of Raw, Paige came out and helped Natalya to defeat Nikki Bella. On the January 6 episode of Main Event, Natalya came out and helped Paige to defeat Nikki Bella. On the January 12 episode of Raw, Brie Bella defeated Paige due to distraction by Tyson Kidd. On the January 15 episode of Smackdown, Natalya defeated Nikki via submission. On the January 19 edition of Raw, after Paige and Natalya defeated Summer Rae and Alicia Fox, it was announced that The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie) will face Paige and Natalya in a tag team match at the event.
On the January 5 episode of Raw, Cesaro and Tyson Kidd attacked Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, which let Adam Rose to defeat Big E. On the January 19, episode of Raw, Big E and Kofi defeated Cesaro and Kidd. Later in the night, it was announced that The New Day will face Cesaro, Kidd and Rose in a Six-man tag team elimination match on the Royal Rumble Kickoff Show.
On the December 29 episode of Raw, The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) made their IWE debut. Over the next few weeks, the duo would easily defeat local preliminary wrestlers and compare themselves to famous tag teams, like the Road Warriors. On the January 19 episode of Raw, the Ascension were confronted and attacked by the New World Order, the APA and the New Age Outlaws (Billy Gunn and Road Dogg) after the Ascension interfered in the nWo reunion segment. Later in the night, it was announced that the Ascension will face the New Age Outlaws at the event.
[edit] Results
| No. | Results | Stipulations | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1‽ | Cesaro and Tyson Kidd (with Adam Rose, Natalya and The Rosebuds) defeated The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Big E) (with Xavier Woods) | Tag team match | |
| 2 | The Ascension (Konnor and Viktor) defeated The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) | Tag team match | |
| 3 | The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso) (c) defeated The Miz and Damien Mizdow | Tag team match for the IWE Tag Team Championship | |
| 4 | The Bella Twins (Nikki Bella and Brie Bella) defeated Paige and Natalya | Tag team match | |
| 5 | Rob Lesnar (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated Dustin Simpson and Seth Rollins (with Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble) | Triple threat match for the IWE World Heavyweight Championship | |
| 6 | Roman Reigns won by last eliminating Rusev | 30-man Royal Rumble match for a IWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania 31 | |
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
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[edit] Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations
| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Miz | 1 | B. Dudley | 0 |
| 2 | B-Truth | 2 | B. Dudley | 0 |
| 3 | Bubba Ray Dudley | 3 | Wyatt | 2 |
| 4 | Luke Harper | 4 | Wyatt | |
| 5 | Bray Wyatt | 24 | Big Show & Kane | 6 |
| 6 | Curtis Axel | - | Unable to compete[Note 1][1] | 0 |
| 7 | The Boogeyman | 6 | Wyatt | 0 |
| 8 | Sin Cara | 6 | Wyatt | 0 |
| 9 | Zack Ryder | 7 | Wyatt | 0 |
| 10 | Kody Brown | 11 | Wyatt | 1 |
| 11 | Fandango | 10 | Rusev | 0 |
| 12 | Tyson Kidd | 8 | Bryan | 0 |
| 13 | Stardust | 15 | Reigns | 0 |
| 14 | Diamond Dallas Page | 9 | Rusev | 0 |
| 15 | Rusev | 28 | Reigns | 6 |
| 16 | Goldust | 14 | Reigns | 0 |
| 17 | Kofi Kingston | 13 | Rusev | 0 |
| 18 | Adam Rose | 12 | Rusev | 0 |
| 19 | Roman Reigns | - | WINNER | 6 |
| 20 | Big E | 18 | Rusev | 0 |
| 21 | Damien Mizdow | 16 | Rusev | 0 |
| 22 | Jack Swagger | 20 | Big Show | 0 |
| 23 | Ryback | 19 | Big Show & Kane | 0 |
| 24 | Kane | 26 | Reigns | 4 |
| 25 | Dean Ambrose | 25 | Big Show & Kane | 1 |
| 26 | Titus O'Neil | 17 | Ambrose & Reigns | 0 |
| 27 | Bad News Barrett | 21 | Ziggler | 0 |
| 28 | Cesaro | 22 | Ziggler | 0 |
| 29 | Big Show | 27 | Reigns | 5 |
| 30 | Dolph Ziggler | 23 | Big Show & Kane | 2 |
^ Curtis Axel was attacked by Erick Rowan before entering the ring
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[edit] References
[edit] External links
| ← 2014 • 2015 IWE Network events • 2016 → | ||||
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| IWE | Royal Rumble • WrestleMania 31 • Extreme Rules • Payback • Elimination Chamber • Money in the Bank • Battleground • SummerSlam • Night of Champions • Live from Madison Square Garden • Hell in a Cell • Survivor Series • TLC: Tables, Ladders and Chairs | |||
| IWE NXT | TakeOver: Rival • TakeOver: Unstoppable • TakeOver: Brooklyn • NXT TakeOver: Respect • TakeOver: London | |||
