Royal Rumble (2007)

Royal Rumble (2007) was the twentieth yearly Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 28, 2007 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas.^[3]

Royal Rumble (2007)
Theme song(s)	"Drones" by Rise Against[1]
Information
Promotion	World Wrestling Entertainment
Brand (s)	Raw SmackDown! ECW
Date	January 28, 2007
Attendance	13,500[2]
Venue	AT&T Center
City	San Antonio, Texas
Pay-per-view chronology
New Year's Revolution (2007) Royal Rumble (2007) No Way Out (2007)
Royal Rumble chronology
Royal Rumble (2006) Royal Rumble (2007) Royal Rumble (2008)

Results

#	Results	Stipulations	Times
Dark match	JTG (with Shad Gaspard) defeated Lance Cade (with Trevor Murdoch)	Singles match	08:42
1	The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) defeated MNM (Joey Mercury and Johnny Nitro) (with Melina)	Tag team match	15:27
2	Bobby Lashley (c) defeated Test by countout	Singles match for the ECW World Championship	07:18
3	Batista (c) defeated Mr. Kennedy	Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship	10:29
4	John Cena (c) defeated Umaga (with Armando Alejandro Estrada)	Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship	23:09
5	The Undertaker last eliminated Shawn Michaels	2007 Royal Rumble match	56:18

Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations

Order entered	Name	Brand	Order eliminated	Eliminated by	Time in Match[4]
1	Ric Flair	Raw	1	Edge	05:40
2	Finlay	SD!	12	Shawn Michaels	32:32
3	Kenny Dykstra	Raw	2	Edge	04:05
4	Matt Hardy	SD!	9	Randy Orton	18:55
5	Edge	Raw	28	Shawn Michaels	44:02
6	Tommy Dreamer	ECW	3	Kane	06:41
7	Sabu	ECW	4	Kane	05:27
8	Gregory Helms	SD!	5	King Booker	06:50
9	Shelton Benjamin	Raw	14	Shawn Michaels	22:22
10	Kane	SD!	11	King Booker1	13:21
11	CM Punk	ECW	22	The Great Khali	27:16
12	King Booker	SD!	10	Rob Van Dam & Kane2	09:23
13	Super Crazy	Raw	7	Edge and Randy Orton	04:32
14	Jeff Hardy	Raw	8	Edge	03:38
15	The Sandman	ECW	6	King Booker	00:13
16	Randy Orton	Raw	27	Shawn Michaels	27:14
17	Chris Benoit	SD!	19	The Great Khali	17:52
18	Rob Van Dam	ECW	21	The Great Khali	16:30
19	Viscera	Raw	13	Rob Van Dam, Edge, CM Punk, Chris Benoit, Johnny Nitro, Shelton Benjamin, Hardcore Holly & Kevin Thorn3	06:22
20	Johnny Nitro	Raw	15	Chris Benoit	06:18
21	Kevin Thorn	ECW	16	Chris Benoit	06:15
22	Hardcore Holly	ECW	18	The Great Khali	10:21
23	Shawn Michaels	Raw	29	Undertaker	24:11
24	Chris Masters	Raw	17	Rob Van Dam	03:32
25	Chavo Guerrero	SD!	24	The Great Khali	06:24
26	Montel Vontavious Porter	SD!	26	Undertaker	07:31
27	Carlito	Raw	23	The Great Khali	03:19
28	The Great Khali	Raw	25	Undertaker	03:45
29	The Miz	SD!	20	The Great Khali	00:07
30	The Undertaker	SD!	–	Winner4	13:15

1. ^ King Booker returned to the ring after being eliminated and eliminated Kane.
2. ^ Kane made his eleventh appearance in a Royal Rumble match, breaking his own and Rikishi's record for most Royal Rumble appearances. It was also his ninth-consecutive appearance, also billed as a record for Kane.
3. ^ This Royal Rumble set a new record for the most wrestlers involved in an elimination, taking 8 men to throw Viscera over the top rope. This beat the previous record set in the 1994 Royal Rumble when it took 7 men to eliminate Viscera (then known as Mabel).
4. ^ The Undertaker was the first wrestler to win the Royal Rumble match at number 30.