WWE Royal Rumble 2015 Highlights

Pre-Show Match: New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) vs Cesaro/Tyson Kidd

• Philly crowd is clearly behind Cesaro; and for some reason, the Philly crowd really hates The New Day;
• Practically every move Big E does is booed;
• A lot of good spots on this match:
• Cesaro Swing + dropkick is a beautiful thing to behold!
• Cesaro's Superplex from turnbuckle + Kidd's Elbow Drop
• Kofi rolls through, Kidd pushes Kofi towards ropes where Cesaro was waiting with a huge European Uppercut followed by Kidd's twisting suplex for the win.
• Nice booking for both Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, who really need it.

New Age Outlaws vs The Ascension

• "You still got it" -crowd to Billy Gun. They're right!
• "So is Billy the Man that Time forgot? I don't think he aged one bit." JBL on Billy Gunn after he delivered a Tilt-a-Whirl Slam;
• The Ascension pins Billy Gunn for the win after Fall of Man;
• This marks their first legitimate win since being called up from NXT; (No, I don't consider pinning local jobbers as legitimate wins.)

Tag Team Championship: The Miz & Damien Mizdow vs The Usos (c)

• Extremely huge pop for Damien Sandow right from the get-go; Miz takes his shades off (boooooo) Mizdow takes his shades off (yaaaaaay!)
• Miz falls on the turnbuckle, hurting his jewels; Mizdow, of course, does the same thing; huge pop from the crowd;
• Cole keeps insulting Damien Mizdow whenever he does his stunt double schtick even though he is clearly over the crowd; that just doesn't make sense and one of the reasons I don't like Cole on commentary; talk about announcers who are sooo out of touch of the WWE fans; he's the real heel announcer there;
• "Mizdow's awesome" and "We want Mizdow" - Philly crowd, showing their support for the stunt double;
• The Usos win with Powerbomb and Frogsplash on The Miz.

Natalya & Paige vs The Bella Twins

• "Ole!" chants from crowd for Paige
• Brie and Natalya botched a move; I think it was supposed to be a neckbreaker or something; crowd didn't seem to care;
• Nikki Rack Attacks Natalya for the win.

WWE Heavyweight Championship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) vs John Cena vs Seth Rollins

• "Maybe we get a calculator out and start counting these supplexes" -King. Yes, sir. And here is the German Suplex Count for the whole match: John Cena - 7, Seth Rollins - 3, J&J Security - 1 (Yep! One German Suplex on two guys!)
• Brock Lesnar legitimately damaged/destroyed one of the monitors on the Spanish announce table;
• After three AAs and one Curb Stomp on the champion, Brock Lesnar is still the only one standing. "This is awesome" -crowd;
• John Cena drives Brock Lesnar into the time keepers area, demolishing the barricade;
• "You've got to be kidding me!" -King, "Naw, hell no, do it! Championship is at stake!" -JBL, as Rollins elbow drops Brock Lesnar through the Spanish Announce table. RIP Spanish announce table; "Holy $h!t!" - crowd;
• "This is awesome!" -crowd. Yes, it is!
• Seth turns a blocked sunset flip into a running powerbomb on the turnbuckle for a nearfall;
• "We're getting preliminary information now that Brock Lesnar is suffering from at least a broken rib. At least a broken rib..." - Michael Cole. That's how you know that it isn't a broken rib :)
• After Rollins delivers a Corkscrew 450 Splash on Cena, Brock sends Rollins flying with another German suplex out of nowhere;
• Brock Lesnar avoids a Curb Stomp and then F5s Seth Rollins for the win;
• "Broken rib and all, that man Brock Lesnar is unstoppable. He may have that championship as long as he wants it." - JBL. And that's how the announce team sells that Brock is an unstoppable beast. They better do that. Otherwise, him breaking the Undertaker's Streak will be for naught.
• Five-star match; Match of the Night, without a doubt.

MAIN EVENT: Royal Rumble Match

1. The Miz
2. R-Truth
3. Bubba Ray Dudley (Welcome home!)
4. Luke Harper
5. Bray Wyatt
6. Curtis Axel
7. The Boogeyman (surprise! bye!)
8. Sin Cara
9. Zack Ryder
10. Daniel Bryan
11. Fandango
12. Tyson Kidd
13. Stardust
14. DDP (another surprise return!)
15. Rusev
16. Goldust
17. Kofi Kingston
18. Adam Rose
19. Roman Reigns
20. Big-E
21. Damien Mizdow
22. Jack Swagger
23. Ryback
24. Kane
25. Dean Ambrose
26. Titus O'Neil
27. Bad News Barrett
28. Cesaro
29. Big Show
30. Dolph Ziggler

Eliminations:

Superstar	Count	Eliminations
Bubba Ray	2	Miz, R-Truth
Bray Wyatt	6	Bubba Ray Dudley, Luke Harper, (Eric Rowan,) The Boogeyman, Sin Cara, Zack Ryder, Daniel Bryan
Daniel Bryan	1	Tyson Kidd
Rusev	6	DDP, Fandango, Adam Rose, Kofi Kingston, Damien Mizdow, Big E
Roman Reigns	6	Goldust, Stardust, Titus O'Neil, Kane, Big Show, Rusev
Dean Ambrose	1	Titus O'Neil
Kane	4	Ryback, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose
Big Show	5	Ryback, Jack Swagger, Dolph Ziggler, Bray Wyatt, Dean Ambrose
Dolph Ziggler	2	Bad News Barrett, Cesaro

Legend:

Shared elimination by Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns

Shared elimination by Kane and Big Show

Rumble Notes:

• Bubba Ray Dudley didn't miss a bit, delivering his signatures with makeshift partner R-Truth flawlessly;
• Curtis Axel never entered the match after he was attacked by Eric Rowan;
• I think The Boogeyman's entrance was longer than the time he was inside the ring; supremely underwhelming;
• Daniel Bryan's elimination was the biggest shocker of the night; crowd is clearly upset from that point forward;
• Kofi Kingston's save from elimination this year is the least impressive so far; anybody can be caught by the Rosebuds and thrown back in the ring;
• Stardust tried to eliminate Goldust early on, teasing a split in the near future;
• Tremendous amount of boos from the crowd as Roman Reigns enter the ring;
• The Miz tried to take Mizdow's place but was knocked out by Reigns; Damien Mizdow was the crowd favorite at that point after Daniel Bryan's elimination; his run was very short-lived though;
• When Ambrose was eliminated, leaving Roman Reigns, Big Show, and Kane, crowd sounds off a resounding boo, realizing clearly now more than ever that Roman Reigns will win the Rumble; crowd started chanting "Bull$h!t!"
• Crowd quickly turned on the Rock after he helped clear the ring of Big Show and Kane;
• "We want Rusev" crowd chants after learning Rusev is not eliminated yet;
• Kane breaks HBK's record for the most number of accumulated eliminations at 39; previously, Kane was at 38, he now stands at 42;