Royal Rumble (2005) was the eighteenth annual Royal Rumble PPV. It was presented by PlayStation and took place on January 30, 2005 at the Save Mart Center in Fresno, California and featured talent from both the Raw and SmackDown! brands. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. The primary match on the Raw brand was Triple H versus Randy Orton for the World Heavyweight Championship. The primary match on the SmackDown! brand was a Triple Threat match for the WWE Championship between reigning champion John “Bradshaw” Layfield, Kurt Angle, and The Big Show.
Rated PG-13 | Length 180 minutes
Paul Michael Lévesque | Randy Orton | John Layfield | Kurt Angle | Paul Wight | John Cena | Dave Bautista | Michael Hickenbottom | Adam Copeland | Eddie Guerrero | Chris Benoit | Oscar Gutierrez Rubio | Chris Irvine | Booker Huffman | Mark Calaway | Jon Heidenreich | Doug Basham | Shelton Benjamin | Carlos Colón Jr. | Robert Howard | Gregory Shane Helms | Kenzo Suzuki | Matthew Wiese | Mark Copani | Scott Garland | Charles Doyle Haas II | René Goguen | Jonathan Coachman | Mark Jindrak | Paul London | Nelson Frazier Jr. | Glenn Thomas Jacobs | William Jason Reso | Gene Snisky | Michael Bucci