royal rumble 2013

Royal Rumble (2013) was the twenty-sixth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by WWE. It took place on January 27, 2013 at the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona. It was the first WWE pay-per-view of 2013, and featured the traditional Royal Rumble match.^[5]

According to new data from WWE, as of March 12, 2013, this year's Royal Rumble garnered 498,000 buys, up 55,000 from last year's 443,000 buys the previous year. This is the highest buyrate the Royal Rumble has scored since 2002, where the event was bought by roughly 670,000 people worldwide.^[6]

Results[edit]

No.	Results	Stipulations	Times[citation needed]
Pre-show	Antonio Cesaro (c) defeated The Miz[13]	Singles match for the WWE United States Championship	07:37
1	Alberto Del Rio (c) (with Ricardo Rodriguez) defeated Big Show[14]	Last Man Standing match for the World Heavyweight Championship	16:58
2	Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan) (c) defeated Team Rhodes Scholars (Cody Rhodes and Damien Sandow)[15]	Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship	09:24
3	John Cena won by last eliminating Ryback[16]	30 man Royal Rumble match for the winner's choice of a WWE or World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXIX	55:18
4	CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Rock[17]	Singles match for the WWE Championship. The match was restarted after The Shield interfered.	23:46
5	The Rock defeated CM Punk (c) (with Paul Heyman)
(c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match

Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations[edit]

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Draw	Entrant	Order	Eliminated by	Time	Eliminations[19]
1	Dolph Ziggler	27	Sheamus	49:47	2
2	Chris Jericho	25	Ziggler	47:53	2
3	Cody Rhodes	12	Cena	27:39	4
4	Kofi Kingston	9	Rhodes	22:18	2
5	Santino Marella	1	Rhodes	00:55	0
6	Drew McIntyre	2	Jericho	02:40	0
7	Titus O'Neil	3	Sheamus via Otunga3	07:30	0
8	Goldust	5	Rhodes	09:41	0
9	David Otunga	4	Sheamus	04:24	0
10	Heath Slater	11	Cena	15:49	1
11	Sheamus	28	Ryback	37:23	5
12	Tensai	7	Kingston	05:37	0
13	Brodus Clay	6	Jericho, Slater, Rhodes, Sheamus, Young	03:47	0
14	Rey Mysterio	13	Barrett	15:43	0
15	Darren Young	8	Kingston	02:51	1
16	Bo Dallas	21	Barrett1	21:42	1
17	The Godfather	10	Ziggler	00:05	0
18	Wade Barrett	20	Dallas	20:34	2
19	John Cena	-	-	26:39	4
20	Damien Sandow	22	Ryback	16:26	0
21	Daniel Bryan	16	Cesaro & Kane2	07:55	2
22	Antonio Cesaro	18	Cena	08:50	1
23	The Great Khali	14	Kane & Bryan	03:08	0
24	Kane	15	Bryan	01:46	2
25	Zack Ryder	17	Orton	02:34	0
26	Randy Orton	26	Ryback	10:20	1
27	Jinder Mahal	19	Sheamus	02:10	0
28	The Miz	24	Ryback	05:08	0
29	Sin Cara	23	Ryback	03:27	0
30	Ryback	29	Cena	09:06	5