WWE Royal Rumble 2014 results and GIFs of the final eliminations
By Mike Dyce
WWE Royal Rumble LIVE Sunday, January 26th 2014.
The 2014 WWE Royal Rumble is here and with it comes a chance to compete at WrestleMania for the WWE Championship. The Royal Rumble is one of the most entertaining WWE events and one of the most unique. 30 wrestlers come into the ring, one at a time at certain intervals and compete in a free-for-all. The only way to get eliminated is to get thrown over the top rope and have your feet touch the floor. We’ve seen some incredible eliminations and we’ve seen some superstars do some incredible things to avoid elimination.
All we know about this year’s WWE Royal Rumble really is that CM Punk comes to the ring first. After that it is all a big surprise. There are still 10 Rumble contestants that haven’t been announced. We’ll post GIFs of eliminations as they come in below.
We will continue to update this as WWE superstars are eliminated, unfortunately you’ll need to refresh to see updates.
CM Punk came to the ring first, and the second man out was Seth Rollins. Damien Sandow came in third and tried to help Rollins eliminate Punk. Cody Rhodes comes in fourth and attacks his former tag team partner, Sandow.
CM Punk flipped Sandow over the rope for the first elimination.
The fifth wrestler in was Kane, who came out in his corporate clothes and took off his button up shirt as he ran down the ramp. He fought in slacks and dress shoes.
CM Punk then eliminated Kane, rather quickly.
NXT star Alexander Rusev was the sixth wrestler in. Jack Swagger was the seventh wrestler in. Kofi Kingston was the eighth wrestler in and immediately went after CM Punk. Jimmy Uso was the ninth wrestler in. Goldust was the 10th wrestler in, his brother Cody and tag team partner was already in the match.
Everyone ganged up on Rusev and eliminated him.
Kingston was knocked over the top rope but Rusev caught him. He put him on the barricade and kneed him, leaving him on the barricade and eligible. He ran along the barricade and jumped back to the ring, incredible!
Dean Ambrose was the 11th wrestler in. Dolph Ziggler was the 12th wrestler in. The “let’s go Ziggler” chants are loud and strong early on. R-Truth was the 13th man in to the Rumble.
Dean Ambrose then eliminated R-Truth and then Jimmy Uso.
Kingston is hanging from the bottom rope by his feet, and pulled Swagger’s boot off in the process. Kevin Nash was a surprise return as the 14th man into the ring.
Nash eliminates Swagger seconds after entering the Rumble.
Roman Reigns is the 15th man into the ring, and all members of The Shield are in the Rumble now at the same time. They could look to gang up on everyone.
Reigns catches Kingston along the ropes and throws him clear over his head to eliminate him.
Reigns then eliminates Ziggler and Nash seconds later.
The 16th wrestler in is The Great Khali.
The Shield eliminate Khali moments later.
Goldust eliminated Cody Rhodes.
Reigns eliminates Goldust.
Sheamus returns as the 17th wrestler. The Miz is the 18th wrestler in the Rumble he immediately helps Sheamus fight off the Shield. CM Punk has been laying in the same corner under the turnbuckle near the bell. Fandango is the 19th wrestler to enter the Royal Rumble. He goes to work on The Miz and nearly eliminates him, then The Miz returns the favor but both stay in. The 20th wrestler in is El Torito, the little bull that comes out with Los Matadores.
CM Punk is messing with El Torito palming his head and then he lands a DDT.
Torito then eliminates Fandango.
Reigns then throws Torito over the top rope.
The 21st wrestler in is Antonio Cesaro. The 22nd wrestler in was Luke Harper of the Wyatt Family. The 23rd wrestler in is Jey Uso, his brother eliminated earlier in the Royal Rumble. The 24th wrestler in was announcer John “Bradshaw” Layfield (JBL), it was his Royal Rumble debut. He called Michael Cole to come over to the ring and get his coat, and was promptly thrown over the top rope.
Reigns eliminates JBL.
Erick Rowan is the 25th wrestler in.
Luke Harper eliminates The Miz.
Jey Uso gets eliminated.
Ryback is the 26th wrestler in. Alberto Del Rio is the 27th wrestler in. Batista comes in as the 28th wrestler.
Batista eliminates Erick Rowan.
Batista eliminates Ryback.
Batista eliminates Del Rio.
Big E Langston is the 29th wrestler in, one wrestler left. Rey Mysterio is the 30th, and final entrant into the WWE Royal Rumble.
Sheamus eliminates Big E Langston.
Rollins eliminates Rey Mysterio.
Reigns eliminates Harper with flying punch.
Then Ambrose tries to eliminate Reigns and the Shield breaks apart.
Reigns then eliminates Ambrose, Rollins, and Cesaro all at the same time.
Punk hits Reigns with the Go To Sleep.
Then Kane comes out from out of the ring to eliminate Punk despite being eliminated earlier.
Kane then choke slams Punk through the announcers’ table. It wasn’t surprising, on Twitter there were reports from the crowd that Kane was under the ring.
Reigns then eliminates Sheamus to break the record for most eliminations with 12.
Batista and Reigns are the last two men left. Reigns hits Batista with a spear.
Batista then eliminates Reigns.
Batista celebrates his win by pointing at the WrestleMania XXX sign.