WWF Royal Rumble - January 25, 2004

KAIENTAI defeated Hardly Christian when Michinoku pinned M. Hardy with the Michinoku Driver in 0:18:17.
Rating: ** 1/2

Reckless Angle defeated Jeff Hardy and D'Lo Brown when E. Angle pinned D'Lo with the Discus Punch in 0:31:58.
Rating: *** 1/2

X-Pac pinned Crash with the X-Factor in 0:16:46.
Rating: ** 1/4
(X-Pac retained the WWF Light-heavyweight Title.)

William Regal defeated Dean Malenko via pinfall in 0:25:25.
Rating: *** 1/2
(William Regal won the WWF European Title.)

The Dark Carnival defeated The Impact Players when Muta pinned L. Storm with his special move in 0:13:24.
Rating: **

Edge pinned Kanyon after a spear in 0:26:10.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Edge retained the WWF Intercontinental Title.)

The Outsiders defeated E & C when Hall pinned E. Guerrero with the Outsider Edge in 0:32:45.
Rating: ** 3/4
(The Outsiders retained the WWF World Tag-Team Titles.)

Rob Van Dam pinned Hollywood Hogan with the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:14:43.
Rating: DUD

Sean O'Haire pinned Randy Savage after a flying elbowdrop in 0:20:41.
Rating: ***

Non-Title-Match:
Al Snow pinned Chris Jericho with the Snow Plow in 0:21:35.
Rating: * 3/4

Kurt Angle pinned Ric Flair after a waistlock suplex in 0:02:20.
Rating: * 1/4

Booker T pinned Scott Steiner after a flying forearm in 0:10:15.
Rating: ** 1/2

Triple H pinned Bill Goldberg with the Pedigree in 0:20:36.
Rating: **

[Royal Rumble 2004]: No-Countout-No-DQ-30-Man Royal Rumble:
Rob Van Dam won a 30-man Royal Rumble:
x X-Pac and Kanyon started out.
x Chris Jericho entered at 0:02:00
x Chuck Palumbo entered at 0:04:00
x X-Pac threw out Palumbo after a kick to the head in 0:05:27
x Kevin Nash entered at 0:06:00
x Kanyon threw out Nash in 0:06:59
x Rob Van Dam entered at 0:08:00
x Van Dam threw out Chris Jericho in 0:08:25
x Triple H entered at 0:10:00
x Vampiro entered at 0:12:00
x Crash entered at 0:14:00
x Kurt Angle entered at 0:16:00
x Scott Steiner entered at 0:18:00
x Scott Hall entered at 0:20:00
x William Regal entered at 0:22:00
x D'Lo Brown entered at 0:24:00
x Edge entered at 0:26:00
x Lance Storm entered at 0:28:00
x Kanyon threw out Regal in 0:29:22
x Tajiri entered at 0:30:00
x Sean O'Haire entered at 0:32:00
x Angle threw out Vampiro after a waistlock suplex in 0:32:10
x HHH threw out Angle after a back suplex in 0:33:18
x The Great Muta entered at 0:34:00
x Justin Credible entered at 0:36:00
x Van Dam threw out HHH in 0:36:00
x Al Snow entered at 0:38:00
x Masato Tanaka entered at 0:40:00
x Bill Goldberg entered at 0:42:00
x Goldberg threw out S. Steiner in 0:42:40
x Tajiri threw out Muta in 0:43:20
x Hardcore Holly entered at 0:44:00
x Erik Angle entered at 0:46:00
x Kanyon threw out Credible in 0:47:16
x Kanyon threw out M. Tanaka in 0:47:26
x Reckless Youth entered at 0:48:00
x Van Dam threw out Snow after a spinning leg lariat in 0:49:58
x Ric Flair entered at 0:50:00
x X-Pac threw out Tajiri in 0:50:43
x Dean Malenko entered at 0:52:00
x Van Dam threw out E. Angle in 0:53:19
x Jeff Hardy entered at 0:54:00
x R. Youth threw out Crash after a clothesline in 0:55:04
x Booker T entered at 0:56:00
x Booker T threw out D'Lo in 1:01:10
x Goldberg threw out Edge after a belly-to-belly suplex in 1:06:18
x Kanyon threw out Booker T after a Russian legsweep in 1:15:31
x Van Dam threw out X-Pac in 1:20:59
x D. Malenko threw out Goldberg after a swinging neckbreaker in 1:22:27
x Kanyon threw out Hall in 1:23:09
x R. Youth threw out Kanyon after an armbar submission in 1:32:00
x D. Malenko threw out Holly in 1:33:51
x R. Youth threw out Flair in 1:36:30
x Van Dam threw out R. Youth after a spinning leg lariat in 1:37:12
x D. Malenko threw out L. Storm in 1:42:42
x J. Hardy threw out D. Malenko after a snap suplex in 1:44:37
x Van Dam threw out J. Hardy after a German suplex in 1:47:37
x Van Dam threw out O'Haire after a facerake in 2:00:15
Rating: *** 1/2

Bret Hart made Chris Benoit submit to the Sharpshooter in 0:27:16.
Rating: **** 3/4
(Bret Hart retained the WWF World Heavyweight Title.)

Notes:

2004! KAIENTAI starts the night against Hardly Christian in a hot opening match.
Next, D'Lo Brown and Jeff Hardy teamed up for one night to take on the newly heel team of Reckless Angle. Reckless Angle pick up the win, but decide that it's time for them to start singles careers. During the match, Erik Angle displayed a lot of hardcore wrestling ability, and he may be a new man for the Hardcore division.
X-Pac took on Crash Holly for the Lightheavyweight title. Hardcore is out with a injured foot, so Crash is getting another singles chance. But, X-Pac ends that chance right away with a win.
William Regal fights Dean Malenko for the European title! Dean Malenko won that title from Kanyon almost a year ago at WrestleMania 19, but now Regal gets his chance! Regal defeats Malenko to become the new Euro champ! After the match, D'Lo Brown attacks Regal.
The Dark Carnival takes on the Impact Players. Nash and Hall want them softened up for WrestleMania, and the Carnival does just that! The Carnival beats the Impact Players with a little help from ICP.
Kanyon gets his shot at Edge for what Kanyon did to Jeff Hardy at Survivor Series. But, Edge beats Kanyon and retains the IC title.
Eddie & Chavo get another shot at the tag-team titles, but The Outsiders still seem invincible in the WWF.
Rob Van Dam took on Hollywood Hogan. If Hollywood wins, Van Dam has to LEAVE the WWF and go back to ECW (where only Bret Hart and Bill Goldberg are competeing for the RWCW). If Van Dam wins, he gets Hogan's spot in the Royal Rumble! Van Dam won, and he gets to go into the Rumble at #6!
Sean O'Haire fought Randy Savage for HIS spot in the Rumble. If Savage won, O'Haire has to go back to WCW (where only Bret Hart, Chris Jericho, and Scott Steiner are competeing for the RWCW). O'Haire won, and he gets to enter the Rumble at #18! (Masato Tanaka will represent ECW, and Chuck Palumbo will represent WCW).
Al Snow fought Chris Jericho and won! It was NOT for Al's Hardcore title, although it should have been.
Kurt Angle fought Ric Flair! After Angle beat Flair, he was attacked by Hollywood Hogan, setting up a feud between the old American hero, and the new American hero.
Next, Booker T pinned Scott Steiner.
Triple H pinned Bill Goldberg!
Next up was the Royal Rumble. In the end, it was RVD (who was in for 1 hour and 52 minutes, a new record) and Sean O'Haire (who was in for 1 hour and 28 minutes) against each other; the winner facing either Bret Hart or Chris Benoit at WrestleMania XX! And...Rob Van Dam won the match and gets his shot at WrestleMania to finally settle the score with the "REAL WCW"! Many people, though, believe Van Dam will actually join the RWCW during the main event at WrestleMania, causing the RWCW to continue living on!
And finally...the main event. Chris Benoit gets his rematch against Bret Hart, and Bret's hated enemy, Shawn Michaels, is the special ref. The last time Shawn reffed a match for Bret, The Undertaker won the WWF World title from Bret. Things started great, Shawn ruled down the middle. Towards the end of the match, though, he was admonishing Bret for very little, and counting slow for his pinfalls. Finally, the end came when...Shawn superkicked Chris Benoit in the face! Bret put him in the Sharpshooter, and Shawn called for the bell without Benoit even moving his hand to tap: he was unconscious. Bret wins and Shawn joins the RWCW! He reveals that HE was the third man who attacked Triple H at Survivor Series.