
Royal Rumble (2008) was the twenty-first annual Royal Rumble PPV. It took place on January 27, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown and ECW brands. The event was also the first WWE pay-per-view broadcast in high definition. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania. The main event was the annual 30-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from all three brands. The primary match on the Raw brand was Randy Orton versus Jeff Hardy for the WWE Championship. The primary match on the SmackDown brand was Edge versus Rey Mysterio for the World Heavyweight Championship. The featured matches on the undercard were Montel Vontavious Porter versus Ric Flair in a Career Threatening match and John "Bradshaw" Layfield versus Chris Jericho.

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as Randy Orton

as Edge

as Jeff Hardy

as Rey Mysterio

as Triple H

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as Kane

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as Chris Jericho

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as Ric Flair

as MVP

as Matt Hardy

as Santino Marella

as The Great Khali

as Hardcore Holly

as John Morrison

as Tommy Dreamer

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as Jamie Noble

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as Cody Rhodes

as Umaga

as The Miz

as Shelton Benjamin

as "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka

as "Rowdy" Roddy Piper

as Carlito

as Mick Foley

as Mr. Kennedy

as Big Daddy V

as Mark Henry

as Chavo

as Finlay

as Elijah Burke

as Chuck Palumbo

as Snitsky

as Zack Ryder

as Curt Hawkins

as Vickie Guerrero (Ringside)