Every year, WWE puts on a Pay Per View called The Royal Rumble. This year was no exception as the 2008 Royal Rumble kicked off the year. Going into this PPV, I for one thought that the line up for the show was pretty good considering that it was Jeff Hardy’s first WWE title shot. One thing that I don’t understand is why is there an ECW brand when the ECW World Title isn’t even taken seriously? With Chavo Guerrero being the rumble match, it shows just low the title is. In my view, It’s below the United States and IC titles.
Anyways, this years Royal Rumble kicked off with MVP against Ric Flair. It was a pretty good match which saw MVP tap out to Ric Flair’s figure four leglock. That pretty much surprised me but honestly, it was a great way for Ric Flair to win and doesn’t hurt MVP too much. Next up was Chris Jericho against JBL, Not too crazy about this fued but it was alright considering that Jericho laid out JBL.
The World Heavyweight Championship was next featuring EDGE defending against Rey Mysterio. A pretty good match which saw EDGE successfully defending his title. This match proved that Edge no matter how cowardly and disliked he is, could win a match without getting help from the outside. The WWE Championship was next which featured Randy Orton facing off with Jeff Hardy. It was a great match which saw Randy Orton beat Jeff Hardy clean to retain his championship. In my opinion, I believe Jeff Hardy should be champion soon, he deserves it.
The final match was The 2008 Royal Rumble match. This rumble featured many greats like Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Triple H, Batista, and many others. The interesting thing about it is that Shawn and Undertaker started off the match unlike the year before, where they ended the match. The highlight of this match was no doubt, the shocking return of John Cena, who was supposed to be out for at least a year. John Cena went on to win the match by taking out Triple H.
In the end, this was a great PPV worth buying since it was worth the forty bucks. This no doubt will be a classic. Every match was great including the Jericho and JBL match. The shocking return of Cena in the rumble match made it that much more special.
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