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. false 2024-08-28 20:30:39 WWE Royal Rumble 2008 Kevin Dunn Jenifer Bloodsworth Brandon D. Campbell Jenifer Bloodsworth Brandon D. Campbell 7.5 2008 TV-14 tt1178664 122963 2008-01-27 2008-01-27 167 United States of America Action Drama World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) wrestling D:\Jellyfin\metadata\library\7d\7d3d686db505c08bd89fbf695ffcb3bd\poster.jpg D:\Jellyfin\metadata\library\7d\7d3d686db505c08bd89fbf695ffcb3bd\backdrop.jpg Randy Orton Randy Orton Actor 0 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\R\Randy Orton\folder.jpg Jeff Hardy Jeff Hardy Actor 1 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\J\Jeff Hardy\folder.jpg Adam Copeland Edge Actor 2 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\A\Adam Copeland\folder.jpg Óscar Gutiérrez Rey Mysterio Actor 3 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\Ó\Óscar Gutiérrez\folder.jpg Chris Irvine Chris Jericho Actor 4 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\C\Chris Irvine\folder.jpg John Layfield JBL Actor 5 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\J\John Layfield\folder.jpg Ric Flair Ric Flair Actor 6 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\R\Ric Flair\folder.jpg Hassan Hamin Assad MVP Actor 7 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\H\Hassan Hamin Assad\folder.jpg John Cena John Cena Actor 8 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\J\John Cena\folder.jpg Paul Lévesque Triple H Actor 9 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\P\Paul Lévesque\folder.jpg Mark Calaway The Undertaker Actor 10 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\M\Mark Calaway\folder.jpg Dave Bautista Batista Actor 11 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\D\Dave Bautista\folder.jpg Michael Hickenbottom Shawn Michaels Actor 12 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\M\Michael Hickenbottom\folder.jpg Matthew Hardy Matt Hardy Actor 13 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\M\Matthew Hardy\folder.jpg Anthony Carelli Santino Marella Actor 14 D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\A\Anthony Carelli\folder.jpg Vince McMahon Executive Producer Producer D:\Jellyfin\metadata\People\V\Vince McMahon\folder.jpg tt1178664