WWE Rewind: Royal Rumble 2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2008 Poster

The twenty first Royal Rumble match took place on January 27, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York. Many fans remember this match vividly mainly because of the fact that John Cena made a successful comeback from a career threatening injury, by winning this match. His surprise comeback is rated as one of the best moments in royal rumble history.

Watch this Royal Rumble match in these videos:

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Part 3:

Here are some important facts about this match:

• John Cena entered the match at number 30 and won his first Royal Rumble match by eliminating Triple H.
• Two wrestling legends – Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka and Rowdy Roddy Piper participated in this match.
• Triple H made the most number of eliminations in this match – six.
• Batista lasted the longest in this match – for about 37 minutes.

In case you haven’t watched them yet, relive the thrill of earlier Royal Rumble matches at these links:

• Royal Rumble 2007
• Royal Rumble 2006
• Royal Rumble 2005
• Royal Rumble 2004
• Royal Rumble 2003