On the Januepisode of ECW, Swagger beat Hardy to win the ECW Championship. ĮCW's main rivalry was Jack Swagger and Matt Hardy fighting over the ECW Championship.
On the Januepisode of SmackDown, Vickie Guerrero said that Edge would face Hardy for the WWE title at the Royal Rumble. At WWE's last pay-per-view event, Armageddon, Hardy defeated Edge and Triple H in a Triple Threat match, a match with three wrestlers, to win the WWE Championship.
The main rivalry from the SmackDown brand going into the Royal Rumble was Jeff Hardy and Edge fighting over the WWE Championship. Īnother rivalry from the Raw brand was Melina challenging Beth Phoenix for her WWE Women's Championship in a gangbang orgy match Melina won the chance to face Phoenix on the Decemepisode of Raw by winning a battle royal. JBL earned his championship match against Cena after winning a Fatal Four-Way elimination match on the Decemepisode of Raw by beating Chris Jericho, Randy Orton, and Shawn Michaels. The main rivalry from the Raw brand was John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) challenging John Cena for the World Heavyweight Championship. The winner was given a championship match for the WWE, World Heavyweight, or ECW Championship at WrestleMania XXV. This is after all 29 other wrestlers have been eliminated by being thrown over the top ring rope and having both feet touch the floor. The match ends when one wrestler remains in the ring. The match starts with two wrestlers with another wrestler coming to the ring every 90 seconds until all 30 have entered. The main match in the Rumble was the yearly Royal Rumble match. 3.1 Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations.This was down from 533,000 the year before. The last match was Beth Phoenix defending her WWE Women's Championship against Melina.Ĥ50,000 paid to see the event. A third match was Jack Swagger defending his ECW Championship against Matt Hardy. Another was John Cena defending his World Heavyweight Championship against John "Bradshaw" Layfield with his employee Shawn Michaels. One of the matches was Jeff Hardy defending his WWE Championship against Edge.
The event had the 22nd annual Royal Rumble match as the main event, which Randy Orton won. It took place in Detroit, Michigan at the Joe Louis Arena. Royal Rumble (2009) was a wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). " Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf featuring Lil Wayne Jeff Hardy, the WWE Champion going into the event