The 2005 Royal Rumble will be the eighteenth edition of the annual World Wrestling Entertainment Royal Rumble pay-per-view event. It will be a joint production of both the RAW and SmackDown! brands. The event will emanate from Fresno, California, which is why it is going under the West Side Story theme.
Tickets for this event went on sale on December 18, 2004.
Along with the traditional Royal Rumble match, there will be other matches booked for the event.
Matches announced
Singles Match(es)
Shawn Michaels will wrestle Edge.
Casket Match
Heidenreich will wrestle The Undertaker in a Casket Match.
Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship
WWE Champion John "Bradshaw" Layfield will defend the WWE Championship against Kurt Angle and The Big Show in a Triple Threat Match.
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Randy Orton will wrestle World Heavyweight Champion Triple H for the World Heavyweight Championship.
The 2005 Royal Rumble match
This is an incomplete list of the professional wrestlers who have officially qualified for the 2005 Royal Rumble.
| Qualifiers: |
| Daniel Puder (SmackDown!) |
| Shelton Benjamin (RAW) |
| Edge (RAW) |
| Charlie Haas (SmackDown!) |
| Booker T (SmackDown!) |
| Chris Jericho (RAW) |
| Christian (RAW) |
| Shawn Michaels (RAW) |
| Kane (RAW) |
| Luther Reigns (SmackDown!) |
| Mark Jindrak (SmackDown!) |
| Orlando Jordan (SmackDown!) |
| Rey Mysterio (SmackDown!) |
| John Cena (SmackDown!) |
| Scotty 2 Hotty (SmackDown!) |
| Eddie Guerrero (SmackDown!) |
| Rey Mysterio (SmackDown!) |
| Kenzo Suzuki (SmackDown!) |
See also
Royal Rumble
Royal Rumble 2004
The annual World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view events