WWE Royal Rumble 2009 Results

Jack Swagger defeated Matt Hardy to retain the ECW Tilte - Normal match. Nothing out of the ordinary.
Melina defeated Beth Phoenix to regain the WWE Women's Championship - No Rosa Mendez which was surprising. Beth did a new move thought where she bent Melina's leg back and made her kick herself in the head.
John Cena defeated JBL to retain the World Title - While ref was knocked out HBK got in the ring and Superkicked JBL, but then Superkicked Cena as well. He then pulled JBL on top of Cena and walked to the back. A new ref came down and Cena kicked out. Cena went on to get the pinfall.
Edge defeated Jeff Hardy to regain the WWE Title - The match was changed to a no DQ match. Matt Hardy came out and it looked like the Hardys were going to do a con-chair-to, but Matt laid Jeff out with the chair instead. Edge then got the pin. Having Matt turn on Jeff has been a long time coming. Jeff's always been the more popular one. Here is what the WWE should do to add to the feud/angle--Have Jeff bring in Christian so it will be Matt & Edge v. Jeff & Christian (does WWE still pretend that Edge and Christian are brothers?).
Randy Orton won the Royal Rumble - He last eliminated Triple H (who was in the process of elimination Ted DiBiase. No major surprise entrys except RVD.

Dave got them all correct. Congratulations to Dave. I only got 3.

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WWE Royal Rumble 2009 Predictions

Royal Rumble
Dave Says: Let's go with Randy Orton.
I Say: Orton will win. This will lead up to Vince McMahon having the guy who kicked him in the head headlining Wrestlemania. Someone else could still win so we can have an Orton v. McMahon WM25 match though. Here's some
'booking for thought' Orton wins, It is FINALLY fully acknowledged that Trips is Vince's son-in-law and Trips attacks Orton for insulting Steph and assualting Vince and Orton tries to get his revenge by taking the WWE Title from Trips which he will win sometime after the Rumble, but before WM25.

John Cena (c) vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield (with Shawn Michaels)
Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship
Dave Says: Since this is the prelude to WrestleMania I assume they're going to go with Cena in the main event and he does have his new movie coming out so I see a Cena victory and maybe Michaels turning on Layfield. On the other hand this Michaels/Layfield angle may yet have a bit of steam in it but I suspect Cena will keep the title regardless of what happens.
I Say: I like this angle a lot. HBK has had the WWE's best 2 angles over the past year - This one and the one with Jericho. For some reason I think that this feud will be a little more abbreviated though. Here is what I think will happen HBK will cause JBL to lose setting up a match between them at Wrestlemania.

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Melina
Singles match for the WWE Women's Championship
Dave Says: I'll go with my honey, Melina
I Say: It's tough to say where say where the angle with Rosa Mendez is going to go. It can either be that Rosa helps Beth win with Beth warming up to her or with Rosa causing Beth to lose and creating more tension between them. I'll say that Melina wins by DQ.

Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Edge
Singles match for the WWE Championship
Dave Says: This is a tough one. Would they give it to Edge yet again? I hope so. Do they want Hardy headlining
WrestleMania? Would they have neither of the big two titles switch hands. I think Edge will win it yet again.
I Say: Jeff Hardy retains the title. Hardy wins.

Jack Swagger (c) vs. Matt Hardy
Singles match for the ECW Championship
Dave Says: Jack who? In honor of Bush leaving the White House I'm going to go with my gut and pick Jack Swagger. Oh and... Fuck You Bush.
I Say: I think that this is the match most likely to see a title change. I'm going to pick Swagger though.

Dave picked: Orton, Cena, Melina, Edge, and Swagger.
I picked: Orton, Cena, Beth, Hardy, and Swagger

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