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| Promotion | World Wrestling Entertainment | ||
| Brand(s) | RAW SmackDown! ECW | ||
| Date | January 28, 2007 | ||
| City | San Antonio, Texas | ||
| Venue | AT&T Center | ||
| Attendance | 16,118 | ||
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Royal Rumble 2007 was the twentieth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from World Wrestling Entertainment. It was held on January 28, 2007 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. The official theme song for the event was "Drones" by Rise Against.
This marked the first time the new ECW brand would participate in the Royal Rumble match. The winner could have a title shot at WrestleMania for the ECW World Championship, as well as for the WWE Championship or the World Heavyweight Championship. However, with the inclusion of ECW for the first time this year, there is an uneven share between the brands (with 13 RAW wrestlers, 10 SmackDown! wrestlers and 7 ECW wrestlers), unlike previous Royal Rumble matches with equal split RAW and SmackDown! wrestlers.
Matches
- The Hardys (Matt and Jeff) defeated MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury) (w/Melina) (15:27)
- Jeff pinned Nitro after a Swanton Bomb.
- Bobby Lashley defeated Test to retain the ECW World Championship (7:11)
- Lashley won by count-out.
- Batista defeated Mr. Kennedy to retain the World Heavyweight Championship (10:30)
- Batista pinned Kennedy after a Batista Bomb.
- John Cena defeated Umaga (w/Armando Alejandro Estrada) in a Last Man Standing match to retain the WWE Championship (23:00)
- Cena choked Umaga out using one of the ring ropes, leaving Umaga unable to answer the ten-count.
- The Undertaker won the 2007 Royal Rumble match (58:00)
- Undertaker eliminated Shawn Michaels last to win.
Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations
Red ██ indicates a RAW superstar, blue ██ indicates a SmackDown! superstar, and grey ██ indicates an ECW extremist. A new entrant came out approximately every 90 seconds.
| Entrant | Eliminated | ||
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| 1 | Ric Flair | 1 | by Kenny |
| 2 | Finlay | 12 | by Michaels |
| 3 | Kenny Dykstra | 2 | by Edge |
| 4 | Matt Hardy | 9 | by Orton |
| 5 | Edge | 28 | by Michaels |
| 6 | Tommy Dreamer | 3 | by Kane |
| 7 | Sabu | 4 | by Kane |
| 8 | Gregory Helms | 5 | by Booker |
| 9 | Shelton Benjamin | 14 | by Michaels |
| 10 | Kane | 11 | by Booker |
| 11 | CM Punk | 21 | by Khali |
| 12 | King Booker | 10 | by Kane |
| 13 | Super Crazy | 7 | by Edge and Orton |
| 14 | Jeff Hardy | 8 | by Edge and Orton |
| 15 | The Sandman | 6 | by Booker |
| 16 | Randy Orton | 27 | by Michaels |
| 17 | Chris Benoit | 24 | by Khali |
| 18 | Rob Van Dam | 20 | by Khali |
| 19 | Viscera | 13 | by Edge, Orton, Punk, RVD, Benoit, Nitro, Benjamin, Holly and Thorn |
| 20 | Johnny Nitro | 15 | by Benoit |
| 21 | Kevin Thorn | 16 | by Benoit |
| 22 | Hardcore Holly | 18 | by Khali |
| 23 | Shawn Michaels | 29 | by Undertaker |
| 24 | Chris Masters | 17 | by RVD |
| 25 | Chavo Guerrero | 23 | by Khali |
| 26 | Montel Vontavious Porter | 26 | by Undertaker |
| 27 | Carlito | 22 | by Khali |
| 28 | The Great Khali | 25 | by Undertaker |
| 29 | The Miz | 19 | by Khali |
| 30 | The Undertaker | - | WINNER |
- King Booker returned to the ring after being eliminated to throw out Kane, who's elimination stood.
Other on-screen talent
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Notes
- The 2007 Royal Rumble match marked the first time the #30 entrant won the Royal Rumble.
- This was the first Royal Rumble and joint-promotion pay-per-view event to feature white ring ropes instead of the usual black.
- This event marked the ten-year anniversary of the 1997 Royal Rumble, also held in San Antonio, Texas, albeit at the Alamodome.
- This was the third time The Undertaker started at #30.
- This was the second time Ric Flair started at #1.
- The Great Khali tied a Royal Rumble record by consecutively eliminating seven superstars before being eliminated by the eventual winner of the Rumble match, The Undertaker.
- Interestingly, the 2007 Royal Rumble PPV marked exactly 1 year that Gregory Helms held the Cruiserweight Championship, in which he won it at the 2006 Royal Rumble.
- This marked the first time that performers from the RAW, Smackdown!, and ECW brands participated in the Royal Rumble Match.