John Cena, the nineteenth entrant, won the match by last eliminating Ryback, the thirtieth entrant in Royal Rumble match and The Rock defeated CM Punk to capture the WWE Championship marks the conclusion of Punk's long reign at 434 days. Also on the card, Alberto Del Rio retained the World Heavyweight Championship against Big Show in a Last Man Standing match, Team Hell No ( Daniel Bryan and Kane) retain Tag Team Championship against Team Rhodes Scholars ( Cody and Damien). In another prominent match, Antonio Cesaro defeated The Miz to retain his WWE Intercontinental Championship. In the main event, John Cena won the titular Royal Rumble match, making him the seventh multiple Rumble winner. It was the the twenty-sixth annual Royal Rumble event chronology.įive matches were contested at the event, including one in this pre-show. It was the first WWE pay-per-view of 2013, and will feature the traditional Royal Rumble match. It took place on Januat the US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Royal Rumble was professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE.