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Royal Rumble (2002) was the fifteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). It was presented by Square's ''Final Fantasy X''. It took place on January 20, 2002, at the Philips Arena in Atlanta, Georgia.〔 The main event was the Royal Rumble match, which Triple H won after last eliminating Kurt Angle. The other matches were Chris Jericho versus The Rock for the Undisputed WWF Championship, Ric Flair versus Vince McMahon in a Street Fight, Edge versus William Regal for the WWF Intercontinental Championship, the team of Spike Dudley and Tazz versus the Dudley Boyz for the WWF Tag Team Championship, and Trish Stratus versus Jazz for the WWF Women's Championship. ==Background== The event featured six professional wrestling matches with outcomes predetermined by WWF script writers. The matches featured wrestlers portraying their characters in planned storylines that took place before, during and after the event. The main feud was between Chris Jericho and The Rock for Jericho's Undisputed WWF Championship. The feud, which had begun in October 2001 while the two were members of Team WWF during the InVasion and traded the WCW Championship between them, continued at Vengeance, when Jericho defeated both The Rock and the reigning WWF Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin to unify the titles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vengeance 2001 results )〕 On the following night's episode of ''Raw'', Jericho successfully defended the Undisputed title over Steve Austin in a Steel cage match with the help from Booker T. During the following two weeks, Jericho had successfully defended the title against the likes of Rob Van Dam, The Big Show, and Kurt Angle. The Rock earned a match for the Undisputed WWF Championship at Royal Rumble on the January 3 episode of ''SmackDown!'' by defeating Booker T. On the January 10 episode of ''SmackDown!'', The Rock and Rob Van Dam defeated Jericho and Test when The Rock made Jericho submit with the Sharpshooter. On the January 7 episode of ''Raw'', buildup towards the Royal Rumble match started, with Austin saying he wanted to enter. Later that night, Triple H made his return after missing nearly eight months with an injury and announced that he too would be entering the Royal Rumble match. He was interrupted by Kurt Angle, who then announced his intentions to enter the match, which was to be his first, and mentioned his victory over Triple H at the previous year's Royal Rumble event when he was the reigning WWF Champion. Triple H performed a Pedigree on Angle in retaliation. During a match between Austin and Angle on the January 10 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Kane, The Big Show, and Triple H all interfered. In the end, only Triple H remained standing, until The Undertaker stared him down from the top of the ramp.〔 On the January 14 episode of ''Raw'', Triple H stated that he wants to win the Undisputed WWF Championship. Austin came out, and they fought until The Undertaker came out, and hit Triple H with a chair, allowing Austin to hit the Stone Cold Stunner. The Undertaker then hit Austin with the chair. On the January 17 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Austin and Triple H defeated Angle and Booker T. After the match, The Undertaker again came out, and stared them down.〔 The feud between Edge and William Regal continued from Vengeance. On the December 10 episode of ''Raw'', Edge mocked Regal, prompting Regal to nail him from behind with brass knuckles. On the December 13 episode of ''SmackDown!'', William Regal and Kurt Angle faced Edge and Rikishi in a tag match. After the match, Edge hit Regal with a steel chair and an Edgecution onto the chair, breaking his nose, and causing him to bleed. On the January 7 episode of ''Raw'', Regal interfered after Edge's victory over Lance Storm and hit him with brass knuckles.〔 Regal challenged Edge to a match for the WWF Intercontinental Championship at Royal Rumble, and Edge accepted.〔 On the January 14 episode of ''Raw'', Edge and Rob Van Dam faced William Regal and Test, where Regal pinned Edge after using the brass knuckles.〔 On the January 17 episode of ''SmackDown!'', Regal defeated Rob Van Dam when he used brass knuckles behind the referee's back. Later on the night, Regal came out during Edge's match with Test but failed to interfere when Edge nailed him and referee Nick Patrick with a chair. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Rumble (2002)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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