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Royal Rumble (2014) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE and presented by Jackson Hewitt which took place on January 26, 2014 at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the twenty-seventh annual Royal Rumble and the first WWE pay-per-view in 2014. It was the first WWE pay-per-view event in Pittsburgh since the 2009 Bragging Rights event, and the first pay-per-view event at Consol Energy Center since it opened in 2010. Five matches (including the pre-show) took place at the event. The main event was the Royal Rumble match, which Batista won to become a two-time Royal Rumble winner (he was also the first two-time Rumble winner to have drawn exactly the same number in both victories). The event is notable for the overwhelmingly negative crowd response during the Orton-Cena title match, as well as towards the end of (and after) the Royal Rumble match, when the fans booed Rumble winner Batista and repeatedly chanted for Daniel Bryan (who had competed earlier in the night and was not involved in the main event). Fans worldwide (including retired wrestler Mick Foley) voiced their displeasure over social media, and the event was covered by many major news outlets as one of the worst Royal Rumble pay-per-views. The event also marked the final wrestling appearance of CM Punk, who walked out on WWE the next day despite still being under contract and subsequently signed a contract to compete in the UFC in 2015. The event received 467,000 buys, down from the previous year's 512,000 buys.〔http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/2014/0501/574674/updated-pay-per-view-buys-for-wwe-2014-royal-rumble-and/〕 == Storylines == Royal Rumble featured professional wrestling matches that involved wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines played out on WWE's primary television programs, ''Raw'' and ''SmackDown''. Wrestlers portrayed faces (heroes) or heels (villains) as they followed a series of events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. As is tradition at this yearly event, the card was highlighted by the 30-man Royal Rumble match - a battle royal with wrestlers entering at 90 second intervals. 20 wrestlers were officially advertised for the match where the winner would receive a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match at WrestleMania XXX.〔 On the final episode of ''Raw'' before the Rumble on January 20, Batista returned to WWE after an absence of nearly four years, and the Rumble was scheduled to be his first return match. On the same episode, Director of Operations Kane announced that CM Punk would be the first entrant in the match.〔 The remaining 18 wrestlers advertised were Alberto Del Rio, Rey Mysterio, Tag Team Champions Goldust and Cody Rhodes; Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston, Kofi Kingston, The Miz, R-Truth, Xavier Woods (who eventually did not participate), Fandango, United States Champion Dean Ambrose and his Shield team-mates Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns; The Wyatt Family's Luke Harper and Erick Rowan; Damien Sandow and The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso); Bad News Barrett was originally advertised but later removed from advertisements. Another highly promoted match featured WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton defending the title against long-time adversary John Cena. At the TLC pay-per-view in December 2013, WWE Champion Orton defeated World Heavyweight Champion Cena to unify the titles and become the first WWE World Heavyweight Champion. On the December 30 episode of ''Raw'', Cena was awarded a rematch for the title against Orton at the Rumble, with the match stipulation of a traditional one-on-one singles match, except that it could be won by pinfall or submission only. On the January 13 episode of ''Raw'', Orton suffered an upset loss to Kofi Kingston and took out his frustrations by attacking Cena's father, who was attending the event at ringside. On the January 6 episode of ''Raw'', Brock Lesnar fended off an attack by Mark Henry and was then attacked by Big Show. On the January 10 episode of ''SmackDown'', Big Show issued a challenge to Lesnar, with Lesnar's manager Paul Heyman accepting on behalf of Lesnar and scheduling the match for the Royal Rumble event. Announced on WWE.com, Goldust and Cody Rhodes faced The New Age Outlaws (Road Dogg and Billy Gunn) for the WWE Tag Team Championship on the ''Royal Rumble Kickoff Show'' preceding the pay-per-view. This match was made when The New Age Outlaws defeated Cody Rhodes and Goldust in a non-title match on the January 17 episode of ''SmackDown'' due to a distraction from Vickie Guerrero. On January 20 episode of ''Raw'', it was announced that Daniel Bryan would face Bray Wyatt at the Royal Rumble. Bryan and The Wyatt Family had been feuding since October 2013. On the December 30, 2013 episode of ''Raw'', a seemingly beaten-down Bryan announced he would join the Wyatt Family. However, on the January 13, 2014 episode of ''Raw'' (after Bryan and Bray Wyatt were defeated by The Usos in a steel cage match), Bryan betrayed Wyatt and attacked him, culminating with Bryan hitting his flying knee finishing maneuver on Wyatt. The following week on ''Raw'' Bryan explained that his joining the Wyatts was a ruse to infiltrate the stable and bide his time to strike, and that he would wrestle Wyatt at the Royal Rumble event. 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 (2014)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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