Royal Rumble 2012 was the twenty-fifth annual Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by WWE. It took place on January 29, 2012 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Results[]
- Daniel Bryan defeated Big Show and Mark Henry in a steel cage triple threat match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship.
- Beth Phoenix, Natalya, and The Bella Twins (Brie and Nikki) defeated Kelly Kelly, Eve Torres, Alicia Fox, and Tamina Snuka in an eight-Diva tag team match.
- Kane versus John Cena ended in a double countout.
- Brodus Clay (with Cameron and Naomi) defeated Drew McIntyre.
- CM Punk defeated Dolph Ziggler with John Laurinaitis as the special guest enforcer to retain the WWE Championship.
Royal Rumble Match[]
- Sheamus won the 2012 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Chris Jericho.
Entrants and Eliminations:[]
| Draw | Entrant | Order | Eliminated by | Time | Eliminations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Miz | 25 | Big Show | 45:39 | 2 |
| 2 | Alex Riley | 1 | The Miz | 01:15 | 0 |
| 3 | R-Truth | 2 | 04:57 | 0 | |
| 4 | Cody Rhodes | 24 | Big Show | 41:55 | 6 |
| 5 | Justin Gabriel | 4 | Mick Foley and Ricardo Rodriguez | 07:42 | 0 |
| 6 | Primo | 3 | Mick Foley | 01:57 | 0 |
| 7 | Mick Foley | 8 | Cody Rhodes | 06:34 | 3 |
| 8 | Ricardo Rodriguez | 5 | Santino Marella | 02:19 | 1 |
| 9 | Santino Marella | 7 | Cody Rhodes | 02:31 | 1 |
| 10 | Epico | 6 | Mick Foley | 00:11 | 0 |
| 11 | Kofi Kingston | 18 | Sheamus | 17:55 | 0 |
| 12 | Jerry Lawler | 9 | Cody Rhodes | 00:43 | 1 |
| 13 | Ezekiel Jackson | 11 | The Great Khali | 03:46 | 0 |
| 14 | Jinder Mahal | 10 | 01:17 | 0 | |
| 15 | The Great Khali | 14 | Cody Rhodes | 07:29 | 2 |
| 16 | Hunico | 16 | Kharma | 09:00 | 0 |
| 17 | Booker T | 13 | Cody Rhodes and Dolph Ziggler | 04:40 | 1 |
| 18 | Dolph Ziggler | 26 | Big Show | 19:46 | 2 |
| 19 | Jim Duggan | 12 | Cody Rhodes | 00:57 | 0 |
| 20 | Michael Cole | 15 | Booker T and Jerry Lawler | 01:23 | 0 |
| 21 | Kharma | 17 | Dolph Ziggler | 01:02 | 1 |
| 22 | Sheamus | — | Winner | 22:22 | 3 |
| 23 | Road Dogg | 19 | Wade Barrett | 04:55 | 0 |
| 24 | Jey Uso | 20 | Randy Orton | 07:05 | 0 |
| 25 | Jack Swagger | 23 | Big Show and Sheamus | 07:59 | 0 |
| 26 | Wade Barrett | 21 | Randy Orton | 03:55 | 1 |
| 27 | David Otunga | 22 | Chris Jericho | 03:15 | 0 |
| 28 | Randy Orton | 28 | 05:46 | 3 | |
| 29 | Chris Jericho | 29 | Sheamus | 11:34 | 2 |
| 30 | Big Show | 27 | Randy Orton | 01:51 | 4 |