2005 Royal Rumble
Men's Royal Rumble 2005
- Winner
- Batista (entry #28)
- Match time
- 51:27
- Entrants
- 30
- Most eliminations
- 6 — Batista
- Longest time in match
- 47:26 — Chris Benoit
- Venue
- Save Mart Center
| # | Entrant | Entered | Eliminated | Time in match | Placement | Eliminations | Eliminated by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eddie Guerrero | 0:00 | 28:11 | 28:11 | 20 | 3 | Edge |
| 2 | Chris Benoit | 0:00 | 47:26 | 47:26 | 6 | 3 | Batista, Ric Flair |
| 3 | Daniel Puder | 1:34 | 5:43 | 4:09 | 30 | 0 | Hardcore Holly |
| 4 | Hardcore Holly | 3:07 | 5:06 | 1:59 | 29 | 1 | Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero |
| 5 | The Hurricane | 4:41 | 5:45 | 1:04 | 28 | 0 | Chris Benoit, Eddie Guerrero |
| 6 | Kenzo Suzuki | 6:14 | 9:45 | 3:31 | 27 | 0 | Rey Mysterio |
| 7 | Edge | 7:48 | 48:07 | 40:19 | 3 | 5 | Batista, John Cena |
| 8 | Rey Mysterio | 9:21 | 47:46 | 38:25 | 4 | 2 | Edge |
| 9 | Shelton Benjamin | 10:55 | 25:30 | 14:35 | 21 | 1 | Edge |
| 10 | Booker T | 12:29 | 23:11 | 10:42 | 22 | 3 | Rey Mysterio, Eddie Guerrero |
| 11 | Chris Jericho | 14:02 | 42:24 | 28:22 | 10 | 2 | Batista |
| 12 | Luther Reigns | 15:36 | 22:49 | 7:13 | 24 | 1 | Booker T |
| 13 | Muhammad Hassan | 17:09 | 18:03 | 0:54 | 26 | 0 | Booker T, Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho, Edge, Luther Reigns, Shelton Benjamin |
| 14 | Orlando Jordan | 18:43 | 22:19 | 3:36 | 23 | 0 | Booker T |
| 15 | Scotty 2 Hotty | 20:16 | — | unknown | 25 | 0 | unknown |
| 16 | Charlie Haas | 21:50 | 28:10 | 6:20 | 18 | 0 | Shawn Michaels |
| 17 | René Duprée | 23:24 | 34:56 | 11:32 | 15 | 0 | Chris Jericho |
| 18 | Simon Dean | 24:57 | 25:17 | 0:20 | 19 | 0 | Shawn Michaels |
| 19 | Shawn Michaels | 26:31 | 31:27 | 4:56 | 16 | 3 | Kurt Angle |
| 20 | Kurt Angle | 28:04 | 28:41 | 0:37 | 17 | 1 | Shawn Michaels |
| 21 | Jonathan Coachman | 29:38 | 43:26 | 13:48 | 8 | 0 | Ric Flair |
| 22 | Mark Jindrak | 31:12 | 39:27 | 8:15 | 12 | 0 | Kane |
| 23 | Viscera | 32:45 | 35:45 | 3:00 | 14 | 0 | John Cena |
| 24 | Paul London | 34:19 | 37:34 | 3:15 | 13 | 0 | Gene Snitsky |
| 25 | John Cena | 35:52 | 51:20 | 15:28 | 2 | 3 | Batista |
| 26 | Gene Snitsky | 37:26 | 41:04 | 3:38 | 11 | 1 | Batista |
| 27 | Kane | 38:59 | 42:53 | 3:54 | 9 | 1 | John Cena |
| 28 | Batista (winner) | 40:33 | — | 10:54 | 1 | 6 | — |
| 29 | Christian | 42:07 | 44:16 | 2:09 | 7 | 0 | Batista |
| 30 | Ric Flair | 43:40 | 45:38 | 1:58 | 5 | 2 | Edge |
Entry and elimination times are derived, not recorded: no source publishes them. They are solved from entry order, published times in match and the recorded elimination order, around a nominal 94-second interval. Times in match are as published.
Sources: wikipedia (primary), darrenswinloss