Randy Orton wins the Royal Rumble

Yeah, I wasn't expecting Matt to betray his brother like that. I mean, we were all thinking Christian would make his return at the Rumble and it didn't happen. Personally, I like Matt as a heel and think he can be a more interesting character now. Remember Matt Hardy V1? I think Matt will be a darker heel now, though. What I don't like is that WWE relies too much on Edge. I mean, he's already a 7-time World Champion. Think about this-Ric Flair won his first title in 1981 and his last title in either the late '90s or 2000. Not sure. Triple H is a 12-time World Champion. His first title reign was in '99 and his last was just last year. For Hulk Hogan's first big run in the WWF, he was champion 4 times from 1984-1991. Bottom line is that the World titles should be a little more stable. I mean, not year long reigns, but longer than one or two months. Well, if Jeff regains the title at Wrestlemania, it'll make for a feel good moment. Some other thoughts: Cena retains over JBL. No big surprise here. I think it would be a huge surprise if they went with JBL as Raw's champion. Melina beats Beth Phoenix for the WWE Women's Championship. Eh, I'm glad Melina won. No strong feelings otherwise. Jack Swagger beats Matt Hardy and retains the ECW Championship. Well, Swagger is still being called undefeated even though Hardy beat him in a tag match. Hardy losing here had to happen since I guess Matt is the jealous brother. I do like Swagger, though. The question is, who is next for him? Finlay? Randy Orton wins the Rumble. No big surprise. Insider sites were picking him as a likely candidate. Thing is, if WWE gives Cena vs. Orton at Wrestlemania, that match isn't exactly fresh as they've already fought more times than I care to remember. I would've loved to have seen MVP won. I'm glad that he lasted longer than several other superstars. I'm also glad Kane got to eliminate a few guys. I'm thinking RVD's appearance was a one-time only deal, but I'd love to see him return full-time.

I wasn't surprised either, they had been building up Orton quite a bit prior to the Rumble. I wanted Chris Jericho to win because he is one of my favourites. When Matt Hardy smacked Jeff with the chair I was shocked and disappointed... I wanted Christian to return and help Edge.

I cannot remember all of the seven times he has won the championship. Did all of them happen because he got some kind of help from someone(s) else? 1. He speared a beating up John Cena after he won an Elimination match 2. He speared Undertaker after he defeated Batista and got attacked by Mark Henry 3. He defeated Undertaker in a latter match with help from four other people 4-6. ??? 7. Got help from Matt Hardy The first two happened when he cashed in his two money in the bank contracts.

Randy Orton, not surprising! After "kicking" Vince in the head, that pretty much said it all there! (The dream job, kicking the boss's butt and go back to work) Didn't expect the Matt and Jeff thing though, and helping Edge? That was a surprise! Taripre$

i was expecting that to happen.when u have a 3 man team like that u got to win and ofcourse if they didnt win this rumble,the orton team cannot proclaim them as the next DX.i kinda expected that from matt hardy as he lost his title and when she made it a no disqualification,it was too clear.then cena,it was plain enough that cena will win that match

Randy Orton winning the Royal Rumble shouldn't be a shock to anyone. Almost everyone predicted him to and it only builds to the McMahon - Orton rivalry. It will be interesting to see in the next few weeks what will happen with this storyline. I agree with you that Matt betraying Jeff was shocking and no one saw that coming.

I hadn't seen anything about this Royal Rumble. I hate to hear that The Hardy's are not together as they are a fabulous tag team and I really like both of them. Matt is my favorite and I hate to see him become a bad guy esp. helping Edge of all people.

This was pretty expected I guessed that orton would win the rumble if shawn michaels wasnt in it. But im pretty upset that he won the rumble since I really dont want to see him face cena again which has been done so many times last year I just dont want this being the main event at wrestlemania. I wish that shawn michaels won and faced jbl for the title. But its good to see a heel finally win the rumble this year.

Yeah, just a few moments ago, I fully finish watching Royal Rumble. Wow, what an amazing even this year's Royal Rumble have turned out to be. Its fabulous. And yes, Randy Orton winning the Royal Rumble was some what surprising to me. This time not a fan favorite winning. I really enjoyed watching Rumble this year. Undertaker was very entertaining. I also enjoyed watching Vladmir Kozlov eliminating Great Khali . That was an amazing scene to watch. Sad, that he wasn't there in the ring for a long time. And to be honest, Jeff Hardy VS Edge match wasn't very interesting and Matt Hardy hitting Jeff by chair, is really an old school. These kind of storyline are very old and I dint enjoy much watching that match. JBL VS John Cena match seemed to be a bit ok to watch. Overall, I enjoyed watching Rumble this year and the eliminating match is what I liked the most.