Final Card For Tonight's ROYAL RUMBLE PPV

The wait is over and the Road to WrestleMania officially kicks off tonight on Pay-Per-View with the 2009 WWE Royal Rumble!

Here is the final card for tonight's show:

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
23 Confirmed Participants include:

R-Truth, Carlito, The Brian Kendrick, Triple H, Big Show, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, Undertaker, Randy Orton, Kofi Kingston, Rey Mysterio, The Miz, John Morrison, Cody Rhodes, Ted Dibiase, Santino Marella, Kane, CM Punk, Finlay Mark Henry, Chris Jericho, The Great Khali and Chavo Guererro.

WWE Championship Match
- Jeff Hardy (c) vs. Edge

World Heavyweight Championship Match
- John Cena (c) vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield

WWE Women's Championship Match
- Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Melina

ECW Championship Match
- Jack Swagger (c) vs. Matt Hardy

Intercontinental Championship Match:
- CM Punk (c) vs. William Regal

The IC Title match has not been confirmed by WWE

Am i the only one here that really isnt that excited about the Rumble this year?

Probably

Spanner82 wrote:

The IC Title match has not been confirmed by WWE

Neither is Christian's return, yet Jeff Hardys attacks are confirmed, so what do you believe?

I'm looking forward to all of the matches except for Hardy vs Swagger and Punk vs Regal. I can't see Punk or Swagger losing their titles so soon after winning them although I think both matches will be good, solid, wrestling matches, if you know what I mean.

Edge vs Hardy will be interesting for obvious reasons although I can see WWE holding off Christian's return until this week's Smackdown or No Way Out just to shock the smarks.

I think Beth's fan will "accidentally" cost Beth the title and team up with Santino in a few weeks time setting up a Beth vs Fan match at Wrestlemania.

I don't know who will win the WHC match. Either HBK will help JBL win the title and then go on to win the Rumble or HBK will turn on JBL helping Cena retain the title. If the second scenario is right, then I can see Orton winning the Rumble and facing Cena for the WHC at Mania.

Speaking of the Rumble, it's wide open IMO. HBK is my prediction, although Orton is a good choice but I can see one of the McMahons either taking Orton out of the Rumble or eliminating him themselves. HHH, MVP and Jericho all have a chance as well but I would be glad if someone no-one expected such as Umaga won.