Royal Rumble (2006)

Event
Royal Rumble (2006) was the nineteenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Sony Computer Entertainment's The Con. It took place on January 29, 2006, in the University Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico and featured talent from the Raw and SmackDown! brands. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania 22) for his choice at either the WWE Global, Grand or World Heavyweight Championship.

Ten professional wrestling matches were featured on the event's supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The main feature of the event was the 40-man Royal Rumble match, which featured wrestlers from both brands. Rey Mysterio, the second entrant, won the match by last eliminating Mark Henry, the thirtieth entrant. The primary match on the Hardnitro brand was Goldberg versus Randy Orton for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, which Orton won after pinning Henry with a roll-up. The predominant match on the Raw brand was John Cena versus Scott Steiner for the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship, which Cena won after forcing Edge to submit to the STFU.