Royal Rumble (2008)

Event
Royal Rumble (2008) was the twenty-first annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on January 27, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brands. The event was also the first WWE pay-per-view broadcast in high definition. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XXIV) for his choice at either the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship, the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship, or the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

The main event from Raw was the champion Shawn Michaels versus The Rod for the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship. Rod won and became the new Global Champion. CM Punk uses his Money in the Bank briefcase and defeat The Rod to become WWE Global Heavyweight Champion.

The main event from Smackdown! was the champion Bobby Lashley versus The Undertaker versus Edge for the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship. Edge won and became the new Grand Champion.

The main event from Hardnitro was the champion Montel Vontavious Porter versus The Great Khali for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. MVP won and retain the World title belt.

The Royal Rumble winner was John Cena (30th entrance) post last eliminating Triple H (29th entrance).