Royal Rumble (2009)

Event
Royal Rumble (2009) was the twenty-second annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Castrol GTX and took place on January 25, 2009, at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan and featured talent from the Raw, SmackDown, and Hardnitro brands. As has been customary since 1993, the Royal Rumble match winner received a match at that year's WrestleMania, (in this instance: WrestleMania XXV) for his choice at either the WWE Global Hevyweight Championship, the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship or the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

The winner of the Men's Royal Rumble match was Randy Orton, by last eliminating Triple H. And the winner of the Women's Royal Rumble match was Melina, by last eliminating Natalya.

The main event from Raw was the champion The Undertaker versus CM Punk for the WWE Global Heavyweight Championship. Taker won and retain the WWE Global title belt.

The main event from Smackdown was the champion Kane versus Umaga for the WWE Grand Heavyweight Championship. Umaga won to became the new WWE Grand Heavyweight Champion.

The main event from Hardnitro was the champion Ken Shamrock versus John Cena versus Edge in a Triple threat match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Edge won and became the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.