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Well both Bragging Rights and the Royal Rumble have been taken care of. Let's look at the results shall we?
Bragging Rights:
Jason Collins won the Raw vs. SmackDown! battle royal.
Mickie James retained the Diva's Title against Melina.
Matt Stryker retained the Cruiserweight Title against Jason Cross.
Sandy Rochet and Lisa Benton defeated Kim Roderick and Oracle.
Southern Spice (Rob Conway and Jamie Noble) retained the Unified Tag Team Titles against America's Most Wanted.
Ian Moore defeated the Miz.
Pete Shapiro defeated MVP.
Team Raw (WWE Champion Chris Sylvain, Brian York, Bret Banderas and Mr. Kennedy) defeated Team SmackDown! (World Heavyweight Champion Kofi Kingston, Edge, Christian, and Alex Furious) when Sylvain pinned Kingston.
The stories coming out of Bragging Rights leading up to the Rumble:
Jason Collins damn near mocks Kingston's inability to lead Team SmackDown! to victory. Collins has beaten Chris Sylvain twice and would've done it again had he been able to lead the team. Kingston counters that he wasn't there though since Collins isn't the World Heavyweight Champion.
The Status Quo show no remorse over the beat down they put on Team SmackDown! post-match and they certainly feel justified in also destroying their 'teammate' Mr. Kennedy. They didn't want his help and they certainly didn't need his help. He had no business tagging himself into the match and no business slapping Sylvain across the face. If he had just minded his own business and left things up to the Status Quo, everything would've been gravy. Kennedy finally turns face by getting in their faces and is next in line to face Chris Sylvain for the WWE Title.
The other members of the Status Quo, Brian York and Bret Banderas, feel they need gold back around their waists and since they've demonstrated tremendous success as a team along with aiding in the defeat of one of the best teams ever in the WWE (Edge & Christian) they deserve a shot at the Unified Tag Team Titles. Southern Spice agree to a title match at the Rumble.
Jason Cross is angry over blowing his one chance to bring the Cruiserweight Title to SmackDown!. He declares that it isn't fair that Cruiserweight Title is essentially stuck on Raw and demands another opportunity at the title. Raw GM Steve Austin concedes that if Jason Cross can win a match on Raw then the Cruiserweight Title can be defended on both shows and Cross will be first in line at the Royal Rumble. Cross is successful in this challenge is prepped to face Matt Stryker again.
Kim Roderick vows to make up for her team's loss at Bragging Rights by winning the Diva's Title from Mickie James. She wins a four-way elimination match to become number one contender to the belt at the Royal Rumble.
Nothing has been resolved in the ongoing saga between HHH and Sean O'Haire and the duo's double elimination of each other during the 20 man battle royal at Bragging Rights which led to a massive brawl throughout the arena only intensified the drama. The two are set to battle in a street fight at the Royal Rumble.
The remainder of the roster are all making their bids to enter the Royal Rumble match and emerge the winner.
So here's the Royal Rumble card:
The 30 man Royal Rumble
WWE Title: Chris Sylvain (c) vs. Mr. Kennedy
World Heavyweight Title: Kofi Kingston (c) vs. Jason Collins
WWE Cruiserweight Title: Matt Stryker (c) vs. Jason Cross
WWE Diva's Title: Mickie James (c) vs. Kim Roderick
WWE Unified Tag Team Titles: Southern Spice (c) vs. The Status Quo
Sean O'Haire vs. HHH
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