Full Announced Card For WWE’s Royal Rumble PPV in Detroit

January 24, 2009

– World Heavyweight Champion John Cena vs JBL (With Shawn Michaels in JBL’s corner).

– WWE Champion Jeff Hardy vs Edge.

– Women’s Champion Beth Phoenix vs Melina.

– ECW Champion Jack Swagger vs Matt Hardy.

– The 30-Man Royal Rumble, with the winner receiving a title match at Wrestlemania. Currently, there are seven spots left open in the match. Here are the current participants:

– Randy Orton

– Kofi Kingston

– Rey Mysterio

– Cody Rhodes

– Ted DiBiase

– Kane

– Santino Marella

– CM Punk

– Chris Jericho

– Triple H

– Big Show

– Vladimir Kozlov

– Shelton Benjamin

– The Undertaker

– R-Truth

– Brian Kendrick

– Carlito

– The Miz

– John Morrison

– Fit Finlay

– Mark Henry

-Great Khali

-Chavo Guerrero

As always, WrestleZone will be providing complete live coverage of this year’s Rumble PPV beginning at 8pm EST. Chris Cash and myself will also be on location for the event sending in as many updates as we can come across! So keep checking back to the site this weekend for all of your 2009 Royal Rumble coverage!

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.