The Final Cut

- Kofi Kingston will be appearing at the FCW show on February 17th from the Lake County Fairgrounds in Eustis, Florida.

- WWE acknowledged on Friday’s SmackDown that Ted DiBiase suffered a wrist injury at the Winnipeg live event the previous weekend. On Friday’s show, Hunico and his bodyguard Camacho beat down DiBiase and focused on the injured wrist. WWE’s website posted an update noting that the two aggravated DiBiase’s injury further but didn’t offer anymore details.

- Goldust, who is predicting Dolph Ziggler to win the Royal Rumble, defended his employer on Twitter this weekend after a fan commented that WWE should be smarter and feature Goldust on TV more. He wrote:

“ive been in the bus. 24 yrs…time for new talent #hadmytime”

“The internet will always find something wrong with the way a company is doing things…wwe is great, we are giving new talent chances daily. Wwe #smartbusiness”

“Doesnt matter if i can still go or not….theres a new generation of youngens that deserve the same. Chance i had…let them shine.. Goldie has left his mark in the business….time for guys like dolph,kofi,cody,hunico,ted,shemus,big brodus,zack and many others to grab it”

“The business changes all the time and if you dont roll with change then you get left behind…seize what god gave you And prove your worth….opportunity knocks for those talent who want it bad enough and wont take no for an answer…wwe gives chances. You get chances by hard work and great attitudes….but you have to have patience.”

– It was announced at the Royal Rumble at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri that a pre-sale will be held Monday via Ticketmaster.com for the July 23, 2012 Raw at the same venue. The password is HISTORY.

The episode, which will be three hours, will mark as the 1000th episode of Raw.

– In this WWE.com video, WWE Champion CM Punk evaluates how his match with Dolph Ziggler went Sunday night, and how he would grade the match’s guest official, Raw Interim General Manager John Laurinaitis.

“Did he call it down the middle?” Punk asks. “The way I saw it, John Laurinaitis was not only trying to save his job, he was trying to screw mine as Best in the World, as WWE Champion. There’s at least three times I had that match won prior to me actually winning it that he was completely out of position doing God knows what. I give an F, an F-minus.”

– The official Twitter feed of WWE released the following statement after the Royal Rumble: “One great thing about Sheamus winning the #RoyalRumble = We’re seeing all the fake Sheamus Twitter impostors coming out! #NoSheamusOnTwitter.”

Order of Superstars:

1) The Miz
2) Alex Riley
3) R-Truth
4) Cody Rhodes
5) Justin Gabriel
6) Primo
7) Mick Foley
icon cool 2012 WWE Royal Rumble Order of Entrants and Eliminations Ricardo Rodriguez
9) Santino Marella
10) Epico
11) Kofi Kingston
12) Jerry Lawler
13) Ezekiel Jackson
14) Jinder Mahal
15) The Great Khali
16) Hunico
17) Booker T
18) Dolph Ziggler
19) “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan
20) Michael Cole
21) Kharma
22) Sheamus
23) Road Dogg
24) Jey Uso
25) Jack Swagger
26) Wade Barrett
27) David Otunga
28) Randy Orton
29) Chris Jericho
30) Big Show

Order of eliminations and by who:

1) Alex Riley (by The Miz)
2) R-Truth (by The Miz)
3) Primo (by Mick Foley)
4) Justin Gabriel (by Mick Foley & Ricardo Rodriguez)
5) Ricardo Rodriguez (by Santino Marella)
6) Epico (by Mick Foley)
7) Santino Marella (by Cody Rhodes)
icon cool 2012 WWE Royal Rumble Order of Entrants and Eliminations Mick Foley (by Cody Rhodes)
9) Jerry Lawler (by Cody Rhodes)
10) Jinder Mahal (by The Great Khali)
11) Ezekiel Jackson (by The Great Khali)
12) “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan (by Cody Rhodes)
13) Booker T (by Cody Rhodes)
14) The Great Khali (by Cody Rhodes)
15) Michael Cole (by Kharma)
16) Hunico (by Kharma)
17) Kharma (by Dolph Ziggler)
18) Kofi Kingston (by Sheamus)
19) Road Dogg (by Wade Barrett)
20) Jey Uso (by Randy Orton)
21) Wade Barett (by Randy Orton)
22) David Otunga (by Chris Jericho)
23) Cody Rhodes (by Big Show)
24) Jack Swagger (by Big Show)
25) The Miz (by Big Show)
26) Dolph Ziggler (by Big Show)
27) Big Show (by Randy Orton)
28) Randy Orton (by Chris Jericho)
29) Chris Jericho (by Sheamus, winner)

Sheamus won his first-ever Royal Rumble match at the 2012 Royal Rumble pay-per-view tonight in St. Louis. The match came down to Sheamus and Chris Jericho.

- The dark match before tonight’s Rumble pay-per-view saw Yoshi Tatsu defeat Heath Slater with a heel kick to the face.

– Bryan Alvarez reports that as of a few days ago, WWE officials were considering renewing Ezekiel Jackson’s push. The Guyanese grappler, however, was a non-factor in tonight’s 30-Royal Rumble Match.

– Sources within WWE say that Evan Bourne, who is currently serving a 60-day suspension for his second violation of WWE’s Talent Wellness Program, is missed in the locker room and in the ring. Many people within the company hope he is able to bounce back from his recent troubles and achieve success again.

– The Rock thanked WWE for their montage tonight at the Royal Rumble.

He tweeted, “WWE Universe @WWE Rock montage I just saw was powerful. I couldn’t be the man I am today w/ out you – my fans. #THANKYOU.”

source: Wrestling Globe Newsletter