29 men entered, and only 3 remained with one more entry left. John Cena fought hard to stay in the ring and survive longer than Cody Rhodes, who was determined to win and Damien Sandow, who wiped the blood from his mouth after experiencing a brutal disaster kick off the ropes from Cody. Cena looked lifeless and desperate as he crawled away from the ropes. Cody tried his best to bring Cena up and force him out of the ring. Cena was able to push him away lightly, but enough to create space.
With that space Cena became fired up , and using that little energy that he had left he hit Cody with back to back shoulder tackles followed by him ducking Cody's strong strike and lifting him up for a sideout slam and dropping him. Cena felt relieved and called for a 5 knuckle shuffle after catching his breath. After that he elevated Cody for an attitude adjustment. He slammed him down hard and Damien Sandow got up. He was hit with one to the outside and he was eliminated. Entry #30 still hadn't arrived and the crowd started a "Let's go 30" chant signifying that they didn't want Cena to win a third royal Rumble, anyone but him. Cody began to get up and Cena lifted him up but Cody snuck out of it and countered with a quick but devastating CrossRhodes and the crowd roared. Both were tired, you could tell they were exhausted. Cody was waiting for #30 to come on out but it didn't happen like he had planned. He had to put Cena away himself, which was possible, but nearly impossible. Cena got up and Cody tried to clothesline him right out, but Cena flipped his body over the top rope. Cody's feet almost touched the floor, but he was able to stay in. Cena gave him the "You can't see me taunt" and pulled back his fist. Right when he threw the punch Cody pulled the top rope down with all his strength forcing Cena out and onto the floor. Cody had done it. The crowd now roared "Thank You Cody" as Cody got on his knees and revovered. The countdown on the clock began from 20 instead of the usual 10 but the crowd counted along anyway. At zero, there was a long pause. There was a figure wearing a golden mask and crown, along with a red cloak that covered his body. He looked down as he stood from the entrance ramp and only his hands were exposed. He had a dark skin complexion and he was tall, 6'8" to be exact. The figure took the cloak and mask off and the crowd couldn't believe their eyes. "Bah Gawd almighty! " JR screeched. "It can't be!" Michael Cole stuttered.
It was LeBron James, who came sprinting down that ramp and into the ring. Cody was shocked out his mind, his jaw dropped; he couldn't even concentrate as LeBron hit him with a big clothesline. LeBron began to stomp him in the corner, then he allowed him to get up. LeBron ran towards Cody and dropped him with a big boot right in the middle of the ring. Then he bounced off the ropes, mimicked his own shooting form and yelled "Ballin!" and proceeded to elbow Cody right in the ribs. LeBron was pumped as he stood in the corner of the ring and stalked Cody. Cody writhed in pain, the pain from being entry #8 in the rumble came upon him. LeBron yelled for him to get up.
But then all of a sudden energetic music hit the arena. The titantron(the big screen in every show, in case you didn't know) displayed the Los Angeles Lakers logo, and Kobe himself ran all the way down to the ring and ambushed LeBron, throwing lefts and rights in rage. Cody smiled at this sight as he was just getting up. Kobe went outside and brought in a chair and began to beat LeBron with it aggressively. Cody's smile got even wider. Kobe left without saying anything or looking at anybody as the crowd booed him. Cody stood over the fallen self proclaimed king, and slapped his head a few times. He took his headband off and laughed at his ridiculous hairline then brought him up and to add insult to injury, he hit him with a Crossrhodes; LeBron's head bounced off the mat.
Cody then brought LeBron back up once again and threw his body outside like trash and the bell rung. Confetti fell as Cody dropped to his knees and pointed to the WrestleMania 31 marquee to his right and clapped. "Good God! Kobe Bryant, and NBA player just screwed Lebron James over big time!" JR yelled. "The king had the whole WWE universe behind him until Kobe showed up," JBL commented. "Kobe Bryant did this for a reason. To make sure that an NBA player wouldn't main event WWE's biggest event! "
Chapter 2 is coming soon...