17 Royal Rumble Names Confirmed, MVP’s Losing Streak Snapped

R-Truth, Carlito and The Brian Kendrick have just been added to the Royal Rumble match, bringing the total to 17. Others scheduled to participate in the match include The Miz, John Morrison, Kane, Cody Rhodes, Ted DiBiase, Santino Marella, Rey Mysterio, Undertaker, Kofi Kingston, Randy Orton, Vladimir Kozlov, Shelton Benjamin, Triple H and Big Show. Chris Jericho was previously announced for the Rumble match, but he was removed when Stephanie McMahon “fired” him on Monday’s Raw.

MVP appeared on “Soccer AM” earlier today, which is a Saturday morning program in the UK. He stayed in character a bit, but also broke kayfabe, admitting that wrestling is scripted and that he used to be in jail. MVP also knew enough about football (soccer) to have a conversation with the hosts about it. You can see video of his appearance at http://www.socceram.com/

MVP’s 22-match losing streak was finally snapped on last night’s edition of Friday Night SmackDown after Big Show could not answer the 10-count in their “Last Man Standing Match.” This was MVP’s first match victory in nearly five months. Prior to last night’s win, his last victory took place on the August 22, 2008 edition of SmackDown in a count out win over Festus. Here is a timeline of his losing streak:

08-29 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Jeff Hardy.
09-05 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Shelton Benjamin.
09-07 Unforgiven – Pinned twice; by Jeff Hardy, and by Triple H at the conclusion of the match.
09-12 SmackDown – Lost Fatal Four Way Match to Jeff Hardy when Kendrick was pinned.
09-19 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Triple H.
09-26 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Triple H in tag match vs. Triple H & Jeff Hardy.
10-03 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Jeff Hardy in All Star Eight-Man Tag Team Match.
10-10 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Jeff Hardy.
10-17 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to R-Truth.
10-24 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Kung Fu Naki in tag match vs. R-Truth & Kung Fu Naki.
10-31 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Jeff Hardy in a 6-man tag match vs the Hardys and Rey Mysterio.
11-03 Raw – Pinfall loss to Matt Hardy in a tag match vs the Hardys.
11-07 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Great Khali.
11-14 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Kung Fu Naki.
11-21 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to James Mason.
11-23 Survivor Series – Pinfall loss to The Great Khali. Also pinned JTG during the match.
12-02 ECW – Pinfall loss to Matt Hardy
12-05 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Hurriance Helms.
12-08 Raw – Pinfall loss to MVC (Most Valuable Charlie).
12-12 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to R-Truth.
12-26 SmackDown – Pinfall loss to Great Khali.
01-02 Smackdown – Pinfall loss to Kizarny.
01-16 Smackdown – Victory over Big Show. (Last Man Stand Match)

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