''24-Man Battle Royal'' pulled from WrestleMania card; to air live online

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If you missed it last night, all 24 wrestlers involved in the 24-Man Battle Royal have been announced where the winner earns a shot at the ECW Championship.

This match has actually been pulled from the WrestleMania 24 card this Sunday and will instead air live on WWE.com prior to the PPV at 6:30 p.m. Eastern.

The announced line-up of Raw, Smackdown and ECW wrestlers includes:

* Big Daddy V
* Brian Kendrick
* Chuck Palumbo
* Cody Rhodes
* Deuce
* Domino
* Elijah Burke
* Festus
* "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan
* Hardcore Holly
* Jamie Noble
* Jesse
* Jimmy Wang Yang
* Kane
* Kofi Kingston
* Lance Cade
* Mark Henry
* Matt Striker
* Shannon Moore
* The Great Khali
* The Miz
* Tommy Dreamer
* Trevor Murdoch
* Val Venis

http://www.wrestleview.com/news2008/1206516995.shtml

Actually it was always listed as a dark match. However I will be watching the battle royal.

Maybe this will mean longer than originally intended matches?

This is stupid.I was looking forward to watching it on the PPV not a stream.Oh well I guess I'll have to remember to watch it.

Ya i agree with Admin they should show it on ppv not on a stream. But i will still see it anyway.

Will the stream be free? Or will it only be available if you order WM on the WWE site?

No i think it is free.

luke michael mccoy wrote:

aww man vids like that on wwe wont work for me and i really wanted to see that battle royal oh well i hope they add another match to the cars then like the return of the cruuiser title in a turmoil i dont care.

How dare you steal my idea. Jokz mate but seriosuly this does suck. many people will not realise this and will be waiting for the match cause therte casual fans. So i really think it should be on the card

Axl wrote:

Will the stream be free? Or will it only be available if you order WM on the WWE site?

On WWE.com it is listed as the "Battle Royal FreeView," so I believe it will be free for everyone. I think it would be hard to require a WM purchase to view it since many people order through their cable and satellite providers.

It is a ridiculous turn of events! The match will have been better than some of the other lower-card matches! I hope they have it in the extras section of the WM 24 DVD.