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WWE Royal Rumble is all set to pop off tonight (Sun., Jan. 28, 2018) from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 7:00 p.m. ET, live on the WWE Network. You may also be able to watch this on pay-per-view (PPV) if your cable provider is carrying the event.
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WWE ROYAL RUMBLE QUICK RESULTS
Asuka wins the Women’s Royal Rumble
Brock Lesnar def. Braun Strowman and Kane
Cesaro & Sheamus def. Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan
Shinsuke Nakamura wins the Men’s Royal Rumble
The Usos def. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin
AJ Styles def. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
Bobby Roode def. Mojo Rawley
The Revival def. Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson
Kalisto & Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik def. TJP & Jack Gallagher & Drew Gulak
WWE ROYAL RUMBLE LIVE BLOG & MATCH COVERAGE
The night is calling, I have to go. The wolf is hungry, he runs the show. He’s licking his lips, he’s ready to win, on the hunt tonight for love at first sting. Here I am, to liveblog this here pro wrestling show for you, folks.
Renee Young welcomes us to the show and introduces her panel, tonight consisting of Peter Rosenberg, David Otunga, and Jerry “the King” Lawler. We’re informed that we’ll join Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in the social media lounge later and we go out into the crowd with Sam Roberts.
Our first video package is for the women’s Royal Rumble match and Alexa Bliss joins the panel, replacing David Otunga, to discuss the match. They make explicit the idea that the winner of the Rumble gets to choose which champion they wrestle, and Alexa wants to wrestle Nia Jax but would be happy to beat Asuka at WrestleMania. The panel run down the card and we take a quick break for some house ads.
In the locker room, Jason Jordan rolls up on Seth Rollins, who wants to talk to him about tonight. Jordan says he’s honored to team with Seth and with his superior pedigree there’s no way they can lose. They’re gonna break the Bar, and Angle didn’t throw them together on some whim. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin roll up, Chad laughing about Jason being a daddy’s boy. Jordan mockingly insists that the locker room is just for champions but embraces Gable.
Jason tells Shelton his dad has told him a lot about him and mentions that American Alpha were almost called the World’s Greatest Tag Team. The tension mounts as Chad points out that Jordan couldn’t make it as a singles guy. Jason points to the title as evidence that he’s doing better and wishes them luck in their match tonight.
The panel discusses both tag title matches in turn and we get a video package on the history of the Royal Rumble featuring the winner of the first Royal Rumble, “Hacksaw” Jim Duggan. This is followed by a handcam promo from Bayley about the historical importance of the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble and the part the fans played in making it happen.
Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher, & TJ Perkins TJP vs. Gran Metalik, Kalisto, & Lince Dorado
Kalisto and Gulak to start, Drew hot at the Philadelphia crowd for chanting. Collar and elbow, Gulak with a waistlock takedown, Kalisto rolls out and does his “Lucha!” taunt. Waistlock of his own, Drew reverses with an armbar, kneels on the wrist, cover comes up empty, Kalisto picks the leg and folds him up, spinning inverted figure four leglock!
Break, tags to Gallagher and Metalik, knucklelock, Gran rolls through, picks the leg, snapmare, crucifix, only good for one and we cycle to Dorado and TJP. Perkins with a wristlock, Lince reverses, tag to Kalisto, side headlock, big flying mare, Perkins to his feet, drop down, leapfrog, handstand headscissors into a dropkick and a tag to Dorado. Duck a punch, throw a chop, whip reversed, TJ cartwheels out of a monkey flip!
Dorado pastes him with a right, slides under, arm drag, Frankensteiner, leg pick into a standing moonsault, only two! Whip, TJP ends up on the apron and Lince dropkicks him to the floor! Low bridge sends Gulak to meet him, the lucha lads get up on the post... TRIPLE MOONSAULTS TO THE FLOOR!
Short break, Perkins puts Lince into the turnbuckles, whip across, Dorado gets a boot up, to the second, he jumps into a dropkick! Tag to Gulak, boot to the face, post the knee, tag to Jack. Romero Special partially applied, he stomps the knees, cover gets one and the Gentleman goes after the knee something fierce. Tag back to Gulak, continuing to beat on him, tag to TJP, double rolling leglock into an inverted Indian deathlock.
Blocking the tag, cravate applied, tag to Gallagher. Stomp to the face, he knocks Kalisto off the apron and goes to the second, where Drew insists he gets down and they have a whole argument of it. Gallagher walks the ropes, falls off... nobody home! Tags made, Metalik in on Gulak, handspring backflip leapfrog, duck the lariat, Arabian press wheelbarrow arm drag, and around the corner for the dropkick!
Perched up top, Gran walks the ropes, Gran Naniwa elbow drop... JACK BREAKS IT UP! Kalisto tags in, malfunction at the junction, Dorado hits a double Lethal Injection to send them to the floor, Metalik follows it up with a tope con giro, Kalisto with the lateral press.. NOPE! TJP tags in, Kalisto dropkicks Gulak to the floor, Detonation Kick denied, waistlock, standing switch, Kalisto pops out of an O’Connor roll...
Gran Metalik, Kalisto, & Lince Dorado win by pinfall with Salida del Sol from Kalisto on TJP.
TJP bickers with Gulak and Gallagher after the loss.
Charlotte Flair joins the panel to talk about the women’s Royal Rumble and wanting to have entered it to challenge Alexa to a champion vs. champion match at WrestleMania. This is followed by another historical package, this time for the 1992 Royal Rumble.
We go to the social media lounge with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. KO says it’s not like they have anything better to do than sit here and talk to Renee. Zayn mocks a man’s grammar and the way he spells his own name and Owens admits he’s not answering questions any more, just blocking people. A question of if the guy who gets the pin has more validity as champion comes up but they insist that they’ll be equal.
Two sideplates, two fantastic competitors, do the math. Kevin and Sami refuse to answer a question from Peter Rosenberg but are happy to answer Jerry Lawler. They bring up him eliminating Max Moon in 1993 and are asked if they have a “straightly” for tonight, and Owens cottons on, realizing Young is cherry-picking the best questions he’s already swatted down.
They do have a strategy, though, but they’re not giving it out because they don’t want to give AJ Styles any more of a chance than they need to. Rosenberg starts talking and they “Nope!” him off and Lawler asks if they should get a handle they can jiggle when Peter’s mouth starts running. This gets KO to bring up the idea that Rosenberg actually pays to be on the shows and he hits on the idea of talking to Matt Hardy about DELETING him.
The Road to KOMania III kicks off tonight and there’s so many tweets from Quebec that are excited to see them win, and this leads to an extended sequence in French. Another historical video follows, about the 1995 Royal Rumble.
Balor Club (Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) vs. the Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson)
Anderson and Dawson to start, collar and elbow, Scott backs the bigger man in the corner and hits a forearm to the chop. Chop and a punch, Karl throwing uppercuts to back him off but he takes a kick to the midsection, snapmare to a shoulder block, drop down, Machine Gun hits a leg lariat! Arm wringer, tag to Gallows, double whip into a double back body drop and Dawson hits the floor.
Wilder checks on him and stops Luke from going after him but his tag isn’t recognized by referee Shawn Bennett. Never fear, Dawson pulls ahead by raking the eyes and tags Dash in for a strike combo. Big right from a big hoot and he bields Wilder into the corner for body blows and a big slicing right! Scoop slam, one for Scott as well, whip across and Dawson pulls Dash out of the ring to send us to a quick house ad break.
We’re back with Anderson shooting Wilder off into a blind tag! Right hands, Wilder catches a boot, tosses it to Dawson, dragon screw over the ropes! In the ring, repeated elbow drops to the knee, snapping the leg to the mat, dropkick to the back of the head, guillotine leg drop and he hangs Karl in the Tree of Woe. Dash tags in, they pummel Machine Gun and Wilder stomps the knee.
Spinning toehold into a kneeling toehold, wrenching back, keeping the pressure up but Anderson kicks him away a few times. Stepover toehold, falling back on it, but Karl boots him in the face and Scott tags Wilder in. Grabbing the leg, another tag, dragon screw denied as Anderson throws punches, Dawson tries one and Karl sits down into a pin for a nearfall!
Standing stump puller applied, tag to Dawson, spinning toehold but Anderson is able to kick him out of the ring. Back in, tag to Dash and Karl manages to tag Luke in! Big rights, Stinger splash, big boot, off the ropes, big splash, a wicked roundhouse kick for Dawson! Superkick for Wilder, Anderson hobbles in for Magic Killer but Scott breaks it up! Dash kicks the knee but Karl’s able to hit the spinning spinebuster and make the tag back to Big Hoot!
The action goes outside, Scott dodges and Gallows goes into the ringpost! Chop block on Anderson...
The Revival win by pinfall with an over-rotated lateral press on Karl Anderson.
John “Bradshaw” Layfield replaces Jerry “the King” Lawler on the panel for the second half. They run down the card for tonight and toss to a video recap of NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia from last night. We get a handcam video from Rusev Day singing about Rusev Day.
Alundra Blayze joins the panel, replacing Otunga. She talks about how every era of women’s wrestling meant something different and she would have loved to have a Royal Rumble. She then says she’d like to beat Asuka’s ass and break her streak! Badgered to pick a winner, she dithers and eventually settles on Nia Jax. We go back out to Sam Roberts with the crowd for a minute.
This is followed by a video package for the Universal Championship match and panel discussion thereof. A video package on the 1998 Royal Rumble follows.
Time for Bobby Roode’s United States Open Challenge. He comes out and says tonight is all about the numbers, starting with thirty and ending with one, much like the United States Championship Tournament went from eight to one, and that one is absolutely... glorious. The United States Championship has a rich history and tradition and he couldn’t think of a better place than the birthplace of America to keep it alive.
It’s Mojo Rawley!
Bobby Roode (c) vs. Mojo Rawley (WWE United States Championship)
Collar and elbow, Rawley throws Roode away and shoves him into the corner. Shoulder block knocks him down on a charge, jawing at him, Bobby comes back with punches and chops, whip reversed but he levels Mojo with a lariat! Charging in, Manhattan Drop, Russian legsweep, cover barely gets one and Rawley gets right up. Arm wringer, right hand breaks the wristlock and he shoves Roode off the ropes but almost gets caught by the Glorious DDT on the rebound.
Leading him outside and back in, Mojo bumps him off the apron into the barricade, three-point stance... Pounce into the barricade! Setting him back in, cover gets a nearfall, and we head to a break for a house ad.
Back from our break, Mojo is in control and slamming Bobby into the turnbuckles back first repeatedly. Across the ring, Roo starting to fight back but Rawley clobbers him with knees and wilts him. Snapmare, rear chinlock with a knee to the back, the champion gets to his feet and breaks with a back suplex! Blockbuster countered, Roode slips out, off the ropes, flying forearm, a lariat, lying in wait, charging in, corner lariat and the swinging neckbreaker but it’s not enough to get the job done.
To the corner, the blockbuster connects but the Glorious DDT is blocked, fireman’s carry countered to a folding press, no good! Thrust spinebuster from Mojo gets a nearfall and he follows it up with disdainful slaps, jawing at the champion. Drawing him up, he runs the ropes right into the spinning spinebuster for two. Glorious DDT countered again with a back body drop this time!
Rawley puts Bobby into the post shoulder first, sets him up and charges in but Roode blocks the punch with a boot! Hooking him...
Bobby Roode wins by pinfall with a tornado Glorious DDT, retaining the WWE United States Championship.
The panel runs down tonight’s card and shills for the WWE Network for those of you watching on YouTube or elsewhere one more time before tossing to a video package on the 2008 Royal Rumble. The Nature Boy himself, Ric Flair joins the panel to discuss the men’s Royal Rumble match. Discussion of the WWE Championship match follows and Ric laments not being able to drink tonight.
We get one last rundown of the card and that’s it for the pre-show.
The main show kicks off with a video package running through some of our top feuds in short and then focusing on the idea that the winner of the men’s Royal Rumble gets to headline WrestleMania and putting over the historical nature of the women’s Royal Rumble.
AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn (WWE Championship Handicap Match)
Owens to start, but he denies a test of strength and immediately tags Zayn in. Sami then fakes AJ out and tags Kev back in. Circling, knuckle lock, Styles with a kick to the gut, he sends KO off the ropes but he holds on and blocks. Rushing past referee Mike Chioda, Owens tags Zayn back in. Circling, collar and elbow, Sami with a waistlock, standing switch, reversals, AJ with a schoolboy pin and Zayn breaks away into his corner.
Owens legal, waistlock, standing switch, another, KO picks the leg to break that one but AJ hits the kip-up Frankensteiner! Styles blocks the way to Sami, Owens runs outside and slides back in and makes the tag. Zayn with a side headlock, shot off, leapfrog, drop down, dropkick from the champion! Kev tags back in and argues with Chioda before putting a boot to Styles and beating him down in the corner.
Taking him over to Sami, beating on him more, tag made and Zayn puts boots to the Phenomenal One, choking him in the ropes. Drawing him up, big chop, another, Styles returns two of his own, whip reversed and a back body drop gets two for the Yep! Movement! Tag to KO, hard whip in the corner, more boots, he kicks the champion to the floor and follows, throwing him over the timekeeper’s barricade!
Back inside, cover gets one and he grinds his forearm into AJ’s face before hitting a double stomp to the chest and tagging Sami back in. Right hands, knee to the back and a rear chinlock applied, trying to grind the WWE Champion down. Styles to his feet, body blows but he puts Sami into his own corner and KO is able to tag back in. WICKED right hand from AJ, backing Owens up with chops!
Whip reversed, going up and over he gets cut off, electric chair facebuster connects... NOPE! Reverse chinlock applied to follow that up, keeping AJ grounded and sapping the life out of him. Out of that, he sets the cannonball up but lands lame on the leg Styles went after on SmackDown! Sami tags in, they end up in the corner, AJ gets control... AVALANCHE FRANKENSTEINER!
Sami tags Owens back in but Styles is right on him with a Pele kick! Tag right back to Zayn, he’s got the Helluva Kick lined up but AJ plants him with a boot and follows it up with the moonsault inverted DDT! Sami crawls back over, tag to KO, Styles fighting htem off two for one, Owens with a monkey flip but AJ lands it as a Frankensteiner on Zayn!
Picking the leg, rolling through, Styles has the Calf Killer on KO! Flagging, screaming agony... SAMI MAKES THE SAVE! AJ removes Zayn from the ring and gets caught in a schoolboy for a nearfall! He passes Owens’ shoulder into the post but Sami is able to tag himself in. Blue Thunder Driver denied, waistlock in the ropes, AJ breaks with an elbow but Kev hits a superkick, the Blue Thunder Driver works this time... NOT ENOUGH!
Chops and slaps in the corner, Zayn sets the champion up top, thinking about maybe the brainbuster but Styles slips out and trips him up! Dodge to the apron, he knocks Owens down, takes the pad down, Phenomenal Forearm... KO BREAKS IT UP! Styles and Zayn trading forearms in the middle of the ring, giving it everything they’ve got left in the tank and AJ wins the exchange!
Double leg pickup to block the tag, he dumps Sami to the floor but turns around into a superkick! Pop-up powerbomb reversed...
AJ Styles wins by pinfall with a victory roll pin on Kevin Owens despite there being a question of whether KO was the legal man, retaining the WWE Championship.
Backstage, Owens and Zayn are yelling at Shane McMahon about this latest injustice. KO eventually calms down a little and apologizes for yelling but says he can’t be screwed out of another title. Shane, asked if he saw it, says “Yep!” and Kev loses his mind as we cut away.
The Usos cut a promo about “these two chumps”, saying they’ve been asked about how they’re getting ready for this, but they stay ready, and they ask how you prepare for them, and the answer is you can’t. They welcome Gable and Benjamin to the Uso Penitentiary.
Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin vs. the Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) (c) (WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship 2/3 Falls Match)
Shelton and Jey to start, Benjamin getting right on him, forearms, powerbomb clutch and the tag made but Jey slides away. Jimmy gives them a round of applause and Jey gets back in it, waistlock, standing switch, reversals on reversals, Jimmy with the blind tag, he blocks Chaos Theory, they go for a Superkick Party but Chad slides to the floor! Brief strategy session with Shelton, back inside, he slides low and picks a leg, transition to a waistlock, big waistlock takedown.
To the corner, referee Jason Ayers forces the break and Jimmy turns him around for a big chop! To the corner, up and over, Gable laid out, side headlock, blind tag from Shelton and the Olympian chop blocks Jimmy Uso! Benjamin yanks his leg out and wraps it around the ringpost! Back in, off the ropes, chop block, spinning toehold, tag back to Chad.
Staying on the knee, stepover knee drops to the knee, spinning toehold, and into a kneeling toehold. Jimmy slips out, tries to crawl away and gets dragon screwed before Gable tags Shelton back in. Knee drop into a kneeling toehold, switching to a leg grapevine when he starts to get away and he tags Chad back in. Jimmy fighting back out of the corner, big chops, but Gable hits another dragon screw!
Reverse dragon screw on the mat, tag to Benjamin and he clears Jey Uso off the apron. Knee drop to the head, Jimmy throwing a few more chops, 540 enzuigiri and Uso has the space to look for the tag! Jey tagged in, he clears house, lariats for everybody! Mule kick and a slap, Samoan drop denied, Gable with the blind tag but Jey murks him and dives on Benjamin!
Back in, another dive for Chad! Inside the ring again, diving crossbody gets a nearfall! Running hip attack, Jey climbs up top to follow it but the splash comes up empty! Waistlock reversed, O’Connor roll, Benjamin with a cheap shot, folding press, nope! Double chickenwing applied, Tiger suplex... NOPE! Tag made, Jey up for the powerbomb but he reverses and Gable adjusts to a missile dropkick!
Shelton powerbombs Jey into Jimmy, hits Paydirt... NOT ENOUGH! Benjamin pulls Jey up but eats a forearm, jumping reverse roundhouse, tag to Gable... MOONSAULT TO THE FLOOR ON BOTH USOS! Gable puts Jimmy Uso back in but he’s not legal and Jey takes his head off with a superkick! Jimmy has one for Shelton, Jey goes up top, diving splash... NO GOOD!
Jimmy tags in, they go to opposite corners but Benjamin takes Jey out! Jimmy gets a superkick off, cuts Gable off... CROSS ARMBAR IN THE ROPES! Tag to Jey, Chaos Theory denied, superkicks land home...
The Usos win the first fall by pinfall with stereo superkicks on Gable, going 1-0.
Shelton puts Jey into the post and rouses Gable, putting boots to him before heading out to beat on Jimmy some as referee Jason Ayers admonishes them. Benjamin picks him up... POWERBOMB / LARIAT COMBO ON THE FLOOR! Ayers checks on Jey but he wants it so we’re on! Rolling Koppo kick, Shelton legal, Jey thinks fast...
The Usos win the second fall by pinfall with a small package from Jey Uso on Shelton Benjamin, going 2-0, winning the match, and retaining the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Aiden English comes out to inform us in song that it’s Rusev Day, and thus...
Entering at #1 is Rusev.
Entering at #2 is Finn Balor.
Circling, Rusev with a double leg pickup, trying to dump Balor right away but Finn lands on his feet and comes back in with a shoulder thrust. Trading shots, judo throw into a sliding elbow drop and Rusev is in control. Scoop slam denied, but Balor has trouble manhandling Rusev and shifts to strikes. Off the ropes, Rusev freight trains him and Finn levels him in return with a dropkick! The countdown clock ticks...
Entering at #3 is Rhyno.
Rhyno gets right into it with Rusev, punching him, putting him into the corner for a shoulder thrust, big belly-to-belly suplex and the Man-Beast is fired up! Belly-to-belly suplex for Finn as well and Philly is happy to see him. Rhyno loking to dump Balor, Rusev stops him for no reason, off the ropes, spinning wheel kick! The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #4 is Baron Corbin.
Corbin in with lariats, a biel for Finn, a boot for Rhyno, Rusev slides him to the floor under the bottom rope and Baron comes back in with a big lariat! Rhyno with a belly-to-belly suplex for him, fired up for the Gore... Baron Corbin reverses to Deep Six!
Baron Corbin eliminates Rhyno.
Finn Balor eliminates Baron Corbin.
Baron gives Finn a parting shot into the barricade and pulls Rusev out under the ropes for the short-arm End of Days! Referees and agents swarm him as he hits the chokebreaker on Balor!
Entering at #5 is Heath Slater.
The Lone Wolf runs Slater over on his way out and referees tend to the One Man Band!
With everyone down and out, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #6 is Elias.
Elias plays his guitar as he moseys to the ring, stomping on Slater in passing. He asks if we want to walk with him and he lets us know that time is just an illusion and the only thing that’s real is the light that shines in him, and the countdown clock will not start until he gives us the performance of the year. He launches into his song, which is about how he’s gonna win the Rumble and spit in Rocky’s face. The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #7 is ANDRADE “CIEN” ALMAS!
He kicks Slater on his way into the match and gets right into it with Elias! The Drifter with a kick to the midsection, off the ropes, Almas catches him with a back elbow in the mush! Running knees in the corner, the hammerlock DDT blocked, fireman’s carry escaped, off the ropes, land on his feet off a back suplex and finally Elias clobbers him with a lariat!The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #8 is Bray Wyatt.
Bray moseys down to the ring, Heath Slater almost having made it up the apron, so he throws Slater into the barricade! Big Rock Bottom on the Drifter and Wyatt is fired up! Sister Abigail denied when Finn comes in for the save but Bray levels him with a lariat! Choking Almas over the ropes, passing stomps to everybody and he clubs Rusev down as he tries to get back in the ring. The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #9 is Big E.
He helps Slater up and gives him some delicious pancakes! Wyatt right on him, but E ducks a lariat and hits the belly-to-belly suplex! Elias clobbers him, Rusev double-teams him with a roundhouse kick! Rusev tries to eliminate Cien as Bray beats on Big in the corner and the Drifter chokes Balor out. The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #10 is Tye Dillinger.
Or not, as his music plays and we cut backstage where Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn are beating him up! Boots against the road cases and referees swarm to save him! Owens says he has this, but Sami stops him and says HE has this.
Entering at #10 is Sami Zayn.
He wipes Heath out and gets into the ring to beat on Balor. Everybody broken off and struggling, Finn avoids elimination as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #11 is Sheamus.
Sheamus throws Slater in the ring AND HEATH IMMEDIATELY LARIATS HIM BACK OUT!
Heath Slater eliminates Sheamus!
Bray hits Sister Abigail on Slater...
Bray Wyatt eliminates Heath Slater.
Rusev nearly eliminates Finn but the Irishman hangs on. The Drifter likewise avoids elimination and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #12 is Xavier Woods.
Woods going right after Wyatt, pummeling him in the corner, shifting to Sami and whipping him into a big Rock Bottom from Big E! Assisted wheelbarrow splash, New Day lads working together, trying to eliminate Samson but he lands safe and Rusev gets under E and struggles to power him over in the corner. Big blocks with a forearm, Almas chokes Finn out and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #13 is Apollo Crews.
He comes in and goes after Wyatt, Sami struggles with Rusev, big enzuigiri from Crews and he goes over to help eliminate Zayn. Rusev tries to eliminate Apollo in turn, New Day are still working Elias over, Almas chops the hell out of Balor but Bray comes over, Sister Abigail denied, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #14 is Shinsuke Nakamura.
Nakamura gets right in it with Zayn, kicks for Rusev, axe kick for Wyatt, Crews whips him, reversed, knee, he takes a reverse roundhouse and Shinsuke moves on to the Drifter with a knee drop! Good Vibrations ensue, he ducks a Helluva Kick and sets Zayn up for the corner knee...
Shinsuke Nakamura eliminates Sami Zayn.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #15 is Cesaro.
Sliding uppercut on Woods, uppercuts for Crews and Balor, struggling with Finn to dump him but Almas makes the inadvertent save. Rusev dumps Apollo but Crews lands on the apron and is safe. Rusev and Cesaro brawling, the Swiss Superman stops himself from tumbling over the ropes and they continue to trade uppercuts as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #16 is Kofi Kingston.
Kofi runs right into an uppercut from Cesaro! Crews presses the Swiss national and gets back dropped to the apron! Holding on through right hands, Apollo tries and fails to back body drop him...
Cesaro eliminates Apollo Crews.
New Day working Shinsuke over in the corner, Cesaro trying to eliminate Rusev, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #17 is Jinder Mahal.
Mahal gets right into it with Xavier, straight suplex, a knee drop, overhead elbow, Rusev trying to eliminate Cesaro. Woods gets a dropkick off but gets back body dropped...
Jinder Mahal eliminates Xavier Woods.
Jinder and Big E struggle to the apron, trading punches, Mahal gets a boot off...
Jinder Mahal eliminates Big E.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #18 is Seth Rollins.
Rollins in hot, Sling Blade, Finn tries one of his own, denied, Sling Blade for him too but Cesaro comes over to slam Rollins and dump him. Seth blocks, monkey flip...
Seth Rollins eliminates Cesaro.
Jinder tries to eliminate Kingston but he slips around and under, trying to eliminate the Modern-Day Maharaja, Jinder turns it around, dumps Kofi but his right foot lands on Xavier and Kofi is safe! E puts a plate of pancakes under his feet and he’s safe! Jinder runs interference while Kofi hops on one foot and New Day form a human pyramid to boost him back in the ring!
Trouble in Paradise connects...
Kofi Kingston eliminates Jinder Mahal.
Almas hits the hammerlock DDT...
Andrade “Cien” Almas eliminates Kofi Kingston.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #19 is Matt Hardy.
Hardy right in on the Drifter before he turns to stand off with Bray and Rusev interrupts! An unlikely alliance forms as they beat on Rusev...
Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy eliminate Rusev.
Bray tosses Almas into a Side Effect and they go back to their standoff! Trading forearms, they tumble towards the ropes...
Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy eliminate each other.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #20 is John Cena!
Cena slides in and is immediately surrounded and attacked by everybody that’s left! They put boots to him before breaking off and leaving him to Elias. The Drifter hooks him but Cena reverses and dumps him!
John Cena eliminates Elias.
John pairs off with Nakamura and Rollins in turn as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #21 is “HURRICANE” SHANE HELMS!
Hurricane and Cena square up! Off the ropes, he ducks a lariat, goozle, but John dumps him...
John Cena eliminates “Hurricane” Shane Helms.
Cena struggling with Rollins as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #22 is Aiden English.
Clubbing right away on Seth, kick to the midsection, putting boots to Finn, punching John Cena straight in the mush, double axehandle on Balor, fending John off some more as Rollins and Almas pair off. Cien chokes him in the corner, Nakamura starts working with English as Cena and Balor trade shots and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #23 is ADAM COLE, BAY BAY!
Cole gets in and puts boots to English and Balor in turn. Cena and Nakamura struggle in the corner, Adam puts boots to Andrade, Finn knocks Aiden...
Finn Balor eliminates Aiden English.
Finn trying to eliminate Rollins, Cena comes over and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #24 is Randy Orton.
He slides in and gets into with Cole, lariats, the snap scoop powerslam, turning to Cena, RKO denied, Almas kicks his face in but jumps into the RKO! The Viper picks him up...
Randy Orton eliminates Andrade “Cien” Almas.
Adam Cole and Finn Balor struggling, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #25 is Titus O’Neil.
Titus slides in and attacks Cena while Orton tries to eliminate Balor and fails. Cole and Nakamura paired off, Rollins comes over to assist the former ROH World Champion and Orton catapults Finn under the ropes, guillotining him. O’Neil dumps Adam to the apron but fails to eliminate him and Shinsuke kicks his leg out from under him. The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #26 is the Miz.
Miz gets in, neckbreaker / backbreaker combo on Rollins, escape the AA, basement DDT on Cena and he’s fired up! Chest kicks on both men, Seth ducks the buzzsaw but again Miz escapes the fireman’s carry, Skull-Crushing Finale! Rollins with a big superkick, Titus and Cole choking Nakamura, and the A-Lister dodges being eliminated as the countdown timer ticks.
Entering at #27 is REY MYSTERIO!
Rey comes in on Miz, tilt-a-whirl headscissors, leg kicks for Cole, whip to the corner, boot up, he rolls through and headscissors Adam into the second...
Rey Mysterio eliminates Adam Cole.
Seated senton on Miz, he’s got him in the ropes... 619!
Rey and Orton struggling, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #28 is Roman Reigns.
Roman right in it with Cena, Finn, Titus, Rey, Randy, laying everybody out! Shinsuke too, before he realizes Miz is there and they square off. Lariats, whip reversed, the leaping lariat and the Big Dog stands tall! Corner lariats follow, Titus sticks his nose in...
Roman Reigns eliminates Titus O’Neil.
Trying to dump Miz but the Miztourage make the save! Superman Punches for both of them! Rollins with a superkick... BLACKOUT! Roman and Seth square off and nod, Rollins picks Miz up for the powerbomb... DOUBLE POWERBOMB TO THE FLOOR!
Roman Reigns eliminates the Miz.
Roman acts fast...
Roman Reigns eliminates Seth Rollins!
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #29 is Goldust!
Manhattan Drop and the pop-up slap on Orton, Goldy goes to dump him but the Viper is able to stay glued to the apron. Goldust on Reigns, Cena on Nakamura, John shifts to Goldy, Attitude Adjustment denied and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #30 is Dolph Ziggler.
Dolph right in on Cena, Lou Thesz Press into punches, John catches a superkick, Attitude Adjustment connects but Dolph sticks to him, superkick, Orton from behind, superkick, off the ropes and Goldy catches him with the snap scoop powerslam! Ziggler gets him on the apron, superkick...
Dolph Ziggler eliminates Goldust.
Zig Zag on Nakamura! Dolph tunes up the band but Shinsuke catches the kick, inverted exploder suplex puts the Show-off on the apron and Finn comes over...
Finn Balor eliminates Dolph Ziggler.
The six remaining men square off and we have a brawl! Rey gets Roman on the ropes... 619! Cena hits an Attitude Adjustment on Balor, RKO on Nakamura! The legends fired up, RKO on Cena denied and the Superman Punch hits...
Roman Reigns eliminates Randy Orton.
Rey with a double dropkick... DOUBLE 619! Springboard seated senton on Cena but Finn is fast...
Finn Balor eliminates Rey Mysterio.
Down to our final four, they get to their feet and survey the situation. Cena attacks Shinsuke and Roman gets on Finn, stomping away! Reigns and Cena square off and John points at the WrestleMania sign as Philly tells them they both suck. Balor and Nakamura pop up and put the boots to them! They have a square off of their own, Balor ducks a kick, strike rush backs him in the corner but Shinsuke sets him up for a corner knee!
Finn still on the apron, gamengiri lands, forearm knocks the King of Strong Style down, whip reversed with a knee, roundhouse to the back of the neck, knee against the ropes, sunset flip, Balor with a dropkick! Cena levels Nakamura with a lariat and Roman takes Finn out as well! Big Dog and the 16-time champ face to face again, Cena jawing at him, they trade right hands!
Cena ducks a lariat, shoulder block, s-- SAMOAN DROP! Reigns the only one standing, he calls for the Superman Punch as John gets back to his feet, blocked, fall-forward Blue Thunder Driver! “You can’t see me!”, off the ropes, SLING BLADE! Shotgun dropkick, Sling Blade for Roman, shotgun dropkick for him as well! Sling Blade for Shinsuke, shotgun dropkick cut off with a kick!
Calling for it... KINSHASA DENIED WITH A DOUBLE STOMP! But Cena’s right on him...
John Cena eliminates Finn Balor.
Cena and Reigns squaring off over Nakamura, they take turns punching the former IWGP Heavyweight Champion and putting boots to him. John with a damn headbutt, off the ropes, shoulder blocks for Roman, fall-forward Blue Thunder Driver, “You can’t see me!”, off the ropes, Five Knuckle Shuffle, fireman’s carry denied, SUPERMAN PUNCH! The Big Dog slides Shinsuke out of the way and he howls... SPEAR REVERSED TO ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT!
Nakamura from behind, Cena blocks, front chancery, suplex denied, Shinsuke gets him on the apron, backs up, chest kick, KINSHASA!
Shinsuke Nakamura eliminates John Cena!
Shinsuke gets Roman in his sights! Face to face, Nakamura wants him! Roman obliges, they trade right hands in the middle of the ring! Forearm backs Reigns off, SUPERMAN PUNCH! He dumps Shinsuke but the King of Strong Style stops himself on the apron! Roundhouse kick staggers the Big Dog, Nakamura climbs up... TRIANGLE CHOKE IN THE ROPES! REIGNS DEADLIFTS OUT OF IT... RELEASE POWERBOMB!
Both men down and out, trying to access their deep reserves, and Roman gets up first. In the corner, lying in wait, he howls... KINSHASA COUNTERS THE SPEAR! BOOT UP ON THE SECONDARY CHARGE, DIVING KINSHASA! FIRED UP... THE SPEAR CONNECTS! Reigns gets on his knees, looking at the WrestleMania sign, knowing what this match represents. He draws Nakamura up on his shoulders, going to lawn dart him but Shinsuke is hanging on.
Struggling on the ropes, Shinsuke gets off, running the ropes, another Kinshasa... HE DID IT!
Shinsuke Nakamura wins the Royal Rumble, last eliminating Roman Reigns.
Shinsuke is interviewed after the match as to his choice of champion to face at WrestleMania. HE WANTS AJ STYLES!
Commentary hypes up the announcement that next year’s Royal Rumble will be in Phoenix, Arizona.
Backstage, Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon are celebrating their guy’s victory as Stephanie McMahon and Kurt Angle look on. Steph congratulates them and Bryan rubs it in before apologizing. Angle says his hat is off to Nakamura but there’s plenty left for Raw to steal the show with. Stephanie puts the women’s Royal Rumble off and says a Raw superstar will win but either way it’s about making history and we’re all gonna be very pleasantly surprised. It’s true, it’s damn true.
KFC Colonel Rumble
Miz and Rusev to start, Titus O’Neil and Heath Slater next, followed by Mojo Rawley. Mojo, Titus, and Heath are eliminated and Breezango come down. Tyler Breeze dumps Fandango and Goldust comes down! Rusev dumps Doldest and Miz dumps Breeze. They square off and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair comes down! HE ELIMINATES MIZ AND RUSEV!
Ric Flair wins the KFC Colonel Rumble, last eliminating Miz and Rusev.
Jason Jordan & Seth Rollins (c) vs. the Bar (Cesaro & Sheamus) (WWE Raw Tag Team Championship)
Cesaro and Rollins to start, Cesaro with a knee to the gut, double axehandles, hammerlock applied, Seth flips out of it and also out of a full nelson. Arm drag, back body drop, rolling Frankensteiner, a dropkick and Cesaro heads to the apron for a breather. Sheamus tags in, circling, Rollins with a waistlock but the Celtic Warrior clubs him. Whip across, duck the lariat, big crossbody into mounted punches.
Chop, arm wringer, Seth goes to tag Jordan in but Cesaro distracts him and Jason isn’t there. Swiss Superman tags in, putting boots to the Architect, stereo kicks to the midsection into a cover but it’s only good for two. Sheamus tags back in, more stomps, Rollins kicks him away and passes Cesaro to the floor. Desperate for the tag, Sheamus tries to stop it and Cesaro succeeds, pulling Jason off the apron and putting him into the post!
Brogue Kick denied, Sheamus’ back comes up lame as he spills to the floor and Rollins hits a suicide dive on the Bar! Checking on Jordan, Sheamus takes advantage and throws him into the barricade! Putting Seth back inside, up top, diving lariat gets two as a medic and a referee tend to Kurt Angle’s Biological Son. Cesaro tags in, staying on the offensive, reverse chinlock applied, trying to grind him down.
Rollins to his feet, Sheamus with the blind tag, double whip into a double lariat, off the ropes with a knee drop. Setting up the Beats of the Bodhran but the Architect breaks loose and snaps Sheamus’ neck over the top rope! Springboard lariat denied, off the ropes, shoulder block and Cesaro runs interference before tagging in. Demolition Decapitation gets a nearfall!
Sheamus with a passing kick, he tags in, off the ropes, double-team backbreaker... NOT ENOUGH! Continuing to work Rollins over, he fights back two-on-one with forearms but gets cut off. Cesaro gets him up for a powerbomb but he counters with a Frankensteiner before the Celtic Warrior can finish the double team! He puts Sheamus into the post! Cesaro tags in, Seth with an elbow, trading punches and the Architect pulls ahead.
Off the ropes, duck a lariat, Sling Blade, diving blockbuster, charging forearm, straight suplex, rolling through but the Falcon Arrow is denied when Cesaro floats over! Schoolboy pin, nope, and now Seth does the deal... NO GOOD! Avada Kedavra hits but Sheamus breaks it up! Celtic Warrior tags in, uppercuts, looking for avalanche White Noise but Rollins blocks and knocks him down with punches.
Swiss Superman with a tag, Seth firing headbutts at Sheamus to knock him down but Cesaro’s right on him. Struggling in place, avalanche hip toss! Seth perches... FROG SPLASH ON BOTH MEN! But he comes away holding his knee and can’t capitalize! Jordan is awake and tags in, stumbling and dazed... and tags right back out. Cesaro hosses Rollins back in but he fights both members of the Bar off and knocks Sheamus outside.
Big uppercut from Cesaro, Sheamus is legal and hits the Brogue Kick! Tag to Cesaro, up for it...
The Bar win by pinfall with the spike White Noise on Seth Rollins, winning the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship.
Braun Strowman vs. Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Kane (WWE Universal Championship)
Brock right in on Kane, backing him in the corner but Braun comes and throws Lesnar in the opposite corner and runs a freight train! Big man dropkick! Brock going for the leg, Strowman blocks, hits a knee but Lesnar throws punches and staggers him! Kane with a goozle, he gets the champion up, chokeslam! Braun rams Kane in the corner, big headbutt, staggering the Big Red Machine.
Punches in the corner as a dazed Brock wanders ringside and comes back in with a steel chair! He hits Braun but the monster feels nothing, punching the chair out of his hand! He dumps Lesnar and Kane both to the floor! He follows after, throwing Brock into the barricade and picking the steps up to clobber Kane with them! Back to Lesnar and he holds the steps high in triumph after knocking him out!
Strowman looking for plunder and he comes up with a table! He slides it in the ring and gets another before heading over to Kane, rolling him inside. The monster among men sets one table up in the corner before getting the other and leaning it opposite. Kane goozles him but Strowman blocks and chokeslams him... BROCK BREAKS IT UP! German suplexes now, tossing Braun around with a trio of them!
Strowman staggered, comes over and scoops Lesnar up... RUNNING POWERSLAM THROUGH THE TABLE! KANE BREAKS IT UP! He gets Kane up but the Big Red Machine slips out and puts Braun through the other table awkwardly. Strowman to his feet, this time Kane successfully chokeslams him and again Brock breaks it up! The Beast hoists Kane up, F-5! BRAUN PULLS HIM OFF WITH A SNAP GERMAN SUPLEX!
Strowman heads outside and collects the champion, throwing him into the barricade! He eyeballs the German announce table and dismantles it! Heading back to Lesnar, front chancery, dragging him over but Brock gets him up on his shoulders... F-5 THROUGH THE GERMAN ANNOUNCE TABLE! BROCK TIPS THE ENGLISH ANNOUNCE TABLE OVER ON BRAUN! Kane is behind him and goozles him... CHOKESLAM DENIED, F-5 THROUGH THE SPANISH ANNOUNCE TABLE!
BRAUN IS GETTING UP! HE’S ON HIS FEET! Brock with a leaping lariat and Strowman shrugs it off to deliver a kick! Back in the ring, he scoops Brock up and hits the running powerslam but he’s not gonna capitalize! He orders Lesnar to his feet and powerslams him again! Going for a third but Kane returns, chair in hand and swats the monster with it a few times to knock him out of the ring!
Kane calls for it, scoops Brock up but he floats out and throws Kane into a recovering Braun on the apron, he hoists him up...
Brock Lesnar wins by pinfall with an F-5 on Kane, retaining the Universal Championship.
Brock is leaving but Braun is back on his feet screaming that Lesnar couldn’t beat him!
We get a trailer for the upcoming Andre the Giant documentary.
Commentary hypes up Elimination Chamber for next month.
Special guest ring announcer Maria Menounos gets on the mic to talk about how proud she is to be part of history and introduce special guest commentator Stephanie McMahon. Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair make entrances and come to ringside.
30-Woman Royal Rumble
Entering at #1 is Sasha Banks.
Entering at #2 is Becky Lynch.
Circling, collar and elbow, Becky grabs a side headlock and Sasha shoots her off. Drop down, leapfrog, Bank Statement denied! Duck a lariat, same, whip into an arm drag and another one sets up the armbar! Crossface applied for a second, Dis-Arm-Her as well and we have a stalemate! The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #3 is Sarah Logan.
Logan in with stomps to Lynch, Banks pulls her off and Sarah hits a dropkick on her. Punch for punch with Becky and she drops her with a lariat before pointing to the WrestleMania sign and trying to eliminate her. Sasha with the save, repeated forearms, LOGAN WITH A POP-UP HEADBUTT! Lynch puts her through the second rope but Sarah comes back in and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #4 is Mandy Rose.
Rose comes in, Sasha ducks a lariat but gets hip tossed and Mandy is looking for the scoop slam elimination. Denied, the Boss tries and it doesn’t work for her either. Double leg, Banks fights it off but takes a running knee! Trying to lift her up in the corner, Sasha fights her off with elbows as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #5 is LITA!
Lita comes in and Lynch and Banks are right there to square off with her! Circling, the two current roster romen put boots to her but Lita comes off the ropes with a double lariat! Mandy getting into it with her, clubbing away at her, smashing her face into the forearm and trying to eliminate her but failing. Lita with a monkey flip into mounted punches, the Boss knocks Logan to the apron but she saves herself and puts boots to Sasha.
Rose on the apron, she hits a wicked knee to Lita’s head but the veteran gets her wits about her...
Lita eliminates Mandy Rose.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #6 is Kairi Sane.
Sane in with a big chop and an axe kick to Logan, off the ropes, double clothesline to the Horsewomen and she takes it to Lita! Stomping to the other corner, fired up for the sliding forearm! Headed up top, she hits an elbow on Sarah! Sliding neckbreaker on Banks and she goes up top again... diving elbow drop on Sasha! The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #7 is Tamina.
Tamina attack Kairi, Sasha, and Becky with kicks before clobbering Logan with a forearm. Lita hits the DDT on Snuke and follows it up with a Twist of Fate on the Boss! One for Lynch as well! Headed up top, she perches... MOONSAULT ON THE HORSEWOMEN! Tamina misses with a superkick and Lita low-bridges her...
Lita eliminates Tamina.
Becky comes from behind...
Becky Lynch eliminates Lita.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #8 is Dana Brooke.
Brooke comes in and struggles with Lynch, hitting a lariat on her, handspring elbow on the Boss, double leg on Sane, shoulder thrusts, setting her up top...
Dana Brooke eliminates Kairi Sane.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #9 is TORRIE WILSON!
Torrie hits an X-Factor on Dana! Whip Banks into the corner for a lariat, dropkick for Becky but Sarah clobbers her with one in return! Logan with a headbutt to the Boss, trying to eliminate Wilson and failing. Lynch and Brooke fighting it out in the corner, Torrie puts Dana on the apron and hits a low dropkick...
Torrie Wilson eliminates Dana Brooke.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #10 is Sonya Deville.
Logan looking to eliminate Torrie still, Sonya comes in hot punching at Sasha but Becky saves her pal. Rolling solebutt gets a kick in return and Deville goes to eliminate Lynch but stops before finishing the job. Whip on Wilson, up and over, forearm gets a kick...
Sonya Deville eliminates Torrie Wilson.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #11 is Liv Morgan.
Morgan in right on Lynch, saving Logan as Banks and Deville have it out. The Boss comes over and Liv hits a pop-up facebuster in the corner and follows it with a double stomp! Riott Squad working Sasha over, they get her on the apron but Becky makes the save.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #12 is MOLLY HOLLY!
Molly in laying women out left and right! Straight suplex on Becky, and she dumps Logan!
Molly Holly eliminates Sarah Logan.
Getting into it with the Boss... MOLLY GO ROUND! Deville clobbers her and gets into it with Morgan when Becky comes in. Exploder suplex on Sonya, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #13 is Lana.
She slides in and Morgan and Deville unite to beat her down! Liv questions the merits of Rusev Day and they continue to toy with her and that gets her fighting mad, taking Morgan down as the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #14 is MICHELLE MCCOOL!
McCool in beating the crap out of Morgan, hard whip on Sonya into the corner, running knee strike, setting Devillup top and she dumps her!
Michelle McCool eliminates Sonya Deville.
McCool is on a roll here!
Michelle McCool eliminates Liv Morgan.
Molly back in...
Michelle McCool eliminates Molly Holly!
Lana comes from behind...
Michelle McCool eliminates Lana.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #15 is Ruby Riott.
Michelle goes to dump Riott but she lands short on the apron and hits a forearm. Banks tries the same and again Ruby hangs on! Becky gets her over the top but Riott isn’t going and snaps her neck over the ropes! STO follows as McCool tries to eliminate the Boss! The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #16 is VICKIE GUERRERO!
As ever, she wants to be excused! Screaming her lungs out, all four women turn to face her as she continues and decides Michelle is her best bet before realizing it ain’t working. She makes a break for it to no avail...
Vickie Guerrero is eliminated by all the other women currently in the match.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #17 is Carmella.
Carmella and Vickie get into a shouting match and Guerrero clobbers her with the Money in the Bank briefcase! McCool has Sasha up for a powerbomb but she slips out! Banks and Lynch paired off, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #18 is Natalya.
Carmella pulls her off the apron before she can get in! Roundhouse kick to Michelle, superkick on the Boss, duck a lariat from Lynch and they jockey for position to no avail. Short-arm solebutt from Becky, exploder suplex, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #19 is KELLY KELLY!
Kelly slides in and Nattie throws her right into the ropes! Her natural love for the ropes keeps her in the ring, however, and she hits a swinging headscissors takeover on McCool! Natalya takes advantage...
Natalya eliminates Michelle McCool.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #20 is Naomi.
Rear Views for everybody! Sasha hits a boot and passes her into the turnbuckles but Naomi cracks her in the head with a kick! Sort of a powerbomb from Becky, she perches, missile dropkick! Nattie trying to eliminate Kelly, Lynch makes the save and hits the exploder. Exploder on Carmella as well, Riott dumps Lynch over the ropes, she’s hanging on for dear life but Ruby jams her fingers apart...
Ruby Riott eliminates Becky Lynch.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #21 is JACQUELINE!
Lariat on Carmella, double leg on the Boss into punches, block a suplex from Nattie and lay Riott out with another lariat! Double leg on Kelly, she and Neidhart work together trying to dump Kelly and it’s very awkward. The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #22 is Nia Jax.
Double lariat on the Boss and Carmella, she dumps Jacqueline!
Nia Jax eliminates Jacqueline.
Kelly Kelly on her back, Jax shrugs her off...
Nia Jax eliminates Kelly Kelly.
Nia knocks Nattie to the floor and follows it up by press slamming Ruby into the turnbuckles!
Nia Jax eliminates Ruby Riott!
Naomi with the Speedball kicks, finishing with a dropkick, Frankensteiner denied! Jax throws Naomi into the crush on the floor but Naomi isn’t eliminated because she gets onto the barricade! The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #23 is Ember Moon.
She ducks a lariat from Jax and gives it to her one-armed! Springboard kick connects but Nia biels her across the ring! Naomi walks the barricade and gets Maria Menounos out of her office chair! Using her hands to walk the chair to the steps, Naomi re-enters the match! Diving crossbody, Jax catches her!
Nia Jax eliminates Naomi.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #24 is BETH PHOENIX!
BETH AND NIA HAVE A STAREDOWN! Jax throws a forearm and asks for one in return and we got a fight! This is indeed awesome! Nia passes Phoenix to the corner but she sidesteps the charge, fireman’s carry denied at first but she gets her up! To the ropes, she can’t eliminate her but Nattie comes back in and the old teammates are reunited! Off the ropes they dump Jax through the middle ropes and hug!
Beth’s crying but Nattie’s mercenary enough to slap her and dump her!
Natalya eliminates Beth Phoenix.
Carmella attacks Nattie and the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #25 is Asuka.
Carmella screams and runs away but Banks runs into a hip toss knee strike! Carmella from behind but Asuka sees her coming and hits the hip attack! Moon in and we have a staredown! Ducking and dodging, Asuka catches a kick but Ember out-thinks her, up top... ONE-ARMED ECLIPSE! Asuka low-bridges her, armbreaker on the bad arm...
Asuka eliminates Ember Moon.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #26 is Mickie James.
Mickie heads right up top, diving senton on Asuka, neckbreaker on Banks but Neidhart lays into her in the corner. Headscissors, Nattie shrugs it off, but eats a neckbreaker of her own. Drawing her up, trying to dump her but Asuka comes over and kicks at her, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #27 is NIKKI BELLA!
Nikki hits a facebreaker on Carmella but Sasha comes over and whips her to the corner. Elbow up, the kick connects, spear on Natalya! Carmella kicks her leg out from under her and runs her into a boot in the corner. Putting boots to her, moonwalking, “You can’t see me!”, Bronco Buster! Electric chair, Bella walks her over and sets her on the apron, snapping her neck over the ropes...
Nikki Bella eliminates Carmella.
The countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #28 is BRIE BELLA!
Brie makes the save for her sister and takes it to Asuka! Leading Yes! chants, running knees for everybody! Nia Jax is finally back up and about and the Bellas knock her back down! Double-teaming Natalya, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #29... it’s Bayley!
Middle rope Stunners for both Bellas! Throwing forearms on Nattie is the Hugger, to the corner, elbow up, diving elbow, back suplex on Mickie, Bayley-to-Belly on Asuka denied! She ducks the backfist, catches the reverse roundhouse and Asuka goes to dump Bayley but can’t make it happen. Nattie and Mickie struggling in the corner, the countdown timer ticks...
Entering at #30 is TRISH STRATUS!
Lou Thesz Press on Natalya into punches, taking it to the remaining Horsewomen, the Bellas come over and Trish takes ‘em out with chops! DOUBLE STRATUSFACTION! Charging into a boot from Bayley, the handstand headscissors even the score and she faces off with Mickie James! Slugging it out in the middle of the ring, whip reversed, James gets a boot up, handstand headscissors tossed aside but Trish lands the roundhouse kick...
Trish Stratus eliminates Mickie James.
Nia wipes Trish out and everybody piles on her! She shrugs them off and Asuka kicks her head off! The Bellas work together trying to eliminate her, everybody else joins in...
Nia Jax is eliminated by every woman remaining in the match.
Sasha dumps Bayley!
Sasha Banks eliminates Bayley.
Natalya with a mat slam on Stratus but Trish kips up and throws a kick. Nattie catches it, double leg into the Sharpshooter! The Bellas working together to try and take Asuka out but they fail as Trish taps out to no avail. Stratus posts up and rolls through to break it. She dumps Neidhart to the apron, hits the kick...
Trish Stratus eliminates Natalya.
Trish and Sasha getting into it...
Sasha Banks eliminates Trish Stratus.
Asuka’s right behind the Boss and she bumps into her, Scooby-Doo style. We have a face-off, they turn and face the Bellas... AND THE BOSS MURKS HER! All three women putting boots to Asuka, Nikki with the facebreaker into a lariat from Brie and then a running knee from Banks. Sasha jawing at her, slapping away and telling her SHE’s ready for Asuka, she goes for the double knees...
The Bella Twins eliminate Sasha Banks!
Nikki and Brie work together to try and dump the Empress of Tomorrow but she shrugs them off and lines them up for chest kicks in the middle of the ring! The buzzsaw wipes Nikki out and then Brie in turn! She dumps Brie over the ropes but doesn’t finish the elimination and Nikki clobbers her! Fireman’s carry... Rack Attack 2.0! NIKKI HITS THE ELBOW ON BRIE!
Nikki Bella eliminates Brie Bella!
Asuka on the apron, shoulder thrust, missile dropkick connects! Both women slow to get up, Asuka charges into a back elbow and takes the springboard roundhouse kick! Nikki draws her up, fireman’s carry, headed for the ropes but Asuka holds on for dear life! Forearm connects but she’s still in the match! Off the ropes, she runs right into a roundhouse kick and Asuka gets a headscissors to pull her over the top and to the apron but she can’t quite get her to the mat!
Kneeling on the apron, rising back to their feet, Nikki hits the elbow but Asuka manages to trip her to the floor! IT’S OVER!
Asuka wins the women’s Royal Rumble, last eliminating Nikki Bella.
Asuka poses on the turnbuckles as Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair get in the ring. Asuka backs into them and considers her options as the champions raise their titles high...
Bad Reputation rings out across the arena! RONDA ROUSEY IS HERE!
She gets in the ring and surveys the three women present before pointing to the WrestleMania sign! She squares up against Charlotte for a second before extending a hand to Asuka, who swats it away! Again Rousey points to the WrestleMania sign before leaving and heading around to Stephanie McMahon and extending a hand. Steph tentatively shakes it and Ronda takes her leave.
That’s the show, folks.