Welcome back to the blog. This year's Royal Rumble was LIVE from the Alamodome in San Antonio,Texas. There was a lot of excitement prior to this event as expected. Let's take a look at the results and talk about the best moments.
Men's Royal Rumble Match
Order of Entry
1.Gunther - Intercontinental Champion
2.Sheamus
3.Miz
4.Kofi Kingston
5.Johnny Gargano
6.Xavier Woods
7.Karrion Kross
8.Chad Gable
9.Drew McIntyre
10.Santos Escobar
11.Angelo Dawkins
12.Brock Lesnar
13. Bobby Lashley
14.Baron Corbin
15.Seth Rollins
16.Otis
17.Rey Mysterio (Did not enter the ring)
18.Dominik Mysterio
19.Elias
20.Finn Balor
21.Booker T
22.Damian Priest
23.Montez Ford
24.Edge
25.Austin Theory - United States Champion
26.Omos
27.Braun Strowman
28.Ricochet
29.Logan Paul
30.Cody Rhodes
Winner: Cody Rhodes, lastly eliminating Gunther.
Pat McAfee returned to commentary before the opening contest began, much to Corey Graves' disbelief.
The rivalry between Gunther and Sheamus continued here, hopefully they will meet again for the Intercontinental Championship so that Sheamus completes the set of winning every major championship, Gunther is more than ready to compete for the Undisputed WWE Championship, it's all about the journey and storyline progression, let's cross that bridge when we get there,
Kofi always has interesting Royal Rumble spots, in terms of you never know what he's going to do, it's been a unfortunate couple of years in this match for him due to miss timing the escapes, Bobby got his payback on Brock, after the Beast cost the All Mighty his shot at the United States Championship previously on RAW. Rey never made it to the ring, Dominik walked out next with his dad's mask,
Shoutout to Logan Paul and Ricochet, they hit each other with springboard clotheslines, this was an awesome visual. Logan also eliminated Seth Rollins, this led to fans speculating about a potential WrestleMania match. Gunther broke the record of spending the most time in a Rumble match, over seventy minutes, he was eventually eliminated by the winner Cody Rhodes.
Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match
Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight
We saw glow in the dark colours, Bray had Fiend like face paint, there was a Mountain Dew Logo in the middle of the ring, LA Knight put Bray through the announce table, Bray hit Knight with a Sister Abigail for the win.
Wyatt put on a different mask and went after Knight all over the arena, Uncle Howdy dived from high above, onto Knight into a flaming fire pit as Wyatt and the puppets looked on.
RAW Women's Championship Match
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
This was a good and quick match, they might have been short on time, Bianca hit the K.O.D on Alexa for the win to remain RAW Women's Champion, we saw a video package of Alexa while she was in the ring, Uncle Howdy asked her if she was in charge, let's see what happens next.
Women's Royal Rumble Match
Order of Entry
1.Rhea Ripley
2.Liv Morgan
3.Dana Brooke
4.Emma
5.Shayna Baszler
6.Bayley
7.B-Fab
8.Roxanne Perez - NXT Women's Champion
9.Dakota Kai
10.Iyo Sky
11.Natalya
12.Candice LeRae
13.Zoey Stark
14.Xia Li
15.Becky Lynch
16.Tegan Nox
17.Asuka
18.Piper Niven
19.Tamina
20.Chelsea Green
21.Zelina Vega
22.Raquel Gonzalez
23.Mia Yim
24.Lacey Evans
25.Michelle McCool
26.Indi Hartwell
27.Sonya Deville
28.Shotzi
29.Nikki Cross
30.Nia Jax
Winner: Rhea Ripley, lastly eliminating Liv Morgan.
Congratulations to Rhea Ripley for winning the Women's Royal Rumble, she will now challenge the RAW or SmackDown Women's Champion, or both, Becky and Damage CTRL fought outside the ring, this will lead to Becky vs. Bayley once again, Asuka returning with the classic Kana look was great, Chelsea Green also returned and was quickly eliminated by Rhea, the number thirty spot was botched as Nia Jax's music hit before the countdown began, Nia is not everyones cup of tea, it was great to see her return.
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Kevin Owens walked to the ring first, Roman was second, he was accompanied to the ring by Paul Heyman and Sami Zayn, there were so many near falls, Roman hit Kevin with a low blow, he ordered Sami to get a steel chair, Roman was met with a stunner from his opponent, there were more near falls after both guys hit their signature and finishing moves, this was an awesome match.
Sami told Kevin to stay down, this was a distraction for Roman to spear Kevin through the barricade, the match ended when Roman hit Kevin with the spear for the win, as his championship reign continued.
The drama continued after the match. The Bloodline beat up Kevin Owens and handcuffed him to the ring ropes, The Usos then gave multiple superkicks to the challenger as Sami Zayn looked on, he stopped Roman from hitting KO with a chair, the crowd gave a great reaction, Roman gave the chair to Sami, who ended up hitting Roman, Solo Sikoa and Jimmy Uso beat up Sami, Jey wanted no part of this and walked out upset, Sami was removed from the The Bloodline, Roman got some interesting chants from the crowd to say the least.
The Bloodline walked out and left Sami and Kevin laying in the ring, the closing stages of this event were absolutely incredible.
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