Welcome back to the blog, it is time to talk about the 2024 Royal Rumble, as always there was a lot of excitement and anticipation as to who would make an appearance during the prestigious event.
Let's begin with the Women's Royal Rumble Match, for previous reviews, there would be a list of thirty participants, that will not be the case this year, instead we will break it down like D-Generation-X and mention the surprises and returns, starting with Naomi, great to see her on WWE TV again, the crowd acknowledged her with "welcome back" chants.
If you have been watching/following TNA Wrestling, you would know Naomi, who went by her real name, Trinity, had a storyline with the fifth entrant, Jordynne Grace, for the Women's Championship, hopefully they will continue the story in the WWE one day. Naomi's run in the match lasted over an hour, she was eliminated by debutant Jade Cargill, Liv Morgan was the Number 30 entrant and was lastly eliminated, for the second year in a row, this time by many people's pick to win, Bayley, who will go on to WrestleMania and possibly challenge Iyo Sky for the Championship.
Shoutout to R-Truth, who provided the funniest and one of the most memorable moments of the night when he interrupted Valhalla's walk to the ring as he thought it was the Men's Rumble.
The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship was on the line in a fatal four way match, to be honest, it was surprising to see this contest go on second in the running order, the deck was stacked against Roman Reigns, the challengers were, Randy Orton, AJ Styles and LA Knight (Yeah) this was a fast paced match, with many near falls, the usual Bloodline interference from Solo Sikoa, Roman pinned AJ for the win, the Greatest Of All Time continues his reign as Champion. Acknowledge Him.
Logan Paul versus Kevin Owens for the United States Championship ended in a DQ win for Paul, after the referee noticed Owens wearing brass knuckles, it's 2024 and the referees are finally noticing when someone is trying to find an easy opportunity to win. this feud looks set to continue, subject to change of course.
It was time for the Main Event! the 2024 Men's Royal Rumble Match, which began with YEET! and NO YEET! Jey and Jimmy Uso for those that do not know, Andrade returned to the company at Number 4, followed by NXT's Carmelo Hayes, we saw various storylines from RAW and SmackDown resume here, Gunther entered at number eighteen, eliminating Kofi Kingston, Bron Breakker from NXT was very impressive here, looking forward to him debuting on the main roster soon. Damian Priest was entrant number twenty seven, he did not need to be in this match because he has the Money In The Bank case, a guaranteed title opportunity at any time.
The final two were Cody Rhodes and CM Punk, "The American Nightmare" eliminated "The Best in The World" to win the Rumble for the second year in a row, a decision that is met with disagreement on this website, the thought here is, a new winner should have been crowned, like Punk or Gunther, people online will just continue to talk about the story, when, truthfully, the book should have been thrown away after last year's WrestleMania.
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