Tonight, WWE Royal Rumble is LIVE from Tampa Bay, FL! The card includes:
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Men’s Royal Rumble match: 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Men’s World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
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Women’s Royal Rumble match: 30-woman Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Women’s World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!
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Fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: © Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight
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Singles match for the WWE United States Championship: © Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens
And more!
Show starts LIVE at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on Peacock. Check your local listings for more information.
The women’s rumble was the highlight of the entire show for me. The men’s started slow but got better, IMO.
Edit: I forgot to mention Chelsea Green was a fucking trooper, she was very entertaining, and the best thing that ever happened for her was Piper bullying her way to the tag championships with Green, they are gold together.
Logan Paul continues to be impressive, Kevin Owens may just bring out the best in him, wasn’t a big fan of the finish but if they want to push it to a final match at Mania it was for the best.
Roman again proves he needs interference to win a match, I’m so tired of this, I hope Cody gets to “finish the story” and that Rock isn’t involved.
Now to the press conference…
Cody handled the Vince question like a PR guy… On the other hand, Triple H should have kept his stupid mouth shut because it made him look stupid and like he doesn’t take it seriously.
Mishandling the post-show doesn’t make him guilty of anything… but, damn the guy had three days to come up with something other than no comment, and he still couldn’t just say no comment. I’m still in the camp without an investigation or the court going to discovery and the names coming out I can’t demand he be fired without evidence, but I can say that if it were me making the decisions going forward TKO should have a PR guy handle the post shows, hell make Cody EVP again to do it. His response soured my defending of him until more is known, but I’m not ready to toss in the towel yet, but yeah, it wasn’t great.
Have to agree with this. A lot of people gave Tony Khan shit for how he handled many of his press conferences in a PR manner, but ultimately it’s the only way you can do in this instance and trying to deflect just isn’t a good look. Cody handled it better than his boss.
My only real criticism of the women’s rumble is that it probably wasn’t the best place to debut Jade Cargill. Unless she’s improved significantly (which is entirely possible) she’s still likely a bit green to be carrying a rumble.
US and Universal Title matches are pretty easy to call, but both Rumble’s are intriguing. Becky/Bayley and Cody/Punk are the prohibitive favourites, but I smell the potential for a swerve. Very much looking forward to both matches.
I’m looking forward to the Rumble’s. I don’t watch WWE regularly so I have no clue who the favourites are for the women’s match…but, unless the Rock makes an appearance, I’d say Cody/Punk make a lot of sense for the men.
I’m guessing Logan Paul is the favourite in the US match?
Feel like Punk is gonna win and guarantee his shot at Seth
Cody can lose and overcome adversity at Elimination Chamber to face Roman again
Can’t believe this is Punk’s first televised match in WWE. Feels like he’s been there for months by now lol.
Yep. Can’t see any reason for him to drop the belt here when Mania is just a couple of months away, but the match should be good.
I kind of zone in and out on WWE these days, but the Rumble to Wrestlemania season is usually when my attention is at its highest. It helps that my son is a huge Cody fan and basically treats him as a superhero, so you know who we’re cheering for tonight!
This and Summerslam season feel like the actual story
The rest can be OK but definitely feel like filler
Didn’t wait long to bring im Naomi. As a TNA fan I’m gonna miss her though.
Jade’s in. Her and Grace were the only two spoilers I was aware of. Hoping there’s a few more to surprises to come…
Bayley wins! Was that the right move?
I think so. One of her stablemates is the current champ on SD, so that story writes itself. I doubt she’ll challenge Rhea, but a swerve in that direction could be cool.
So I went and watched the clip of Jordynne Grace in the Rumble. Honestly, I was shocked at how they put her over. Seems like they put a lot more respect on TNA with her appearance than they did with Mickie James in 2022; mentioning the TNA Knockouts championship by name, making a point of the fact that she beat Naomi for the belt, and not only letting her dominate the match for a bit, but commentary also selling her dominance. Loved the quote “TNA has an absolute weapon as champion!”
Yeah, Jordynne looked like she belonged in there with everyone. They absolutely made her look great. Mickie showing up with the belt felt huge, but this feels bigger for the reasons you mention and that Mickie had a verbal agreement with TNA and a history with WWE while Jordynne has a contract with TNA and no history with WWE, as far as I’m aware.
Sometimes good guy deserves to win. The fact that most of us booked ourselves into think Punk would get it over Cody makes it even more sweet.
This is the most I’ve been invested in since Hangman vs Omega. Time for Cody to finish the story.This is my first time seeing Nia Jax and boy is she rough…
I think they try to sell it as “part work part shoot” with her but it’s pretty obvious that she’s just not that good in the ring. On the other hand, having Jade debut by taking her out was a good call.
Yeah, if there’s one thing Nia does well it’s get heat. The crowd hated her.
And agree about Jade. Smart move to start her off strong.
She’s also willing to get as good as she gives. I couldn’t find a clip of the whole match without the Cornette commentary, so if you’re not a fan of the guy, I apologize in advance. That being said, if tonight was your first look at Jax, I present to you this total debacle of work/shoot/work/work/shoot/shoot and hope you enjoy…
That was ugly lol. The opposite of Danielson vs. ZSJ to me haha.
And funny enough, that whole thing lasted as long as the four entrances for the four-way. The video ended just as Samantha started doing the intro’s.
Imagine if Undertaker had been in the match? He’d still be walking to the ring right now!🤣🤣
lmao not if it was the American Badass version!
The motorcycle would run out of gas halfway to the ring.🤣
Surprised this match is happening before the US Championship match. Guess Roman is in a rush to go back on vacation lol.
Part of me wonders whether it’s a way to tease some of the participants entering the Rumble later.
I hope so. I’d love to see some interesting names show up…especially some more TNA talent.
I feel like there’s an outside shot of Moose showing up. Not even sure why, but it would be amazing so I hope it happens.
Moose would be a great choice. Speedball would be another. His style is so unlike any other (and he’s probably my favourite active wrestler right now).
Bailey has been my favourite wrestler for awhile, so I’d die for that.
Jimmy for #2!!!
There’s no way both brothers drew 1 and 2. Something tells me this is rigged!
The fix is in!!!
As a complete aside, the way cagematch formats the result for rumble matches always makes me chuckle
Men's rumble result
Cody Rhodes defeats Andrade and Austin Theory and Bobby Lashley and Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed and Carlito and Carmelo Hayes and CM Punk and Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio and Drew McIntyre and Finn Balor and Grayson Waller and Gunther and Ivar and JD McDonagh and Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso and Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston and Ludwig Kaiser and Omos and Pat McAfee and R-Truth and Ricochet and Sami Zayn and Santos Escobar and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Miz
Women's rumble result
Bayley defeats Alba Fyre and Asuka and Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair and Candice LaRae and Chelsea Green and Indi Hartwell and Ivy Nile and Jade Cargill and Jordynne Grace and Kairi Sane and Katana Chance and Kayden Carter and Liv Morgan and Maxxine Dupri and Michin and Naomi and Natalya and Nia Jax and Piper Niven and Roxanne Perez and Shayna Baszler and Shotzi and Tegan Nox and Tiffany Stratton and Valhalla and Xia Li and Zelina Vega and Zoey Stark
I mean, it’s not wrong, but it’s also somewhat generous.
Truth lmao
No other result than Roman here, but I’m sure we’ll get a good match nonetheless. Just hope everyone else gets a good showing in defeat.
WWE just totally leaning into the Slim Jim stuff here.🤣
Sounds like the question isn’t who wins but who eats the pin. My uninformed opinion is AJ.
Good call, haha!
Not to speculate too much, but the lack of Mercedes here could very well indicate that she’ll be appearing in AEW soon.
Sounds like it’s all but set in stone. If it is, TK should debut her ASAP.
I can’t believe he hasn’t tweeted about it yet, haha.
From what I read, they’re just waiting for her to finish up with some Hollywood commitments.
That makes sense. Hopefully those commitments are over by Revolution.
The little “time elapsed by competitor” graphic is a nice touch.
Logan Paul really shouldn’t be this good.
I look at it this way. He’s not the first piece of shit human being that’s been good at pro wrestling but at least he hasn’t killed anyone…that we know of.
