Sunday, January 29, 2017

WWE Royal Rumble

-Nikki Bella, Becky Lynch, & Naomi Night d. Smackdown Women's Champion Alexa Bliss, Mickie James, & Natalya Neidhart when Naomi pinned Alexa after the split-legged moonsault.
-The Bullet Club(Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) d. Antonio Cesaro & Sheamus O'Shaunessy to win the Raw Tag Team Titles in a match with two referees; Anderson rolled up Cesaro with a handful of tights for the win.
-Nia Jax d. "The Boss" Sasha Banks after a pop-up Samoan Drop.
-Charlotte Flair d. Bayley Rose to retain the Raw Women's Title after a Natural Selection(low somersault Cutter) on the ring apron.
-Kevin Owens d. Roman Reigns to retain the Universal Title with U.S. Champion Chris Jericho locked in a cage above the ring.  Reigns Superman-Punched Owens off the turnbuckles, causing him to fall through a pile of chairs on the floor...then he powerbombed Owens through one of the broadcast tables.  Reigns had things going his way, but Braun Strowman interfered and chokeslammed Reigns onto another broadcast table.  He followed up that up with a running powerslam through a table in the corner, allowing Owens to get the pinfall.
-"The Man That Gravity Forgot" Adrian Neville d. "The Outlandish" Rich Swann with the Rings Of Saturday to win the Cruiserweight Title.
-John Cena d. "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles after two straight F-Us to win the WWE TItle.
-Royal Rumble
#1 "Big Cass" Colin Cassady(w/ Enzo Amore)
#2 U.S. Champion Chris Jericho
#3 Kalisto
#4 Mojo Rawley
#5 "The Extraordinary Gentleman" Jack Gallagher
#6 "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry
Henry threw Gallagher over the top rope (despite Gallagher's use of his umbrella as a weapon)
#7 Braun Strowman
Strowman eliminated Mojo, Cass, and Kalisto in short order, then had the big-man showdown with Henry before eliminating him as well.
#8 Sami Zayn
#9 The Big Show
Cue big guy showdown number two...Strowman got the better of it and eliminated Show.
#10 "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger
#11 James Ellsworth(w/ Carmella Van Damme)
#12 Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose
Ambrose left Ellsworth hanging, leading to Ellsworth being eliminated by Strowman.  Strowman eliminated Dillinger for good measure.
#13 Baron Corbin
The numbers finally caught up to Strowman, leading to Corbin clotheslining him to the floor.
#14 Kofi Kingston
#15 "The Miz" Mike Mizanin(w/ Maryse Ouellet-Mizanin)
#16 Sheamus O'Shaunessy
#17 Big E Langston
#18 Alexander Rusev(w/ Lana Perry-Rusev)
#19 Antonio Cesaro
#20 Xavier Woods
#21 Bray Wyatt
#22 Apollo Crews
Cesaro & Sheamus eliminated all three members of New Day at once, then Cesaro and Sheamus fought on the ropes and Jericho dumped both men at once.
#23 Randy Orton
#24 Dolph Ziggler
#25 Luke Harper
Harper eliminated Crews, then fought with his former Wyatt Family members...Harper teased a Sister Abigail on Wyatt only to be RKOed by Orton.
#26 Brock Lesnar(w/ Paul Heyman)
Bye Ambrose, see ya Ziggler.
#27 Enzo Amore
Hi Enzo, bye Enzo (courtesy of Lesnar).
#28 Bill Goldberg
Goldberg speared Lesnar and clotheslined him to the floor.
#29 The Undertaker
Goldberg had a big staredown with Taker, then eliminated Rusev.  Taker threw out Corbin, Goldberg eliminated Harper, then Taker eliminated Goldberg.
#30 Roman Reigns
Taker eliminated Miz and Zayn, but then Reigns threw out Taker.  Reigns eliminated Jericho to end his endurance run, leading him against the two remaining members of the Wyatt Family.  A double-team backfired and Reigns threw out Wyatt, but Orton countered a spear with an RKO and eliminated Reigns to win the Rumble!

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