-Kalisto, Gran Metalik, & Lince Dorado d. T.J. Perkins, "The Extraordinary Gentleman" Jack Gallagher when Kalisto pinned T.J.P. after the Salida Del Sol(sitout Asai DDT).
-The Revival(Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) d. The Good Brothers(Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) when Wilder pinned Anderson after a knee clip.
-"The Glorious" Bobby Roode d. Mojo Rawley with a tornado elevated DDT to retain the U.S. Title.
-"The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles won a handicap match against Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn to retain the WWE Title when he pinned Owens by countering Owens' pop-up powerbomb into a victory roll.
-Jimmy & Jey Uso d. Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable in a best-of-three-falls match to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Titles. Jey pinned Gable after he and Jimmy hit stereo close-range superkicks; Jey pinned Benjamin with a small package to win in two straight falls.
-Men's Royal Rumble:
#1 Alexander Rusev
#2 Finn Bálor
#3 Rhyno
#4 Baron Corbin
Corbin eliminated Rhyno, but Bálor quickly eliminated Corbin.
#5 Heath Slater
#6 "The Drifter" Elias Samson
#7 NXT Champion Andrade "Cien" Almas(w/ Zelina Vega)
#8 Bray Wyatt
#9 Big E Langston
#10 "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger, but he was attacked by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn backstage; Zayn decided to take his place in the Rumble.
#11 Sheamus O'Shaunessy
Sheamus threw Slater into the ring(after he had taken a beating on the floor from several competitors), but Slater clotheslined Sheamus out of the ring for a surprise elimination. However, the moment didn't last long as Wyatt eliminated Slater.
#12 Xavier Woods
#13 Apollo Crews
#14 Shinsuke Nakamura
Nakamura eliminated Zayn.
#15 Antonio Cesaro
#16 Kofi Kingston
Cesaro eliminated Crews.
#17 Jinder Mahal(w/ Singh)
Mahal eliminated Woods and Big E.
#18 Raw Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins
Rollins monkeyflipped Cesaro over the top to the floor. Big E and Woods saved Kofi from elimination and he hit the Trouble In Paradise to eliminate Mahal. However, Almas eliminated Kofi shortly thereafter.
#19 "Woken" Matt Hardy
Hardy and Wyatt actually joined forces for a moment to eliminate Rusev before brawling with each other...that led to them tumbling over the top rope at the same time and both being eliminated.
#20 John Cena
Cena disposed of Elias.
#21 Hurricane Helms
Helms squared off with Cena, but was dumped over the top rope in short order.
#22 "The Artiste" Aiden English
#23 Adam Cole
Bálor eliminated English.
#24 Randy Orton
Almas springboarded into an RKO and was tossed by Orton.
#25 Titus O'Neil
#26 Intercontinental Champion "The Miz" Mike Mizanin(w/ Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas)
#27 Rey Misterio Jr.
Rey headscissored Cole out of the match.
#28 Roman Reigns
Reigns cleaned house, eliminating Titus...then joined forces with Rollins to eliminate Miz. Reigns threw out Rollins for fun.
#29 Goldust
#30 Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler superkicked Goldust to the floor. Bálor took out Ziggler. Reigns eliminated Orton, then Bálor eliminated Rey to leave us with a final four of Reigns, Cena, Nakamura, and Bálor. Cena finally threw out Bálor to end his endurance run for the year. Cena hit the F-U on Reigns, but Nakamura evaded a Cena shoulderblock through the ropes and kneed him to the floor for the elimination. Reigns countered a Kinshasa(flying knee strike) with the spear, but Nakamura hit it on the second try and threw out Reigns to win the Royal Rumble! Renee Young interviewed Nakamura afterwards and he immediately made his challenge decision: It will be A.J. Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura for the WWE Title at WrestleMania XXXIIII!
-The Bar(Antonio Cesaro & Sheamus O'Shuanessy) d. Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan to win the Raw Tag Team Title; Cesaro pinned Rollins after he and Sheamus hit a spiked White Noise.
-Brock Lesnar(w/ Paul Heyman) won a triple threat match with Braun Strowman and Kane to retain the Universal Title when he pinned Kane after an F-5 onto a chair.
-Women's Royal Rumble:
#1 "The Boss" Sasha Banks
#2 Becky Lynch
#3 Sarah Logan
#4 Mandy Rose
#5 Lita Dumas
Lita eliminated Mandy.
#6 Kairi Sane
#7 Tamina Snuka
Lita eliminated Tamina, but Becky took advantage to throw out Lita.
#8 Dana Brooke
Kairi made the mistake of going to the top rope once too often and Dana eliminated her.
#9 Torrie Wilson
Torrie backdropped Dana to the apron and dropkicked her to the floor.
#10 Sonya Deville
Sonya eliminated Torrie.
#11 Liv Morgan
#12 Molly Holly
Molly eliminated Sarah.
#13 Lana Perry-Rusev
#14 Michelle McCool
Michelle went on a tear, throwing out Sonya, Liv, Molly, and Lana.
#15 Ruby Riot
#16 Vickie Guerrero
Vickie screamed "EXCUSE ME!" at the four remaining women, causing them to join forces and throw her out.
#17 Carmella Van Damme
#18 Natalya Neidhart
#19 Kelly Kelly
Natalya eliminated Michelle after a flying headscissors by Kelly.
#20 Naomi Night
Ruby eliminated Becky after an impressive stay in the Rumble.
#21 Jacquelyn Moore
#22 Nia Jax
Nia threw out Jacquelyn and Kelly right away, then dumped Ruby to the floor.
#23 NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon
Naomi walked on the edge of the barricade to get back in the ring after being thrown to the floor, but Nia threw her straight to the floor.
#24 Beth Phoenix
Beth briefly joined forces with her old tag team partner Natalya, but Nattie double-crossed and eliminated her.
#25 Asuka Urai
Asuka and Ember renewed their rivalry...Ember hit the Eclipse(flying Stone Cold Stunner off the top rope), but Asuka managed to throw her out.
#26 Mickie James
#27 Nikki Bella
Nikki eliminated Carmella.
#28 Brie Bella
#29 Bayley Rose
#30 Trish Stratus
Trish eliminated old rival Mickie. Everyone ganged up on Nia to get her out. Sasha took advantage of the aftermath of that elimination to throw out Bayley. Trish Chick-Kicked Natalya out of the match...she attempted a Stratusfaction bulldog on Sasha but Sasha threw her out. Sasha copped an attitude against the remaining competitors and had Asuka cornered, but the Bellas teamed up on her to eliminate her. The Bellas tried to work together against Asuka, but Nikki eliminated Brie out of nowhere. Asuka and Nikki battled to the ring apron, but a last-ditch kick by Asuka sent Nikki to the floor to give Asuka the win! Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss and Smackdown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair were at ringside and entered the ring, but before Asuka could make a choice, RONDA ROUSEY made a surprise appearance...she confronted all three women in the ring, then stopped by the broadcast table for an extremely tense and hesitant handshake with Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley.
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