Sunday, January 27, 2019

WWE Royal Rumble

-Raw Tag Team Champions "The Glorious" Bobby Roode & Chad Gable d. Rezar Selmani & Scott Dawson(w/ Drake Maverick)(non-title); Gable pinned Dawson after he and Roode hit the reverse neckbreaker/moonsault combo.
-Shinsuke Nakamura d. Alexander Rusev(w/ Lana Perry-Rusev) to win the U.S. Title after Rusev accidentally knocked Lana off the ring apron, leading to Nakamura hitting a Kinshasa(flying knee strike) to the back of the head for the win.
-Buddy Murphy won a four-corner match with Kalisto, Akira Tozawa, and Hideo Itami to retain the Cruiserweight Title when he pinned Itami after the Murphy's Law(pumphandle Death Valley Driver).
-Asuka Urai d. Becky Lynch via bridging double-chickenwing to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
-Shane McMahon & "The Miz" Mike Mizanin d. The Bar(Antonio Cesaro & Sheamus O'Shaunessy) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Titles when Shane pinned Cesaro after a shooting star press.
-"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey d. "The Boss" Sasha Banks with the Piper's Pit(spinning Samoan Drop) to retain the Raw Women's Title.
-Women's Royal Rumble:
#1 Lacey Evans
#2 Natalya Neidhart
#3 Mandy Rose
#4 Liv Morgan
Liv went after Natalya and was immediately backdropped over the top to the floor.
#5 Mickie James
#6 Ember Moon
#7 Billie Kay
Billie stalled on the floor, claiming she was waiting for Peyton Royce to enter.
#8 Nikki Cross
Nikki attacked Billie on the floor, which finally drew her into the ring.
#9 Peyton Royce
#10 Tamina Snuka
Tamina superkicked Mickie James to the floor.
#11 Xia Li
#12 Sarah Logan
The Iconics worked together to eliminate Nikki Cross.
#13 Charlotte Flair
Lacey Evans managed to eliminate both Iconics at the same time.  Charlotte booted Xia Li to the floor.
#14 Kairi Sane
Charlotte eliminated Tamina as Kairi made her entrance.  Nattie and Kairi worked together to eliminate Sarah Logan.
#15 Maria Kanellis
#16 Naomi Night
Naomi went right after Mandy and eliminated her...Naomi was nearly eliminated herself but walked the barricade before leaping to the ring steps.  However, Mandy yanked her to the floor to cause her elimination.  Charlotte booted Lacey out of the ring.
#17 Candice LeRae
#18 Alicia Fox
Alicia dropkicked Maria to the floor.
#19 Kacy Catanzaro
#20 Zelina Vega
#21 Ruby Riot
Ruby entered with Sarah & Liv in tow to run interference.  Ruby eliminated Alicia, then got help from the Riot Squad to throw out Candice.
#22 Dana Brooke
Ruby eliminated Kairi after a headscissors attempt went awry.
#23 "The Genius Of The Sky" Io Shirai
#24 Rhea Ripley
Kacy was nearly eliminated, but her feet didn't touch the floor and she hand-walked back to the ring.  However, Ripley threw her out shortly after that.
#25 Sonya Deville
Rhea eliminated Dana.  Zelina had been hiding under the ring, but discovered that Hornswoggle was under the ring as well and he scared her out to ringside.  That led to Rhea eliminating Zelina.
#26 Alexa Bliss
Alexa made her return to the ring by eliminating Sonya.
#27 Bayley Rose
Bayley went right after Ruby and got her out, then eliminated Rhea as well.
#28 Lana Perry-Rusev
Lana's ankle was injured earlier in the night when she was knocked off the apron, so she was unable to enter the ring.
#29 Nia Jax
Nia attacked Dana in the aisleway, seemingly eliminating her from contention.  Nia caught a moonsault by Io and threw her to the floor.  Nattie nearly eliminated Nia, but Nia threw out to end her longevity run at 55:58.
#30 Carmella Van Damme
With Lana hurt, Becky Lynch volunteered to take her spot and was allowed to compete in her #28 spot!  Alexa and Ember both went over the top and fought on the apron, leading to Alexa eliminating Ember with an STO (getting the endurance runner-up mark at 53:10).  Bayley and Carmella reformed their NXT friendship to throw out Alexa.  Carmella had a good rally, but Charlotte eliminated her.  Final four:  Charlotte, Bayley, Becky, and Nia.  Nia went for a Samoan Drop on Bayley and Charlotte booted Nia, but that caused Bayley to tumble over the top rope to the floor.  Charlotte managed to get Nia over the top rope with a fireman's carry and Becky pulled Nia off the apron to the floor.  Nia attacked Becky and injured her knee before leaving the ring area...Becky just barely made it back into the ring and Charlotte went after the leg.  However, Becky was able to duck a boot and backdrop Charlotte to the apron, then forearm her to the floor for the win!
-Daniel Bryan d. "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles to retain the WWE Title after Erick Rowan chokeslammed Styles while the referee was down.
-Brock Lesnar(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Finn Bálor with the kimura to retain the Universal Title.
-Men's Royal Rumble:
#1 "The Drifter" Elias Samson
#2 "Double J" Jeff Jarrett
After the tease of a duet, Elias decked Jarrett and hit him with his guitar before throwing him out.
#3 U.S. Champion Shinsuke Nakamura
#4 Kurt Angle
#5 Big E Langston
Nakamura eliminated Angle by setting him up on the top rope and sending him to the floor with the Kinshasa.
#6 NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano
#7 Jinder Mahal(w/ Samir & Sunil Singh)
Gargano quickly eliminated Mahal.
#8 Samoa Joe
Joe cleaned house and threw out Big E.
#9 Curt Hawkins
#10 Seth Rollins
Seth eliminated Elias.
#11 Titus O'Neil
Titus chased Hawkins out from under the ring but managed to low-bridge Titus to the floor...Hawkins celebrated but was tossed out by Joe.
#12 Kofi Kingston
#13 Mustafa Ali
Ali shockingly dropkicked Nakamura off the turnbuckles to the floor.
#14 Dean Ambrose
Ambrose eliminated Gargano.
#15 "No Way" Jose Valenzuela
Joe quickly clotheslined Jose to the floor.
#16 Drew McIntyre
#17 Xavier Woods
Woods assisted Kofi in getting back to the ring, but Drew double-clotheslined Woods and Kofi to the floor once they stepped back through the ropes.
#18 United Kingdom Champion "The Bruiserweight" Pete Dunne
#19 Andrade "Cien" Almas
#20 Apollo Crews
#21 Aleister Black
Black eliminated Ambrose with the Black Mass(spinning kick).
#22 Shelton Benjamin
Joe was stunned by a knee from Benjamin and Ali threw him to the floor (endurance runner-up at 24:05)!
#23 Baron Corbin
Corbin punched Crews in mid-springboard attempt and he fell to the floor.
#24 Jeff Hardy
Corbin threw out Black, then McIntyre eliminated Dunne.
#25 Rey Misterio Jr.
#26 Intercontinental Champion Bobby Lashley(w/ "The Man Of The Hour" Lio Rush)
In a shocker, Seth eliminated Lashley relatively quickly...Lashley destroyed Seth on the floor in retaliation.
#27 Braun Strowman
Strowman quickly clotheslined Corbin out, then tossed Benjamin as well and eliminated Hardy.
#28 Dolph Ziggler
Drew was caught off guard by Ziggler's appearance and Dolph eliminated him.
#29 Randy Orton
#30 "R-Truth" Ron Killings
Nia Jax attacked Truth during his entrance and took his place...then eliminated Ali.  However, she fell victim to a Ziggler superkick, 619, and RKO.  After that, Orton and Rey formed an odd partnership to eliminate Nia.  Orton then RKOed Rey and eliminated him, but then Andrade threw out Orton.  The remaining three ganged up on Strowman, but Strowman powered Andrade over the top.  He eliminated Ziggler as well, leaving Rollins and Strowman as the final two.  Seth guillotined Braun over the ropes and they fought on the apron, ending with Rollins hitting an advanced curbstomp on the apron that finally caused Braun to fall to the floor!  Seth Rollins wins the Men's Royal Rumble and he POINTS AT THE WRESTLEMANIA SIGN~!  (Rollins had the men's endurance mark for the year at 43:26.)

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