Sunday, January 31, 2021

WWE Royal Rumble

-"The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax d. Raw Women's Champion "The Empress Of Tomorrow" Asuka Urai & Charlotte Flair to win the Women's Tag Team Titles.  "The Sassy Southern Belle" Lacey Evans(w/ "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair) hit Charlotte with brass knuckles behind the referee's back and Nia pinned Charlotte after the Legdrop O' Doom.
-Drew McIntyre d. Bill Goldberg with the Claymore(flying boot) to retain the WWE Title.
-"The Boss" Sasha Banks d. Carmella Van Damme(w/ Reginald Thomas) via Bank Statement(modified Crippler Crossface) to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
-Women's Royal Rumble:
#1 Bayley Rose
#2 Naomi Night
#3 Bianca Belair
#4 Billie Kay
#5 "The Ballsy Badass" Shotzi Blackheart
#6 Women's Tag Team Champion "The Queen Of Spades" Shayna Baszler
#7 Toni Storm
Shayna threw out Shotzi for the first elimination of the match.
#8 Jillian Hall
#9 Ruby Riot
#10 Victoria Varon
#11 Peyton Royce
#12 Santana Garrett
#13 Liv Morgan
Ruby & Liv got Jillian over the top rope, but it was a boot from Billie that sent her to the floor.  Ruby & Liv responded by throwing out Billie.
#14 "The Nightmare" Rhea Ripley
Rhea cleaned house and threw out Toni.  Shayna caught Victoria in the Kirifuda Clutch(sleeper) while she was on the apron and dropped her for the floor.  Rhea eliminated Santana.
#15 Charlotte Flair
Bayley slid through the ropes and powerbombed Ruby(who had already gone over the top) to the floor to eliminate her.
#16 Dana Brooke
Liv tried to take Bayley over the ropes with a headscissors but Peyton knocked her to the floor.
#17 Torrie Wilson
Rhea eliminated Dana by countering a rana attempt into a powerbomb down to the ring apron.
#18 "The Sassy Southern Belle" Lacey Evans(w/ "The Nature Boy" Ric Flair)
Charlotte threw out Peyton after taking out her rage on Lacey.  Shayna eliminated Torrie and Belair threw out Bayley.
#19 Mickie James
#20 Nikki Cross
#21 Alicia Fox
"R-Truth" Ron Killings made his entrance while pursued by wrestlers after his 24/7 Title, leading to Alicia rolling him up to win the 24/7 Title.
#22 Mandy Rose
Mandy threw out Alicia, who was immediately rolled up by R-Truth and pinned as R-Truth regained the 24/7 Title.
#23 Dakota Kai
Lacey knocked Mickie to the floor for an elimination.
#24 Carmella Van Damme(w/ Reginald Thomas)
Rhea threw out Dakota in a rather nasty fall to the floor, then eliminated Mandy.  Carmella entered the ring and barely averted disaster before throwing out Nikki Cross.
#25 Tamina Snuka
Naomi knocked Carmella to the floor where she was caught by Reginald...but Tamina superkicked Reginald and Carmella's feet touched the floor.
#26 Lana Perry
#27 Alexa Bliss
Alexa nearly went into her Fiend trance, but Rhea threw her out of the ring before it could happen.
#28 Ember Moon
#29 Women's Tag Team Champion Nia Jax
Shayna eliminated Lacey and Nia sent Ember to the floor.  The Women's Tag Champs joined forces to throw out Naomi, ending her endurance run at 47:43.  They followed that up by throwing out Tamina...but Jax threw out her tag partner Baszler after that.  Lana antagonized Nia and low-bridged her out of the ring.
#30 Natalya Neidhart
Natalya threw out Lana, leaving our final four as Belair, Rhea, Charlotte, and Natalya.  Belair threw out Natalya.  A combined effort by Rhea and Belair finally eliminated Charlotte.  After several close calls, Belair clotheslined Rhea over the top to win the Rumble, setting the endurance mark for women as well at 56:49!
-Backstage:  Peter Rosenberg low-blowed and rolled up "R-Truth" Ron Killings to win the 24/7 Title.
-Roman Reigns(w/ Paul Heyman) d. Kevin Owens in a last-man-standing match to retain the Universal Title after leaving him unconscious with the guillotine hold.
-Men's Royal Rumble:
#1 Edge
#2 Randy Orton
#3 Sami Zayn
#4 Mustafa Ali
#5 Jeff Hardy
#6 Smackdown Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler
Ziggler threw out Hardy for the first elimination.
#7 Shinsuke Nakamura
#8 Carlito Colon
#9 Xavier Woods
#10 Intercontinental Champion Big E Langston
Big E & Woods joined forces to throw out Zayn.
#11 John Morrison
Ali eliminated Woods as both struggled on the ropes.
#12 Ricochet
Big E avenged his partner by eliminating Ali.
#13 "The Drifter" Elias Samson
Elias threw out Carlito.
#14 "The Archer Of Infamy" Damian Priest
Priest made his main-roster debut by throwing out Elias.
#15 "The Miz" Mike Mizanin
After Miz & Morrison taunted the show's musical guest Bad Bunny, Bunny came out to confront them and the two were thrown out by Priest.
#16 "The Original Bro" Matt Riddle
#17 Daniel Bryan
#18 Kane
Kane cleaned house and threw out Ziggler and Ricochet, but Priest eliminated Kane.
#19 King Baron Corbin
Corbin overpowered Nakamura and sent him to the floor.
#20 Otis Dozovic
Otis ran down everybody, but made the mistake of going for a Vader Bomb and got dumped out by Corbin.
#21 Dominick Misterio
Dominick immediately tangled with Corbin and managed to eliminate him with a headscissors.
#22 U.S. Champion "The Almighty" Bobby Lashley
Lashley made an immediate impact by tossing Dominick to the floor, then eliminating Priest.
#23 Hurricane Helms
Hurricane's superhero powers didn't help him much as Big E and Lashley formed a brief alliance to throw him out.
#24 Christian Cage
Several wrestlers ganged up on Lashley to eliminate him.
#25 "The Phenomenal" A.J. Styles(w/ "Omos" Jordan Omogbehin)
#26 Rey Misterio Jr.
Omos got personally involved in the match, pulling Big E to the floor.
#27 Sheamus O'Shaunessy
Omos stopped Rey from delivering an aerial move on Styles, throwing him to the floor.
#28 Antonio Cesaro
#29 "The Messiah" Seth Rollins
#30 Braun Strowman
Strowman eliminated Cesaro, Sheamus, and Styles.  Rollins threw out Bryan and then eliminated Riddle.  Edge nearly took Strowman out and Christian lent a hand, finally getting Braun out...but Rollins dumped Christian from behind.  Edge threw out Rollins and seemed to have it won, but Orton re-entered the ring after having never officially been eliminated (he had gone to the back with an apparent knee injury).  However, Edge turned the tables and threw out Orton to officially win the Rumble (with the endurance mark of 58:30)!

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