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Ziggler fights from the apron and Goldust makes the save. Kalisto goes for Salida del Sol, but Alexander counters that into a Lumbar Check for the win. The Bar kicks away at Rollins in the corner.
Styles sends him to the social, but Nakamura boots him back. Nash eliminates Swagger and goes at it with Ambrose and Rollins. Styles quickly drops Owens and blocks a tag to Zayn. Batista with a powerslam on Reigns. Cass big boots Jericho. Jimmy drops Benjamin with a superkick. Sheamus elements over Reigns. Strowman and Lashley double clothesline one another. Jax is throwing elbows and kicks to everyone. Cara hits Ziggler and Bryan with a springboard moonsault block before hitting a modified powerbomb on Ziggler.
Batista blocks a Meathook clothesline and Ryback is eliminated. This felt like the first chapter in a saga. Cena fights up from that and hits an AA before slingshotting him into the corner.
WWE Royal Rumble 2017 Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights - Nia Jax Nia Jax storms down to the ring and immediately throws out Jacqueline and Kelly Kelly.
Information Brand s s Date January 28, 2018 Attendance 17,629 Venue City , event chronology Royal Rumble 2018 chronology Royal Rumble 2018 Royal Rumble 2019 Nine matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show. The men's Royal Rumble match was won by. Other prominent matches included retaining the in a against and , and retained the against in a. The event was also notable for the surprise debut of former star following the women's match, officially confirming that she had signed full-time with WWE. Background As is tradition, the winner of the 30-man earned a match at for his choice of either Raw's or SmackDown's. The event also hosted the first-ever 30-woman Royal Rumble, in which the winner earned a match at WrestleMania 34 for her choice of either or. Storylines The card consisted of nine matches, including three on the pre-show, that resulted from scripted storylines and had results predetermined by WWE on both the and. Storylines were produced on WWE's weekly television shows, , , and , the latter of which is -exclusive. For the first time, the card was highlighted by two Royal Rumble matches. On the October 16, 2017 episode of Raw, returned from a ten-month hiatus and helped to defeat in a. Kane was then added to Strowman's team at in the. During the match, Kane accidentally hit Strowman with a chair, which caused tension between the two. Later on in the match, Kane turned on Strowman and crushed him in the back of a garbage truck; their team ultimately lost. The two then feuded over the next several weeks, leading to a match on the December 11 episode to determine the number one contender against for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, but the match ended in a double countout. Raw General Manager then decided that Lesnar would defend the title against both Kane and Strowman in a at the event. On the January 8 episode, Kane attacked Lesnar from behind, followed by an attack from Strowman. After laying Kane and Lesnar out backstage, Strowman knocked over a lighting rig and crushed both. Lesnar was taken to a medical facility while Kane refused medical attention. Due to his actions, Strowman was removed from the triple threat match and fired by Angle. Strowman went on a rampage backstage, including destroying Angle's office and flipping over a tractor. Before he could do anymore damage, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon rehired Strowman, putting him back into the Universal Championship match at the Royal Rumble. After , several women from NXT were promoted to the main rosters of both Raw and SmackDown. On the November 20, 2017 episode of , , who had been out with an injury since June 2016, returned along with the debuts of NXT's and , forming the group Absolution, while similarly on the November 21 episode of , NXT's , , and debuted and formed the heel group The Riott Squad. On the December 18, 2017 episode of Raw, with a larger roster of women on the main rosters, Raw Commissioner scheduled the first-ever women's Royal Rumble match for the 2018 Royal Rumble, with the winner receiving a match at WrestleMania 34 for the top championship of their choice: Raw's Women's Championship or SmackDown's Women's Championship. Both brands' respective commissioners and general managers agreed that the women's match would have all of the same rules as the men's match, including having 30 participants. Stephanie was announced to join the commentary team for the women's match, and television host was announced to be the special guest ring announcer. At , SmackDown's Commissioner and General Manager both refereed a tag team match pitting against and , where Owens and Zayn would have been fired from WWE had they lost. During the match, there was controversy between Shane and Bryan, which resulted in Bryan giving a fast count for Owens and Zayn to win. Tensions between Shane and Bryan continued over the next couple of weeks, culminating on the final SmackDown of 2017, when Bryan scheduled Owens to face in a non-title match in the main event, much to the disapproval of Shane, who felt that Owens should not be in the main event, or facing the WWE Champion. That match ended when Zayn interfered, allowing Owens to win. The next week, Zayn would also defeat Styles in a non-title match after interference from Owens. Enraged at back-to-back losses, Styles stated they might as well schedule him in a against Owens and Zayn, which Bryan took literally and scheduled for the Royal Rumble where Styles would also defend the WWE Championship against both men. On the January 9 episode of SmackDown, Styles said that although it was unfair, he was confident that he would win; Owens and Zayn interrupted and claimed that they would become the first-ever co-WWE Champions. On the final SmackDown before the Royal Rumble, Styles faced Owens and Zayn in back-to-back matches where Shane threatened that if one were to interfere in the other's match, that person would be fired. Styles managed to defeat Owens in the first match by submission, however, he would lose to Zayn in the second match. On the December 18, 2017 episode of Raw, ' tag team partner was injured by. The following week, despite both wanting to take on Joe to avenge Ambrose, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle instead had his son, , and Rollins team up to face for the ; Jordan and Rollins defeated Cesaro and Sheamus to win the championship. After the former champions confronted Angle about their contractual rematch, Angle scheduled it for the Royal Rumble. On the January 15 episode, Jordan caused a distraction, allowing Titus Worldwide and to again defeat Cesaro and Sheamus in a rematch from the previous week, which Rollins disapproved of as he did not like Jordan acting on his own. Cesaro and Sheamus would try and return the favor during Rollins' match against , but it backfired, resulting in Rollins winning, and Cesaro and Sheamus brawling with Bálor Club members, , at ringside. On Raw 25 the next week, Jordan and Rollins were the guests on 's The Peep Show, which Cesaro and Sheamus interrupted and the two teams brawled where Rollins accidentally hit Jordan with a knee attack that was intended for Cesaro. At Clash of Champions, Jey and Jimmy Uso retained the in a against and , and , and and. On the following episode of SmackDown, Gable and Benjamin defeated The Usos in a non-title match, and they were awarded with a championship match on the first SmackDown of 2018, where they defeated The Usos to initially win the titles after pinning Jimmy Uso; however, Jimmy was not the legal man, and thus the match was restarted and The Usos retained their championship. The following week, Gable and Benjamin confronted SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan over the incident. After questioning if they should have to defeat The Usos twice in the same night, Bryan decided that at the Royal Rumble, The Usos would defend the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Gable and Benjamin in a. On January 26, three matches were announced for the Royal Rumble pre-show. For SmackDown, it was announced that would have an open challenge for the title. Two tag team matches were scheduled for Raw: a rematch between Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and and from Raw 25, and a six-man tag team match for the cruiserweight division with , , and against , , and. Cancellations Two other matches had been promoted for the event, but were later removed. The first was for SmackDown's then-vacant United States Championship. Originally scheduled for the PPV, the finals were instead contested on the January 16 episode of SmackDown, where Bobby Roode defeated to win the title. The second was a championship match for the Raw brand where was scheduled to defend the title against. However, after Amore was suspended from WWE on January 22 due to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault, the match was cancelled. Amore was released the next day and the title was vacated. Kalisto performed a Salida Del Sol on TJP to score the win. Next, also from Raw, The Revival Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson faced Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Dawson performed a Chop Block on Anderson to score the win. Finally, SmackDown's United States Champion Bobby Roode issued an open challenge, which was answered by fellow SmackDown wrestler. Roode performed a Glorious DDT on Rawley to score the pinfall and retain the title. Preliminary matches The actual pay-per-view opened with AJ Styles defending the WWE Championship against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in a handicap match. In the end, Styles threw Zayn out of the ring and immediately Owens performed a Superkick on Styles. Owens - who was not the legal man - attempted a Pop Up Powerbomb on Styles, who countered into a roll up to retain the title. Next, The Usos Jey and Jimmy Uso defended the SmackDown Tag Team Championship against Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin in a 2-out-of-3-falls match. Jimmy and Jey performed a Double Superkick on Gable, who was kneeling, to score the first fall. Jey then pinned Benjamin with a small package to score the second fall to retain the title. After that, the 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 34 was contested. Corbin attacked Bálor, Rusev, and 5 , who just made his entrance. NXT's , another surprise entrant, entered at 23. Roman Reigns entered at 28 and eliminated 25. Reigns and Seth Rollins 18 teamed up and performed a Powerbomb on 26 over the top rope to eliminate him, after which, Reigns immediately eliminated Rollins. Reigns performed a Superman Punch on Orton and eliminated Orton. Mysterio performed a 619 on Cena and Reigns, but was eliminated by Bálor. Bálor, Nakamura, Cena, and Reigns were the final four. Cena eliminated Bálor who lasted nearly an hour and immediately afterwards fought with Nakamura, who performed a Kinshasa on Cena to eliminate him. Nakamura attacked Reigns and attempted a Kinshasa, however, Reigns countered into a Spear. As Reigns attempted to eliminate Nakamura, Nakamura countered, performed a Kinshasa on Reigns and then eliminated Reigns to win the match. Afterward, interviewed Nakamura and asked which world championship he wanted to challenge for at WrestleMania 34. He called out WWE Champion AJ Styles, thus choosing the WWE Championship and staying on SmackDown. Next, Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Cesaro and Sheamus. During the match, Jordan sustained a head injury after being thrown into the ring post by Cesaro , rendering him unable to compete. In the fifth match, Brock Lesnar defended the Universal Championship against Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match. Kane performed a Chokeslam on Lesnar and Strowman attacked Kane. Lesnar struck Kane with a chair, only for Strowman to attack Lesnar with a running dropkick. After Strowman performed a Chokeslam on Kane, Lesnar performed three German Suplexes on Strowman. Strowman performed a Running Powerslam on Lesnar through a table, only for Kane to break up the pinfall at a two count. Kane then threw Strowman through a table positioned in the corner, and performed a Chokeslam on Strowman, with Lesnar breaking up the pinfall at a two count. Lesnar then performed an F-5 on Strowman through an announce table and overturned another announce table on top of Strowman. Lesnar then performed an F-5 on Kane through another announce table. Strowman performed two Running Powerslams on Lesnar, but Kane returned and struck Strowman with a chair. Lesnar knocked Strowman out of the ring and performed an F-5 on Kane to retain the title. After the match, an enraged Strowman yelled at Lesnar that he did not beat him. Main event The main event was the first-ever 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34. There were numerous surprise entrants throughout the match - including , , , and ; NXT wrestlers and ; and past stars , , who scored the most eliminations at 5 , , and. SmackDown's , who had been on hiatus since , and her free agent were also unannounced entrants. Banks, Asuka 25 , Nikki, and Brie were the final four. Banks, Nikki, and Brie attacked Asuka, after which, Nikki and Brie eliminated Banks who lasted the longest at nearly 55 minutes. Asuka attacked Nikki and Brie, but Nikki performed a Rack Attack 2. After a back-and-forth exchange, Asuka eliminated Nikki to win the match and earn a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34. After the match, Raw Women's Champion and SmackDown Women's Champion entered the ring. Before Asuka could make her decision for which title she wanted to challenge for, they were interrupted by the surprise appearance of former star , officially confirming she had signed full-time with WWE. Rousey pointed to the WrestleMania sign and offered a handshake to Asuka, who refused. Rousey then shook hands with Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon as the event ended. The jacket which Rousey wore during this appearance belonged to lifelong idol , whose son let her borrow it. Nakamura immediately challenged for the , while Asuka still had the chance to challenge either or for their respective titles. Raw On Raw the following night, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon convinced Asuka to wait until after to make her decision, as Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss was scheduled to defend her title in the first-ever women's , and the result may affect Asuka's decision. Asuka was then confronted by Sasha Banks, who spent the longest time in the Royal Rumble match, and Banks challenged Asuka to a match that Asuka won. Banks, along with , Mandy Rose, , and Sonya Deville were announced as the other competitors in the Elimination Chamber match. On the February 12 episode of Raw, it was announced that Ronda Rousey would sign her Raw contract at Elimination Chamber. At SmackDown's pay-per-view, Asuka appeared and decided to challenge Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania. Since Shinsuke Nakamura decided to stay on SmackDown to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 34, Raw General Manager Kurt Angle scheduled a number one contender's Elimination Chamber match at the namesake event to determine who would face Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania. Six qualification matches were scheduled over the next couple of weeks. Braun Strowman and Kane battled in a , which Strowman won to qualify. After the match, Kane was taken to a local hospital. Elias, John Cena, Roman Reigns, The Miz, Finn Bálor, and Seth Rollins also qualified, marking the first seven-man Elimination Chamber match. New Raw Tag Team Champions Cesaro and Sheamus defended their titles against Titus Worldwide Apollo Crews and Titus O'Neil , as they had beaten Cesaro and Sheamus two weeks in a row prior to the Royal Rumble; Cesaro and Sheamus retained. The following week, Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins were scheduled to have their contractual rematch, but after Jordan was deemed unable to compete, he was replaced by Roman Reigns. Jordan, however, accidentally caused them to be disqualified. On 205 Live, formerly known as Rockstar Spud in was appointed as the 205 Live General Manager. Maverick announced that there would be a to crown a new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, with the finals to occur at WrestleMania 34. SmackDown On the following episode of SmackDown, Shinsuke Nakamura celebrated his win at the Royal Rumble, and said he would become the new WWE Champion at WrestleMania 34. He was interrupted by Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, who said that they should be the co-WWE Champions, but the referee failed at his job at the Royal Rumble. WWE Champion AJ Styles came out and said that Owens and Zayn could complain all they want, but there would be a dream match at WrestleMania between him and Nakamura. Styles then suggested to have a dream team that night with him and Nakamura facing Owens and Zayn, which SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan made official for later that night in which Styles and Nakamura won. During the match, there were tensions between Owens and Zayn as Bryan had also scheduled them to face each other the following week to determine the number one contender for the WWE Championship at. 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