Official Royal Rumble 2018 Thread - Results in OP

[JoDaNa1281]

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28TH
WELLS FARGO CENTER
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Universal Championship
"The Beast" Brock Lesnar(c) w/Paul Heyman vs. "The Demon" Kane
vs. "The Monster Among Men" Braun Strowman

2-on-1 Handicap Match for the WWE Championship
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles(c) vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn

The 30 Man Royal Rumble Match
(the winner receives a shot at either the WWE Championship or Universal Championship at Wrestlemania 34)
Announced Participants: "The Drifter" Elias, "The Viper" Randy Orton, "The King of Strong Style" Shinsuke Nakamura, John Cena, Finn Balor, "The Lone Wolf" Baron Corbin, Woken Matt Hardy, "The Eator of Worlds" Bray Wyatt, "The Super Athlete" Rusev, Aiden English, Apollo Crews, Titus O'Neil, The Miz, "The Perfect Ten" Tye Dillinger, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & 13 others TBA

First Ever Women's Royal Rumble Match
(winner receives a shot at either the Raw Women's Championship or SmackDown Women's Championship at Wrestlemania 34)
Announced Participants: Naomi, "The Empress of Tomorrow" Asuka, "The Punk Rock Princess" Ruby Riott, Natalya, "The Boss" Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, "The Princess of Staten Island" Carmella, Tamina, "The Ravishing Russian" Lana, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Mickie James, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, Alicia Fox, Dana Brooke & 12 others TBA

WWE Raw Tag Team Championships Match
Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan(c) vs. "The Swiss Cyborg" Cesaro & "The Celtic Warrior" Sheamus

2 out of 3 Falls Match for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships
The Usos(c)(Jimmy & Jey) vs. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin

Royal Rumble results

Kickoff 6-Man Tag Team Match: Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado d. TJP, Gentleman Jack Gallagher & Drew Gulak via pin at 13:20 after Kalisto hit TJP with Salida del Sol.

Kickoff Tag Team Match: The Revival(Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder) d. The Club(Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows) via pin at 9:10 after Dawson chop blocked Anderson.

Kickoff Glorious United States Championship Open Challenge: Bobby Roode d. Mojo Rawley via pin at 7:45 with the Glorious DDT to retain the U.S. Championship.

Handicap Match for the WWE Championship: AJ Styles d. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn via pin at 15:55 after he reversed an Owens Pop-Up Powerbomb attempt into a rollup to retain the WWE Championship.

2 out of 3 Falls Match for the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships:
- Fall 1: The Usos(Jimmy & Jey) d. Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin via pin at 12:07 after they hit Gable with Double Superkicks.
- Fall 2: The Usos d. Gable & Benjamin via pin at 13:55 after Jey caught Benjamin with a small package.
Winners & still Smackdown Tag Team Champions: The Usos 2-0

Men's Royal Rumble Match: Shinsuke Nakamura d.(in order of elimination): Rhyno, Baron Corbin, Sheamus, Heath Slater, Sami Zayn, Apollo Crews, Xavier Woods, Big E, Cesaro, Jinder Mahal, Kofi Kingston, Rusev, Bray Wyatt, Matt Hardy, Elias, The Hurricane, Aiden English, Andrade Almas, Adam Cole, Titus O'Neil, The Miz, Seth Rollins, Goldust, Dolph Ziggler, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Finn Balor, John Cena & Roman Reigns at 65:27 to win the Royal Rumble. After the win, he stated that he will challenge for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 34.

WWE Raw Tag Team Championships Match: The Bar(Cesaro & Sheamus) d. Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan via pin at 12:49 after they hit Rollins with a White Noise/Diving Neckbreaker combo & Cesaro pinned him to win the match & become the new Raw Tag Team Champions.

Triple Threat Match for the WWE Universal Championship: Brock Lesnar d. Kane & Braun Strowman via pin at 10:55 after he hit Kane with the F-5 to retain the Universal Championship.

Women's Royal Rumble Match: Asuka d.(in order of elimination): Mandy Rose, Tamina, Lita, Kairi Sane, Dana Brooke, Torrie Wilson, Sarah Logan, Sonya Deville, Liv Morgan, Molly Holly, Lana, Vickie Guerrero, Michelle McCool, Becky Lynch, Jacqueline, Kelly Kelly, Ruby Riott, Naomi, Beth Phoenix, Ember Moon, Carmella, Mickie James, Nia Jax, Bayley, Natalya, Trish Stratus, Sasha Banks, Brie Bella & Nikki Bella at 58:57 to win the Royal Rumble & earn the right to challenge for either the Raw Women's Championship or the Smackdown Women's Championship at Wrestlemania 34.

[EoE: Well There's Your Problem]

Well, here we go. The first steps towards a match over a year in the making, seemingly made on everything else other than WWE TV.

Of course, Reigns may get that title shot another way (*cough* Chamber *cough*), but he’s the Vegas favourite for the Rumble by the length of the straight. The only other possibility may be Nakamura.

[Deleted]

Rumble is my favorite show of the year. Hopefully they do something interesting or I might tap out for a while.

[dadez29]

These are the 2 matches I'm sure we'll get

Universal Title Triple Threat Match
Brock vs Braun vs Kane

Raw Women's Title Match
Alexa vs either Auska or Paige

Everything else is up in the air.

[fw91]

Who's ready for inevitable disapointment, and for Reigns to ruin the Rumble party for a 4th straight year? At least the Philly crowd will be fun.

[Fade]

At least last year we had Cena and Styles..I have no interest in that rumored Universal 3 Way and the options of winning the Rumble seem bleak this year.

[lmagicdancer1]

I believe it will be a smackdown winner. Raw has the chamber this year, right?

[JoDaNa1281]

Dec 17, 2017 23:52:15 GMT -5 lmagicdancer1 said:

I believe it will be a smackdown winner. Raw has the chamber this year, right?

TBF, SDL had the Chamber earlier this year, & a SD guy still won the Rumble (Orton).

[Captain Stud Muffin (BLM)]

I'm still sticking with my pick of last few months Shinsuke Nakamura winning the Royal Rumble

You can set up Roman/Lesnar without Roman winning the rumble and you need someone new to win it anyway after having Orton and HHH(for the title) win the last two

[Chiral]

I'm legit afraid of Shane winning this. I think he'll be in the final four.

[JCBaggee]

Wildcard smark prediction to make everyone seethe because it could happen:

Brock (C) vs. Braun vs. Kane - Braun and Kane beat each other up a bit while Brock naps under an announce table, Braun eeks out a win.

Royal Rumble - Roman is last eliminated by Brock, who was allowed to enter because he lost his title.

Elimination Chamber - Roman wins the Title after pinning Braun, also pins Seth to reignite some anger in The Shield, other entrants are Joe, Dean, Finn

Wrestlemania - Roman (c) vs. Brock, Roman retains, Dean and Seth with a post-match beatdown.

[Eunös ✈]

Easily my favourite PPV of the year.

Even as someone who doesn't really watch WWE programming anymore I still go out my way to watch The Rumble.

But please, we need a 1st time winner this year.. It annoys me that 4 of the last t Rumbles have been won by guys who have won it before.

I know you're planning Brock vs Roman for Wrestlemania but there are other ways of doing it without Roman winning the Rumble (and no not Brock winning it).

Anyway I will probably be horribly off but predictions for who will be in the Rumble.

01. Roman Reigns
02. Dean Ambrose
03. Seth Rollins
04. Finn Balor
05. Shinsuke Nakamura
06. Bobby Roode
07. Samoa Joe
08. Braun Stroman
09. Bray Wyatt
10. Jinder Mahal
11. Randy Orton
12. Xavier Woods
13. Big E
14. Kofi Kingston
15. Jey Uso
16. Jimmy Uso
17. Baron Corbyn
18. Dolph Ziggler
19. Kevin Owens
20. Sami Zayn
21. Cesaro
22. Jason Jordan
23. Mojo Rawley
24. Rusev
25. Big Show
26. John Cena
27. The Miz
28. Random Legend
29. NXT guy
30. 205 live guy

I'll probably be completely off but it's still fun to predict.

[The Heenan Family]

Randy Orton won last year and went on to wrestle in the sixth most important match at Wrestlemania 33.

[msc]

Ah thank goodness it's the Rumble thread time again. That was a wobbly few months of irrelevant PPVs since the last Rumble.

[The Rick Jericho]

The 5th annual Roman Rumble!

All 29 participants are Barry Horwotiz like a d then the big dog.

[Slanted and Enchanted]

Dec 18, 2017 5:39:50 GMT -5 The Heenan Family said:

Randy Orton won last year and went on to wrestle in the sixth most important match at Wrestlemania 33.

Based on this poster you may be right.

[Susan "Poison" Candy]

If Tye Dillinger isn't #10 in every Royal Rumble Match now.....We Riot

[The Rick Jericho]

Triple H wins the Rumble, because management doesn't have faith in anyone in the Rumble, assuming Roman doesn't enter.

Triple H vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship at Wrestlemania 34 as the main event. Give AJ the limelight damnit!

[Matt]

I'm excited that I'm going to my first Rumble. I'm just hoping it will be a good show.

[Gecko]

I know the Rumbles haven't had the best run over the last few years, but I always look forward to it.