WWE Royal Rumble Results
January 27, 2024
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
Much to Corey Graves’ chagrin, a wild Pat McAfee appears and joins the announce desk.
Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Entrant #1: Natalya
Entrant #2: The returning NAOMI!!!
The crowd gives Naomi a rousing ovation. Naomi and Natalya shake hands. Natalya lands an atomic buster. Naomi responds with a rana.
Entrant #3: Bayley
Bayley lands a few strikes. Naomi floors Natalya with the Rear View. Natalya and Bayley work together on Naomi.
Entrant #4: Candice LeRae
LeRea lands a lungblower/Senton combo on Bayley and Natalya.
Entrant #5: TNA Women’s Champion Jordynne Grace!!!
Grace hits the ring and destroys everyone except Naomi. Naomi and Grace face off and share a big hug. Grace and Naomi unload on each other with rights and lefts. Grace hits the Grace Driver on Naomi.
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Entrant #6: Indi Hartwell.
Hartwell goes after Bayley immediately. Bayley walks into a spinebuster. LeRae and Hartwell double-team Bayley.
Entrant #7: Asuka
Bayley looks… surprised to see Asuka. Asuka dropkick LeRae. Bayley and Asuka work together on the field. Hartwell tries to dump Asuka. Bayley saves Asuka and tosses Hartwell.
Indi Hartwell has been eliminated
Entrant #8: Ivy Nile
Entrant #9: Kitana Chance
Grace and Nile land dueling delayed verticle suplexes on LeRae and Chance.
Entrant #10: Bianca Belair
Belair hits the ring and is a house of fire. Asuka and Bayley try to double-team Belair. Belair drops them both with a double blockbuster.
Entrant #11: Kairi Sane
SAne enters the ring with a diving elbow smash to Naomi. Intercepter by Sane to Chance. All the members of Damage CTRL beat down Belair. All three members of Damage CTRL toss out Candice LeRae.
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Candice LeRae has been eliminated
Entrant #12: Tegan Nox
Nox and Natalya work on the field. Natalya tries to eliminate Nox, but Nox tosses her out instead.
Natalya has been eliminated
Bayley tosses out Nox.
Tegan Nox has been eliminated
Entrant #13: Kayden Carter
Sane gets launched out of the ring, but Sane holds on the apron. She eventually loses her grip and falls out.
Kairi Sane has been eliminated
Carter tosses out Asuka.
Asuka has been eliminated
Entrant #14: Chelsea Green
Green almost gets tossed out immediately. Green manages to hold on.Grace and Belair take turns trying to toss each other over the top. Both women end up on the apron. Belair KODs Grace on the apron to eliminate her.
Jordynne Grace has been eliminated
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Entrant #15: Piper Niven
Green is sent over the top, but Niven catches her. Niven jokingly starts to drop her, but she sits Green on the apron instead.
Entrant #16: Xia Li
Li lands a flurry of strikes on the field. Li drops Green with a spinout slam.
Entrant #17: Zelina Vega
Vega blasts Carter with a Meteora off the top. Niven catches Vega in the air. Vega counters with a DDT.
Entrant #18: Maxxine Dupri
Belair knees Niven into the Code Red by Vega. Niven knocks Carter out of the ring.
Kayden Carter has been eliminated
Entrant #19: Nia Jax
Jax sends out Nile and Li immediately.
Ivy Nile and Xi Li had been eliminated
Green gets crushed by Jax and Niven accidentally. Naomi surprises Jax with a disaster kick. Jax falls on Green.
Entrant #20: Shotzi
Jax eats a bunch of finishes. Everyone tries to dump Jax. Jax pushes them all away. Bayley sends Dupri over the top.
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Maxxine Dupri has been eliminated
Jax sends Niven over the top.
Piper Niven has been eliminated
Jax press slams Chance out of the ring.
Kitana Chance has been eliminated
Entrant #21: Becky Lynch
Jax and Lynch square off. Lynch lands a dropkick off the top. Lynch sends Green over the top.
Chelsea Green has been eliminated
Entrant #22: Alba Fyre
Fyre lands a double Gory bomb on Shotzi and Vega.
Entrant #23: Shayna Baszler
Baszler lands a flurry of strikes and suplexes to the field. Baszler sends Jax flying with a judo throw.
Entrant #24: Valhalla
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As Valhalla makes her way to the ring, R-Truth’s music hits. Truth runs down to the ring and is met by Jax. Jax tosses Truth out. Adam Pearce walks to the ring and tells Truth he isn’t in the match. Jax tosses out Valhalla.
Valhalla has been eliminated
Entrant #25: Michin
Noami hits Fyre with a Heatseeker. Fyre falls off the apron.
Alba Fyre has been eliminated
Entrant #26: Zoey Stark
Vega and Baszler both end up on the apron. Vega tries a rana, but Baszler puts on the breaks. Stark kicks Vega, sending her careening to the floor, landing on Fyre.
Zelina Vega has been eliminated
Entrant #27: Roxanne Perez
Jax tosses out Baszler, Michin, and Shotzi.
See above…
Entrant #28: Jade Cargill
Jax stands tall in the ring as Cargill smirks. Cargill gets in the ring and goes nose-to-nose. Jax and Cargill trade strike. Cargill lifts Jax up, flexes, and drops Jax. Cargill lifts Jax up and tosses her over the top.
Nia Jax has been eliminated
Entrant #29: Tiffany Stratton
Stratton takes out three women with a swanton into the ring. Stratton goes right after Lynch.
Entrant #30: Liv Morgan
Morgan sends Stark over the top.
Zoey Stark has been eliminated
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Stratton sends Roxanne out.,
Roxanne Perez has been eliminated
Belair press slams Morgan as Cargill press slams Lynch. Cargill and Belair go face-to-face. Bayley and Stratton attack before Belair and Cargill can brawl. Cargill eliminates Naomi and Lynch.
Naomi and Becky Lynch have been eliminated.
Stratton and Belair end up on the apron. Stratton falls off but grabs Belair’s braid to hold on to. Bayley boots them both off the apron.
Bianca Belair and Tiffany Stratton have been eliminated
The final three are Cargill, Morgan, and Bayley. All three women end up on the apron. Morgan eliminates Cargill. Bayely immediately boots Morgan off the apron.
Jade Cargill and Liv Morgan have been eliminated.
Winner- Bayley
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Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Fatal Four-Way Match: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
Orton, Knight, and Styles are all triple-team Reigns. Orton chokes Reigns in the corner. Knight attacks Styles. Knight slams Styles’ head on the announcer’s desk. Reigns tries to break it up, but Orton suplexes Reigns on the announcer’s desk. Knight suplexes Styles on the desk. Orton tries to suplex Knight, but Knight flips out of it. Knight slams Orton’s head into the desk. Knight plays to the crowd. Orton suplexes Knight on the table. Orton rolls back into the ring and stomps Reigns. Powerslam by Orton. Orton tries his powerslam on Knight, but Knight puts on the breaks and stomps Orton. Knight walks into a right hand from Reigns. Knight kicks out.
Reigns works over Knight. Styles attacks Reigns from behind. Styles focuses on Reigns’ knees. Reigns sends Styles flying with a high-angle back-body drop. Knight avoids a Superman punch from Reigns. Knight pops Reigns with several punches. Styles and Orton roll back into the ring. Knight lands slams to everyone. Orton kicks out of Knight’s pin. Styles goes up top. Knight leaps to the top rope and lands a superplex. Knight drops Reigns with the BFT. Styles falls on top of them to break up the pin. Styles hits the Styles Clash on Reigns. Knight breaks up the pin. Orton hangman DDTs Knight. Orton calls for the RKO. Styles tries the Phenomenal Forearm, but Orton RKOs him. Orton RKOs Knight. Reigns tries a Superman Punch and eats an RKO.
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As the referee counts, Solo Sikoa pulls the referee out of the ring. Orton goes after Sikoa. Sikoa Samoan Spikes Orton. Knight charges in. Sikoa Samoan Spikes Knight. The crowd boos as Sikoa drags Knight on top of Orton. Sikoa tries to smash Styles through the barricade, but Styles moves. Reigns gets to his feet. Reigns turns around, and Styles lands his forearm on Reigns. Styles tries to pin everyone at once, but all three men kick out.
Styles brings a chair into the ring and hits Reigns with it repeatedly. Knight gets to his feet. Styles beats him down with the chair. Styles goes after Orton. Orton pokes Styles in the eye. Reigns Spears Orton. Orton rolls out of the ring. Knight suplexes Reigns. Styles goes up top. Knight charges in, Reigns sends Knight into Styles, knocking him off the top. Knight falls out of the ring. Reigns Spears Styles for the win.
Winner and STILL Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Roman Reigns!
WWE Royal Rumble Results Continue on the Next Page!
United State Championship Match: Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens
Paul offers Owens a handshake. Owens kicks Paul in the gut and stomps him in the corner. Paul rolls out of the ring. Owens follows and sends Paul into the barricade repeatedly. Owens brings Paul back into the ring and lands a release German suplex. Paul ends up in the corner. Owens sets up the cannonball. Paul rolls out of the ring. Owens follows and continues his assault. Owens sends Paul back into the ring. Paul gets to his feet. Owens tries to get in the ring, but Paul stomps on Owens’ previously broken hand. Dvie by Paul. Paul slams Owens’ hand into the ring post. Paul works over Owens. Owens surprises Paul with a Steen Neckbreaker. Paul and Owens trade strikes.
Owens knocks Paul into the corner and hits two cannonballs. Frog splash by Owens. Paul kicks out. Owens tries a swanton, but Paul gets his knees up. Paul tries a swanton, but Owens moves out of the way. Paul stuns Owens on the top rope. Money Clip by Paul Paul dives off the top and hits a splash off the top. Owens kicks out. Paul tries a superplex. Owens turns it into a fisherman’s buster. Paul avoids the Stunner and lands the KO punch. Owens drops like a sack of bricks. Paul goes for the pin, and Owens kicks out at 2.9.
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One of Paul’s underlings hops the barricade. The referee sees it and calls for security to remove him. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller run down to ringside. Theory hands Paul brass knuckles. Owens wrestles the knucks away and puts them one. Owens knocks Paul out with a right hand. As the referee counts, he sees the knucks on Owens’ hand. The referee disqualifies Owens.
Winner and STILL United States Champion, Logan Paul!
Owens attacks Paul after the bell. Owens powerbombs Paul through the announce table.
Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Entrant #1: Jey Uso
Entrant #2: Jimmy Uso…
Jey is not happy. Jimmy and Jey stare daggers through each other. Jey and Jimmy trade strikes. Jimmy ends up on the apron. Jey lands a big right hand. Jimmy holds on to the rope to avoid elimination. Jey tries a splash, but Jimmy gets his knees up.
Entrant #3: Grayson Waller
Waller comes to the ring with a mic and decides he’s going to do the Grayson Waller show on the way to the ring. Waller dumps on both Usos. Jey boots Waller off the apron before Waller can get in the ring. Waller and Jimmy double-team Jey.
Entrant #4: The Returning ANDRADE!!!
Waller and Andrade trade strikes. Andrade drops Waller with the Fient elbow. three amigos by Andrade.
Entrant #5: Carmelo Hayes
Hayes lands a springboard clothesline to Waller. Waller tries the rolling thunder stunner, but Hayes counters with the first 48. Hayes tosses out Waller.
Grayson Waller has been eliminated
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Entrant #6: Shinsuke Nakamura
Hayes tries a springboard, but Nakamura kicks him out of the air.
Entrant #7: Santos Escobar
Escobar and Andrade have a standoff. Escobar tries to buddy up with Andrade but immediately tries to toss him out of the ring. Andrade counters, but Escobar hooks the rope.
Entrant #8: Karrion Kross
Entrant #9: Dominik Mysterio
Dominik takes a long time getting in the ring. Once he does, he attacks Kross, who immediately suplexes Dominik clear across the ring.
Entrant #10: Carlito
Carlito eats an apple and spits it in Escobar’s face. Carlito dumps Escobar.
Santos Escobar has been eliminated
Entrant #11: Bobby Lashley
Lashley spears everyone. Lashley dumps Kross and Carlito.
Karrion Kross and Carlito have been eliminated
The Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering walk to the ring. Kross pulls Lashley out of the ring.
Bobby Lashley has been eliminated
The Street Profits runs down to the ring and attacks the AoP.
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Entrant #12: Ludwig Kaiser
Entrant #13: Austin Theory
Theory hits Ataxia on Hayes.
Entrant #14: Finn Bálor
Bálor tosses Hayes over the top, saving Dominik from being eliminated
Carmelo Hayes has been eliminated
Entrant #15: Cody Rhodes
Rhodes hits the Cody Cutter on Theory and tosses him over the top.
Austin Theory has been eliminated
Entrant #16: Bronson Reed
Reed tosses Andrade over the top.
Andrade has been eliminated
Entrant #17: Kofi Kingston
Rhodes hits Crossroads in the ropes on Nakamura.
Shinsuke Nakamura has been eliminated
Kingston hits kicks Kaiser out of the ring.
Ludwig Kaiser has been eliminated
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Entrant #18: Gunther
Gunther brates Kaiser on his way to the ring. Gunther chops everyone. Reed attacks Gunther. Gunther bodyslams Reed. Rhodes and Gunther go face-to-face. Kingston breaks it up. Gunther tosses out Kingston.
Kofi Kingston has been eliminated
Entrant #19: Ivar
Ivar attacks literally everyone in the ring. Jimmy asks for a handshake. Ivar daps up Jimmy, then floors him with a spin kick. Ivar and Reed face off. Reed and Ivar crossbody at the same time.
Entrant #20: Bron Breakker
Breakker hits a few Spears and tosses out Jimmy and Bálor.
Jimmy Uso and Finn Bálor have been eliminated
Gunther and Breakker face off. Breakker press slams Gunther, but Gunther lands on his feet. Breakker Spears Gunther.
Entrant #21: Omos w/MVP
Omos tosses out Bronson Reed
Bronson Reed has been eliminated
Ivar tries a springboard, but Breakker Spears him out of the air. Breakker sends Ivar over the top.
Ivar has been eliminated
Entrant #22: Pat McAfee
McAfee gets in the ring as Gunther, Omos, and Breakker are all on their feet. McAfee eliminates himself.
Breakker eliminates Omos.
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Omos has been eliminated
While Breakker celebrates, Dominik tosses him out.
Bron Breakker has been eliminated
Entrant #23: JD McDonagh
Breakker Spears McDonagh before he can get in the ring.
Entrant #24: R-Truth
Truth picks up McDonagh and helps him into the ring. McDonagh is immediately tossed over the top.
JD McDonagh has been eliminated
Truth stands in the corner and begs Dominik for a tag. Gunther puts Dominik in a sleeper. Dominik gets the… tag. Truth lands the Cena combo.
Entrant #25: The Miz
Mix and Truth double-team a bunch of people. Miz is about to eliminate Dominik, but Truth saves Dominik.
Entrant #26: Damian Priest
Priest immediately goes after Truth. Priest sends Truth over the top.
R-Truth has been eliminated
Entrant #27: CM Punk
Punk lands a flurry of offense on everyone in the ring. Punk dumps Dominik.
Dominik Mysterio has been eliminated
Priest floors Punk with a roaring elbow.
Entrant #28: Ricochet
Gunther chops Miz off the top.
The Miz has been eliminated
Entrant #29: Drew McIntyre
McIntyre and Jey trade shots. Jey superkicks McIntyre. Jey tries to get Gunther over the top. Gunther counters and sends Jey to the floor.
Jey Uso has been eliminated
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Entrant #30: Sami Zayn
McIntyre catches a kick from Ricochet. McIntyre launches Ricochet over the top backward.
Ricochet has been eliminated
Everyone lands a big move. Zayn is the last man left standing. Zayn blasts McIntyre with the Helluva Kick and clothesline Priest over the top.
Damian Priest has been eliminated
McIntyre immediately sends Zayn over the top.
Sami Zayn has been eliminated
The final four are Gunther, CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, and Cody Rhodes. All four men brawl as the camera pans to Seth Rollins watching the match from a box. The camera pans again, and Reigns and Heyman also watch the match. McIntyre Claymores everyone. McIntyre tries to send Punk over the top. Punk reverses it and sends McIntyre over the top.
Drew McIntyre has been eliminated
Gunther dropkicks Punk and hits a powerbomb on Punk. Gunther tries to powerbomb Rhodes. Rhodes escapes and sends Gunther over the top.
Gunther has been eliminated
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The final two are CM Punk and Cody Rhodes. Punk and Rhodes trade strikes. Both men are down after a double clothesline. Rhodes works over Punk. Punk counters the Cody Cutter with three German suplexes. Running knee/bulldog combo by Punk. Punk calls for the Go To Sleep. Rhodes counters and almost hits Crossroads. Bionic elbow by Rhodes. Rhodes sets up Crossroads. Punk escapes and lands a head kick.
Punk almost gets Rhodes over the top, but Rhodes slips back into the ring. Rhodes counters the GTS with Crossroads. Rhodes lifts Punk, but before he can toss him out, Punk counters with GTS. Punk and Rhodes take turns trying to eliminate each other. Neither man can get the advantage. Punk Pedigrees Rhodes and calls for the GTS. Punk yells he didn’t come back to lose to Dusty’s kid. Rhodes rolls off Punk’s shoulders and tosses him over the top.
CM Punk has been eliminated
Winner- Cody Rhodes
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