WWE Royal Rumble Match Result: Kevin Owens vs Dean Ambrose

First Match: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship 

Ambrose and Owens immediately exchange right hands. Ambrose with eight forearms to Owens in the corner. Owens with right hands to Ambrose. Owens chops Ambrose in the chest. Ambrose with multiple chops to Owens chest. Ambrose with a running bulldog that sends Owens to the outside. Ambrose with a suicide dive that sends Owens over the announce table. Owens hits Ambrose in the ribs with Michael Cole’s iPad. Ambrose sends Owens back first to the steel ring steps. Ambrose grabs a kendo stick from under the ring. Ambrose with multiple kendo stick shots to Owens back. Owens with a super kick to Ambrose. Owens with a running cannonball that sends Ambrose through a barricade at ringside. Owens grabs the kendo stick and proceeds to whack Ambrose in the back with the Kendo Stick. Owens breaks the Kendo Stick in half and jams it down Ambrose stomach. Owens with a clothesline and a running senton. Ambrose gets back up at the count of five. Owens sends Ambrose to the outside.

Owens drives Ambrose back first to the barricade. Owens brings out a stack of chairs and tosses it into the ring. Owens hits Ambrose in the back with the steel chair. Owens sits on a chair in the middle of the ring. Ambrose with the Lunatic Lariat to Owens. Ambrose with back elbows to Owens. Ambrose with a back body drop that sends Owens through two chairs in the middle of the ring. Ambrose goes for the suicide dive, but Owens catches him and drives Ambrose back first to the ring apron. Owens irish whips Ambrose to the steel ring steps. Ambrose gets up at the count of eight. Owens brings out multiple tables and stacks it on top of each other. Ambrose and Owens brawl on the top rope. Ambrose throws a chair at Owens face. Ambrose with a chop/jab combination to Owens. Owens with a super kick.

Owens goes for the Pop Up Powerbomb, Ambrose counters with the sunset flip. Ambrose connects with the Dirty Deeds and Owens gets back up at the count of eight. Ambrose with another Dirty Deeds to Owens onto a steel chair. Owens rolls out of the ring at the count of nine. Ambrose brings out a table. Ambrose puts Owens on the table. Ambrose with a Elbow Drive that puts Owens through the table at ringside. Both men get up at the count of 8. Ambrose with multiple chair shots in the back of Owens. Owens tells Ambrose he hates him. Ambrose puts Owens on the top turnbuckle. Owens with a White Noise off the top turnbuckle that sends Ambrose through a table. Both men get up at the count of nine. Owens with a Pop Up Powerbomb to Ambrose. Ambrose gets back up at the count of nine. Owens sets up four chairs in the middle of the ring. Owens goes up on the top rope. Ambrose sends Owens through the tables on the outside to pickup the victory. 

Winner: Still WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose