WWE Royal Rumble is within the historical past books with Cody Rhodes and Bayley profitable to arrange enormous showdowns at WrestleMania 40.
On an evening full of surprises, the American Nightmare managed to outlast CM Punk within the remaining two of the boys’s match to arrange an enormous Undisputed WWE Common Championship rematch towards Roman Reigns in Philadelphia.
There’s nonetheless a possible wrinkle of Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson ready within the wings, however in the meanwhile it appears like the American Nightmare actually may end the story come April.
The boys’s model didn’t characteristic too many surprises because the roster took centre stage, however Andrade made a shock return nearly three years after becoming a member of AEW, and Pat McAfee had an amusing cameo.
NXT’s Carmelo Hayes and Bron Breakker additionally made an affect with the latter specifically shining in an explosive look.
In the meantime, in a completely unpredictable girls’s Rumble, Bayley emerged the deserving winner for the primary time in her profession.
She confronted powerful competitors, eliminating Liv Morgan to safe the victory moments after they mixed to take out the debuting Jade Cargill.
From the get-go the tone was set for the bout, with Naomi popping out at quantity two and lasting over an hour in her first WWE look since Might 2022, whereas Liv’s entrance at quantity 30 marks her return from damage.
In maybe the most important shock of the night time, the Rumble noticed present TNA Wrestling Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace make her WWE debut regardless of nonetheless being beneath contract with the rival promotion.
Bayley’s win possible units up a match towards WWE Girls’s Champion and her Harm CTRL teammate Iyo Sky, and with Girls’s World Champion Rhea Ripley dealing with a raft of potential challengers.
Elsewhere on the present, Roman did proceed his reign as he overcame AJ Kinds, Randy Orton and LA Knight to carry onto the gold.
In the meantime, Logan Paul additionally had a profitable title defence, albeit in controversial circumstances as Kevin Owens was caught utilizing the brass knuckles the YouTuber introduced into the fold, inflicting a disqualification.
Now, WWE strikes full steam forward onto the highway to WrestleMania 40, with the likes of Cargill, CM Punk, LA Knight, Naomi and extra certain to be within the fold as issues progress over the approaching weeks.
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