Royal Rumble 2023

WWE Royal Rumble 2023 should be a huge night for John Cena, Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley, Roman Reigns and more.

Reigns, a generational clash between two of the biggest stars in the industry. Just take a second and imagine a Royal Rumble match in which Austin and Cena, arguably the two biggest stars in WWE history, both make their surprise returns within the Royal Rumble match. One, the story of Rhodes finally winning the big one is an easy story to tell. Think back to Daniel Bryan at WrestleMania 30 or Kofi Kingston at WrestleMania 35 as underdog babyfaces who gave WWE no choice but to give them a world title match—matches that both stars won—at WrestleMania, and Zayn could follow a similar path. Reigns needs to be booked stronger than he ever has during his historic title reign, and that means that Owens, despite his obvious popularity, must take the “L” in route to what is sure to be a massive title defense for Reigns at WrestleMania 39. Lynch doesn't need a Royal Rumble victory to get a marquee WrestleMania match, and virtually no other woman outside of Raquel Rodriguez appears to have even a puncher's chance of winning this match. The women's Royal Rumble seems to only have a few realistic potential winners. So, Belair should retain at Royal Rumble in route to another marquee WrestleMania match while Bliss transitions to a storyline with Wyatt. Of course, that depends largely upon Triple H and WWE’s creative team booking a show that sets the stage for WrestleMania 39. Now, the show is [expected to sell out](https://www.wrestlinginc.com/1171380/wwe-royal-rumble-nearly-sold-out/), which should come as no surprise given that the star-studded show is, as it typically is, set to feature numerous major storyline developments and blockbuster returns. Many of Reigns’ successful title defenses featured plenty of help from The Bloodline, and “The Tribal Chief” could be in line for another tainted victory. Kevin Owens in a highly anticipated bout for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

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The road to Wrestlemania starts here, and after RAWXXX and the trial of Sami Zayn Royal Rumble has the potential to be even more exciting than usual.

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The winners of the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches will punch their ticket to a world title match at WrestleMania.

Women's Royal Rumble: 30 women will compete to challenge for the Raw women's championship or the SmackDown women's champion at WrestleMania 39. Plus, Bray Wyatt will participate in his first match since returning to the promotion when he takes on LA Knight in a "Pitch Black" match. But the biggest name set to make his return in the match is Cody Rhodes, who was on a title challenging trajectory before he suffered a torn pectoral muscle last year. Generally, the winners of the Rumbles are guaranteed a world championship match against the champion of their choosing at the upcoming WrestleMania. Typically considered among the "majors" is the Royal Rumble. One of the tent-pole events of the WWE calendar is here.

The 36th edition of this event will feature Rumble matches for both the men's and women's divisions, along with three other bouts. Not only is this a favorite ...

- Roku For fans in the United States, WWE Network's hub on the Peacock streaming service is where to watch the Royal Rumble. Not only is this a favorite event for many fans, but it also marks the official beginning of the Road to WrestleMania.

Thirty men -- including Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre -- will compete to challenge for the undisputed WWE universal championship ...

The Royal Rumble match traditionally features 30 superstars entering one-by-one in timed intervals. ET) Thirty men -- including Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar, Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre -- will compete to challenge for the undisputed WWE universal championship currently held by Roman Reigns.

In addition to the men's and women's Royal Rumble matches, Bray Wyatt is scheduled to meet LA Knight in a Pitch Black Match. Roman Reigns is set to face Kevin ...

Liv Morgan, Candice LeRae and Rhea Ripley are all expected to compete in the women’s match. Roman Reigns is set to face Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship and Bianca Belair will take on Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship. Eastern as the Royal Rumble returns to the Alamodome in San Antonio.

Who will earn an opportunity at a world title at WrestleMania? The Sporting News will provide results and highlights from the Royal Rumble event.

GMT ET To enter the Royal Rumble match, 30 wrestlers are assigned a spot in the match at random. The event features two (a men and women's) Royal Rumble matches. This year, the Royal Rumble takes place inside The Alamodome in San Antonio. 12 p.m. The only way to win is by being the last person in the ring by the end of the night. The story is the best thing going in WWE. - Main card: 8 p.m. The Miz is number three, one of these things is not like the other. The main card starts at 8 p.m. With the chance to earn a world title opportunity and main event WrestleMania, everyone in WWE will look to step up their game on January 28.

Welcome to Bleacher Report's coverage and recap of the 2023 WWE Royal Rumble. Here's a look at the card for Saturday's event: Men's Royal Rumble Women's ...

- You have to hand it to Corbin. This page will be updated periodically throughout the match: - Sheamus

It's WWE Royal Rumble 2023 featuring the Men's & Women's Rumble matches, Roman Reigns facing Kevin Owens and a whole lot more!

Gunther charged with a kick, Cody moved, Gunther went to the apron and Cody went for a springboard kick, but Gunther punched him in the face to stop that. Sometimes the obvious choice is the best choice to win a Royal Rumble and that’s what this match was with Cody getting the win. Cody gave Gunther with a clothesline over the top to the floor to win the Royal Rumble! Cody hit Paul with a Cross Rhodes and tossed Paul over the top to the floor. Ricochet with a neckbreaker, Theory sent Ricochet over the top and Ricochet kicked Theory down. Gunther with a hard chop to the chest, but Cody landed on his feet to counter a slam. Rhea Ripley hit Edge with a forearm to the back and kick to the ribs. Rollins and Cody exchanged holds, Cody avoided The Stomp, Rollins with a superkick on Cody. Edge ran into the ring with a Spear on Priest, a Spear on Balor and Dominik dropkicked Edge, but Edge came back with a Spear for Dom too. Paul went into the ring and to remind people he was in the match and Paul dumped Rollins over the top to the floor. Gargano with a Spear on Kofi, a step-up kick on Gunther and a jumping kick on Miz. Roman Reigns told The Usos to stay in the back and Reigns also told Sami Zayn not to leave his side tonight.

Besides the Rumble match, three other one-on-one matches tend to steal the show. Bianca Belair will defend her WWE Raw Women's Championship against Alexa Bliss, ...

WWE Royal Rumble is here, which could mean only one thing - We are officially on the road to WrestleMania. History has it that only 3 men have won the Rumble from that position. Gunther and the The Celtic Warrior get the Miz inside the ring and his chest is already red. The man who has provided countless Royal Rumble moments in the past, Kofi Kingston from The New Day enters the Rumble at No. Kross comes in at the Rumble match in a foul mood. A two-time Rumble winner - 2003 and 2022 - Lesnar has unleashed Suplex City on everyone. We are already one third the way in this Rumble match as Angelo Dawkins from The Street Profits comes marching in. A clothesline from the Almighty and Lesnar goes flying out of the ring. And it's Booker T who is the first surprise entrant in the match. His eyes were on Judgment Day and he takes out his frustration on the faction beating them on his way back to the stage. The buzzer goes off for the penultimate time in the match as Logan Paul comes in at No. Only one of them has won the Rumble previously.

The Royal Rumble officially kicks off WrestleMania season, with the winner of the match earning a WrestleMania shot at the world championship. This year's field ...

The Royal Rumble kicks off with a return -- but not of a wrestler. They announce that the very first match of the night is the men's Royal Rumble. Sheamus delivered his 10 Beats of the Bodhrán -- where he clubs the guy's chest 10 times while they're tied up on the ropes -- and then hit a Brogue Kick to Miz to eliminate him. Finn Balor is in next, and comes to the defense of Dominik Mysterio. Gunther and Sheamus started the match out by demolishing each other with chops and strikes; Sheamus almost immediately gets a blood-red chest. The first match of the night is the men's Royal Rumble, and it's starting with a banger. He gets a brief flurry, smashing his guitar against Gunther, but he's decimated by McIntyre and Sheamus who hit him with a Claymore and Brogue Kick at the same time. The clock ticks down for the next entrance, and it turns out to be Dominik Mysterio, who comes out with Rey's mask. The Royal Rumble officially kicks off WrestleMania season, with the winner of the match earning a WrestleMania shot at the world championship. In definitely the most impressive display of athleticism, Paul and Ricochet springboarded from opposite sides of the ring to clash together in the air. The big eliminator turns out to be Gunther, the No. Elsewhere, Bray Wyatt makes his return to the ring in a "Lights Out" match against L.A.

Suspicious by his absence was Sami Zayn, who was a trendy pick to win the Royal Rumble match. During the pre-show, Roman Reigns demanded Zayn stay by his side ...

“I don’t know that in the fans’ minds, maybe me and you are looking at a certain point a certain way because we’re kind of like diehards, but I think there’s a lot of casual fans that are just kind of along for the ride. Contrary to social media paranoia, the honeymoon period between Cody Rhodes and WWE fans is alive and well. And I don’t think the fans are kind of where they were five, six years ago, where they kind of would like revolt. Suspicious by his absence was Sami Zayn, who was a trendy pick to win the Royal Rumble match. As Sami continued his rise as an unlikely Royal Rumble favorite, around the same time Cody Rhodes was set for a well-produced heroes welcome, fans began developing Twitter PTSD. Legacy stars like Lesnar, Edge and Lashley each spent minimal time in the Rumble in favor of highlighting rising stars like GUNTHER and Dominik Mysterio. Cody Rhodes won the WWE Royal Rumble in his return to WWE, entering the event at No. Rather, Zayn took the scenic route to the top of the sportsbook through his Emmy-worthy performance as The Bloodline’s lovable fish-out-of-water and Honorary Uce. All told, the 2023 Royal Rumble only had two surprise entrants in the forms of Edge and Logan Paul. The 2023 Royal Rumble had its share of moments, but it certainly will not live up to the high mark of its predecessors, like Steve Austin’s dramatic third win at Royal Rumble 2001 or Brock Lesnar fending off half the field in Royal Rumble 2020. The first surprise entrant in the Royal Rumble was Edge, who entered at No. By Sunday afternoon, Austin [settled in at +550](https://www.thesportster.com/report-wwe-offer-steve-austin-roman-reigns-match/), well inside the Top 5.

The winner of the men's Royal Rumble and women's Royal Rumble matches will challenge for world titles at WrestleMania 39.

Welcome to CBS Sports' live coverage for the 2023 WWE Royal Rumble. No matches are scheduled for the kick-off and the hosts will preview the card ahead of its 8 p.m. We kick off the evening with the men's Royal Ruble match. Pat McAfee makes his way to the ring in a blue blazer. Their entrances generated a big reaction from the audience. [January 29, 2023] CBS Sports will be with you the whole way through the event, providing updates and highlights as the action goes down in the live blog below. Two title defenses are also scheduled for the event. The event serves as an opportunity for new stars to emerge or big stars to re-enter the title picture. The sole survivor earns the right to challenge for a world title at WrestleMania. WWE kicks off its 2023 special event calendar with a tried and true fan favorite: the Royal Rumble. Sheamus gave chase to The Miz who scampered into the ring.

Cody Rhodes and Rhea Ripley earned their chances to win world titles, but the biggest story of the night involved the Bloodline.

Ripley and Morgan had beaten the record for longest time in a women's Royal Rumble match, but the record will officially go to Ripley following Morgan's elimination. Reigns handed the steel chair to Zayn and demanded that he deliver the final blow. She sauntered to the ring wearing a mask that completely covered her face and slowly removed the mask to reveal intimidating, clown-like facepaint and contact lenses. The match was fine but there was a lack of intensity. Wyatt finally snatched him and choked him out with a mandible claw by the stage. The lights in the arena cut out, revealing a glow-in-the-dark theme to the match. The match came down to Rhodes and GUNTHER, the latter of whom set the record for the longest time in a traditional Royal Rumble match – surpassing Rey Mysterio who lasted 62 minutes in 2006. Rhodes and Rollins faced off in the final four of the match. A quartet of WWE superstars stomped on Paul in the center of the ring upon entry. Lesnar gave the furniture a break and took his remaining frustrations out on Baron Corbin (No. Unfortunately, Kingston appeared to hit a commentator's chair too hard and hit the floor. The ring started to fill up with Kofi Kingston (No.

After the Royal Rumble's main event, which saw Roman Reigns defeat Kevin Owens, we saw the breakdown of the Bloodline. Sami Zayn refused to attack Owens, ...

The Royal Rumble kicks off with a return -- but not of a wrestler. This was actually awesome, and got a pop from the crowd. In a throwback to his brother Goldust, Rhodes set Gunther up in the corner, legs stretched to either side on the middle ropes, and hit a Shattered Dream -- a kick to the nuts. There was a great moment where Gunther missed a Big Boot and ended up on the apron. Wyatt tried to suplex Knight on the steps, but Knight stopped him, jumped off the barricade to land a cross body on Wyatt, who was standing on the stairs. Really, the "Mountain Dew" part of the "Mountain Dew Light's Out" match is the most important. Afterwards, when Bliss was in the ring, the lights went dim and a spookey Bray Wyatt message played. The ring was filled with nearly a dozen women by the time No. Ripley did a sweet 619 to kick Asuka off, and then eliminated Morgan to win the Rumble. Reigns went for a second Spear, but Owens kicked him in the face and tried to score a Stunner. The pacing of this bout was off, probably due to the Royal Rumbles going long and because of the lengthy post-match segment. Reigns attemped a Spear but Reigns dodged it, leading Reigns to smash into the turnbuckle -- and I mean smash.

WWE Royal Rumble advertised Kevin Owens challenging Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, as well as Alexa Bliss challenging Bianca ...

Zayn hitting Roman Reigns with the chair received one of the biggest pops in history, and the heat was at Sportatorium levels. Nia Jax entered at No. The post-match angle featured the destruction of Kevin Owens as Sami Zayn not only made the save, but also struck Roman Reigns with a steel chair. - Asuka (Ripley) Fans did not turn on Cody Rhodes, even though Sami Zayn was not in the Royal Rumble. - B-Fab (Ripley) - Angelo Dawkins (Dawkins) - Bayley (Morgan) - Edge (Mysterio) Royal Rumble also advertised a unique Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match pitting Bray Wyatt against LA Knight. - Sheamus (GUNTHER) - GUNTHER (Rhodes)

Roman Reigns beat Kevin Owens, then turned his sights to Sami Zayn in one of the most heated segments in history at WWE Royal Rumble 2023.

With Zayn and Owens back together, it’ll be interesting to see if Zayn can pull off the upset, or if Reigns beats another hometown favorite in Zayn, like he did Drew McIntyre at WWE Clash at the Castle. Roman Reigns destroyed Sami Zayn after beating Kevin Owens to retain the WWE Undisputed Universal Championship. During the main event of SmackDown this past Friday, Owens was in position to strike Zayn with a steel chair, but instead he continued to warn Zayn that the Bloodline would inevitably turn on the Honorary Uce.

Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens by pinfall at the 2023 Royal Rumble on Saturday to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

Zayn looked confused and possibly even upset by the turn of events as he watched while his former friend was put through the announce table. Listen to Ring Rust Radio for all of the hot wrestling topics. He resisted before eventually hitting The Tribal Chief in the back, prompting Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa to attack him. pic.twitter.com/ZtzAF1xGGD The leader of The Bloodline responded by handing the chair to The Honorary Uce and telling him to hit Owens. After being handcuffed to the ropes and being on the receiving end of a superkick party by The Usos, Reigns attempted to hit Owens with a chair before Zayn stepped in to stop him.

Roman Reigns was attacked by Sami Zayn following the main event of WWE Royal Rumble 2023, where Reigns defended his titles. Know the full results of the ...

😲 😲 😲— WWE India (@WWEIndia) However, Roman instead asked Zayn to hit Owens with a steel chair. The annual pay-per-view (PPV) by WWE featured many intriguing matchups, alongside the traditional men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches. While Reigns defeated Owens by a pinfall, The Usos made their way out to the ring and launched a brutal attack on Owens. .— WWE India (@WWEIndia) Sami Zayn was concerned about the post-match attack on Owens and he asked the Bloodline members to stop it.

Roman Reigns successfully defended his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Kevin Owens on Saturday night at the 2023 Royal Rumble event.

But I think there are a lot of casual fans that are kind of along for the ride. "I don't know that in the fan's mind, maybe me and you are looking at it at a certain point or a certain way because we're both kind of like diehards, you know? WWE made sure to establish during the pre-show that Zayn wouldn't be in the Men's Rumble under the orders or Reigns, who demanded Zayn be by his side for the entire night. Reigns stepped up to deliver the finishing blow with a steel chair, causing Zayn to finally intervene. They then handcuffed a helps Owens to the top rope and repeatedly superkicked him in the face. "The Tribal Chief" initially ordered Zayn to do nothing while at ringside, but when the referee got knocked out he ordered Sami to get a chair from ringside.

Rhea Ripley and Cody Rhodes point at the sign, while the Bloodline saga continues being the best story in all of professional wrestling.

This one is on a different set of tracks entirely and I want off the train. And then we got to the end and I realized at least one reason it went short: more Uncle Howdy. Bray attacked LA after the match with a win already in hand, and beat him like he stole his lunch money all the way up the aisle. She changed the match’s temperature, and business certainly did the thing it does in wrestling. Paul was one of the final four, and even eliminated Seth Rollins. A two month story worthy of Cody, the Universal champ, Dusty Rhodes, and this particular Rumble performance. The Ring General weakened Rhodes with everything in his arsenal since Cody walked into the ring with a giant bullseye literally on his chest. Roman shouted at him again to get the chair, losing his temper at one point and sound scary in a way that only Roman can. The fact he got stronger in the final minutes and looked just as strong at minute 60 that he did at minute one says everything about GUNTHERi’s skills and promise. And when given the chance to join in on the reindeer games and put boots to Sami, Jey walked away with tears in his eyes. Look, I’ve said before that the Bloodline is the best story in wrestling but after tonight, this saga is one of the best stories in wrestling’s long history. Sami watched his former best friend and his Tribal Chief battle to a standstill until the referee took a fall.