WWE presented the 2024 edition of the Royal Rumble on Saturday night at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Women's Royal Rumble: Bayley wins after finishing second alongside Jade Cargill, who was ranked No. 22 in her WWE debut, and Liv Morgan, who returned at No. 30. Liv was the one who eliminated Cargill, but Bayley managed to eliminate her shortly after and win.
In addition to Cargill and Morgan, there were other surprises during the game: Naomi returned as number 2 and survived much of the game. and the appearance of TNA Champion Jordynne Grace, who came in at number 5 and had a good presentation.
Nia Jax dominated much of the match, eliminating eight wrestlers until Cargill managed to carry her out of the ring to one of the fiercest reactions of the night. Cargill also pointed out the elimination of Becky Lynch.
R Truth entered part of the match, believing it was the Men's Rumble, and was eliminated by Adam Pearce.
BAYLEY GOES TO WRESTLEMANIA!
Congratulations to the women of 2024 #RoyalRumble Match winner @itsBayleyWWE! You deserve it!!! pic.twitter.com/fhPuX2he7K
– WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2024
Fatal 4-Way: Roman Reigns defeated LA Knight, AJ Styles and Randy Orton to retain the undisputed championship. In the final moments, Solo Sikoa pulled the referee out of the ring with a count of two. Sikoa scored everyone while the crowd booed. Sikoa stacked Knight and Orton on top of Reigns before leaving the ring. Sikoa was then finished off by Styles on the outskirts of town. Knight later attacked Reigns and attempted the BFT, but Reigns pushed him into the ropes while Styles prepared for the forearm. Styles fell off the ropes and Reigns speared Styles for the win.
did @RealLAKnight only one at the top @RandyOrton at #RoyalRumble?! pic.twitter.com/D5AHq7EqHs
– WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2024
US Championship: Logan Paul defeats Kevin Owens by disqualification. The end comes when one of Paul's friends jumped over the barricade to give him a mitt, but the referee immediately sent him off. Austin Theory and Grayson Waller appeared and one of them handed Paul some mittens. Owens grabbed it and hit Paul with it. Owens pinned him and won, but as the referee was about to count to three, he saw the gloves on Owens' hand. The referee disqualified Owens.
After the match, Owens powerbombed Paul through the announce table.
KO is MAD!#USChampion @LoganPaul pays the price for production @FightOwensFight mad at #RoyalRumble! pic.twitter.com/m0KF0KwWuX
– WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2024
Royal Rumble Men: Cody Rhodes won the Rumble when he landed alongside McIntyre, Gunther and CM Punk. Punk eliminates Drew and Cody eliminates Gunther. Cody and Punk fought for a while until at the end Punk wanted to hit GTS and yelled at him “I won't lose to Dusty's son”, Cody gets out and manages to eliminate him.
After the victory, Cody challenged Roman Reigns, who was watching from the top of the stadium.
Other Rumble Notes: Jey Uso came in at #1 and Jimmy came in at #2 and they both feuded for a while. Jey managed to last almost an hour.
Andrade returned in 4th place. Carlito managed to eliminate Santos Escobar. Sami Zayn returned at #30.
DO THE WORK.
FINISH THE STORY.@CodyRhodes just won the men's #RoyalRumble Match for the second time in a row! The American nightmare has targeted it @WWERomanReigns as the way to #Wrestlemania is on the way! pic.twitter.com/RkHT2oAsLT– WWE (@WWE) January 28, 2024