Tonight, WWE Royal Rumble is LIVE from Tampa Bay, FL! The card includes:

  • Men’s Royal Rumble match: 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Men’s World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!

  • Women’s Royal Rumble match: 30-woman Royal Rumble match where the winner gets a shot at the Women’s World Championship at Wrestlemania 40!

  • Fatal four-way match for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship: © Roman Reigns (with Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton vs. AJ Styles vs. LA Knight

  • Singles match for the WWE United States Championship: © Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens

And more!

Show starts LIVE at 8pm EST | 5pm PST on Peacock. Check your local listings for more information.

  • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
    3·
    10 months ago

    US and Universal Title matches are pretty easy to call, but both Rumble’s are intriguing. Becky/Bayley and Cody/Punk are the prohibitive favourites, but I smell the potential for a swerve. Very much looking forward to both matches.

    • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
      3·
      10 months ago

      I’m looking forward to the Rumble’s. I don’t watch WWE regularly so I have no clue who the favourites are for the women’s match…but, unless the Rock makes an appearance, I’d say Cody/Punk make a lot of sense for the men.

      I’m guessing Logan Paul is the favourite in the US match?

      • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
        2·
        10 months ago

        Yep. Can’t see any reason for him to drop the belt here when Mania is just a couple of months away, but the match should be good.

        I kind of zone in and out on WWE these days, but the Rumble to Wrestlemania season is usually when my attention is at its highest. It helps that my son is a huge Cody fan and basically treats him as a superhero, so you know who we’re cheering for tonight!

        • Travon333@kbin.social
          3·
          10 months ago

          This and Summerslam season feel like the actual story

          The rest can be OK but definitely feel like filler

      • Travon333@kbin.social
        2·
        10 months ago

        Feel like Punk is gonna win and guarantee his shot at Seth

        Cody can lose and overcome adversity at Elimination Chamber to face Roman again

        • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
          3·
          10 months ago

          Can’t believe this is Punk’s first televised match in WWE. Feels like he’s been there for months by now lol.

  • JelloBrains@kbin.social
    3·
    10 months ago

    The women’s rumble was the highlight of the entire show for me. The men’s started slow but got better, IMO.

    Edit: I forgot to mention Chelsea Green was a fucking trooper, she was very entertaining, and the best thing that ever happened for her was Piper bullying her way to the tag championships with Green, they are gold together.

    Logan Paul continues to be impressive, Kevin Owens may just bring out the best in him, wasn’t a big fan of the finish but if they want to push it to a final match at Mania it was for the best.

    Roman again proves he needs interference to win a match, I’m so tired of this, I hope Cody gets to “finish the story” and that Rock isn’t involved.

    Now to the press conference…

    Cody handled the Vince question like a PR guy… On the other hand, Triple H should have kept his stupid mouth shut because it made him look stupid and like he doesn’t take it seriously.

    Mishandling the post-show doesn’t make him guilty of anything… but, damn the guy had three days to come up with something other than no comment, and he still couldn’t just say no comment. I’m still in the camp without an investigation or the court going to discovery and the names coming out I can’t demand he be fired without evidence, but I can say that if it were me making the decisions going forward TKO should have a PR guy handle the post shows, hell make Cody EVP again to do it. His response soured my defending of him until more is known, but I’m not ready to toss in the towel yet, but yeah, it wasn’t great.

    • EnderMB@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Have to agree with this. A lot of people gave Tony Khan shit for how he handled many of his press conferences in a PR manner, but ultimately it’s the only way you can do in this instance and trying to deflect just isn’t a good look. Cody handled it better than his boss.

      My only real criticism of the women’s rumble is that it probably wasn’t the best place to debut Jade Cargill. Unless she’s improved significantly (which is entirely possible) she’s still likely a bit green to be carrying a rumble.

  • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
    2·
    10 months ago

    Jade’s in. Her and Grace were the only two spoilers I was aware of. Hoping there’s a few more to surprises to come…

  • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    Not to speculate too much, but the lack of Mercedes here could very well indicate that she’ll be appearing in AEW soon.

    • JelloBrains@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      I saw it was spoiled, and I still was happy about it, she works hard and took a lot of flack for the voice change from the steroids, but she’s an excellent performer, I hope WWE gives her a look after this when her contract is up, assuming she wants to move.

      • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
        3·
        10 months ago

        I must have missed the voice change stuff (thankfully) but my impression was that she’s always gotten flack for being a mark for herself. However, the fact that she’s married to Gresham makes me wonder whether she’s just catching that by proxy. Great performer and definitely due a serious look from WWE when//if she wants to test the waters.

        • GeekFTW@kbin.social
          2·
          10 months ago

          A lot of the voice change flak was Reddit and Twitter cause she went from Thicc Mama Pump to a bodybuilder so they felt they couldn’t goon over her as much anymore cause she looks less ‘woman-like’. I.E. Nothing worth paying much attention to.

          That being said she’s had the odd dumb-ass take or 11 on Twitter over the years for sure (nothing ‘cancel-able’ just weird/shit takes and arguments lol) but some wrestlers are just fucking stupid i don’t know what to tell you.

      • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
        1·
        10 months ago

        She didn’t look out of place at all in this match. But as a TNA guy I’d hate to see her leave…even though it’s be better for her bank account lol.

      • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
        2·
        10 months ago

        TNA’s great! Might actually be my favourite wrestling show these days lol.

        And I know she won’t win this but I really hope Grace does well here. So far so good I think.

        • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          I live relatively close to Windsor so it’s kind of my home promotion, at least whenever they’re in town. Already have tickets to Sacrifice in March.

          Grace had a good showing and a memorable elimination, so that’s about as good as we could have hoped for I think.

          • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
            2·
            10 months ago

            Nice! I’m just north of the GTA. There’s a bunch of us Canucks here on Kbin. You, me, Geek, Cupcake.

            Agreed. She looked great. And commentary did a good job of making her seem like a big deal.

            • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
              2·
              10 months ago

              Happy to be part of the Canuck contingent!

              Commentary did a great job of selling Grace’s importance and that’s almost better than her actual showing in the ring. Very pleased with her performance and happy to see TNA/WWE being chummy. I feel like Scott D’Amore is very well respected in the industry and is arguably the best booker right now solely given what he’s working with compared to others. HBK is probably second, just due to getting so much out of raw talent.

              • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
                2·
                10 months ago

                I agree about D’amore. I’ve said it in a few threads–the guy deserves to be Booker of the year or at the very least in the damn conversation.

                And it’s almost looking like TNA/WWE might have a partnership similar to AEW/NJPW. Probably won’t be doing any joint PPV’s soon but at least swapping talent here and there.

                • GeekFTW@kbin.social
                  2·
                  10 months ago

                  Honestly the wrestling world just works better when wrestlers can pop in here and there for a random match or three.

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      3·
      10 months ago

      I think they try to sell it as “part work part shoot” with her but it’s pretty obvious that she’s just not that good in the ring. On the other hand, having Jade debut by taking her out was a good call.

      • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
        3·
        10 months ago

        Yeah, if there’s one thing Nia does well it’s get heat. The crowd hated her.

        And agree about Jade. Smart move to start her off strong.

        • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          She’s also willing to get as good as she gives. I couldn’t find a clip of the whole match without the Cornette commentary, so if you’re not a fan of the guy, I apologize in advance. That being said, if tonight was your first look at Jax, I present to you this total debacle of work/shoot/work/work/shoot/shoot and hope you enjoy…

          https://youtu.be/jwQYmZSm820?si=KP5HpW8zKrdMrztR

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      I think so. One of her stablemates is the current champ on SD, so that story writes itself. I doubt she’ll challenge Rhea, but a swerve in that direction could be cool.

  • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    So I went and watched the clip of Jordynne Grace in the Rumble. Honestly, I was shocked at how they put her over. Seems like they put a lot more respect on TNA with her appearance than they did with Mickie James in 2022; mentioning the TNA Knockouts championship by name, making a point of the fact that she beat Naomi for the belt, and not only letting her dominate the match for a bit, but commentary also selling her dominance. Loved the quote “TNA has an absolute weapon as champion!”

    • kessleragain@beehaw.org
      2·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, Jordynne looked like she belonged in there with everyone. They absolutely made her look great. Mickie showing up with the belt felt huge, but this feels bigger for the reasons you mention and that Mickie had a verbal agreement with TNA and a history with WWE while Jordynne has a contract with TNA and no history with WWE, as far as I’m aware.

  • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
    2·
    10 months ago

    No other result than Roman here, but I’m sure we’ll get a good match nonetheless. Just hope everyone else gets a good showing in defeat.

    WWE just totally leaning into the Slim Jim stuff here.🤣

  • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
    2·
    10 months ago

    Surprised this match is happening before the US Championship match. Guess Roman is in a rush to go back on vacation lol.

        • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          I feel like there’s an outside shot of Moose showing up. Not even sure why, but it would be amazing so I hope it happens.

          • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
            2·
            10 months ago

            Moose would be a great choice. Speedball would be another. His style is so unlike any other (and he’s probably my favourite active wrestler right now).

  • HelloThere@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    10 months ago

    As a complete aside, the way cagematch formats the result for rumble matches always makes me chuckle

    Men's rumble result

    Cody Rhodes defeats Andrade and Austin Theory and Bobby Lashley and Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed and Carlito and Carmelo Hayes and CM Punk and Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio and Drew McIntyre and Finn Balor and Grayson Waller and Gunther and Ivar and JD McDonagh and Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso and Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston and Ludwig Kaiser and Omos and Pat McAfee and R-Truth and Ricochet and Sami Zayn and Santos Escobar and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Miz

    Women's rumble result

    Bayley defeats Alba Fyre and Asuka and Becky Lynch and Bianca Belair and Candice LaRae and Chelsea Green and Indi Hartwell and Ivy Nile and Jade Cargill and Jordynne Grace and Kairi Sane and Katana Chance and Kayden Carter and Liv Morgan and Maxxine Dupri and Michin and Naomi and Natalya and Nia Jax and Piper Niven and Roxanne Perez and Shayna Baszler and Shotzi and Tegan Nox and Tiffany Stratton and Valhalla and Xia Li and Zelina Vega and Zoey Stark

    I mean, it’s not wrong, but it’s also somewhat generous.