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.

  • JelloBrains@kbin.social
    3·
    5 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·
      5 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.

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      A special thanks to you for making the night memorable. Hopefully I’ll catch you around here from time to time. Cheers!

      • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
        2·
        5 months ago

        Likewise! I don’t usually watch WWE but I’m usually here live for the AEW threads /TNA PPV’s. But if people aren’t here live they’ll often show up after the fact. I know Geek likes to watch these shows early in the morning, and he’ll usually respond to any comments you make. Same goes for others too. We’re all still trying to grow this place, slowly, brick by brick. Good to have you here man!

        • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 months ago

          It may be a small sample size, but so far the best thing here is that everyone is cool with each other. If we keep that vibe, this place will grow.

          I’ll make sure to pop in for Dynamite next week!

          • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
            2·
            5 months ago

            Nice! And the vibes have happened really organically. A lot of us came over during the Reddit migration and I think many of us were just sick of how tribal the other /SC had become. So far, it’s really cool here. I like to think it’s like a friend’s basement where we’re all just hanging out, enjoying the show. Some of us stay sober, some of us have a few beers, some of us smoke, bit we’re all just bonding over our love of wrestling. No matter which show you watch.

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      I look at it this way. He’s not the first piece of shit human being that’s been good at pro wrestling but at least he hasn’t killed anyone…that we know of.

  • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    5 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·
      5 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.

  • angmatandaa@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 months ago

    I woke up late this morning (Manila local time) so I only got to started watching live during the Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens match. I was so relieved the wrong finalist didn’t win the men’s Rumble match.

    Watching the PLE replay now, boy did my goosebumps raise with the surprise entrants to the women’s Rumble!

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 months ago

      I loved how they hit the surprises right from the get go. It kind of tempered my expectations for a big surprise later in the match, and in the meantime, the women worked so hard to keep the focus in ring. I’d have to rewatch, but in the now, I think the women’s match was slightly better than the men’s.

      • angmatandaa@lemmy.world
        2·
        5 months ago

        I just saw on the women’s match the on-screen graphics for some of their time in the ring. Did they have that too for the men’s match? It didn’t show up on our Disney+ livestream

        • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 months ago

          I didn’t see it during the men’s match but it was definitely a welcome addition to the women’s. I’ll probably rewatch the show tomorrow so if the graphics pop up I’ll let you know.

  • HelloThere@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    5 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.

  • kubj31196@lemm.ee
    2·
    5 months ago

    Sometimes good guy deserves to win. The fact that most of us booked ourselves into think Punk would get it over Cody makes it even more sweet.
    This is the most I’ve been invested in since Hangman vs Omega. Time for Cody to finish the story.

  • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
    2·
    5 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·
          5 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·
            5 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).

  • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 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.🤣

  • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
    2·
    5 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.

    • GoodandPlenty@lemmy.world
      2·
      5 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.

  • TellumSiege@kbin.socialOP
    2·
    5 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…