WWE delivered the predictable to the completely gorgeous on the Royal Rumble.
Charlotte Aptitude returned after greater than a 12 months away after sustaining a devastating knee damage to win the Ladies’s Royal Rumble match and Jey Uso eradicated John Cena to finish one of many greatest surprises within the historical past of the occasion in entrance of greater than 65,000 followers at Lucas Oil Stadium on Saturday.
Each now get to select which world champion they are going to face at WrestleMania 41 in Las Vegas on April 19-20. Uso is predicted to select World Heavyweight champion Gunther and Aptitude will doubtless choose WWE Ladies’s champion Tiffany Stratton.
Uso was a part of a star-studded ultimate six with Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Logan Paul, John Cena and Seth Rollins.
Rollins and Reigns had been eradicated by Punk after the 2 rivals spent an excessive amount of time centered on attacking one another. Punk was then shortly dumped out of the ring by Logan Paul. Cena and Uso would mix to ensure Paul was eradicated, leaving the 2 babyfaces within the ring.
Cena, who’s starting his retirement tour, thought he had the match gained as he lifted Uso up for an Perspective Adjustment on the apron. However Uso slipped off and knocked a surprised Cena off from behind.
The one surprises had been YouTuber and rapper IShowSpeed changed Tozawa — who was taken out by an eradicated Carmelo Hayes. Pace helped Bron Breakker get rid of Otis earlier than consuming a monster spear from the Intercontinental champion and getting eradicated. A.J. Types, who has been out since October with a Lisfranc damage returned at No. 21 and TNA world champion Joe Hendry took half in his first Royal Rumble.
On the ladies’s aspect, Aptitude turned the primary girl to win two Royal Rumbles after making her return. Aptitude, who entered at No. 27 soaked within the loud crowd response with a gradual stroll to the ring. She obtained off to a sizzling begin, even reversing a stalling double suplex from former TNA star and latest WWE signee Jordynne Grace and Stephane Vaquer right into a double DDT. and scored fast eliminations of Michin and Piper Niven.
The Queen, Nikki Bella, Nia Jax and Roxanne Perez had been the ultimate 4 girls within the match. Jax knocked Bella to the skin and Aptitude eradicated Jax. The 14-time world champion then hit an enormous boot to ship Perez to the ground to win the match.
The largest shock was Alexa Bliss, wearing her gear from her time with Bray Wyatt with “F(r)iend 4 Ever” on the again and creepy doll Lilly, making her return since leaving WWE in January of 2023 to have a child with Ryan Cabrera. It was the primary big shock of the match and obtained an enormous response at No. 21.
Bella, who not too long ago finalized a divorce with Artem Chigvintsev, coming again to WWE for the primary time in three years was the opposite huge shock.
Perez, who entered at No. 3 broke Bayley’s report for the longest time spent in a girls’s Royal Rumble match at greater than 67 minutes.
On the remainder of the cardboard, Rhodes retained his Undisputed WWE championship in a violent ladder match with Kevin Owens. It ended with Rhodes countering Owens’ package deal pile driver try on the announce desk. He Alabama slammed the challenger by means of a ladder arrange between the ring and the announce desk. It left Owens in a heap and allowed Rhodes to climb and retrieve his title as Sami Zayn verify on the challenger.
DIY additionally retained their WWE World Tag Crew championships in a two-out-of-three falls match with Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons with assist from exterior interference from the Avenue Earnings.