Surprise entrants included NXT Champion Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas, Sami Zayn (after Zayn and Owens attacked #10 entrant Tye Dillinger), The Hurricane, Adam Cole and Rey Mysterio. Shinsuke Nakamura won the men’s Royal Rumble Match. Jey Uso quickly rolled up Benjamin in a small package to win the match in two straight falls.ģ. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin The Usos won the first fall with a double superkick on Gable. Smackdown Tag Team Championship 2-out-of-3 Falls Match: The Usos (c) vs. When asked if he’d seen the finish, McMahon smiled and answered, “yep.”Ģ. – Owens and Zayn confronted Shane McMahon about the finish backstage, claiming he couldn’t let another referee screw them out of the championship. Despite this, it appeared that Zayn was the legal man and had not tagged Owens in. WWE Championship Handicap Match: AJ Styles (c) defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn Styles countered a pop-up powerbomb into a roll-up on Owens to retain the Championship. Rawley answered the challenge, and was pinned following a tornado DDT.ġ. This was a United States Championship open challenge match.
United States Championship Match: Bobby Roode (c) defeated Mojo Rawley. Dash Wilder pinned Anderson after a chop block.ģ.
The Revival defeated Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Kalisto won the match for his team by hitting a Salida del Sol on TJP.Ģ. Kalisto, Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado defeated Jack Gallagher, Drew Gulak and TJP. Be back here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of WWE Royal Rumble 2018 column.ġ. The show was headlined by the Royal Rumble match, the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble, and matches for the WWE and Universal Championships. Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Royal Rumble results for January 28, 2018.