2024 WWE Royal Rumble Results – The Kickoff Show panel is Jackie Redmond, Wade Barrett, Booker T and Peter Rosenberg. They ran down the card and went to the annual “by the numbers” video.
– They aired favorite Rumble memories.
– Rhea Ripley was interviewed by Kayla Braxton. She said whoever wins tonight, if they pick to face her, it’s a wasted win. She said she’s going to remain the only woman to have ever picked #1 and won The Rumble.
– They aired a video package on the Fatal Four Way for Roman Reigns’ championship.
– After discussion on the bout, Byron Saxton interviewed Paul Heyman. He said that WWE wants it to be the final night of Roman’s reign. They don’t have a system anymore to promote a dynasty or a long-term champ. They want a champ in and out and create a new replica belt. He said that’s why Nick Aldis put Roman into this situation. The last time Roman was in this situation, he stacked and beat Daniel Bryan and Edge at Wrestlemania in Tampa. He said that Roman would retain and go on to maintain his championship reign. That’s a spoiler. Great promo!
– They aired Kayla Braxton’s interview with Randy Orton from The Bump earlier this week.
– They showed Nia Jax arriving.
– They aired a Kevin Owens vs. Logan Paul video package.
– Musician Jelly Roll joined the panel. Wade Barrett asked him if he was potentially going to be in the Rumble. He said he came here as a fan and asked to be on the panel.
– Peter Rosenberg was walking around backstage. He ran into Austin Theory and Grayson Waller. They called him Sam Roberts. They don’t care who’s in the Rumble, they are going to throw them all over. Waller said he would toss Theory but caught himself and acted like he didn’t say that.
– R-Truth was trying to open baseballs, trying to get a “better” number for the Rumble.
– Rosenberg found CM Punk. He was Facetiming Larry. He never thought he would be back in a Rumble match. He is older and wiser. He has nerves but he is back to prove a point. He’s going to make his nervous butterflies “fly in formation.” Rosenberg walked the tunnel and out to the stadium to show the walk that the stars will take to enter.
– They aired a video on Cody Rhodes’ journey over the last year.
– Kayla Braxton interviewed Triple H. He talked up that this is the start of the road to the biggest Wrestlemania of all time. 30 men and women will pour their heart and soul into getting to Mania and it all starts here. There are 40,000-plus fans there ready to blow the roof off. Everything is special tonight. He asked everyone if they were ready and had Kayla do the catchphrase with them.
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– They showed Roman, Orton, Rhea and other stars entering the venue earlier tonight.
– They went to the cold open narrated by Hulk Hogan.
We arel live from the Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL, as Pat McAfee shows up as a surprise to call the show. Michael Cole knew it was happening. Corey Graves did not.
Women’s 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
Natalya is out first as numer 1 entrant. The returning Naomi is next! Naomi got a massive reaction. The crowd chanted, “Welcome back.”
Natalya and Naomi shook hands and circled around each other. Nattie shoulderblocked her down. Natalya tried toss her over but instead slammed her. Naomi nailed a rana. Naomi used a mule kick but Nattie caught her with a kick and nailed a dropkick.
The third competitor was Bayley. Huge Bayley chant. She went right after Naomi and Natalya. Naomi kicked her and nailed Bayley with the Rear View. Natalya nailed them both with a dropkick. They battled.
The fourth competitor is Candice LaRae. She went right after Bayley. LaRae nailed a Codebreaker on Bayley, crashing down on Natalya at the same time. Nice spot. She drilled Naomi with a boot to the face. Bayley gained control, attacking LaRae.
The fifth competitor is TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace. The announcers put her over huge. Grace and Naomi went at it and looked great. She nailed the Grace Driver on Naomi and then went after Natalya. There was a TNA chant.
Number six is Indi Hartwell. She went right after Bayley and nailed Grace with a clothesline. She and LaRae double-teamed Bayley. Everyone battled.
Number seven was Asuka with the story being that Bayley wasn’t thrilled. Still, she worked with Asuka to beat Hartwell. Hartwell was tossed but held on. She nailed Asuka and tried to pull her over but Bayley tried to save her. She nailed Indie and sent her to the floor.
Indi Hartwell has been eliminated
Number eight was Ivy Nile, making her Rumble debut. She showed lots of power in controlling the ring. Everyon battled.
Number nine was Katana Chance. She showed some nice dazzling offense. They began building issues between Nile and Grace as they were trying to out-do each other with power spots. They began battling back and forth. Bayley attacked both and stomped them.
Grace has looked absolutely awesome inside the ring by the way.
Number ten was Bianca Belair. Bayley and Asuka went after her but she nailed a double Blockbuster on them. She tossed them over the top but they were able to get back under the ropes. Bianca nailed a big suplex. Bianca nailed a handspring splash across three stars.
Number eleven was Kairi Sane. The Kabukin Warriors controlled the ring and double-teamed Grace before going after Belair. They went after LeRae, who elevated them over the top to the outside. Bayley was knocked to the outside but helped them take LaRae out and eliminate her.
Candice LaRae has been eliminated
Number 12 was Tegan Nox. Natalya took out Grace with a discus clothesline. Nox and embraced Natalya, then tossed her. Bayley tossed Nox immediately and mocked her, saying, “That’s your friend!”
Unlucky number 13 was Kayden Carter. They battled with The Kabuki Warriors. KAIRI went over the top and tried to hold on but finally failed. Asuka was tossed. Bayley said that she thought they had a plan.
Kairi Sane and Asuka have been eliminated
Number 14 was Chelsea Green. Belair tossed her over the top several times but she landed on the apron. She attacked Belair but Grace nailed her with a spinebuster. Grace and Belair battled. Grace was tossed out but pulled herself back in and tossed Belair. They battled outside on the apron. Belair hit her with thee KOD on the apron and Grace bounced off to the floor. Great sequence!
Jordynne Grace has been eliminated
Grace looked like a star the entire time she was out there. That was a great boost for TNA.
Number 15 was Piper Niven. Green was tossed but Niven caught her and placed her on the steps. Niven attacked Chance and Carter and drilled them with a splash. Niven and Bayley battled. She slammed Naomi. She hit an Avalanche in the corner on Naomi but took out her own partner at the same time.
Number 15 is Xia Li. Everyone battled.
Number 17 is Zelina Vega. She had gear based on an anime called Evangelion and nailed a Meteora on Green and looked strong, hitting some nice offensive maneuvers. She and Piper battled back and forth.
Number 18 is Maxxin Dupri. Niven teased drilling her and Dupri dropped down. Zelina nailed a Code Red with an assist from Bianca. They double-teamed Niven. Bayley battled with Maxine. Niven eliminated Kayden Carter.
Kayden Carter has been eliminated
Number 19 is Nia Jax. She grabbed Vega in mid-air and lammed her down. She took out Xia Li. She took out Nile. Green and N iven tried to double-team her but it didn’t work out too well for Green, squashed in the corner. Everyone worked over Nia but she battled back She slammed Piper atop of Green.
Number 20 is Shotzi. Everyone attack Nia, setting up Shotzi to come off with a swanton. Dupri nailed a revere worm into an elbow. The crowd booed it . Everyone tried to get rid of Nia but they battled them all off. They presented her as if she was Andre the Giant, taking everyone down. Bayley tossed Dupri. Nia tossed Green and Niven. She pressed and tossed Chance out of the ring onto them. Green is still in.
Maxxine Dupri, Chance and Piper Niven eliminated
Number 21 is Becky Lynch. The place went nuts for her. She and Nia went right at it. Becky was tossed over the top but saved herself. She nailed Nia an went to the top with a shotgun missile dropkick. Lynch nailed Shotzi and Zelina with a inverted DDTs. Becky worked over Bayley and tricked Nia into taking her out in the corner.
Number 22 is Alba Fyre. Everyone battled. Naomi drove Bayley into the buckles.
Number 23 is Shayna Baszler. Everyone battled.
Number 24 is Valhalla. As she walked out, R-Truth’s music hit and he ran out as if he was competing. Truth was confused there were all women. Nia tossed him out. Adam Pearce told Truth to get out. Valhalla was distracted by this and was tossed out. She tried to attack Truth but was held off.
Valhalla has been eliminated
Number 25 is Michin, Mia Yim. She nailed a great springboard DDT on Fyre. Jax laid her out.
Number 26 was Zoe Stark. She hit a big missile dropkick on Michin and clotheslined Naomi. Zelina and Baszler battled. She was kicked by Zoe and powerbombed off the apron into Fyre. Vega had a great showing.
Zelina Vega has been eliminated
Number 27 was Roxxane Perez from NXT. She showed some great fire. Jax eliminated Shayna and Michin. She powerbombed Shotzi over the top onto everyone.
Shayna, Michin and Shotzi have been eliminated
Number 28 was the debuting Jade Cargill.. We had reported she was backstage today on PWInsiderElite.com. Jax was waiting for her. Cargill looked like a star coming out. They faced off and Florida went nuts. Cargill drilled her with rights, Jax went for a move but Cargill evaded it and slammed Jax. She booted her in the face and tossed out Nia. A star is born.
Nia Jax has been eliminated
Becky was shocked and laughed at Jax. Bayley tried to toss Jade but was nailed, Lynch and Cargill battled. She was sent into the ring post shoulder-first. Everyone was down.
Number 29 was Tiffany Stratton. She hit a big swanton on everyone. Everyone fought.
Number 30 was the returning Liv Morgan. Naomi passed 60 minutes in the ring.
Everyone battled. Bianca and Jade faced off and the building went nuts. Bayley attacked to prevent it from happening. Naomi nailed a droplck on Cargil. She went for a move but Cargill tossed her, taking out Lynch in the same sequnce.
It was down to Cargill, Bayley, Strattom, Belair, Morgan,
Stratton tried to pull Bianca off the apron by her hair. Bayley took them out.
We were down to three.
Everyone battled. Liv tried to toss Bayley but Cargill grabbed her. Liv nailed her with a knee. They slugged it out. Liv went for a move off the ropes but was caught. Bayley atttacked but was sent over the top. She heldd on. Cargill tossed Liv who landed on the apron. Cargill was pulled over the top. All three battled on the apron. Liv hit Oblivion and eliminated Jade. Bayley knocked her to the floor.
Winner: Bayley
– After a quick commercial break, we see the road to the Universal Championship Fatal-4-Way between Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, LA Knight and AJ Styles, which is up next. We return live inside Tropicana Field and the four get ready to make their walks to the ring for our second match of the evening.
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles
Randy Orton makes his way out first to a big pop from the St. Petersburg crowd. Out next is AJ Styles, followed by LA Knight and then the defending champ, Roman Reigns. Samantha Irvin finishes up the formal pre-match ring introductions and the bell sounds to get this one officially off-and-running.
Knight talks to Styles and Orton, and all three turn and stare down Reigns. They all step closer to him and he starts to realize what’s coming. All three work together in beating down Reigns in the corner straight out of the gate as the crowd goes wild. Styles eventually turns his attention to Knight. Knight beats Styles down while Orton works over Reigns.
On the floor, we see Knight slam Styles’ head off the announce desk over and over again until Reigns comes out and decks him. Orton comes out as well and now he and Knight duke it out after Reigns and Styles are out of the picture. Knight bounces Orton face-first off the commentary desk over and over again as the fans chant “YEAH!” each time it connects. Orton fights back and slams Knight on the announce desk.
Back in the ring, the action continues with Reigns back in control of the offense. Knight fires up with a big sequence that sees him plant Reigns with a DDT before taking out Orton with a big power slam and then leaping up to the top-rope for a super plex on Styles. He turns around as Reigns charges at him for a Superman punch, but he counters with BFT for a pin fall that Styles ends up breaking up. Styles takes it to Orton after that and then gets a few shine spots and a close near fall of his own.
Orton now takes over and hits draping DDTs and other trademark spots for his fire-up spotlight moments. He hits RKOs on everyone in sight and goes for the cover, only for Solo Sikoa to yank the ref out of the ring to take him out of the picture. He and Orton lock eyes and then they start mixing it up. Solo blasts Orton with a Samoan Spike. He stacks Knight and Orton. He goes out to the floor to run over Styles, but Styles moves and he blasts through the barricade and into the crowd.
Back in the ring, we see Reigns get to his feet and notice Knight and Orton stacked. He smiles. He then realizes Styles is nowhere around and looks nervous. He turns around into a Phenomenal Forearm from Styles. Reings falls onto Knight and Orton, Styles then covers, only for the whole trio to kick out at two. Styles grabs a chair and heads into the ring and beats the piss out of Reigns with it as the ref watches. For the second time, the commentators talk like it’s common knowledge that this is a No Disqualification match. Alrighty then.
Seconds later, we see an eye gouge, a spear from Reigns to Orton and then Knight takes out Styles only to turn around into a Superman punch from Reigns. Reigns then hits Styles with a Spear and gets the win to retain. 1,245 days and counting.
Winner and STILL WWE Universal Champion: Roman Reigns
WWE United States Championship Match
Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens
It’s time for our second title tilt of the evening. After a quick shot of Cody Rhodes backstage, which elicits a big pop from the crowd, we head into the pre-match video package for our next bout, which features the WWE United States Championship on-the-line, with reigning title-holder Logan Paul defending against Kevin Owens.
The familiar sounds of Kevin Owens’ theme hits the house speakers inside Tropicana Field and the crowd roars as “The Prize Fighter” emerges and heads to the ring looking all business. He sits on the top rope and leans foward with a stone cold look in his eyes. Logan Paul makes his way out with his U.S. title in-hand. He settles in the ring as Pat McAfee sings his praises on commentary.
Samantha Irvin does the pre-match formal ring introductions for this championship contest, while Owens stays seated on the top-rope in the corner with a stone cold stare at Logan. The bell sounds after the champ is introduced next and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. The commentators remind us that Owens is not wearing his protective cast on his broken hand as promised.
Owens immediately goes after Paul, decking him and stomping away at him in the corner. The two quickly fight out to the floor, where Owens slams Paul into the barricade. Paul fights back and sends Owens into the barricade viciously after hitting a big leaping splash from the ring to the floor. He lets out a war scream and then brings Owens back in the ring, where he hits a big high spot before going back to work on the injured hand of Owens.
Paul starts to tear the trademark black tape from the wrist and hand of his injured paw. Owens grabs Paul by the nose to stop him, but Paul fights his way free and continues to punish the challenger and more experienced veteran, focusing his attack on his injured hand all-the-while as the crowd boos and tries rallying behind “The Prize Fighter.” Paul goes for a 6-1-9 but Owens avoids it and begins fighting back.
Kevin Owens hits a cannonball in the corner on Paul and some of his other trademark spots, but Paul takes back over. He hits a Buckshot Lariat and then a nice follow-up spot and then leaps off the top-rope with a modified frog splash for a close near fall. Paul takes Owens to the top-rope and yells to Corey Graves, “You said no man can suplex Kevin Owens, well watch me!” He goes to super-plex him, but Owens counters with an avalanche brainbuster for a close near fall.
“The Prize Fighter” fights back and takes over on offense. He looks for the pop-up power bomb and a stunner, but Paul avoids it and ends up decking Owens with a knockout punch. He goes for the cover, but somehow Owens kicks out.
We see one of Paul’s friends at ringside, who Pat McAfee keeps yelling, “That’s Jeff! Jeff from the internet!” Security comes to stop this Jeff guy and even Austin Theory and Grayson Waller come out. Theory passes brass knuckles to Paul, who slips them on just as Owens rolls him up. Paul kicks out. Owens grabs Paul’s hand and takes the brass knuckles off. He decks Paul with them and covers him, but the ref notices the knuckles on Owens hand during the pin. He calls for the bell and disqualifies him.
Winner via DQ and STILL WWE United States Champion: Logan Paul
We see the aftermath of the Owens-Paul match, as Cole, McAfee and Graves are all standing in front of a slaughtered commentary desk as they promote the upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber: Perth and WrestleMania XL premium live events. Trailers for both shows air and then they promote The Weeknd’s “Gasoline” being the theme for WrestleMania 40, marking the fifth year in a row he has a theme for WrestleMania.
Samantha Irvin then announces 48,044 fans are in attendance inside the building tonight, marking a new attendance record for Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. She then runs down the rules for our main event, the Men’s Royal Rumble match.
After the match, Owens attacks Paul and Powerbombs him through the announce table.
Men’s 30-Man Royal Rumble Match
The theme for “Main Event” Jey Uso hits and out he comes as the number one entrant in this year’s Men’s Rumble bout. Jimmy Uso comes out as the number two entrant.
They faced off for a long time and had some great emotional facial reactions. They battled back and forth with right hands. Some good back and forth action.
Number #3 is Grayson Waller. He cut a promo as he walked all the way down to the ring, saying he was going to host an edition of The Grayson Waller Effect. He ripped them both. He got kicked off the apron before he got into the ring. Jey went to toss Jimmy out. Waller attacked and asked Jimmy to work with him.
Number four is the returning Andrade. Waller approached him but was drilled. Andrade nailed a spinning elbow. He nailed the Three Amigos on Waller, who blocked it.
Number five was Carmelo Hayes, making his Rumble debut. He hit the ring and looked really good. He and Uso attacked Andrade. Hayes eliminated Waller with a clothesline over the top.
Number six is Shinsuke Nakamura. The crowd sang his theme song. He went back and forth with Carmelo.
Number seven is Santos Escobar. He tried to align himself with Andrade. Andrade blew him off. Escobar tried to toss him off.
Number eight is Karrion Kross with Scarlett. He attacked Jey Uso and left him laying for Jimmy.
Number nine is Dominik Mysterio. Kross suplexed over and began drilling him with right hands. Kross attacked Nakamura.
Number 10 is Carlito. He took out Dom and pulled out an apple. Escobar tossed him over the top but he saved himself. Escobar checked on Dom but Carlito spit the apple in his eye.
Number 11 was Bobby Lashley. He speared Nakamura. He chokeslammed Andrade. Dom begged off from Lashley as he charged in the corner. Lashley still speared him. He and Kross faced off. Carlito was knocked off the apron by Lashley. He then tossed Kross.
The Authors of Pain and Paul Ellering came down. The officials argued with them, allowing Kross to pull Lashley off the apron. Lashley, pissed he was eliminated, attacked Kross. The Authors of Pain got involved and The Street Profits charged down for a huge brawl!
Nuimber 12 was Ludwig Kaiser. Everyone battled.
Number 13 was Austin Theory. Everyone battled.
Number 14 was Finn Balor. He tossed Hayes. Balor and Dom started double-teaming everyone.
Number 15 was Cody Rhodes. The crowd picked up for his entrance. He cleaned house on Austin and tossed him.
Number 15 was Cody Rhodes. The crowd picked up for his entrance. He cleaned house on Austin and tossed him. Finn and Dom doubleteamed Cody.
Number 16 was Bronson Reed. He began beating on everyone. He hit a double Samoan Drop on Dom and Finn. Andrade was tossed. Cody and Nakamura brawled.
Number 17 was Kofi Kingston. Nakamura was eliminated. Kof took out Ludwig with a kick.
Number 18 was WWE Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER. He began chopped everyone. He and Reed battled. GUNTHER and Cody faced off and battled. GUNTHER smashed Kofi and eliminated him.
Number 19 was Ivar. He looked great taking out everyone for a bit, including Cody and Uso. Ivar and Bronson began beating each other.
Number 20 was NXT’s Bron Breakker. Bron went nuts with intense clotheslines on everyome. He eliminated Jimmy Uso with a clothesline. He tossed Balor. He pressed GUNTHER over his head. GUNTHER escaped but was speared.
Number 21 was Omos. He tossed Bronson. Bronson tossed Ivar.
Number 22 was Pat McAfee, who acted like he didn’t know he was in it. He was psyched up by Cole and Graves. He entered the ring and saw Bron and Omos waiting for him, so he eliminated himself.
Bron avoided a charge, so Omos got caught on the ropes. Bron knocked him out. Dom pushed Bron over.
Number 23 was JD McDonough. Bron speared him in the entrance, pissed he was eliminated.
Cody and GUNTHER battled.
Number 24 was R-Truth. He tossed JD in and JD was immediately clotheslined over the top. Truth got on the apron and waited to get tagged in as he don’t know the rules. Dom finally did it. Truth cleaned house on GUNTHER.
Number 25 was Miz. He nailed a floatover DDT on GUNTHER. Dom hit the 619 on Miz.
Number 26 was Damian Priest. He drilled Truth and tossed him out, then looked down at him, angry. He then attacked Miz and began swinging down. He went for a splash on Cody but missed. They battled.
Number 27 is CM Punk. He cleaned house. Dom tried to toss him but Punk reversed and adios Dom. Priest attacked Punk from behind and laid him out.
Number 28 is Ricochet. He hit some big moves but was clotheslined by Damian. Miz was knocked off the ropes and bounced off the apron to the floor.
Number 29 is Drew McIntyre. He battled everyone. He kicked the hell out of GUNTHER. He nailed a big suplex on Ricochet. Jey was tossed out.
Number 30 is Sami Zayn. TJ Parsons is the happiest man in the world. Everyone battled.
Drew tossed Ricochet over the top.
The final six all faced off and battled, all hitting big moves.
Zayn tossed Priest. Drew tossed Sami.
Four men left.
Cody hit the Cody Cutter on GUNTHER, who came back with a clothesline.
Drew and Punk battled in the corner. Drew and GUNTHER faced off and then went back after the others. Drew chopped Punk hard. He and GUNTHER had words, allowing Cody and Punk to attack. Punk avoided the Claymore and called for the GTS but Drew escaped. Drew nailed the Glasgow Kiss. Drew nailed the Claymore Kick on Cody. He nailed another on Punk.
Drew trash-talked Punk but Punk tossed him over.
Three man left.
GUNTHER dropkicked Punk and then slammed him. GUNTHER was pulled over and eliminated by Cody.
It’s down to Punk and Cody.
They showed Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins each watching from suites.
They battled back and forth, slugging it out. Punk nailed a series of strikes but was nailed with a low powerslam. Cody went for the Cody Cutter but Punk caught him and nailed a series of suplexes. Punk nailed the knee strike into the bulldog on Cody. He called for GTS but Cosdy slipped out and went for CrossRhodes. He nailed some clubbering shots and hit a Bionic Elbow.
Punk tossed him but Cody pulled himself back under the ring. Punk pointed to the Mania sign but was hit with CrossRhodes. The crowd chanted for Cody. Punk was pulled up but nailed GTS. Cody used a Crucifix to try and pull Punk over but it didn’t work. Punk nailed a Pedigree. Punk said he didn’t wait 10 years to lose to Dusty’s kid. He set up for a GTS but Cody blocked it and tossed Punk.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Cody pointed to the Reigns’ title as Roman watched, defiant.
–– Here is the card for 2024 WWE Royal Rumble ––
- WWE United States Championship Match: Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens.
- Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match: Roman Reigns (c) (w/ Paul Heyman) vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Styles.
- Women’s 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match: Bayley, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch, Alba Fyre, Zelina Vega, Shotzi, “Michin” Mia Yim & Bianca Belair announced.
- Men’s 30-Man Royal Rumble Match: Cody Rhodes, GUNTHER, CM Punk, Shinsuke Nakamura, Damian Priest, Bobby Lashley, Santos Escobar, R-Truth, Carlito, Grayson Waller, Austin Theory, and Drew McIntyre Announced.
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