The following is a rumored spoiler regarding the women’s Rumble match at the WWE Royal Rumble.
According to PWInsider, current TNA Knockouts Champion Jordynne Grace will make her WWE debut at tonight’s Royal Rumble in the women’s Rumble match.
Grace regained the Knockouts title from Trinity (the former Naomi in WWE) at this month’s Hard to Kill. Trinity’s name has also come up as a possible surprise entrant as news came out this month that she was expected to return to WWE following her TNA deal ending.
In a post to X Saturday, Grace showed that she was home with her dog:
If the Grace debut happens, it wouldn’t be the first time a current Knockouts Champion has appeared in the women’s Rumble match as Mickie James made her surprise return to WWE in the 2022 edition.
After hitting free agency last summer, Grace returned to then-Impact Wrestling at last September’s Victory Road after signing a reported two-year deal that included a “substantial pay increase” according to Fightful. Thus, tonight’s possible appearance would likely be a one-off surprise.
As of Saturday morning, only eight women were official for the 30-participant Rumble match.
After entering the match at number one, Ripley went the distance to win the women’s Royal Rumble match at Saturday’s pay-per-view. Ripley, Liv Morgan, and the returning Asuka were the final three wrestlers left at the end of the match.
Asuka went to spit mist into Ripley’s face when all three were on the apron, but she accidentally hit Morgan. Ripley then eliminated Asuka. Morgan tried to fight on despite being blinded by the mist, but Ripley eliminated her to get the victory.
Ripley and Morgan both started and ended the match. They each lasted more than an hour, with Ripley setting the record for the longest time anyone has ever spent in a women’s Royal Rumble match.
Ripley had six eliminations during the match and was also involved in eliminating Nia Jax, who returned to WWE for the first time since being released in November 2021. There was a spot during the Rumble where Ripley laid out Jax with Riptide.
Earlier in the night, there was a moment during the men’s Rumble where Beth Phoenix gave Ripley a spear on the stage. Phoenix was getting revenge after being hit with a con-chair-to by Ripley at Extreme Rules last October. Edge returned during the men’s Rumble and continued his feud with Judgment Day.
WWE hasn’t revealed which Women’s title Ripley will be challenging for at WrestleMania 39. Bianca Belair is the current Raw Women’s Champion and Charlotte Flair is the current SmackDown Women’s Champion.
WrestleMania 39 is taking place at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Saturday, April 1 and Sunday, April 2.
WWE has announced 19 of the 30 entrants who will be competing in this year’s women’s Royal Rumble match.
The entrants were revealed during a promo by Charlotte Flair on tonight’s SmackDown. Despite being the SmackDown Women’s Champion, Charlotte declared that she will be taking part in the Rumble match. Charlotte said she’ll be the first champion to win the Royal Rumble and choose her WrestleMania challenger.
Charlotte announced that Mickie James, Nikki & Brie Bella, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, Summer Rae, and Lita will be returning for the women’s Royal Rumble. WWE acknowledged both on television and on social media that James is the current Impact Wrestling Knockouts Champion.
James will defend her Knockouts title against Deonna Purrazzo in a Texas death match at Impact Wrestling’s Hard to Kill pay-per-view this Saturday.
James was released by WWE during the company’s April 2021 roster cuts.
Rhea Ripley, Nikki A.S.H., Shotzi, Natalya, Dana Brooke, Carmella, Zelina Vega, Tamina, Aliyah, Naomi, and Shayna Baszler have also been announced for the women’s Royal Rumble match.
The Royal Rumble is taking place at The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis on Saturday, January 29. Angelo Dawkins, Montez Ford, Rey Mysterio, Dominik Mysterio, Austin Theory, “Jackass” star Johnny Knoxville, and Sheamus are the first seven participants to be confirmed for the men’s Rumble match.
Former Women’s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler are the first two wrestlers to declare for the 2021 women’s Royal Rumble.
During a promo on Raw tonight, Jax announced that she’s entering the women’s Royal Rumble match. Baszler then said she likes that idea, announcing that she’ll be in the match as well.
Jax said her resolutions for 2021 are to end Charlotte Flair’s climb to the top before it begins, regain the Women’s Tag Team titles, and win the women’s Royal Rumble match and go on to WrestleMania and face the champion.
Charlotte defeated Jax by disqualification in a singles match on Raw tonight. Baszler interfered as Charlotte was going to put Jax in the Figure Eight. Jax and Baszler tried to attack Charlotte after the match, but Asuka made the save.
Charlotte returned at TLC earlier this month, teaming with Asuka as they defeated Jax & Baszler to win the Women’s Tag Team titles.
The 2021 Royal Rumble is taking place on Sunday, January 31. There will be women’s and men’s Royal Rumble matches at the pay-per-view. Daniel Bryan and Bobby Lashley have declared for the men’s Royal Rumble match thus far.
Charlotte Flair is the winner of WWE’s third-ever women’s Royal Rumble match.
Charlotte entered tonight’s women’s Royal Rumble as entrant number 17 and won the match by last eliminating Shayna Baszler. She joins Asuka and Becky Lynch as the only wrestlers to have won a women’s Royal Rumble.
In her post-match interview, Charlotte said that — whether people wanted her to win or lose — she reminded everyone that this is her division.
Charlotte didn’t reveal which title she’s going to challenge for at WrestleMania 36. In storyline, the Royal Rumble winner can choose to challenge for either the Raw or SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Lynch is the current Raw Women’s Champion and Bayley is the current SmackDown Women’s Champion.
It appeared that the Rumble match had come down to Baszler and Beth Phoenix after Phoenix eliminated Natalya, but Charlotte returned after having been thrown through the middle rope. Baszler eliminated Phoenix and tried to throw Charlotte out of the ring, but Charlotte held on and eliminated Baszler.
Baszler eliminated eight wrestlers after entering at number 30. Bianca Belair also had eight eliminations during the match.
In addition to Baszler and Belair, NXT’s Mercedes Martinez, Candice LeRae, Mia Yim, Dakota Kai, Chelsea Green, Xia Li, Shotzi Blackheart, and Tegan Nox and NXT UK’s Toni Storm were in the women’s Royal Rumble. Naomi returned in the match, and Molly Holly (as Mighty Molly), Kelly Kelly, and Santino (as Santina Marella) were among the other entrants.
WWE has announced that Alexa Bliss will be an entrant in Sunday’s women’s Royal Rumble match.
The announcement was made on Monday’s go-home episode of Raw. Bliss hosted a Royal Rumble edition of her “Moment of Bliss” talk show, with Bliss revealing that she’ll be competing in this year’s women’s Royal Rumble.
Nia Jax, Ember Moon, Alicia Fox, Mickie James, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Dana Brooke, Tamina, and Nikki Cross appeared on the Moment of Bliss segment. It led to them brawling to the back before Bliss made her announcement. Lacey Evans then made an appearance, insulted Bliss, and it was confirmed that Evans will also be an entrant in Sunday’s women’s Rumble.
Bliss has been out of action since October due to concussion issues.
With 23 entrants announced, there are now seven spots left for this year’s women’s Royal Rumble. Here’s the updated list of entrants:
Carmella (will enter at number 30 as a stipulation of winning Mixed Match Challenge)
Nine more entrants have been confirmed for next Sunday’s women’s Royal Rumble match.
A “women’s Royal Rumble match reveal event” was held on WWE’s Twitter account today. Starting at noon Eastern time, WWE revealed a new entrant every 30 minutes. The wrestlers officially added to the match were: Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Tamina, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Dana Brooke, Lana, Nia Jax, and Nikki Cross.
Cross is part of the latest group of NXT call-ups. Though she wrestled on Raw last week, it was noted that Cross, Lars Sullivan, EC3, Lacey Evans, and Heavy Machinery have yet to be assigned to a brand.
Following the reveal event, there are still nine spots left in the women’s Royal Rumble. Here’s the updated list of entrants:
Carmella (will enter at number 30 as a stipulation of winning Mixed Match Challenge)
Kurt Angle made the announcement on Twitter: “Due to injury, @AliciaFoxy will be unable to compete in tonight’s #RoyalRumble match. Moving forward, she will not compete in the #WWEMMC & @Goldust will select a new partner.”
WWE.com noted that the injury is a broken tailbone (also known as a coccygeal fracture).
Fox & Goldust were scheduled to face Naomi & Jimmy Uso on the fourth week of Mixed Match Challenge. Another member of the Raw women’s division should be replacing her on the episode, which will take place on February 6th.
Fox was one of the 18 entrants who had been announced in advance for the women’s Royal Rumble. That number represented everyone on the main roster who was currently active (aside from the Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champions).
The build to WrestleMania kicks into gear in Philadelphia tonight with two Royal Rumble matches.
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In addition to the traditional men’s match, the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble will take place on this year’s pay-per-view. Both matches will have 30 entrants and major implications for WrestleMania, with the winners earning a title shot at WWE’s biggest show of the year.
Brock Lesnar will defend his Universal Championship against Braun Strowman and Kane in a triple threat match. There will also be two challengers for AJ Styles’ WWE Championship, but Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn will team up to face Styles in a handicap match.
Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan will put their Raw Tag Team titles on the line against Cesaro & Sheamus. And on the SmackDown side, The Usos defend their titles against Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin in a two-out-of-three falls match.
On the two-hour pre-show, Bobby Roode is scheduled to issue an open challenge, The Revival take on Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, and Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado team against Drew Gulak, TJP & Jack Gallagher.
Our coverage begins at 5:30 p.m. Eastern time.
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KALISTO & GRAN METALIK & LINCE DORADO VS. DREW GULAK & JACK GALLAGHER & TJP
This was a surprisingly slow-paced but well worked match. The story was that TJP tagged himself in when Gulak was in, then went for a rolling reverse cradle using the trunks on Kalisto, but he reversed into a Salida del Sol for the pin. So once again TJP’s partners were mad at him. The faces all did moonsaults off the same corner to the floor at the same time and Metalik did a flip dive. Aside from that it was basic stuff and Gulak got mad at Gallagher once for going to the middle rope.
LUKE GALLOWS & KARL ANDERSON VS. THE REVIVAL
This was the 50-50 booking ending when Dash gave Anderson a chop block and pinned him. He went to hold the trunks but ended up not really getting them. They worked on Anderson’s legft knee. The Revival are so good at little tag team things. Not a flashy match at all, but good work and the crowd did get into it by the end.
BOBBY ROODE VS. MOJO RAWLEY FOR U.S. TITLE
Hell of a surprise. So I’m told Rawley was not the original opponent but that person was moved to the Rumble. I have no idea who this would be. It was okay. You’d expect better. Rawley missed a charge into the corner and his shoulder went into the post and Roode hit a Glorious DDT.
A.J. STYLES VS. KEVIN OWENS & SAMI ZAYN FOR WWE TITLE
Really good match. Styles threw Zayn over the top rope and Owens superkicked Styles and went for the pop up power bomb, but Styles turned it into a front rolling cradle for the win. Zayn workd most of the way and he and Zayn were great together. The controversy was that Owens never tagged in and Zayn was the legal man.
Owens and Zayn told Shane McMahon that the ref screwed them again and asked Shane if he saw it. Shane said “Yep” and walked away.
USOS VS. CHAD GABLE & SHELTON BENJAMIN FOR THE SMACKDOWN TAG TITLES IN A 2/3 FALL MATCH
Gable was pinned in the first fall by Jey after a ton of superkicks. Real good but the crowd isn’t that hot for this match. Gable is on fire.
Second fall saw Jimmy pin Benjamin with an inside cradle. I guess all things considered this match was a big disappointment even though some real good stuff here. Gable did a moonsault off the top rope to the floor and Gable & Benjamin did a sky high bulldog on Jimmy.
So the women’s Rumble is last which tells you the women are last and means the biggest angle is at the end of the women’s match.
MEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE
Corbin destroyed a few people but was elimninated quick. Andrade Cien Almas was the only early surprise entrant.
The final four were Reigns, Cena, Nakamura and Balor.
The surprises were Hurricane, Dolph Ziggler, Andrade Cien Almas, Adam Cole and Rey Mysterio. Rey got a huge pop and looked great. They all got a big reaction at first. The crowd really lvoed Cole who came out with his ribs all tape up selling last night’s match with Aleister Black..
Cena threw out Balor who was in 57:30.
Nakamura knocked Cena out with the Kinshasa. It’s Nakamura vs. Reigns.
After some very good back and forth action, Nakamura hit the Kinshasa and threw Reigns over the top so it looks like Styles vs. Nakamura at WrestleMania.
This was a lot of fun.
Renee Young asked Nakamura who he wanted to face. The whole place was chanting AJ Styles. He said AJ Styles.
This played out well to the crowd because they hated Cena and Reigns so Nakamura was a super babyface in winning.
Rusev was really over as expected starting out. Balor going long elevated his stock. There was the Kofi Kingston spot where he was thrown out but one of his feet landed on Xavier Wooods, who was selling on the floor, so he wasn’t eliminated. But he was eliminated shortly after
Shane and Daniel Bryan were celebrating Nakamura winning and Kurt and Stephanie vowed that one of the Raw women will win. Stephanie promised the big surprise.at the end of Rumble. I think everyoine is now expecting Ronda Rousey at this point.
SETH ROLLINS & JASON JORDAN VS. SHEAMUS & CESARO FOR RAW TAG TITLES
The crowd was dead for this. To explain Jordan being hurt, Cesaro threw him into the post and he was selling on the floor almost the entire match. So it was like a handicap match with Rollins against both. I think this would have worked well in any other position except after the men’s Rumble because the people ended way too pumped and didn’t care about this at all. Rollins finally got to the corner, and then Jordan tagged himself in, but started selling the idea of a concussion, never made contact, and tagged out. Rollins came back in and it ended up with Sheamus hitting a Brogue kick and then a double-team white noise and Cesaro pinned Rollins to win the title.
BROCK LESNAR VS. BRAUN STROWMAN VS. KANE FOR THE UNIVERSAL TITLE
This This was a match that shouid have gotten over in Philadelphia as it was all about breaking tables. The idea was for Lesnar to win and protect Strowman. Strowman had Lesnar beat after two powerslams but Kane hit Strowman with a chair. Lesnar ended up throwing Kane into Strowman and hitting an F-5 on Kane for the pin. Strowman after made a big deal about how Lesnar didn’t beat him. Earlier Strowman also powerslammed Lesnar through a table and Kane broke up the pin. They broke a couple of announces tables. There were some very dangerous blows early. Strowman landed a hard knee to the side of Lesnar’s head and Lesnar gave him a receipt by drilling him with a punch. Lesnar also gave Kane an F-5 through the announcers table without clearing out the monitors..
WOMEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE.
Maria Menounos introduced Stephanie McMahon, and then Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair were introduced to sit at ringside.
Sasha Banks in first. She’s starting with Becky Lynch.
Kairi Sane and Lita were early surprises but out quickly. Other non-roster wonmen that came in later were Torrie Wilson, Mooly Holly, Michelle McCool (getting Undertaker chants), Vickie Guerrero (doing a comedy gimmick), Jacqueline Ember Moon, Kelly Kelly, Beth Phoenix, The Bella Twins and Trish Stratus,.
Nia Jax has been pushed as a monster.
The final four are Banks, Asuka and the Bella Twins.
The Bellas threw out Banks.
Nikki eliminated Brie so it’s Nikki vs. Asuka.
Asuka and Nikki were on the apron and Asuka kicked her off to win.
The first half of the match was pretty bad but the crowd popped for all the non-roster members big so it worked in that way. At the end, it was very good, Stratus looked real good as did Phoenix. In the end, it was all about introducing Ronda Rousey at the end.
Asuka has to make the choice. Fans want he to pick Charlotte. Ronda is out.
She got a good pop, not gigantic. Ronda wanted to shae hands with Assuka. Asuka slapped her hand away. Ronda kept pointing to the WrestleMania sign.
Rousey went to shake hands with Stephanie and left.
Asuka never did pick.
ESPN just announced Rousey has signed a full-time WWE contract and said this is her first priority for the next several years. We’ll have to see what full-time means because her doing a Brock Lesnar scheduled would be a lot better than full-time.
While speaking with TMZ Sports, Ronda Rousey said she won’t be entering the women’s Royal Rumble and won’t even be in the United States on Sunday.
“I’m actually leaving to Colombia right now to finish shooting ‘Mile 22,'” Rousey told TMZ Sports while at an airport. “And I won’t be back until mid-February.” She also posted a video on her Instagram account from Colombia today.
Rousey wouldn’t be able to confirm that she’s going to be in the Rumble if a surprise appearance is planned, but it’s noteworthy that she’s outright said she won’t be in the match.
Rousey claimed that she hasn’t put pen to paper on a deal with WWE yet, which is the same thing Triple H said on a conference call yesterday. He noted that Rousey has loved the pro wrestling industry since she was a kid and has been training on the side for a while, mentioning a video he saw of her from four years ago while she was still fighting in the UFC.
“Mile 22” is an action film that is being directed by Peter Berg and stars Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, and John Malkovich in addition to Rousey.
Stephanie McMahon will be joining the commentary team for Sunday’s women’s Royal Rumble match.
McMahon made the announcement on Twitter today: “Announcing the first-ever women’s #RoyalRumble match was one of my all-time favorite moments in @WWE… And now I’m proud to share that I’ll be joining the Announce team for this historic match this Sunday! #RumbleForAll #RoyalRumble”
McMahon joined the women’s division in the ring on the December 18th episode of Raw to announce that WWE’s first-ever women’s Royal Rumble would be happening in 2018. While speaking with The Mirror earlier this month, she explained why the announcement was a character-breaking moment: “We were chastised by some fans because we broke character and I told the women earlier in the day — they knew I was coming out but they didn’t know what I was going to say — I told them react naturally, don’t feel like you have to be in character, it’s okay for you to react however you want to react, to whatever I’m going to say. We all broke character that night.”
There have been 18 entrants officially confirmed for the women’s Rumble, which is everyone on the current roster who is active and doesn’t hold a title. The remaining participants in the match figure to be wrestlers from NXT and potentially some surprise appearances.
Just as there will be for the men’s match on the same night, there will be 30 entrants in the women’s Royal Rumble.
WWE clarified some of the specifics for the women’s Rumble in the opening segment of Raw tonight. Kurt Angle announced that it would have the same rules as the men’s match, with there being 30 entrants, eliminations occurring when a wrestler goes over the top rope and both feet touch the floor, and the winner getting a title shot at WrestleMania.
With there being enough active women on the Raw and SmackDown rosters (without counting the champions) to account for a bit more than half of those 30 wrestlers, it appears that the rest will be from NXT or other surprise entrants.
Naomi, Asuka, Ruby Riott, and Natalya have been officially confirmed for the women’s Royal Rumble. The pay-per-view takes place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on January 28th.
The build to the Royal Rumble started to pick up last night, and it was announced that there will be two Royal Rumble matches at next month’s pay-per-view.
Stephanie McMahon closed Raw by revealing that the first-ever women’s Royal Rumble will take place in Philadelphia on January 28th. Raw and SmackDown wrestlers will be in the match, though few other details about it were made official.
Raw started with Kurt Angle confirming that it would be Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane for the Universal Championship at the Rumble. Plus, Hideo Itami debuted, The Revival returned, and there was an angle to cover for a legitimate elbow injury that Dean Ambrose is dealing with.
The first-ever women’s Royal Rumble match will be taking place next month.
Though few other details were announced, Stephanie McMahon appeared at the end of tonight’s episode of Raw to reveal the news. She mentioned the evolution of WWE’s women’s division and the times they’ve made history over the last few years. She then said the first all-women’s Royal Rumble match will take place at next month’s pay-per-view.
Both Raw and SmackDown wrestlers will be featured in the women’s Royal Rumble. Bayley, Asuka, Sasha Banks, Dana Brooke, Mickie James, Nia Jax, Alexa Bliss, Alicia Fox, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, and Paige were also in the ring when Stephanie made the announcement.
The main event of Raw tonight was a six-woman tag match between Banks, Bayley & James and Paige, Rose & Deville. It ended when Rose and Deville wouldn’t stop attacking Banks in the ring, then the rest of the Raw women’s division came out before the announcement.
While WWE has yet to reveal how many wrestlers will be in the women’s Rumble, we now know that there will be two Royal Rumble matches at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on January 28th. Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane for the Universal Championship is the only other match that has been confirmed as of now.
