NXT Takeover: Philadelphia & WWE Royal Rumble 2018 Review

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA

Wells Fargo Center
1/27/18

During the NXT Takeover: Philadelphia kickoff show they announced the winners of the 2017 NXT Awards and presented the winners with their ring bell trophy. 

Here is a list of the winners:
Overall Competitor of the Year: Asuka
Male Competitor of the Year: Aleister Black
Female Competitor of the Year: Asuka
Rivalry of the Year: Aleister Black vs The Velveteen Dream
Breakout Star of the Year: Aleister Black
Match of the Year: Pete Dunne vs Tyler Bate (NXT Takeover: Chicago)
Tag Team of the Year: SAnity
Future Star of NXT: Cezar Bononi
NXT Takeover of the Year: WarGames

We opened the show with a really good opening video package narrated by Paul Heyman.

Match #1

The Undisputed Era (c) def The Authors of Pain w/ Paul Ellering via Pinfall (NXT Tag Team Championship)

AOP attack Fish and O'Reilly to start the match and dominate the early portion of the match. There was a funny spot where O'Reilly was on the outside getting beat up by AOP and then got back up on the apron to try and get away from them but due to the beating he faints and takes a Flair flop off the apron. Fish and O'Reilly are finally able to take control when Akam injures his knee while coming off the middle rope, the story of the match from this point on was Fish and O'Reilly working over the injured leg while Akam tried to power through and make a tag to Rezar.

Fish makes a mistake by turning his attention away from Akam which allowed him to find a burst of energy to backdrop Fish and make the tag to Rezar. Rezar comes in a house of fire and is in control for a while until Fish takes him down with an exploder suplex. There is a point where it looks like it could be over for AOP as O'Reilly has Akam locked in an ankle lock and Fish has Rezar in a rear naked choke, but Rezar powers Fish over his head sending him crashing down on O'Reilly to break the hold. The finish comes when AOP hit the Super Collider, but the impact of the move causes Akam to stumble back with his bad leg and this allowed O'Reilly to hit a hurricanrana that sent Akam into Rezar and O'Reilly rolls up Akam to get the win. 

I really enjoyed AOP in this match as they had a different feel about them tonight that I haven't seen before, it was as if they have finally put everything together and finally realize just how good they are and wanted to show that in this match. Akam did a really good job of selling his injured leg. Fish and O'Reilly were really great at chopping down their bigger opponents and capitalizing on the knee injury of Akam, they have fun ways of working on body parts that don't consist of just sitting in a hold for a lengthy period of time. This match solidified for me that AOP is ready for the main roster. Rating: ***1/2

Match #2
The Velveteen Dream def Kassius Ohno via Pinfall

Every time Velveteen comes to the ring it is a true performance and you can always expect something different each time, this time Dream had an entourage that comprised of a man holding a white pillow that had a mouthpiece on it and a woman who placed the mouthpiece into the Dream's mouth. Dream took the fact that he was facing a knockout artist very seriously as he was wearing airbrushed boxing trunks that had both his and Ohno's face on them as well as Muhammad Ali and his famous "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" quote. 

In an interview earlier in the night, Velveteen declared that he would knock out Ohno in the first thirty seconds of the match, but unfortunately, that wouldn't happen. It did look as if Dream had knocked Ohno out at one point, but he got so wrapped up in thinking it was a boxing match and wanting the referee to count that he allowed Ohno to get back to his feet and got nailed with an elbow that knocked the mouthpiece out of his mouth. Dream takes control of a good portion of the match and every time it looks like Ohno might make a comeback Dream takes him back down. 

Dream tries for the cartwheel DVD a bit too early and Ohno is able to elbow out of it, Ohno finally makes a comeback and gets a near fall after hitting a cyclone kick. Dream finally gets back into the match after countering a neckbreaker into a backslide and then stunning Ohno with a big superkick and then gets a near fall after hitting that cool looking DDT. Ohno catches Dream coming off the top with a big boot, but then gets caught by Dream with a bit of a botched DVD for a near fall. Ohno hits a ripcord rolling elbow for a near fall and then tries for his hangman's neckbreaker into a rolling elbow, but Dream counters it into the cartwheel DVD and then hits the Purple Rainmaker Elbow for the win. 

While this wasn't a match of the year contender, it was still another great performance by Velveteen Dream and another match that showed why he has every quality that it takes to be a top star once he gets to the main roster. Ohno once again did a really great job as the NXT gatekeeper and his strikes always look really good. This match could have been a bit better as it had a botch or two, but overall it was a really solid match. Rating: **3/4

Match #3
Ember Moon (c) def Shayna Baszler via Pinfall (NXT Women's Championship)

This was the match I was most looking forward to as I have quickly become a big Shayna Baszler fan after watching her in the Mae Young Classic. In addition to what she can do from bell to bell, I have also become a fan of her calm but confident attitude that she portrays and love how she laughs and smirks after hurting someone. I hope she is apart of the inaugural women's Royal Rumble as she would be a great addition. I was hyped for this match so much that I got my dad to watch it as I wanted him to see just how bad ass Shayna is.

Shayna dominated the majority of this match as early on she attempts to break Ember's arm in the same way that she tried to break Dakota Kai's arm (I can't wait until she does this to Alexa and Alexa can do her double jointed arm thing). Shayna makes the injured arm her main target and works it over for the rest of the match. Ember did an excellent job of selling the arm injury. Ember makes a short comeback and is even able to hit the Eclipse, but when she lands it causes intense pain to her arm and she can't follow up with a cover. At one point it looks like the match may be stopped as the medical team comes out, but Ember gets to her feet and wants to continue. Shayna immediately locks in an armbar and it appears that Ember's title reign may be coming to an end, but she is able to get to the ropes. Shayna drags Ember back into the middle of the ring and locks the armbar back in, Ember keeps clasping her hands and rolling around so that Shayna can't fully lock in the hold, no matter how much she rolls around Shayna keeps hold of the arm. Shayna tries to transition the armbar into a triangle and when she does this Ember rolls in toward Shayna causing her shoulders to be on the mat and then jumps on her legs to keep her from kicking out and after a grueling match, Ember picks up the win to retain her title.

After the match as Ember is being helped to the back, Shayna attacks her and locks her in the Kirifuda Clutch until she passes out and Ember is still doing a great job of selling the arm. 

This was a good match but could have been much better if people cared more about Ember as a babyface.The one thing that stood out for me in this match above all else was Ember's excellent job of selling the injured arm. Shayna was great in her role as the bully who didn't care whether or not she had broken Ember's arm as she was doing whatever she needed in order to get the win. I liked how Ember used Shayna's MMA skills against her by using her position in the triangle to roll Shayna on her shoulders to get the win. I look forward to seeing where this feud goes as I feel this match was just the tip of the iceberg of what these two are capable of against each other. Rating: ***

Match #4
Aleister Black def Adam Cole via Pinfall (Extreme Rules Match)

Adam Cole gets a cut on his hand somewhere in the match that causes it to start bleeding. The bump that Cole took off of Black's shoulders onto the ladder was sick looking. I cringed when Black hit Cole with the Ushigaroshi onto the top of the steel chairs as that looked like it would really hurt. The big table spot with Aleister falling back, off the top through them didn't really do that much for me as I enjoyed the double knees through the announce table onto Cole spot a lot more. Fish and O'Reilly come out as expected and for some reason have their arms bandaged up even though AOP did nothing to their arms in the match earlier in the show. Fish and O'Reilly look to put Black through the announce table, but SAnity (without Nikki Cross which made me sad) make the save and turn the match back into a one on one encounter. The finish comes when Cole looks like he is going to finish things off with a chair shot only to be hit out of nowhere by Black with the Black Mass which gives him the win. 

This match was fine for what it was, but it wasn't any different than an Extreme Rules match that you would see on the main roster and I think Cole and Black could have had a great match without all the weapons. One thing that sucks about WWE is that we always see the same five weapons in every match like this (tables, ladders, chairs, kendo stick, & trash can) why can't they try out a new weapon or two every now and then. It felt like there was a lot of downtime in this match where we were waiting for one of the guys to set up the weapon for the next spot while their opponent just lays there and that hurt the match some. Overall the match was good but didn't quite meet my expectations. Rating: ***3/4

Before we get to the main event I have to mention that throughout the night they showed NXT's newest signings in the crowd this included War Machine, Ricochet, & EC3.

Andrade "Cien" Almas (c) w/ Zelina Vega def Johnny Gargano via Pinfall (NXT Championship)

Almas had a really cool entrance as he came to the ring accompanied by a mariachi band who were wearing masks and he even came out wearing a mask of his own as well as a coat decked out in the colors of the Mexican flag. Zelina Vega had three different outfits on throughout the night and in all three she was looking AMAZING!!! Vega also did a really great job of showing her fiery personality during the kickoff show when she went back and forth with the panel about why Almas would beat Gargano.

This match was absolutely incredible and it far and away exceeded any expectations I originally had and my expectations were high, to begin with. You know a match is really good when your 99% sure of who is going to win the match, but while the match is happening there are multiple times when you're doubting your prediction and it takes you on a roller coaster ride of emotions throughout. One thing I will say is that Sami Zayn and Bayley can move over because there is a new underdog babyface in the WWE and his name is Johnny Gargano. I couldn't have asked for a better match than these two put on as they gave the fans a bit of everything in this match. Almas was also really great in this match and has done a great job as NXT Champion and I look forward to seeing who his next challenger is. I loved that they had Candice sitting at ringside and how they got her involved with Zelina. The night ended perfectly as if they hadn't done enough in the match to send the fans home happy they put the cherry on the sundae by having Ciampa return and lay Gargano out with his crutch and setting up the much anticipated Gargano vs Ciampa feud which is sure to be amazing. I'll say the Gargano vs Ciampa feud is already a contender for feud of the year even though it hasn't even started. I already have an idea in mind on how they could make this feud really great. Rating: ****3/4

This was only a good show leading up to the main event, but the main event made it an excellent show. Show Rating: A-

WWE Royal Rumble 2018
Philadelphia, PA
Wells Fargo Center
1/28/18

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to watch the kickoff show so there will be no reviews for those matches.

Match #1
AJ Styles (c) def Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn via Pinfall (WWE Championship - 2 on 1 Handicap Match)

This was the match I was actually the least interested in as I'm not the biggest fan of handicap matches and definitely don't like the fact that the WWE Championship is on the line in one. I found myself not paying full attention to some of the match. I'll admit that on Royal Rumble shows the non Rumble matches have to do a lot to keep my attention as I find myself zoning out at times as my mind is waiting for the Rumble match. I think WWE is doing too many of the wrong guy being pinned finishes right now and it makes no sense why some of the time another referee catches it and the match is restarted and then sometimes like tonight nothing is done. You would think with the story that they are telling that Bryan would come out and restart the match as Owens and Zayn unfairly lost. This match was pretty good but all three men are capable of putting on way better matches. After the match, KO and Zayn are complaining to Shane McMahon backstage that the wrong man got pinned and Shane was once again being a taint (which is what Anna Bauert from Fightful.com likes to call him) and says he saw everything but he does nothing about it. Rating: ***1/4

Match #2
The Usos (c) def Chad Gable & Shelton Benjamin via Pinfall (Smackdown Tag Team Championship - 2/3 Falls Match)
Anytime an Usos match is on the card it is automatically one of my most anticipated matches to watch as they are so damn good at what they do and I just love watching them work and this match was no different. It took me awhile to get used to Gable & Benjamin but I'm finally warming up to them and they are starting to deliver must-see matches as well.

The first fall of this match was fantastic and it was looking like this match was heading toward being a really great match. I loved Gable and Benjamin cutting the ring in half and working over the leg of Jimmy with frequent tags. I also like the little double knee attack combo thing that Gable and Benjamin do. Once Jimmy makes the hot tag to Jey that is when all hell breaks loose and the match really becomes a lot of fun. Gable hits a rarely seen (in the WWE) tiger suplex on Jey. There were quite a few near falls that I fell for and was sure would give that team the win of the first fall. I liked the finish with the multiple superkicks finishing Gable off and giving The Usos their first fall.

I was so pumped up after that first fall and was all ready for the second one and it started out great with Gable and Benjamin hitting their finisher on the floor to Jimmy and then Gable hitting a great looking rolling kick. Just when it looked like Gable and Benjamin were setting up to win the second fall by hitting their finisher on Jey, he rolls Benjamin up out of nowhere for the win and having the Usos win two straight falls. I was like no that can't be it I want to see more as I wanted to see what else these two teams could do. I hope these two have more matches against each other as the Usos could have a great rivalry against them in 2018 just like they did with the New Day in 2017. Rating: ***1/2

Match #3
Shinsuke Nakamura def 29 Opponents to Win 2018 Royal Rumble Match
As I did last year I will talk about the Rumble by using bullet points and breaking it up into sections where I talk about things happening in the match by five entrants at a time.

Entrants #1-5: Rusev, Finn Balor, Rhyno, Baron Corbin, & Heath Slater

• I'll mention this right from the beginning that Jerry Lawler was absolutely terrible on commentary and I'm glad we no longer have to listen to him every week.
• If they don't give Rusev a push right now over on Smackdown they are crazy as he is super over. 
• Just by watching the short exchange they had in this match I want a Rhyno vs Rusev match as they are the definition of hoss.
• Corbin had a hard time getting Rhyno up for the Deep Six.
• Corbin gets the first elimination as he sends Rhyno out.
• I definitely didn't expect Corbin to be eliminated that quickly as he stayed in for quite a while last year.
• I get Corbin being mad and attacking everyone after being eliminated, but did he need to pull them out of the ring to do it (this will be far from the last time I complain about people hanging around outside the ring for too long, just wait until the women's match), he should have just slid back in and laid them out in the ring.
• I really enjoyed the Heath Slater running joke during the early portion of this match where every time someone would come down the ramp they would casually just attack him so he couldn't make it into the ring.
• I think they could've fudged the time a bit between Slater's entry and the next one as it wasn't really compelling tv to just watch three men laid out for 90 seconds.

Entrants #6-10: Elias, Andrade Almas, Bray Wyatt, Big E, & Sami Zayn

• I guess it kind of makes sense why Balor and Rusev were attacked outside as Elias needed the ring to perform another hit song, but I think he still could've done it with them laid out in the ring. 
• I was surprised that of all the people on the NXT roster they chose to use the champion, but I'm not complaining about it. What I will complain about is Zelina not being able to stay at ringside.
• Poor Slater still hasn't made it to the ring at this point and just when it looks like he is about to make it, Bray Wyatt throws him into the barricade. 
• Balor's hate for Wyatt gives him the energy to get back in the ring so he can attack him, only to quickly get leveled with a clothesline.
• There was a funny spot where Rusev kept trying to get back on the apron so he could get back in the ring and Wyatt kept knocking him down, it was like a real-life version of Whack A Mole.
• The funniest spot with Slater trying to get in the ring was when Big E came down and shoved pancakes in his mouth. 
• It looked like we were getting a repeat of Tye Dillinger coming out at #10, but that wasn't to be as he was attacked backstage by KO and Zayn, this led to Zayn taking his spot. I was for sure we would end up seeing KO later on in the match, but for some reason, we didn't.

Entrants #11-15: Sheamus, Xavier Woods, Apollo Crews, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Cesaro

• Sheamus comes out and finally he rolls Slater in the ring, but that would be a huge mistake as Slater eliminated Sheamus with a clothesline over the top in a matter of seconds. Shortly after Slater followed him as he was eliminated by Bray Wyatt.
• Xavier Woods teamed up with Big E and they try to get Elias out, but Big E gets kicked in the head by Rusev.
• We get another exchange with Balor and Wyatt and this time Balor hits Wyatt with a double stomp. 
• Nakamura comes in and attacks everyone before eliminating Zayn with a running knee as Zayn was laid across the top rope.
• We get a nice exchange of punches between Cesaro and Rusev and Rusev is so over that the crowd actually boos when Cesaro of all people hit him.

Entrants #16-20: Kofi Kingston, Jinder Mahal, Seth Rollins, Matt Hardy, & John Cena

• Kofi runs in and runs right into an uppercut from Cesaro that sells incredibly. 
• Apollo gets a bit of time to shine in the match as he presses Cesaro over his head and looks like he might eliminate him, but Cesaro hangs on and eventually eliminates Apollo. 
• Glad to see that we didn't have to watch Jinder in the match for too long, but sucks that he was responsible for eliminating two-thirds of New Day.
• Really cool elimination of Cesaro by Rollins
• The big Kofi spot this year wasn't as cool as previous years, but I did like the idea of having Woods and Big E launch him back into the ring like they were cheerleaders. I like the quick thinking of Almas to throw Kofi over the top on the opposite side of where Xavier and Big E were standing.
• Not sure what the point of having Wyatt and Hardy team up even momentarily was since they are currently feuding with each other and it sucked when Rusev was eliminated by them as he was fun to watch during the match. They eliminated each other just as I thought they would.
• Once Cena entered that's when it was really clear that WWE had learned from their experience back in 2015 as they knew having all the younger talent attack him would generate a big pop.
• It kind of sucked that Cena eliminated Elias right away as I was expecting a bigger standoff between them in the match, but Cena just tosses him away with ease.

Entrants #21-25: The Hurricane, Aiden English, Adam Cole, Randy Orton, & Titus O'Neil

• It was cool to see Hurricane back and have the showdown with Super Cena. This wasn't as great as his 2002 spot, but still funny none the less.
• English doesn't really do anything special when he comes in.
• Didn't expect to see Adam Cole (Bay Bay) in the match and have to question why of all the NXT people they put someone in who not only lost but was "injured" why not have Aleister Black in the match instead.
• Orton comes to the ring still wearing his jacket thing and is a house of fire. Orton hits an RKO on Almas in mid-air and then throws him out. Almas had a great showing in this match as he had the fourth longest time in the match.
• Titus comes down and doesn't do much either

Entrants #26-30: The Miz, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, Goldust, & Dolph Ziggler

• Miz comes in and hits a DDT on Cena and then hits the It Kicks on Cena and Rollins. 
• Rey Mysterio was a huge surprise and he looked like he was in the best shape he's ever been in and felt like he had a pep in his step that he didn't have when he left WWE. He eliminates Cole with a hurricanrana and then hits a 619 on Miz.
• Reigns enters and unloads on everyone before quickly eliminating Titus. The Miztourage prevent Roman from eliminating Miz but he takes care of them quickly with a Superman Punch. Miz must have told Bo to actually dress nicely as he was in a suit that was matching Axel. Rollins hits the Black Out on Miz and then Roman and Rollins eliminate him with a powerbomb over the top onto the Miztourage.
• Just when it looked like Roman and Seth were going to work together, Roman eliminates Rollins. I also have to mention that Rollins's tights were very ugly and tacky.
• Goldust goes after Orton. 
• Ziggler makes his return to a surprisingly loud pop. He ties with Seth Rollins for ugliest gear of the night. Ziggler has his own little superkick party which included him eliminating Goldust with one.
• Nakamura gets Ziggler on the apron and out of nowhere Balor flies through the air with a forearm aiming at Nakamura, but he moves and Balor hits Ziggler and eliminates him.

Final 6: Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Roman Reigns, John Cena, Randy Orton, & Rey Mysterio

• We get a face-off between the current generation (Reigns, Balor, & Nakamura) and the Ruthless Aggression Era (Cena, Orton, & Mysterio) before a brawl erupts between the six. I would have switched Reigns to the other side and made it the three that the fans would cheer if they won and the three they would boo out of the building.
• Cena hits Balor with an AA, Orton hits Nakamura with an RKO, and Mysterio hits Reigns with a 619 as the Ruthless Aggression guys stand tall. 
• Reigns hits Orton with a Superman Punch before eliminating him. Balor then eliminates Mysterio after he hits both Reigns and Cena with a 619.

Final 4: Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, John Cena, & Roman Reigns

• Balor and Nakamura team up to take down Cena and Reigns and then start fighting each other for a few minutes before Reigns and Cena get back to their feet and level both guys with clotheslines.
• We then get Cena and Reigns going against each other for a few minutes before Balor hits Slingblades and Shotgun Dropkicks on everybody. Balor hits a double stomp on Nakamura and as he gets to his feet Cena grabs him to eliminate him.
• Reigns and Cena beatdown Nakamura before going back to work on each other. Nakamura gets Cena on the apron and then eliminates him with a knee to the head.
• Reigns hit Nakamura with a Superman Punch and looks to get him over the top, but Nakamura locks in a triangle choke and Reigns has no choice but to pull him back in the ring and get out of the hold by powerbombing him.
• Nakamura counters a spear at first with some knee strikes, but eventually, Reigns hits him with it. 
• Reigns looks to eliminate Nakamura but gets hit with a knee strike that stuns Reigns. Nakamura takes this opportunity to throw him over and eliminate him to win the 2018 Royal Rumble.

This was a really fun Rumble and from the final six on there was lots of drama as to who was going to win and whether or not we would have to put up with another year of Roman winning the Rumble. There were some cool surprises and some good comedy moments. I definitely enjoyed this match. Rating: ***3/4

Match #4
The Bar def Seth Rollins & Jason Jordan (c) via Pinfall (Raw Tag Team Championship)
This was supposed to be a tag team match, but it ended up being our second handicap match of the night and I already stated how I don't care for handicap matches. Just like the WWE Championship match this match was fine for what it was but was nothing spectacular. The story of Jason Jordan getting "injured" and appearing to have a "concussion" was the part of the match that if I were WWE I wouldn't be doing right now especially three days after announcing the relaunch of your football league. I'm sure it will turn out to be that Jordan wasn't really injured and just didn't want to face The Bar and most likely Jordan will blame Rollins for the loss. Just as I said about the first match you have to do something really special to keep my attention for the non Rumble matches and this one really didn't for the most part and I will say that it could be because I was coming off the high of watching the men's Rumble match before it that I didn't pay full attention to this match. I hope after this, The Bar can move on to another team that doesn't involve Seth Rollins, perhaps maybe The Revival as I think those two teams could match the greatness that is happening in the Smackdown tag team division. Rating: **3/4

Match #5
Brock Lesnar (c) def Braun Strowman & Kane via Pinfall (WWE Universal Championship)

There was a spot in this match where Strowman knees Lesnar in the head and needless to say I don't think Lesnar knew it was coming and was not a happy camper and gave Strowman a receipt for it right away. I love how Strowman just freely throws Lesnar around like he is a cruiserweight. I find it hilarious how Strowman sells going through a table like its a papercut where it keeps him down for a minute but then he just jumps right back up and goes back to giving his opponents his hands. Strowman gave Lesnar a taste of his own medicine by giving him a German suplex. Lesnar's face when Strowman got up after going through one announce table and having another one thrown on top of him got a laugh out of me.  Just as everyone expected Kane was only in this match so that he could take the pin as he added nothing else to the match as it was a match between Lesnar and Strowman and occasionally they had to swat away the fly that was Kane.

This match definitely kept my attention as it was a lot of fun as it was just three hosses beating the shit out of each other. Braun as always put on an incredible performance, in fact, it's starting to get a bit frustrating that he keeps putting on these amazing matches and doesn't get rewarded with the Universal title because Vince is dead set on having Roman vs Brock at WrestleMania. I really hope they can make it a triple threat match as Braun absolutely deserves to be in the main event of WrestleMania as he has been the MVP of Raw ever since his return post brand split. Rating: ****

Match #6
Asuka def 29 Opponents to Win Inaugural Women's Royal Rumble

As I did last year I will talk about the Rumble by using bullet points and breaking it up into sections where I talk about things happening in the match by five entrants at a time.

Entrants #1-5: Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, Sarah Logan, Mandy Rose, & Lita

• I liked how they had both women's champions at ringside and I'm surprised they didn't get involved during the match. I will say that Stephanie was actually somewhere between tolerable and good on commentary and was way better than Lawler was during the men's match. I also enjoyed Maria Menounos as the guest ring announcer and I think she should be inducted soon into the WWE Hall of Fame.
• There was some really good action between Becky and Sasha to start the match off.
• Sarah Logan hits an awesome looking popup headbutt on Sasha.
• I think Steph had to stop Corey when he was going gaga for Mandy as that's probably not the best thing to do in a match that's suppose to be about women empowerment and also after everything that happened with Enzo.
• Mandy hits a nice bicycle knee strike on Sasha.
• Lita comes out and the pants she chose to wore don't look like they would be easy to wrestle in. You could easily tell Lita had some ring rust as she was a bit off with a couple of things. I was worried with both Sasha and Lita in there as they both can be pretty sloppy in the ring.

Entrants #6-10: Kairi Sane. Tamina, Dana Brooke, Torrie Wilson, & Sonya Deville

• Kairi comes in and gets in a good bit of her signature offense including the sliding forearm in the corner on Lita and her top rope elbow on Sasha.
• Tamina comes out dressed in an ugly all white outfit.
• Lita hits twist of fates on Becky and Sasha and then sure enough we almost got an injury as Lita hits the moonsault but almost lands on her head in the process. 
• Lynch eliminates Lita which didn't sit well with the crowd. 
• In the craziest and most bizarre elimination of the night, Dana Brooke of all people eliminates Kairi Sane. This made no sense that they would let someone like Dana Brooke eliminate the woman who outlasted 31 other women to win the Mae Young Classic.It would later be reported that Kairi was Alicia Fox's replacement as she was injured during the rehearsals for the match. 
• Torrie comes in and shows that her in ring work is just as bad as it was before she left. I like Torrie as much as anyone, but I really don't think she was one of the legends that deserved to eliminate anyone as her just being in the match was good enough.
• Sonya comes in and is kicking everyone's butt and then struggles to get Torrie over the top before she eliminates her.

Entrants # 11-15: Liv Morgan, Molly Holly, Lana, Michelle McCool, & Ruby Riott

• Molly comes in and is one the first legend who looks like she could still go today. After eliminating Sarah Logan, Molly hits a Molly Go Round on Sasha.
• Lana comes in and gets beat down by Liv and Sonya before firing back with a hard slap to Sonya and then she tackles Liv. When Lana came out people started chanting for Rusev and this wouldn't be the last person who's husband's name got chanted and if you ask me that was disrespectful to the women as this was supposed to be about them not their husbands. 
• Michelle comes in and boots Lana right in the face before taking care of Liv and Sonya. Sonya gets eliminated after being knocked off the top rope.  In a very short amount of time Michelle eliminates four women and while I will say she deserved to eliminate one or two, I think five eliminations (which was the most eliminations in the match) were too many. I'm guessing who ever was laying this match out was good friends with Taker.
• I noticed that a lot of these women were going up to the top rope which makes no sense in a Royal Rumble match.

Entrants #16-20: Vickie Guerrero, Carmella, Natalya, Kelly Kelly, & Naomi

• I loved that they used Vickie for the comedy spot in the match instead of having some guy dress up in drag. I also like that Vickie called back to her alliance with Michelle McCool trying to bargain with her to not attack her.
• I laughed when Vickie hit Carmella with her own briefcase for some reason. Kind of sad that Carmella is no longer in her onesie as I was starting to like it on her. 
• Carmella has gotten pretty good at throwing those super kicks. Becky hits a really bad looking exploder on Carmella.
• Kelly Kelly comes in and her performance in this match was pretty rough. Kelly goes for a flying headscissors and doesn't even properly wrap her legs around Michelle's head. This would lead to Michelle finally being eliminated by Natalya.
• Nakamura's strategy for his Rumble match was "Knee to Face" well Naomi's strategy was Ass to Face as she comes in and hits everyone with the Rear View. Naomi hits a nice kick to the head of Sasha. After Becky goes on a roll of hitting exploder suplexes on everyone she is finally eliminated by Ruby Riott after lasting 30 minutes.

Entrants #21-25: Jacqueline, Nia Jax, Ember Moon, Beth Phoenix, & Asuka

• Jacqueline comes in and lays out everyone and then tries to work with Natalya to eliminate Kelly, but Kelly is not going anywhere and this spot looks really bad as both Nattie and Jackie look like they are struggling with everything in them to lift her over and Kelly wasn't helping at all. 
• Nia Jax quickly eliminates both Jacqueline and Kelly Kelly and then press slams Ruby and slams her on top of the top turnbuckle horizontally and then pushes her out.
• So at this point a lot of the women were on the outside setting up for the next big spot and it got a tad bit confusing as some of the women were still in the match and some had been eliminated. The women were sliding under the bottom rope a lot during this match and sometimes it wasn't caught on camera, so at times I had to actively think about whether they had been eliminated or not. I didn't really like so many women doing this as it showed that they couldn't stay in the ring the whole time like the guys do, if it were one person doing this then it would be fine but there was too many doing it. I will say that there could be a reason why Sasha kept doing it as I feel they may have used her as the communicator of the match to the other women in the match and needed to roll out to get direction from the referees.
• We get Naomi being knocked off the apron and the women who were at ringside catch her and put her on the barricade and then she just sits there for a bit.
• Ember Moon has a great exchange with Nia and between this match and her performance at Takeover she has finally won me over. Ember was still doing a great job of selling the arm from the previous night. Nia knocks her out of the ring through the ropes. 
• We then get back to Naomi and see her walking along the barricade and then she grabs the chair that Maria Menounos is sitting in and then places her legs in the chair and walks with her hands over to the steps. Naomi lands on the steps and then climbs to the top where she goes for a top rope crossbody and is caught by Nia and is then eliminated. Not sure how I feel about both people who get these cool spots being black, but I guess for Naomi at least she will be remembered for this spot.
• Beth Phoenix gets face to face with Nia and they trade words before exchanging strikes. Beth tries a couple of times to lift Nia to no avail. Natalya comes back in the ring and they both knock Nia through the middle rope. The former Divas of Doom hug and then Natalya turns on her BFF and eliminates her. As much as I don't like Nattie, I did enjoy this reunion of the Divas of Doom. Beth looked great and is another one that could still go today.
• Asuka comes out and I love the new pop up knee strike thing that Asuka has been doing lately. We get a face off of former NXT Rivals, Asuka and Ember. Ember hits a one armed Eclipse. Asuka eventually knocks Ember over the top to the apron and then grabs the injured arm and slams it down on the top rope causing Ember to jump into the air and land on the floor to be eliminated. 

Entrants #26-30: Mickie James, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Bayley, & Trish Stratus

• Mickie comes in a house of fire but then does a stupid top rope Thesz Press on Asuka. STOP GOING TO TOP ROPE IN A RUMBLE MATCH
• Nikki hits a nice beautiful disaster kick on Sasha.
• Nikki gets ganged up on by all the women in the ring and then Brie makes her entrance and comes to her rescue. Brie hits her Knee Mode on all the women in the ring except for Nikki. I was so into the match that I forgot Nia was still in as she attempts to get back in the ring, but gets caught with a double dropkick by the Bellas sending her back to the floor.
• Bayley comes out and she felt like a complete afterthought in this match and I feel so sad for how she has been treated since her feud with Alexa last year as she has become nothing more than someone who can get cheers. 
• Trish comes out and holy crap she looks amazing in the ring as if she had never left and I definitely want her back more often. Trish hits a great looking double Stratusfaction on the Bellas and then a Stratusphere on Bayley.
• We get the face off I was hoping for between Trish and Mickie and Trish even does the finger lick gesture that Mickie did at WrestleMania 22. This would lead to Trish knocking Mickie off the top rope to eliminate her. After seeing this face off, I wish that they would've saved Lita's entrance for later so we could also get a Trish and Lita face off.
• After eliminating Mickie, Trish turns around into a clothesline by Nia. Everyone teams up on Nia and eventually eliminate her.
• We get our second BFF betrayal of the match when Sasha eliminates Bayley. At this point Sasha was really showing signs of being a heel as she turned up the trash talking and it was the first time she had really showed signs of The Boss character since being called up to the main roster.
• Nattie locks Trish in the Sharpshooter for some reason and even wants her to tap out.
• We then get a face off between Trish and Sasha and I never knew I wanted this match until this moment. Trish goes to hit Sasha with Stratusfaction, but Sasha uses this as an opportunity to eliminate her. Trish had a great showing and I can't say enough great things about her.

Final 4: Sasha Banks, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, & Asuka

• Sasha teams up with the Bella Twins to beat up on Asuka and is really playing up the Boss character. Sasha goes for her knees on Asuka who is laid across the middle rope, but as she jumps up The Bella Twins eliminate her. Sasha did a really good job in the match, especially toward the end when she was being the heel. Sasha lasted for 54 minutes.
• The Bella Twins double team Asuka until she starts fighting back. Asuka tries to eliminate Brie until Nikki makes the save and hits the Rack Attack 2.0 on Asuka. Nikki and Brie look at each other and then in our third betrayal of the match, Nikki eliminates Brie.  
• Nikki tries to eliminate Asuka but only gets her to the apron and then Asuka does a really cool head scissors choke on Nikki to bring her to the apron as well. Nikki hits Asuka which causes her to fall back first on the apron and then Asuka kicks the leg of Nikki to eliminate her. Asuka wins the inaugural Women's Royal Rumble.

This was a really fun match and while there were things that could be worked on for next year, such as not having women go to the top rope and also not having a bunch of them rolling to the floor, overall I think the match was a success. I was kinda sad that there was no Eva Marie or Kaitlyn, but now that this is hopefully going to be a yearly thing maybe it will happen next year. Rating: ***1/2

I liked how they debuted Ronda Rousey as it left you with questions as to what's going to happen in the Women's Division both on Raw and Smackdown as Asuka was never able to make her decision on who she wanted to face at WrestleMania. I can't wait to see where the women's division goes from here, will Ronda challenge Charlotte, Alexa, Asuka, or perhaps even Stephanie McMahon at WrestleMania?

Overall I thought this was a great show and probably one of the best Rumbles they have had in quite a few years. Both Rumble matches delivered and I really enjoyed the Universal Championship & Smackdown Tag Team Championship matches as well. I liked that they learned from their last time having the Rumble in Philadelphia and played to the crowd they were in front of.  Show Rating: A+

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia & Royal Rumble 2018 Match Rankings
11. Raw Tag Team Championship
10. Velveteen Dream vs Kassius Ohno 
9. NXT Women's Championship 
8. WWE Championship 
7. NXT Tag Team Championship 
6. Smackdown Tag Team Championship 
5. Women's Royal Rumble 
4. Aleister Black vs Adam Cole 
3.  Men's Royal Rumble Match 
2. Universal Championship 
1. NXT Championship 

WrestleMania 34 Card Fantasy Card

NXT Takeover: New Orleans
Smoothie King Center
New Orleans, LA
4/7/18

1. Aleister Black def Andrade Almas (c) w/ Zelina Vega & Adam Cole (NXT Championship) - This would lead to a match between two of the best strikers in WWE, Aleister Black vs Tomasso Ciampa.

2. Tomasso Ciampa def Johnny Gargano w/ Candice LeRae - Ciampa wins after LeRae throws in towel due to Gargano not wanting to give up after being severely beaten. I would have Johnny take a few months off and do video packages showing his recovery from the beating. I would have Ciampa win the NXT title sometime between Takeover: New Orleans and Takeover: Brooklyn IV and at Takeover: Brooklyn IV I would have Gargano defeat Ciampa for the NXT title in a Last Man Standing Match.

3. Ember Moon (c) def Shayna Baszler via DQ when Shayna won't release the Kirifuda Clutch (NXT Women's Championship) - This would lead to a No DQ match down the line, where Shayna would win the title and then I would start a program between Shayna & Candice LeRae. Ember would move down the card to feud with Bianca Belair.

4. Undisputed Era (c) def SAnity & Authors of Pain w/ Paul Ellering (NXT Tag Team Championship - 3 Way Elimination Match) - This is a last chance match where neither of the challenging teams can challenge Fish & O'Reilly again if they lose. After the match War Machine come out and stare down Fish & O'Reilly.

5. Ricochet def Velveteen Dream 

WrestleMania 34
Mercedez-Benz Superdome
New Orleans, LA
4/8/18

Kick Off  Show (I would open the doors an hour before Kick Off show starts so that first match isn't in front of an empty arena)
1. Absolute Riott (Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Chelsea Green, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, & Liv Morgan) w/ Paige  def Mickie James, Natalya, Tamina, Lana, Alicia Fox, & Dana Brooke - 12 Woman Tag Match

2. 5th Annual Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal -  Elias def Apollo Crews, Curt Hawkins, Epico, Primo, Goldust, Heath Slater, Konnor, Viktor, Mike Kanellis, Rhyno, R-Truth, Sin Cara, Titus O'Neil, Tye Dillinger, Zack Ryder, Ariya Daivari, Kane, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas, Akira Tozawa, Drew Gulak, Jack Gallagher, Jinder Mahal, Kalisto, Lince Dorado, Rich Swann, TJP,  Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, Harper, Rowan, Aiden English, The Big Show, Akam, & Rezar

3. The Revival def The Bar (c) (Raw Tag Team Championship)

Main Card
1. Mustafa Ali def  Neville & Cedric Alexander ( Vacant WWE Cruiserweight Championship - Ladder Match)
2. Carmella (c)  def Naomi & Nikki Bella (Smackdown Women's Championship)
3. Finn Balor w/ The Balor Club def Hideo Itami
4. Rusev w/ Aiden English def Bobby Roode (c) & Mojo Rawley (WWE United States Championship)
5. Kurt Angle & Seth Rollins def Triple H & Jason Jordan w/ Stephanie McMahon
6. Samoa Joe def Randy Orton
7. Breezango def Gable/Benjamin, The New Day w/ Kofi Kingston, & The Usos (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
8. "Woken" Matt Hardy def Bray Wyatt (Final Deletion Match)
9. Daniel Bryan, Kevin Owens, & Sami Zayn def Shane McMahon, Baron Corbin, & The Miz w/ The Miztourage 
10. Asuka def Alexa Bliss (c) w/ Nia Jax (Raw Women's Championship)
11. Roman Reigns def  Bobby Lashley (Street Fight)
12. WWE Horsewomen def MMA Horsewomen (8 Woman Elimination Tag Match)
13. Shinsuke Nakamura def AJ Styles (c) (WWE World Championship)
14. John Cena def The Undertaker
15. Braun Strowman def Brock Lesnar (c) w/ Paul Heyman ( WWE Universal Championship - Hell in a Cell Match)

Fantasy Booking 2018 Men & Women's Royal Rumble Matches

The Royal Rumble match is my favorite type of match due to its unpredictability of what is going to happen during the match. I decided that since there will be two Royal Rumble matches this year I would try and fantasy book both of them and see if I can do a better job at booking the match than the WWE will end up doing come January 28. I will first book the men's match and then the women's match as that's the true main event this year.

• Entrant #1 is Jason Jordan and Entrant #2 is Finn Balor. Balor and Jordan wrestle on the mat at first with Jordan getting the better of Balor, Jordan is all cocky as he smiles at Balor while Balor glares at him. Balor gets to his feet and this time he takes Jordan down, but Jordan jumps right up and with a burst of speed picks Balor up and rams him into the turnbuckle and then to the opposite turnbuckle and then he tries to get Balor over the top from that position, but Balor wraps his legs around Jordan's waist and they both land on the apron as the clock ticks down for entrant number three.
• Entrant #3 is Aiden English and he goes after Balor who had pulled himself back into the ring from the apron, English stomps away at Balor and Jordan comes over to join him, they both pick Balor up and try to lift him over the top, but he hangs on to the ropes and after a minute Jordan gives up and decides to beat up on English.
• Entrant #4 is Goldust and he goes after Balor with some right hands and then sends him into the ropes where he hits a powerslam that causes Balor to roll over to the bottom rope, Goldust goes over and starts punching Jordan and sends him into the ropes as well, but instead of coming back Jordan holds onto the top rope, so Goldust runs at him and Jordan backdrops Goldust to the apron and as Jordan reaches over to grab Goldust, Goldust hangs his neck on the top rope causing Jordan to fall back and allows Goldust to get back in the ring.
   
• Entrant #5 is Hideo Itami, Hideo comes in and kicks the crap out of everyone, except for Balor who he helps to his feet as the two of them look as if they are going to work together, but just as Hideo turns his back Balor grabs him and looks to toss him out, but Hideo lands on the apron with a pissed off look and then comes back in the ring and he and Balor start exchanging hard strikes until they finally run off the ropes and clothesline each other.
• Entrant #6 is Rowan and he comes in beating down everyone until he is stopped by a stiff kick to the leg from Hideo who keeps kicking him until he goes down to one knee and then he kicks him in the head.
• Entrant #7 is Jinder Mahal, Jinder comes in and hits the Kallas on Goldust who has his back turned toward him. As Jinder is gesturing to the crowd he is hit with a German suplex by Jordan.
• Entrant #8 is Bobby Roode and he goes right after Jinder, sending him into the corner and stomping a mudhole in him. Rowan hits a spin kick on Goldust.
• Entrant #9 is Mojo Rawley and he comes to the ring wide open, hitting everyone in sight, he hits his running corner punch on Aiden English and then tosses him over the top to make him the first man eliminated.
• Entrant #10 is Rusev and although English is eliminated and knocked a bit loopy, he still sings Rusev's introduction to let everyone know that it's "Rusev Day". Rusev goes after Mojo for eliminating his partner and they trade blows in the middle of the ring before Rusev hits him with a spinning heel kick. Jinder comes up to Rusev and tries to high five him as they are former partners, but instead is met with a headbutt from Rusev. Balor and Goldust are trying to get Jordan out, but he does one of those really close near elimination spots.
• Entrant #11 is Roman Reigns and he comes in and hits a Samoan drop on Mojo and then ducks a clothesline from Rowan before delivering one of his own that sends Rowan over the top to eliminate him. Roman catches the leg of Hideo and clotheslines him before grabbing him by the back of his head and tossing him over the top and eliminating him. Rusev stops Roman's momentum by leveling him with a Machka kick.
• Entrant #12 is Kofi Kingston and he goes for a springboard into the ring but is caught by Jordan and hit with a release belly to belly suplex. As Jordan is celebrating this big move he is hit out of nowhere with a shotgun dropkick by Balor sending him back into the corner and then Balor follows up with a delayed dropkick into the corner on a seated Jordan.
• Entrant #13 is Big E and he picks up Jordan and hits his own belly to belly. Bobby Roode hits a Glorious DDT on Jinder and then eliminates him.
• Entrant #14 is Xavier Woods and he goes over to help Kofi and Big E who are beating down Mojo. Roman comes over and starts hitting strikes on all three members of New Day, he sends Kofi into the ropes and looks to hit him with a Samoan drop, but Kofi slides off his shoulders and shoves Roman toward Big E who hits him with a cross body.
• Entrant #15 is Seth Rollins and as he gets in the ring Goldust runs at him but Seth backdrops him to the apron and then hits him with a superkick to eliminate him, then Mojo runs at him so Seth pulls the rope down causing Mojo to go over the top and be eliminated.
• Entrant #16 is Bray Wyatt and he goes after Balor hitting him with a body attack and then a senton back splash, he picks him up and puts him in the corner and punches away with blows to the body and then a headbutt. Roman comes over and hits Bray with a headbutt of his own followed by an uppercut. Roode is struggling to get Rusev over the top, but Rusev is using his center of gravity to keep from having to go over the top and then he elbows Roode in the head to get him to back off.
• Entrant #17 is "Woken" Matt Hardy and he sets his sights on Bray and the two start exchanging punches, Matt clotheslines Bray and himself over the top, they both land on the apron where they are still trading punches and out of nowhere Big E comes running at them and spears them both off the apron to eliminate them both, but since Big E only went through the middle he is still in the match. As Big E slides back in the ring he celebrates by gyrating to the crowd along with Kofi & Xavier, but as they turn around they are staring face to face with Roman, Rollins, & Jordan and the two trios start brawling in the ring.
• Entrant #18 is Elias and he goes over to work over Roode in a corner as the two trios are still fighting it out in the middle of the ring. Big E hits a side belly to belly on Roman, Jordan would block a Trouble in Paradise by catching one of Kofi's leg and hitting him with a capture suplex. Big E would lift both Rollins and Jordan over his shoulders as Kofi and Xavier get up on the middle rope as it looks like they are going for Midnight Hour, but at the last minute Rollins and Jordan slide off Big E's shoulders and push him into Kofi and Xavier knocking them off the rope and back into the ring. Rollins hits Big E with the ripcord knee and then Jordan muscles him up and over the top with a belly to belly to eliminate him.
• Entrant #19 is Braun Strowman and he gets jumped by Roode and Rusev as soon as he gets in the ring, but he headbutts Rusev and then grabs Roode by the back of the head and eliminates him. Strowman runs and clotheslines both Kofi and Xavier over the top eliminating both of them. Elias rolls out of the ring and grabs his guitar and smashes it over the back of Strowman, but it has zero effect and Strowman turns around and is pissed off. Strowman grabs Elias and presses him over his head and tosses him over the top and eliminates him. We then get a big staredown between Roman and Strowman, but before they can come to blows Jordan starts beating on Strowman and with much ease Strowman grabs Jordan and eliminates him.
• Entrant #20 is Harper, he and Strowman look at each other and smile devilishly before Harper goes after Rusev. Harper hits Rusev with a running big boot and as Rusev gets to his feet Harper uses his discus clothesline to eliminate him. Balor is firing away at Strowman with forearms, but they are having no effect so Balor takes a running start in order to put more fire behind his shots, but out of nowhere, Harper takes Balor's head off with his running big boot.
• Entrant #21 is Randy Orton and he comes in and hits RKOs on Rollins, Balor, & Harper. Orton tries for an RKO on Strowman, but he gets pushed off and taken down with a clothesline. Strowman picks up Orton and looks to throw him out, but Orton is able to hang on to the top rope and escape elimination. As Orton hangs on, Roman and Rollins attack Strowman from behind and try their best  to weaken him, but Strowman fights them off, only to turn around and eat a top rope dropkick from Balor that has Strowman off balance and stumbling around the ring, Rollins then hits him with a springboard knee that stuns him even more but he is still on his feet, finally Roman takes Strowman down with a giant spear.
• Entrant #22 is Samoa Joe, but before he makes his way to the ring he gets on the mic and says that doctors have told him he is unable to compete and that John Cena better thank his lucky stars that he isn't able to compete. Joe says that he was told by Raw GM that he is allowed to pick his replacement in the match, Joe says he picked someone who is just as much of a bad ass as he is and doesn't care about anyone else but himself and that man is the WWE UK Champion Pete Dunne. Dunne goes after Balor with a series of European uppercuts that has Balor reeling, he grabs the fingers of Balor and works them over so that when Balor gets thrown over the top he isn't able to grab the top rope to hold on. Dunne hits the Bitter End on Balor and finally, after being in the ring for close to 40 minutes Dunne picks Balor up in a fireman's carry position and drops him back over the top to eliminate him. Dunne then goes over to help Harper who is beating Rollins down in the corner.
• Entrant #23 is The Miz who goes after Roman and starts beating him down, but Roman fights back with an uppercut and right hands until he is cut off with a kick to the back of the leg by Dunne. On the other side of the ring, Rollins goes for a crossbody on Strowman but he is caught and Strowman turns it into a running powerslam, Strowman picks Rollins up and tosses him over the top rope to eliminate the Architect. Miz and Dunne pick Roman up and try to get him over the top, but he is able to hold on and fight off both men, but just as it looks like Roman is shaking off the beating given to him Strowman comes charging at him with an avalanche in the corner.
• Entrant #24 is Sheamus and he hits a Brogue Kick on Orton and then one on Roman. Sheamus and Harper pick Orton up and throw him over to eliminate him. It's now a five on one beatdown on Roman as it looks like he isn't going to last much longer at this rate.
• Entrant #25 is John Cena and he comes in a house of fire hitting shoulder blocks and clotheslines on everyone as this gives Roman time to recover in the corner. Cena grabs Dunne and eliminates him and then he ducks a Harper discus clothesline and delivers one of his own that eliminates Harper. Cena and Strowman have a staredown which allows Miz to hit Cena from behind and start stomping on him and eventually Sheamus joins in as well.
• Entrant #26 is Baron Corbin and he has a score to settle with Cena for everything he did to him in the summer of 2017, right off Corbin goes for the End of Days, but Cena flips through it and is able to hit an AA on Corbin. At this point, Roman is back on his feet and is taking it to The Miz and Sheamus as he clotheslines them both. Everyone is down except for Roman, Cena, & Strowman, Roman and Cena go at Strowman with punches and kicks but he is able to fight them off although he is getting exhausted at this point.
• Entrant #27 is Shinsuke Nakamura and as he slides in he hops up to the middle rope and when Strowman turns toward him he comes off with a flying Kinshasa that stuns Strowman and causes him to turn into a Superman Punch from Roman, but still, Strowman doesn't go down, finally Cena puts Strowman on his shoulders and moves toward the ropes and along with Nakamura and Roman they eliminate Strowman.
• Entrant #28 is Cesaro and at this point, Cesaro teams up with Sheamus and Miz to beat down Roman while Corbin and Cena battle it out in another corner. Nakamura comes over to help Cena as he hits Corbin with a couple of forearms and kicks to the gut. Cena sends Corbin into the ropes and hits him with a drop toe hold and Nakamura comes down with a knee to the back of the head of Corbin. Cena and Nakamura then go over to help Roman, Cena pulls both members of The Bar off of Roman and then he lays Cesaro out with a suplex followed by a hip toss to Sheamus.
• Entrant #29 is Sami Zayn and he goes after Nakamura and they exchange strikes in the middle of the ring, which Nakamura gets the best of. Nakamura throws Sami over the top, but Sami hangs on.
• Entrant #30 is Kevin Owens and as he gets in the ring the nine men separate into three groups which were The Bar & The Miz, Cena, Roman, & Nakamura, & KO, Zayn, & Corbin and all three teams stare each other down before all hell breaks loose in the ring and all nine men start brawling all over the ring. Cesaro grabs Roman from behind so that Sheamus can hit him with a Brogue Kick, but Roman moves and Cesaro catches a boot to the face that stuns him and before he can react, Roman throws Sheamus into Cesaro and the momentum sends them both over the top rope and out to the floor eliminating both members of The Bar.
• Cena is fighting against KO and Zayn and just as Cena starts getting the advantage over the two Canadians, The Miz comes from behind and low blows him and then all three men eliminate Cena. KO and Zayn go over to help Corbin with Roman and as they do, Nakamura comes over and starts kicking The Miz from every angle before finally hitting him with a Kinshasa and eliminating the A-Lister. Nakamura goes back over to fight KO and Zayn. Roman is beating down Corbin and gets him down next to the apron and then goes out of the ring through the middle rope to set up the Drive-By, but before he can, Roman gets hit from behind with a steel chair from Bobby Lashley. Lashley grabs Roman and hits him with a Powerslam on the floor before throwing him back in the ring. Corbin picks Roman up and eliminates him by tossing him over the top.
• The match is finally down to the final four of Shinsuke Nakamura, Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin, & Sami Zayn. As the three heels circle Nakamura, he makes the first move and tries to take on all three of them, but the numbers are too much as they beat Nakamura down. Shane McMahon's music hits and out comes the commissioner of Smackdown, Shane gets on the apron which would distract both KO and Zayn. KO and Zayn would argue with Shane while Nakamura is making a comeback on Corbin in the background. Corbin goes for a clothesline, but Nakamura jumps up and grabs the arm and locks in a triangle choke. Corbin tries his best to fight out and eventually powers Nakamura up, but Nakamura isn't letting go so Corbin sits him over the top rope and onto the apron with Nakamura still locked on, Nakamura uses some leverage to pull Corbin over the top and now both men are on the apron. Zayn and Owens see that both men are on the apron and stop arguing with Shane and take a running start to bump both men off the apron, Corbin goes off as planned and is eliminated, but Nakamura is able to somehow hang on.
• KO and Zayn are celebrating and hugging thinking they have just made the final two, but as they turn around they are met with Nakamura telling them to "Come On". Both men run at Nakamura and he deals with both of them with kicks and forearms, Nakamura sends both men into opposite corners and hits them both with running knee strikes. Nakamura grabs Sami and throws him over to eliminate him. Shane and Sami are arguing outside of the ring as Daniel Bryan comes down and now its Shane and Daniel arguing while Sami slides back in the ring to help his buddy KO, Shane sees this out of the corner of his eye and gets back on the apron, but not for long as Bryan grabs his leg and pulls him down they start shoving each other on the outside until Bryan finally gets enough and lays Shane out with a punch. As all this is happening on the outside, Nakamura throws Sami back out of the ring and then throws KO over, but KO hangs on and gets back in the ring and talks trash to Nakamura before receiving a big forearm and then a Kinshasa and then finally Nakamura eliminates KO by hitting him with a front suplex to get him on the apron and then a big knee to the head to knock him off the apron.

Order of Entry
1. Jason Jordan
2. Finn Balor
3. Aiden English
4. Goldust
5. Hideo Itami
6. Rowan
7. Jinder Mahal
8. Bobby Roode
9. Mojo Rawley
10. Rusev
11. Roman Reigns
12. Kofi Kingston
13. Big E
14. Xavier Woods
15. Seth Rollins
16. Bray Wyatt
17. Matt Hardy
18. Elias
19. Braun Strowman
20. Harper
21. Randy Orton
22. Pete Dunne - Substitution for Samoa Joe
23. The Miz
24. Sheamus
25. John Cena
26. Baron Corbin
27. Shinsuke Nakamura
28. Cesaro
29. Sami Zayn
30. Kevin Owens

Order of Elimination
1. Aiden English by Mojo Rawley
2. Rowan by Roman Reigns
3. Hideo Itami by Roman Reigns
4. Jinder Mahal by Bobby Roode
5. Goldust by Seth Rollins
6. Mojo Rawley by Seth Rollins
7 & 8. Bray Wyatt & Matt Hardy by Big E
9. Big E by Jason Jordan
10. Bobby Roode by Braun Strowman
11 & 12. Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods by Braun Strowman
13. Elias by Braun Strowman
14. Jason Jordan by Braun Strowman
15. Rusev by Harper
16. Finn Balor by Pete Dunne
17. Seth Rollins by Braun Strowman
18. Randy Orton by Sheamus & Harper
19. Pete Dunne by John Cena
20. Harper by John Cena
21. Braun Strowman by John Cena, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Roman Reigns
22 & 23. Cesaro & Sheamus by Roman Reigns
24. John Cena by The Miz, Kevin Owens, & Sami Zayn
25. The Miz by Shinsuke Nakamura
26. Roman Reigns by Baron Corbin
27. Baron Corbin by Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn
28. Sami Zayn by Shinsuke Nakamura
29. Kevin Owens by Shinsuke Nakamura
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

Number of Eliminations
Braun Strowman: 6
Roman Reigns: 5
Shinsuke Nakamura: 4
John Cena: 3
Seth Rollins: 2
Big E: 2
Harper: 2
Kevin Owens: 2
Sami Zayn: 2
Mojo Rawley: 1
Bobby Roode: 1
Jason Jordan: 1
Pete Dunne: 1
Sheamus: 1
The Miz: 1
Baron Corbin: 1


Please keep in mind that while the women's Rumble is happening the Women's Champion for both brands (Alexa Bliss & Charlotte) are sitting at ringside for this historic inaugural Women's Royal Rumble match. Also please keep in mind that this is Fantasy and is what would I like to see happen in the match, not what I think will happen.

• Entrant #1 is Sasha Banks and Entrant #2 is Bayley, as each woman makes her way to the ring they hug their fellow Horsewoman Charlotte sitting at ringside. The two best friends circle the ring and slap hands before locking up, neither woman can gain control and are at a stalemate. They lock up again and this time Bayley arm drags Sasha much to Sasha's surprise. Sasha nods at Bayley and tells her to bring it, they look to lock up a third time, but as they go in Sasha lands a forearm to the jaw of Bayley and this leads to a forearm exchange between the two. Sasha gets the best of the exchange and backs Bayley up into the corner, Sasha tries to lift Bayley over the top but gets a couple of elbows to the head. Bayley takes a running start and both women clothesline each other down.
• Entrant #3 is Natalya and by the time she gets to the ring both Bayley and Sasha are back on their feet. Natalya ducks an attempted double clothesline by Sasha and Bayley and comes back with one of her own taking down both women and then does her cringeworthy yell to the crowd. Bayley gets to her feet and is sent into the corner where Natalya stomps her until she is seated in the corner. Natalya then turns her sights to Sasha who she hits with a nice backbreaker. Natalya goes over and grabs Bayley and drags her into the middle of the ring and puts her on top of Sasha and then proceeds to lock both women in the Sharpshooter.
• Entrant #4 is Beth Phoenix and this brings a smile to Natalya's face as she knows she now has an ally in the match with her. Beth comes in and picks Sasha up over her head and then drops her straight down to the mat stomach first. Beth & Natalya send Bayley to the ropes and when she comes back they hit her with a double shoulder block. Beth and Natalya each pick up one of the women and toss them over the top, but both of them hang on and climb to the top, when Beth and Natalya turn around they are met with a dropkick from Bayley and a double knee attack from Sasha.
• Entrant #5 is Alicia Fox and she waits for Natalya to get back on her feet before delivering a scissors kick to her back. Foxy looks to hit another one on Beth, but Beth moves out of the way and delivers a hard clothesline to Foxy. Bayley and Sasha kick Beth in the gut and look to hit her with a double suplex, but Beth reverses it and suplexes both women. Beth grabs Foxy and picks her up in the Glam Slam position and slams her down chest first on the top rope, as Foxy is holding her chest Natalya hits her discus clothesline to knock Foxy over the top and eliminate her.
• Entrant #6 is Lana and as soon as she gets in the ring she is clotheslined right back out by Beth Phoenix (just like Santino Marella in 2009). At this point, Beth and Natalya are dominating the match as they have eliminated the last two women and have Sasha and Bayley at their mercy.
• Entrant #7 is Nia Jax and as she enters both Beth and Natalya try to make friends with her and go to shake her hand, but she uses that as an opportunity to whip them both into the corner and crush them both with an avalanche. Nia picks up Natalya and tries to get her out, but she is able to hang on and stay in the match, Sasha and Bayley are in the other corner trying to get Beth over, but aren't having any luck either.
• Entrant #8 is Carmella who comes to the ring with "Frankie" her Money in the Bank briefcase. Carmella stands back and lets the other women fight each other for a minute until she goes over and starts fighting with Sasha. Beth hits a fisherman buster on Bayley and then goes over to help Natalya who is still trying to save herself from Nia who is trying to get her out.
• Entrant #9 is Michelle McCool and she goes over to help Beth and Natalya and the three women triple team Nia, Michelle chokes Nia in the corner with her boot. Bayley finally gets back on her feet and actually comes to the aid of Nia by pulling Michelle off of her and delivering some forearm shots to Michelle followed by a running back elbow in the corner.
• Entrant #10 is Kharma and as she makes her way to the ring we see that Beth has completely turned her attention away from Nia and is fully focussed on Kharma. Kharma gets in the ring and we have a slugfest in the middle of the ring between Beth and Kharma, while this is happening Nia has made a comeback against Natalya and is hitting her with shoulder thrusts in the corner. Nia goes over and looks at Kharma before the both of them start beating down Beth. Sasha and Natalya are working over Michelle in one corner as Carmella is down recovering from the beating she got from Sasha. Natalya comes over to try and help Beth but receives a spinning back fist from Kharma for her troubles and then Nia eliminates her with a clothesline over the top and to the floor.
• Entrant #11 is Ruby Riott and she goes after Carmella hitting her with an enzuigiri and then attempting to throw her out, but Carmella is able to hang on. Sasha tries to get in some shots on Kharma, but they have no effect and Kharma levels her with a headbutt, Bayley tries to help her friend but receives the same fate. Michelle hits Beth with a big boot that causes Beth to bounce back off the ropes and retaliate with a clothesline.
• Entrant #12 is Sonya Deville who delivers some strikes to everyone in the ring except Ruby who she actually decides to team up with. Ruby grabs Carmella so that Sonya can deliver some kicks to her gut and then Ruby eliminates Carmella.
• Entrant #13 is Sarah Logan and she joins up with Ruby and Sonya and they go after Michelle, Sonya and Sarah beatdown Michelle with Sonya delivering a punch to the gut that brought Michelle down to her knees and this allowed Sarah to hit her headstand into a knee drop, the trio picks up Michelle and toss her over to eliminate her. The trio turn their sights to Nia Jax, they gang up on her like a pack of lions but Kharma comes over to help Nia as she grabs Sarah and press slams her to the mat. Nia sends Sonya to the ropes and hits her with a Samoan drop. Nia and Kharma turn their sights to Ruby and she looks scared to death as the two "monsters" are coming toward her, but just when it looks like Ruby has met her doom, Beth attacks both women from behind. Beth's attack allowed Sarah and Sonya to get back on their feet and the four of them along with Bayley and Sasha work over the two bigger women in the match.
• Entrant #14 is Liv Morgan who goes to help out her fellow Riott Squad members who are beating down Nia. Ruby hits her Riott kick on Nia which stuns her, the Riott Squad are trying to lift Nia but aren't having much luck until Beth comes over and helps them out and the four of them eliminate Nia. Kharma fights off Bayley and Sasha and then grabs Liv and Sarah by their throats and uses her power to shove both over the top rope and eliminate them.
• Entrant #15 is Kelly Kelly and she walks to the ring very slowly as she is scared to death to step into the ring with Kharma. Kharma stares at her and motions for her to come to the ring, while Kharma is distracted by Kelly both Sasha and Bayley hit her from behind with dropkicks which causes her to go over the top rope and be eliminated. Kharma gets to her feet and sees that Kelly is standing there laughing at her and this causes Kharma to snap and she starts attacking Kelly by sending her into the barricade and then the steel steps and finally she picks Kelly up and sends her back first into the ring post before rolling her into the ring.
• Entrant #16 is Mandy Rose and she stands over Kelly and mocks her before picking her up and hitting Angel's Wings and then eliminates the blonde bombshell. Mandy helps out Sonya and Ruby to try and lift Beth over, but she isn't budging.
• The clock ticks down and Paige's music hits but due to injury she has moved into a managerial role for Absolution, but promised to reveal her Absolution replacement at the Royal Rumble. Paige says that when she formed Absolution there was one more person she wanted in her group that she saw a lot of potential from, but wasn't able to get her until now and reveals that the newest member of Absolution is Chelsea Green aka Laurel Van Ness (Chelsea was on the same season of Tough Enough that Paige was the judge for and that Sonya & Mandy were participants on) Entrant #17 is Chelsea Green and she goes over to help the other members of Absolution with Beth Phoenix, Beth is able to fight them off for a while but eventually, the numbers are too much to overcome and Absolution eliminates Beth Phoenix. Ruby comes over and goes to give Sonya a high five as she was working with her earlier in the match, but Sonya turns on her and the three Absolution girls beat her down, Sonya hits Ruby with a spin kick that sends her over the top rope and to the floor. Absolution circle around Bayley and Sasha who by now are pretty exhausted since they started the match.
• Entrant #18 is Lita who gets a giant pop when she makes her entrance. Lita enters the ring and looks at Bayley and Sasha before the three of them start brawling with Absolution. Bayley sends Mandy to the ropes and when she comes back Bayley hits her with the Bayley to Belly suplex and would then eliminate Mandy from the match. Lita would hit a flying head scissors on Chelsea that would disorientate her and this allowed Sasha to grab her and throw her over the top to eliminate her. Sasha would send Sonya into the corner and hit her with a running double knee attack and then Lita would go up and hit the moonsault on Sonya. Lita picked Sonya up and eliminated her.
• When the timer clicks down to zero the lights go out and we hear a voice over the loudspeaker " From Concord, California, comes the most stylish, elegant, bewitching, eternally beguiling, continuously charismatic, and fantastically fascinating woman to appear in this or any arena" and that can only mean that Entrant #19 is Eva Marie who takes her time getting into the ring as she slowly walks around the ring allowing the crowd to soak in her excellence. Once Eva finally gets in the ring it's time for the next entrant.
• Entrant #20 is Becky Lynch who wants to get her hands on Eva. Becky was never able to get her hands on Eva in 2016 as every time they were supposed to have a match something would happen on Eva's end to make the match not happen. Becky slides in and hits Eva with a couple of exploder suplexes and then a running forearm in the corner. Becky grabs Eva's arm and puts her in the Dis-Arm-Her until Eva is tapping, at that point Becky picks Eva up and hits her with an exploder over the top rope eliminating "All Red Everything".
• Entrant #21 is Trish Stratus and just like Lita, she gets a massive pop when her music plays. We get a staredown in the middle of the ring between Lita and Trish and the crowd goes nuts as these two legendary rivals face off one more time. The Horsewomen sit back and watch Trish and Lita fight it out one more time. Lita and Trish lock up in the middle of the ring and Trish transitions into a side headlock and then into a headlock takeover, but Lita scissors the head to get out of it. Trish goes off the ropes and Lita drops her head looking for a backdrop, but Trish counters by kicking her in the head. Trish hits a couple of clotheslines and then sends Lita into the corner and then runs toward her, but Lita gets her boot up into the face of Trish. Lita hits a snap suplex on Trish and then goes up to the top, but Trish cuts her off and meets her up on the top rope, they trade strikes on the top rope which Trish gets the best of and then Trish hits Lita with a superplex.
• Entrant #22 is Mickie James and as she gets in the ring Trish is back on her feet and they get nose to nose staring each other down, Mickie all of a sudden plants a kiss on the lips of Trish as a callback to their feud in 2006. Trish smirks and winks at Mickie before hitting her with a series of forearms and chops. Trish and Lita send Mickie into the ropes and try to double clothesline her, but she ducks and takes both of them down with a clothesline of her own. Mickie grabs Lita and hits her with a Mickie DDT before eliminating her.
• Entrant #23 is Shayna Baszler and as she makes her way down the aisle everyone in the ring is watching her as they know she is a major threat. As Shayna enters the ring, Mickie runs at her and goes for a forearm shot, but Shayna catches her arm and headbutts her repeatedly and then clotheslines her over the top and eliminates her. As Shayna turns around she is hit with a Chick Kick from Trish that takes her down. Sasha comes over and gets in Trish's face telling her that she respects her, but "The Boss" is going to be the one winning this Rumble and not Trish, Sasha shoves Trish and we get a strike exchange in the middle of the ring.
• Entrant #24 is Kaitlyn who comes in and takes Becky down with a spear and then hits Bayley with a gutbuster. Shayna comes over and hits Kaitlyn with a knee to the gut and tries to get her over the top, but Kaitlyn is able to hang on. Trish sends Sasha into the corner and attempts to hit the Stratusphere, but Sasha pushes her legs away and comes off the middle rope with a double knee attack.
• Entrant #25 is Brie Bella who goes after Kaitlyn in the corner with a series of kicks. Becky and Bayley go after Shayna, but she fights them off and clotheslines them both over the top, but they are both able to hang on and get back in the ring under the bottom rope. Sasha and Trish are still fighting it out until Shayna walks over and delivers stiff elbows to both of them. Shayna is the only woman standing as the rest are laid out around the ring.
• Entrant #26 is Nikki Bella, Nikki walks to the ring cautiously as she knows that she is no match for Shayna on her own, as Nikki steps in the ring she gets face to face with Shayna and hits her with a Nikki-Sawa elbow that stuns Shayna momentarily before she rubs her face and then fires back with one of her own that knocks Nikki to the mat. Shayna is laughing at Nikki when all of a sudden Brie comes off the top rope and jumps on Shayna's back causing her to fall face first to the mat. The Bella Twins stomp on Shayna and then Nikki drags her up against the bottom rope so that Brie can hit her running knee.
• Entrant #27 is Naomi who springboards into the ring and takes out both Bella Twins with a crossbody, Naomi hits dropkicks on Kaitlyn and Sasha. Trish goes for a Chick Kick on Shayna, but she catches her leg and pushes her down to the mat and then unloads a series of elbows to the face of Trish. Shayna picks Trish up and tosses her over the top rope like she was garbage.
• Entrant #28 is AJ Lee and as she enters the ring she is met by both of the Bella Twins who are trash talking her as they have unresolved issues with AJ from back when AJ was an active member of the roster. Just as it looks like AJ is fixing to get double teamed, out of nowhere Brie is speared out of her boots by Kaitlyn and this distracts Nikki long enough for AJ to take her down with a double leg and start firing away with punches. Once AJ and Kaitlyn get back on their feet they smile and hug each other to show the Chickbusters are on the same page.
• Entrant #29 is Ronda Rousey and as soon as she enters the ring she counters the Rear View from Naomi by hitting her with a nasty looking German Suplex that lands Naomi on her head, Ronda picks Naomi up and eliminates her with ease. The Chickbusters try to team up on Ronda, but Shayna comes over to even the odds and this leads to Ronda and Shayna throwing AJ to the side and eliminating Kaitlyn with a double clothesline. Nikki goes over and grabs AJ and puts her in a fireman's carry position and walks over to the ropes where she hits her with the Rack Attack 2.0, but instead of having her land on the mat Nikki spins it so that AJ lands on the apron with her throat hitting the top rope, but AJ somehow hangs on for a second until Nikki knocks her off the apron with the Nikki-Sawa elbow. Brie comes off the top with a crossbody but is caught by Ronda who transitions Brie into a powerslam position, but before she can do anything Nikki comes from behind and pulls Brie off of Ronda's shoulder. The Bellas hit Ronda with a double dropkick that sends her stumbling backward into the ropes. Brie runs at Ronda full speed and is backdropped over the top as one-half of the Bella Twins have been eliminated.
• Entrant #30 is Asuka but before she can get to the ring she is brutally attacked by Nia Jax who is joined by Alexa who has left her seat at ringside, it would later be revealed that this was a plan set up by Alexa to make sure Asuka wasn't the one challenging for her title at WrestleMania. In the ring, Ronda and Shayna are having their way with the other girls, Ronda eliminates Nikki with a clothesline over the top.
• Ronda and Shayna have a staredown with the WWE Horsewomen, but before anything happens, Ronda turns toward the crowd and signals for someone to come to the ring and from the crowd emerge Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir. The MMA Four Horsewomen stare down three of the WWE Four Horsewomen and this leads to Charlotte coming in the ring to even the numbers. All eight women brawl in the ring, Shayna locks Bayley in a guillotine choke and due to being in the match for so long she momentarily passes out which allows Shayna to eliminate her. Ronda eliminates Becky after Becky runs at her and Ronda uses a hip toss to get her over the top. The MMA Four Horsewomen surround Sasha and Charlotte but before they can attack Becky and Bayley pull Jessamyn and Marina out to the floor where they continue to brawl.
• Charlotte takes Shayna down with a big boot and then Sasha and Charlotte eliminate Ronda, but the referees are distracted by the brawl at ringside and don't see Ronda's elimination. Ronda goes to ringside and grabs a chair and slides back in the ring where she works Charlotte over with the chair while Shayna is beating down Sasha. Ronda puts Charlotte's arm in the chair and starts stomping it and then locks her in an armbar, Ronda finally lets go and then joins Shayna in eliminating Sasha.
• Shayna goes over and locks Charlotte in a rear naked choke until she passes out. Carmella runs down the aisle with her briefcase and tells the referee she is cashing it in and since Charlotte is out of it, Carmella arrogantly lays on top of her and gets a three count to become the new Smackdown Women's Champion. As Carmella is celebrating, Ronda taps her on the shoulder and sticks her hand out and that is when Carmella reaches into her onesie and pulls out two wads of cash to give to both Ronda and Shayna and then shakes their hands before leaving the ring with her new championship. Ronda and Shayna push Charlotte out of the ring.
• As all of this is happening Asuka has finally got back to her feet and slowly gets in the ring. Ronda and Shayna turn around and see Asuka there and stare her down and then all of a sudden Asuka unleashes a flurry of slaps and kicks that have both women trying to get their barrings, Asuka hits a spin kick on Ronda that takes her down and then hits a couple of clotheslines on Shayna as she is against the ropes, but Shayna doesn't go over so Asuka runs at her and kicks her right in the face sending Shayna to the apron and then Asuka hits her with a running hip attack to knock her off the apron and eliminate her. Asuka runs at Ronda and Ronda goes for the hip toss again, but this time Asuka keeps hold of Ronda's arm as she goes over and this causes Asuka to land on the apron and Ronda to come over with her. Asuka and Ronda trade strikes on the apron, Ronda goes for a kick, but Asuka catches her leg and shoves it down causing Ronda to lean forward and this allows Asuka to knee her in the face which causes Ronda to fall down on the apron and is only hanging on with one hand which Asuka kicks and this causes Ronda to fall to the floor and Asuka has won the inaugural Women's Royal Rumble.  

I decided to do the MITB cash in during the Rumble for a few reasons, the first reason was to have a unique way of cashing in the briefcase that hadn't been done before, the second was to get the belt off Charlotte and onto someone else as I want the Smackdown Women's Championship match to be separate from what Charlotte is doing at WrestleMania, the third reason somewhat ties in with the second reason and that is I want there to be even more of a reason why Charlotte wants to get her hands on the MMA Horsewomen at WrestleMania instead of going for the Smackdown Women's Championship.

Order of Entry
1. Sasha Banks
2. Bayley
3. Natalya
4. Beth Phoenix
5. Alicia Fox
6. Lana
7. Nia Jax
8. Carmella
9. Michelle McCool
10. Kharma
11. Ruby Riott
12. Sonya Deville
13. Sarah Logan
14. Liv Morgan
15. Kelly Kelly
16. Mandy Rose
17. Chelsea Green
18. Lita
19. Eva Marie
20. Becky Lynch
21. Trish Stratus
22. Mickie James
23. Shayna Baszler
24. Kaitlyn
25. Brie Bella
26. Nikki Bella
27. Naomi
28. AJ Lee
29. Ronda Rousey
30. Asuka

Order of Elimination
1. Alicia Fox by Natalya
2. Lana by Beth Phoenix
3. Natalya by Nia Jax
4. Carmella by Ruby Riott
5. Michelle McCool by Ruby Riott, Sonya Deville, & Sarah Logan
6. Nia Jax by Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, & Beth Phoenix
7 & 8. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan by Kharma
9. Kharma by Bayley and Sasha Banks
10. Kelly Kelly by Mandy Rose
11. Beth Phoenix by Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, & Chelsea Green
12. Ruby Riott by Sonya Deville
13. Mandy Rose by Bayley
14. Chelsea Green by Sasha Banks
15. Sonya Deville by Lita
16. Eva Marie by Becky Lynch
17. Lita by Mickie James
18. Mickie James by Shayna Baszler
19. Trish Stratus by Shayna Baszler
20. Naomi by Ronda Rousey
21. Kaitlyn by Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey
22. AJ Lee by Nikki Bella
23. Brie Bella by Ronda Rousey
24. Nikki Bella by Ronda Rousey
25. Bayley by Shayna Baszler
26. Becky Lynch by Ronda Rousey
27. Sasha Banks by Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
28. Shayna Baszler by Asuka
29. Ronda Rousey by Asuka
Winner: Asuka

Number of Eliminations
Ronda Rousey: 6
Shayna Baszler: 5
Ruby Riott: 3
Sonya Deville: 3
Beth Phoenix: 2
Sarah Logan: 2
Kharma: 2
Bayley: 2
Sasha Banks: 2
Mandy Rose: 2
Asuka: 2
Natalya: 1
Nia Jax: 1
Chelsea Green: 1
Liv Morgan: 1
Lita: 1
Becky Lynch: 1
Mickie James: 1
Nikki Bella: 1