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.
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
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