After an action-packed night time in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Roman Reigns and Liv Morgan are standing tall because the winners of the lads’s and girls’s Royal Rumble matches. Reigns can problem for the championship of his selection, and he’ll face an essential choice.
Morgan, who gained her first girls’s Royal Rumble after being a two-time runner-up, is in the identical scenario, however her actions throughout the match could have some penalties for The Judgment Day that can play out over the approaching weeks.
Elsewhere on the Royal Rumble card, Bron Breakker is going through an enormous drawback, Gunther and Drew McIntyre had busy nights, and a few younger stars acquired their probability to shine.
It’s time to stay up for WrestleMania and see what’s subsequent for the most important superstars in WWE on the street to Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas between now and April.
Who will Roman Reigns problem at WrestleMania 42?
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Roman Reigns outlasts Gunther to win second Royal Rumble
Roman Reigns throws Gunther excessive rope to win his second Royal Rumble.
Reigns survived Gunther and the remainder of the sphere within the males’s Royal Rumble to win the battle royal for the second time in his profession. Reigns can select between two champions to problem for a belt at WrestleMania 42 — Undisputed WWE champion Drew McIntyre or world heavyweight champion CM Punk.
Punk and Reigns have been concerned in final yr’s WrestleMania 41 Night 1 principal occasion, although each misplaced to Seth Rollins. They additionally labored collectively regardless of animosity at Survivor Series: War Games. Punk and Reigns have had just one televised singles match in 2014, and the principle occasion of WrestleMania is the suitable place for the rematch to happen.
Bron Breakker was a favourite to win the Royal Rumble, however as an alternative, he lasted lower than a minute earlier than being eradicated by Oba Femi. Breakker was attacked by a masked assailant, who used a Seth Rollins-style stomp earlier than operating away within the crowd. In October, Breakker and The Vision betrayed Rollins, who has been inactive due to a shoulder damage. If Rollins have been to return, a featured match between the 2 — and Paul Heyman — could be the most important match of Breakker’s younger profession.
Are The Judgement Days numbered?
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Liv Morgan comes out on high on the 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble
Liv Morgan eliminates Tiffany Stratton to win the 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble.
Liv Morgan outlasted 29 different girls to say her first Royal Rumble win, eliminating Tiffany Stratton after a chaotic last stretch that concerned Sol Ruca. However, probably the most fascinating elimination was Morgan eliminating her Judgement Day teammate, Raquel Rodriguez. The pair had been working as a unit for a lot of the match.
Morgan appears prone to problem the ladies’s world champion, Stephanie Vaquer, at WrestleMania. But that could change Monday, when Vaquer places her belt on the road in a Philadelphia Street Fight towards Rodriguez on “Raw.” Rodriguez and Morgan have been tag workforce champions earlier than Morgan suffered a shoulder damage.
Vaquer and Rodriguez current fascinating opponents for Morgan. Vaquer and Morgan have by no means confronted one another one-on-one. Or, could a Judgement Day breakup be impending?
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Elsewhere within the match, tag workforce companions Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss have been the primary two Rumble entrants, they usually prevented confrontation till Flair by chance eradicated Bliss halfway by way of the match. The identical scenario unfolded with The Kabuki Warriors, as Kairi Sane by chance eradicated Asuka. Tension with both workforce could be an element main as much as WrestleMania.
Sol Ruca and Lash Legend had spectacular showings, with Legend eliminating The Bella Twins (Nikki and Brie), Flair and Iyo Sky. The elimination of Sky could arrange Legend and accomplice Nia Jax to problem for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.
The championship image on “SmackDown” is cloudier. WWE girls’s champion Jade Cargill defeated Tiffany Stratton in November for the championship. Stratton, who returned from damage Saturday, could be prepared for a rematch, whether or not at Elimination Chamber in February or WrestleMania. Former champion Bianca Belair hasn’t been seen since struggling a hand damage eventually yr’s WrestleMania; her potential return could arrange a problem along with her former accomplice Cargill.
Can Cody Rhodes nonetheless get his rematch with Drew McIntyre?
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Drew McIntyre retains the Undisputed WWE Championship vs. Sami Zayn
Drew McIntyre powerbombs Sami Zayn by way of an announce desk, then Claymore Kicks him twice to retain his Undisputed WWE Championship
McIntyre survived his first main problem as Undisputed WWE champion, beating the scrappy Sami Zayn. McIntyre seems headed to Allegiant Stadium with the title, trying so as to add one other win to his WrestleMania file. Perhaps McIntyre’s actions within the males’s Royal Rumble have created his subsequent challenger. McIntyre hit a Claymore Kick on Cody Rhodes as Rhodes was trying to carry the ropes.
Rhodes misplaced his championship to McIntyre on “SmackDown” in early January and entered the Rumble match with the intent that he must win it to get one other shot on the champion. Should Rhodes discover one other option to earn a title shot — maybe at Elimination Chamber — he could be concerned in a WWE Championship match for the fourth straight WrestleMania.
For Zayn, his path ahead is way more unclear. At the second, it seems he doesn’t have a path to one of many main world championships and could contend in a multiman match for the United States Championship that he held final yr. “SmackDown” has a crowded group of challengers, and Zayn could reinsert himself into the image with many former rivals.
Gunther’s newest retirement sufferer is AJ Styles
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Gunther prevails to finish AJ Styles’ profession
Gunther locks in a sleeper maintain to defeat AJ Styles, with Styles retiring as a result of loss.
Gunther retired his third legend in a row Saturday, including AJ Styles to an inventory that features Bill Goldberg and John Cena. Is the “Career Killer” focusing on one other legend?
Gunther completed because the runner-up within the males’s Royal Rumble match, and can most probably be headed to a featured match at WrestleMania — if not towards Brock Lesnar, then maybe with the “Legend Killer” Randy Orton. Gunther vs. Lesnar could be a chance for SummerSlam in Minneapolis, the place Lesnar attended school. If the profession of the “Beast Incarnate” is winding down, Gunther is a robust candidate to face him in a retirement match this yr.
On the opposite facet of the ring, Styles’ WWE profession seems over. Despite utilizing his signature strikes and attempting to depend on his athleticism, Styles fought valiantly till he had nothing left, passing out to the identical sleeper maintain that retired Cena final December. After the match, the group confirmed its appreciation for Styles, who was distraught on the loss, and teased leaving his gloves within the ring. After some hesitation, the “Phenomenal One” pulled them again on and acknowledged the group.
Could that be an indication that we’ve not seen the final of Styles? If this was his final WWE match, then Styles has exceeded all expectations for his 10-year WWE run since his firm debut on the 2016 Royal Rumble. If Styles finishes his in-ring profession elsewhere, there are a lot of dream matches left for a person who was a necessary a part of TNA, ROH and NJPW’s historical past.
