It is announced that John Cena will not be in the men's Royal Rumble match due to injury, and that Braun Strowman will be in the men's Royal Rumble match.
Backstage, Mandy Rose says she looks perfect and that she went after Jimmy Uso to drive Naomi crazy. She also says tonight is the perfect night to open doors in her career, and that all it takes is one match. Sonya Deville says that everyone has an opportunity to hair up and square up in the Women's Royal Rumble, and Mandy Rose says there is at one woman who has her back...until she doesn't.
Kayla Braxton interviews 205 Live General Manager Drake Maverick, who says he is looking forward to the Cruiserweight Championship match and that he has been given an unorthodox opportunity for tag team gold. Rezar has been placed in a match where he must tag with Scott Dawson of The Revival (Dawson and Dash Wilder) replacing the now-injured Akam, and if they win it, both AOP (Akam and Rezar) and The Revival will be in line for a Raw tag team title shot.
In footage from earlier today, Alexa Bliss says she is medically clear and entering the Royal Rumble, and that she is coming for a championship after she wins.
We hear from Samoa Joe, who says that Mustafa Ali was right when he said his eyes do not lie. Joe says that he is a vicious man who will stop at nothing to defeat all of his opponents in the men's Royal Rumble match, a match that he was built for.
We see footage from earlier today where "The New" Daniel Bryan, in an empty arena, where the people will come, see him defend the WWE Championship against "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles, and then leave after trying to leave their empty lives. He then brings up - and shows - the Chase Field Royal Rumble Burger, saying everyone should be ashamed of this, saying it will do nothing to fill their empty lives. He also says the people try to live vicariously through AJ Styles, and says that this too will not fill their empty lives. As he drops the burger, he says that if an AJ Styles victory is their last hope, then he cannot wait to destroy it. He stomps on the burger and walks away.
Bobby Roode and Chad Gable beat Rezar and Scott Dawson. (Had Rezar and Dawson won, both AOP (Akam and Rezar) and The Revival (Dawson and Dash Wilder) would have earned opportunities at the Raw Tag Team Championships.)
Shinsuke Nakamura beats Rusev to win the WWE United States Championship for the second time. During the match, Nakamura removes a turnbuckle cover, and Lana gets on the apron to get the referee to catch him. Rusev tries to attack Nakamura from behind, but Nakamura moves out of the way and Rusev knocks Lana off the apron instead. Nakamura then nails the Kinshasa to the back of Rusev's neck for the win and the title.
We hear from Nikki Cross, who says that tonight, bodies will fly in the women's Royal Rumble match and nobody will know what is going on except for her. Tonight, she will win the women's Royal Rumble match because chaos always wins.
We see footage of a brawl that took place at Gorilla position after NXT TakeOver: Phoenix between Velveteen Dream, Ricochet, Aleister Black, Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano and and Adam Cole. It is then announced that Velveteen Dream, Ricochet and Aleister Black will face Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole in a six-man tag team match during the Super Bowl halftime show on WWE Network next Sunday.
Buddy Murphy retains the WWE Cruiserweight Championship against Hideo Itami, Kalisto and Akira Tozawa.
We hear from Drew McIntyre, who says that there are so many men who say they are willing to do whatever it takes to win the Royal Rumble, and that many of them have lied and yet the fans still listened. He asks where Dolph Ziggler, John Cena, The Shield and Kurt Angle have been as of late, then says that him winning the men's Royal Rumble match and the Universal title are both certainties, as he is king of the Raw jungle.
Asuka retains the WWE SmackDown Women's Championship against Becky Lynch with an Asuka Lock converted into a Muta Lock.
The Miz and Shane McMahon beat The Bar (Sheamus and Cesaro) to become the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Champions!
48,193 people are in the arena for tonight's event.
Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Sasha Banks, who says that her emotion, passion and desire are the key to her success. She says that she has earned her WWE accomplishments, and that "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey has never been in the ring with someone like her. Sasha says she plans to prove she is the best in the world when she makes Ronda tap out.
"Rowdy" Ronda Rousey retains the WWE Raw Women's Championship against Sasha Banks.
Elimination Chamber is live on WWE Network on February 17th!
Before the Women's Royal Rumble Match, Lacey Evans says that everyone will witness history. She introduces herself, and says she is here to clean up the Women's division.
Becky Lynch last eliminates #13 Charlotte - despite not officially being a part of the match - to win the women's Royal Rumble after taking the place of #28 Lana, who is unable to compete after suffering an injured ankle earlier in the show and being attacked by #29 Nia Jax. During the match:
Lacey Evans from NXT enters at #1. She is eliminated by Charlotte Flair.
Natalya enters at #2, and lasts the longest at 55 minutes, 58 seconds (55:58).
Liv Morgan is not only the first woman eliminated, but she is eliminated in mere seconds by Natalya.
Billie Kay enters at #7, and refuses to get into the ring until Peyton Royce shows up. She get thrown into the ring before Peyton Royce enters at #9. Both of them end up getting eliminated at the same time by Lacey Evans.
Xia Li from the Mae Young Classic enters at #11. She is eliminated by Charlotte Flair.
Kairi Sane from NXT enters at #14. She is eliminated by Ruby Riott.
Naomi enters at #15 and eliminates Mandy Rose. Mandy almost eliminates her in return, but Naomi keeps her feet off the floor, walks the guardrail and leaps onto the steel steps to save herself. This is short-lived after Mandy Rose pushes her into the ring post, knocking her off the steps and eliminating her.
Candice LeRae from NXT enters at #16. She is eliminated by Ruby Riott.
Kacy Catanzaro from the Mae Young Classic enters at #19. She avoids elimination at the hands of Dana Brooke by walking on her hands and wrapping her legs around the ring post to get back into the ring, but she is thrown over the top rope and eliminated by Rhea Ripley.
Zelina Vega, who enters at #20, shows up with a claw and mask similar to Vega's (Balrog's) from Street Fighter. She is eliminated by Rhea Ripley after hiding in the ring only to be met by Hornswoggle, who chases her into the ring.
Io Shirai from NXT enters at #23, and fends off The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan) when they lay their hands on an eliminated Kairi Sane. She is eliminated by Nia Jax.
Rhea Ripley from NXT UK enters at #24. She is eliminated by Bayley after scoring three eliminations.
Lana, who enters at #28, enters with an injured ankle. When Nia Jax enters at #29, she attacks Lana on sight, taking her out of the match. Shortly afterwards, Becky Lynch shows up and tells officials that if Lana cannot enter the match, she will take her place. Becky Lynch then enters the match with the officials' say-so. She goes on to eliminate Charlotte Flair last to win the women's Royal Rumble match.
Lacey Evans
Natalya
Mandy Rose
Liv Morgan
Mickie James
Ember Moon
Billie Kay
Nikki Cross
Peyton Royce
Tamina
Xia Li
Sarah Logan
Charlotte Flair
Kairi Sane
Maria Kanellis
Naomi
Candice LeRae
Alicia Fox
Kacy Catanzaro
Zelina Vega
Ruby Riott
Dana Brooke
Io Shirai
Rhea Ripley
Sonya Deville
Alexa Bliss
Bayley
Becky Lynch (replacing Lana)
Nia Jax
Carmella
The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods) announce the "Crunch With A Punch" sweepstakes from Golden Crisp cereal, where the winner earns tickets to Fastlane and breakfast with The New Day.
"The New" Daniel Bryan retains the WWE Championship against "The Phenomenal" AJ Styles. During the match, Erick Rowan - who hasn't been seen in months - shows up to watch from ringside. When the referee is inadvertently knocked out, Rowan gets in the ring and choke slams Styles, allowing Daniel Bryan to retain the title. After the match, Rowan and Daniel Bryan double-team Styles for a running knee.
Brock Lesnar retains the WWE Universal Championship with the Kimura Lock after kicking out of the Coup De Grace, despite being run stomach-first into the corner of the announce table twice. After the match, Lesnar hits Finn Balor with three German suplexes and an F5.
Before the next match, Elias says that while he has drawn #1 and the deck is stacked against him, he will eliminate 29 other men and win the men's Royal Rumble Match. Elias is about to perform when he is interrupted by WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett, who enters at #2. (With this entrance, this is the first time Jarrett has competed in a WWE ring since Unforgiven 1999.) He considers it an honor to be interrupted by Jarrett, and says that Jarrett is here to perform a duet with him. Elias decides to go with the duet, then asks Jarrett to spell his name again. When he does, Elias hits Jarrett with a cheap shot to start the men's Royal Rumble.
#10 Seth Rollins last eliminates #27 Braun Strowman with a Stomp on the apron to win the men's Royal Rumble Match. During the match:
WWE Hall of Famer Jeff Jarrett enters at #2. He is eliminated by Elias after having a guitar smashed into his back.
WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle enters at #4. He is eliminated by Shinsuke Nakamura.
Johnny Gargano from NXT enters at #6. He is eliminated by Dean Ambrose.
When Titus O'Neil enters at #11, he notices Curt Hawkins hiding under the ring and dives under the ring to chase after him. This leads to Hawkins quickly eliminating him only to be eliminated afterwards by Samoa Joe.
Kofi Kingston enters at #12. In typical Kofi fashion, Kofi rolls on his shoulders to the ring while keeping his feet on the apron to get back in the ring. Later, Xavier Woods grabs Kofi Kingston to keep Kofi's feet from hitting the floor as soon as he shows up to save Kofi again. They are then simultaneously eliminated by Drew McIntyre.
No Way Jose enters at #15 and is eliminated as quickly as he shows up. Drew McIntyre then shows up at #16 and headbutts and attacks No Way Jose's conga line.
Pete Dunne from NXT UK enters at #17. He is eliminated by Drew McIntyre.
Aleister Black from NXT enters at #21. He eliminates Dean Ambrose, but is eliminated by Baron Corbin.
Bobby Lashley enters at #26 and is quickly eliminated by Seth Rollins. In response, Lashley and Lio Rush break down a commentary table to put Rollins through it.
When R-Truth enters at #30, he is suddenly attacked and taken out of the match by Nia Jax, who immediately decides to take his place in the match and become the fourth woman to take part in the men's Royal Rumble match. She eliminates Mustafa Ali, but falls victim to a superkick from Dolph Ziggler, a 619 from Rey Mysterio and an RKO from Randy Orton. Rey and Orton then toss Nia out, then a drop kick from Rey finally sends her falling off the apron.
Elias
Jeff Jarrett
Shinsuke Nakamura
Kurt Angle
Big E
Johnny Gargano
Jinder Mahal
Samoa Joe
Curt Hawkins
Seth Rollins
Titus O'Neil
Kofi Kingston
Mustafa Ali
Dean Ambrose
No Way Jose
Drew McIntyre
Xavier Woods
Pete Dunne
Andrade
Apollo Crews
Aleister Black
Shelton Benjamin
Baron Corbin
Jeff Hardy
Rey Mysterio
Bobby Lashley
Braun Strowman
Dolph Ziggler
Randy Orton
Nia Jax (replacing R-Truth)
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