The underlying theme for this event was \u2018An\neye towards the future\u2019 A phrase we have seen thrown around haphazardly by WWE\nsince mid 2016. Have they really been thinking about the future? Up until now,\nhas there really been any focus on building the John Cena\u2019s of tomorrow? This\nevent definitely showed me they are listening to their audience and are\nthinking about the longevity of talent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Strong representation across all brands in\nboth the men\u2019s and women\u2019s Rumble matches shows that WWE has confidence in\ntheir emerging talent. Seeing the likes of Rhea Ripley and Pete Dunne showcase\nthe NXT UK brand in a positive light and seeing a glimpse of how current NXT\nstars such as Johnny Gargano would gel into the current main roster all made\nfor dynamic and vibrant Rumble matches. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finn Balor taking on Brock Lesnar for the\nUniversal Title was worth watching, if only for the buildup and the David\nversus Goliath storyline. Finn Balor came across stronger than I thought he\nwould and there was a couple of moments in the match where I actually thought\nhe was going to do it. WWE must know that Lesnar can\u2019t hold that belt for much\nlonger as their audience constantly tells them they want full time\nrepresentation of what\u2019s supposed to be one of their top titles. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The guys from 205 Live gave an absolute\nmasterclass in aerial technique and how if you give these guys an inch, they\nwill take a mile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And once again, the women stole the show!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The biggest disappointment was the\nrepresentation of tag teams at the event. The preshow saw Rezar from Authors of\nPain and Scott Dawson from The Revival teaming up to take on Bobby Roode and\nChad Gable and somehow on the main card, Shane McMahon and The Miz took on The Bar.\nIs the WWE tag team division so lacking that they couldn\u2019t book them better\nthan this? Where were the Uso\u2019s and The Ascension? What about Sanity? For me it\nshowed a sever lack of depth within the tag team division<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let\u2019s start with the preshow. I don\u2019t\nalways watch the preshow for these events as it\u2019s mostly recaps, vignettes and\ninterviews but this one gave us three matches so thought it worth going over. I\nquite like the panel they run in the build-up as I find it interesting to hear\nwhat the Hall of Famers make of the current landscape and hear their\npredictions for the show. I like they situate the panel down on the floor in\namongst the crowd, who are always receptive and at times giddy to the panel\ngoing on. At some points the audience drowns out what\u2019s being said so in future\nit might be worth turning mics up but all in all, a decent panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Beth Phoenix, Booker T and Jerry Lawler all\nspeak with education and passion. Shawn Michaels, who came dressed head to toe\nin NXT gear is always a delight and David Otunga\u2026 yeah, not sure about that\none. Always good to see Jonathan Coachman back on our screens too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bobby\nRoode & Chad Gable versus Rezar (AOP) and Scott Dawson (The Revival) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This was a none title match added to the\ncard at the very last minute, basically to give these guys something to do. As\nI\u2019ve said, why they booked this match in this way is beyond me. I agree the Raw\ntag team titles needed to be represented but I would have rather seen a number\none contenders battle between a few other teams to allow a proper storyline to\nbuild in the run up to Wrestlemania. Needless to say, Roode and Gable won.\nGable, Roode and Dawson are evenly matched in terms of stature and as a result\nthere was some nice offence within the match, such as Roode\u2019s Spinebuster and\nBlockbuster, Dawson\u2019s dropkick and Gable\u2019s Moonsault (the move which gave him\nthe three count) It\u2019s hard enough being on the card and performing to a half\nempty arena, but these guys had to do it with a match that didn\u2019t make sense\nand no-one really cared about. They tried, that\u2019s all I can say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n United\nStates Championship match: Rusev (c) v Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve definitely breathed a sigh of relief\nlately as WWE finally recognize how loved Rusev is. We\u2019ve been yelling it from\nthe rooftops and we finally felt like we were being listened to. \u2018He\u2019ll get a\nnice long title run, I\u2019m sure\u2019 I uttered recently. His in-ring ability, his\norganic growth, his work ethic and the fact he\u2019s in incredible shape, why\nwouldn\u2019t he? WRONG!! He dropped the title to Nakamura in a pretty mediocre\nfashion. I\u2019m not hugely onboard with \u2018Strong Style\u2019 when it\u2019s watered down like\nit is with Nakamura. I like when it\u2019s integrated with something a little\nflashier. Unfortunately, all I ever see is Nakamura booting people in different\nways. This match wasn\u2019t without its moments. Nakamura locks in an Arm-Bar and\nthen a Triangle and in a display of brute strength, Rusev lifts him up off the\nmat, gritting his teeth and into a Suplex. The match ends with Lana up on the\napron, subsequently getting knocked off the apron, distracting Rusev long\nenough for Nakamura to deliver a Kinshasa to the back of the head and pick up\nthe win. Remember that sigh of relief? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cruiserweight\nChampionship Match: Buddy Murphy (c) v Akira Tozowa v Hideo Itami v Kalisto<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Remember what I said about Strong Style?\nLook no further than Akira Tozawa. Not only is he incredibly proficient in this\nstyle but being acrobatic and high-flying makes him incredibly fun to watch.\nThis match is fast, it\u2019s fluid, it\u2019s exciting. These guys aren\u2019t given a huge\namount of time, but they utilize it well. At one point Tozawa delivers a\nSuicide Dive to Kalisto who\u2019s on Buddy Murphy\u2019s shoulders. Kalisto lands a\nbeautiful Mexico City Twister. Kalisto is a master craftsman and has great\nin-ring intuition and plots sequences sometimes 3 or 4 moves ahead of what\u2019s happening,\nand his Solida Del Sol is one of my favorite moves in circulation at the\nmoment. But there is no stopping Buddy Murphy and rightly so. He makes not only\nhimself look good but those around him. I didn\u2019t come out of this match\nthinking he won with ease, I came out thinking those guys worked hard in the\ntime they had. Although Buddy Murphy retained the belt, the whole division was\nrepresented perfectly, and no-one looked weak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time of writing, I understand Hideo\nItami has requested to be released from his WWE contract. Is this the best\nthing for Itami? Absolutely! For a long time, it\u2019s felt like he\u2019s been dialing\nit in. I haven\u2019t seen the desire and determination that once existed, and he\u2019s\ndefinitely stagnated for one reason or another. I have no doubt that when he\nrefocuses and re-emerges, wherever he goes, he\u2019ll shine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n That pretty much wraps up the pre-show. I\u2019d love to hear your thoughts about the preshow. Do we like it? Do we not like it? What could they do to make it better? Share your thoughts with us across our social media sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Royal\u00a0Rumble\u00a0–\u00a0Main\u00a0Show<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship Match: Asuka (c) v Becky Lynch<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no denying Becky Lynch is one of the\nhottest superstars in WWE right now and her momentum of late has been\nundeniable. Part of me wonders going into this match, if they\u2019ll have her win\nand carry the title and defend it at Wrestlemania. On the other hand, I very\nmuch doubt they would have Asuka be a transitional champion and I would like to\nthink she\u2019ll have a solid run as champion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Becky is intense and dominant in the early\ngoing. She\u2019s a very emotional performer and wears her heart on her sleeve. At\nthe pace she starts the match you can\u2019t help but wonder if she\u2019ll burn herself\nout. The two unleash a couple of signature moves in the early going. The\nBexploder into the barricade was particularly nice. Asuka is a great submission\nspecialist and ties Becky up in the ropes to a long five count. Becky responds\nwith a Dis-arm-her tied up in the turnbuckle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Asuka\u2019s offence builds as the match progresses\nwith a nice Missile Drop Kick off the middle ropes and an almost picture-perfect\nGerman Suplex. Asuka attempts the Asuka Lock on a couple of occasions and Becky\nreverses it and one point ends up on the receiving end of a DDT. The match\nalmost ends in a count out as the suspense builds. A Bexploder off the top rope\nlands with purposes and Becky scores a near fall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Then comes a series of Asuka Lock, then reversal\ninto the Dis-arm-Her and back and forth they go. In the final moments Asuka secures\nthe Asuka Lock and bridges her body through to increase the pressure, causing\nBecky to tap. Asuka retains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These ladies had the hard and privileged task\nof opening the show. The opener is as important as the main event and it sets\nthe tone for the evening. This was a good match, not a great match but a good\nsolid match. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Smackdown\nLive Tag Team Championship Match: The Bar (c) v Shane McMahon and The Miz<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I am not enamored with this match in the\nslightest. I don\u2019t understand how the Tag Team Championships have come to this\nat one of WWE\u2019s biggest pay per views of the year. And it\u2019s clear from the\noutset, that the crowd aren\u2019t feeling it either. Sheamus does a good job of\nkeeping the pace slow. In the early going, Cesaro lands the most brutal sounding\nUppercut to Shane. Shane unleashes some crazy punches and lands a mediocre\nlooking DDT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019re all sat waiting for Shane to do\nsomething crazy and are fully sated when he flies across the ring, delivering a\ndouble Coast to Coast as The Bar are piled up in the corner. Impressively Shane\nalso manages to execute a Triangle, but it does take him a moment to fully\nestablish it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sheamus lands his signature White Noise and\nShane kicks out at 2. He\u2019s then set up for a Brogue Kick but the Miz pushes\nCesaro in the way and he lands flat on his back. Shane goes to the top rope and\nexecutes a Shooting Star Press and in a bizarre turn of events, picks up the\npin. Shane McMahon and The Miz are the new Smackdown Live Tag Team Champions\nand they celebrate with The Miz\u2019s Dad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Even thinking about this ending makes my head\nspin. I can only assume that this will lead to an eventual feud between The Miz\nand Shane, but why do it at the expense of the entire tag team division? Maybe\nI\u2019m being overly dramatic about it, but I just don\u2019t get it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Raw Women\u2019s\nChampionship Match: Ronda Rousey (c) v Sasha Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This match didn\u2019t need a huge build up. It\u2019s\nclear Ronda Rousey is going through the roster and hand picking her opponents\nbased on who she feels like competing against. I don\u2019t buy this \u2018I want to face\nthe best to make myself the best\u2019 bit. She gets to pick and chose who she goes\nup against because apparently everyone should feel honored to have been picked to\ncompete against her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ronda is very good in the ring, she pulls off\ntwo of the three amigos and sells a collision with the ring post well. Banks\ngets her tied up in all sorts of locks and holds and appears to do a good job\nof wearing Rousey down. There are times in this match though where Banks looks\nwooden, almost like she\u2019s protecting herself, but I wonder if there\u2019s something\nelse going on. Some of the very basic fluid sequences such as reversals, rope\nbounces etc all appear to be a tremendous effort. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Rousey delivers a Pipers Pit to Banks who\nresponds with a Superplex which Rousey sells well. I really do like the deep\narm drags Rousey executes. I think this aspect of her arsenal is very clever as\nshe delivers them with such speed and precision, it adds a new twist to a very\nbasic move. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At one point, Rousey has Banks tapping but as it\u2019s\noutside the ring it doesn\u2019t count. Another Pipers Pit from Rousey is nicely\nreversed in a Banks Statement in perhaps the best sequence of the match before\na final Pipers Pit is delivered by Rousey and she picks up the pin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the match, reluctantly Sasha shows\nRousey some love but not before flashing the \u2018Four Horsewomen\u2019 sign at her and\ndeparting. I found myself begging Sasha to return to the ring and put an\nabsolute beatdown on Rousey, but it never happened. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s\nRoyal Rumble Match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Order of\nentrants<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Order of Eliminations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Winner of the 2019 Women\u2019s Royal Rumble\u2026.. BECKY LYNCH!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Lacey Evans. Everything about this girl\nscreams superstar. She has a great look, a great personality and she lasted\nwell, eliminated 11th<\/sup> overall. A very impressive main roster debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Natalya delivering a double Sharp Shooter to\nLacey Evans and Mandy Rose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ember Moon had a strong showing, had a dramatic\nstart to her Rumble story by scattering the crowd and she executed a nice\nHurricanrana to Lacey Evans too. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Xia Li has a beautiful Spinning Heel Kick,\nputting Mickie James\u2019 botched Mick Kick to shame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Charlotte and Kairi Sane had a nice back and\nforth exchanging chops. Charlotte landed a brutal Spear on Maria, which Maria\ntook like a champ. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Naomi stays in by tightrope walking the\nbarricade and avoiding her feet touching the floor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Zelina Vega\u2019s outfit is a nod to Vega from\nStreet Fighter and she has a moment where she and Candice LeRae have a face off\nand the crowd love it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dana Brooke looks incredible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Io Shirai jumps off the top rope, wiping out\nthe Riott Squad with a killer Moonsault. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Kacy Catanzaro hand walks around the ring to\navoid elimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Natalya picks up Nia Jax in a display of pure\nstrength and Nattie was your iron woman in this match. A great performance by\nher this year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The crowd go absolutely bananas when Becky Lynch\nreplaces an injured Lana and even more so when the final three comes down to\nNia Jax, Charlotte and Becky Lynch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Becky finally comes face to face with Nia and unleashes\nhell, seeking retribution for her busted face at the end of last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The representation of the women\u2019s division is\ndynamic and vast. Seeing Rhea Ripley from NXT UK made my night. Io Shirai is an\nincredible talent and alongside Kairi Sane and Xia Li, they absolutely lit the\nring up. Last years women\u2019s Royal Rumble was a chance to acknowledge those who\nhad gone before and give them a chance to be part of history. This match was a\nsneak peak through the looking glass as we imagine what the future of this division\nwill look like. I hope they build on this performance and can\u2019t wait to see\nthem go from strength to strength. The women\u2019s Royal Rumble match was hands\ndown, the match of the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n WWE Championship:\nDaniel Bryan (c) v AJ Styles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I can\u2019t help but think we\u2019re going to have\nseen all this before and what could they possibly do differently this time?<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s a battle of strengths and technical\nskill. A battle of who can engage the most intense twists and torques. A battle\nof who is the best mat grappler and who can see an opportunity to pounce and\nwho will be quickest off the mark when they feel their opponent loosen their\ngrip for a split second. These two are so evenly matched, it\u2019s very difficult to\npredict who will emerge victorious. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Early into the match, Styles ends up with a\nbloody nose. Bryan in true heel fashion, ties Styles up in knots. Particularly\nimpressive is his Hammerlock, which is locked in so deep, Styles grunts, selling\nit well. Bryan also lands a really nice Underhook Suplex into an Arm Bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Styles responds with a textbook Drop Kick,\nthen a Pump Handle slam into a Back Breaker, then sets up for a Suplex, which\nBryan almost counters before Styles lands a Neck Breaker. Sounds complicated\nbut it looks amazing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Styles is digging deep as blood begins to clot\nin his nose. He attempts a Styles Clash but it\u2019s blocked and there\u2019s a nice\nfluid sequence of near falls. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Camera Man has an absolutely perfect shot of\nStyles bouncing off the top of the barricade, landing a Moonsault into a\nReverse DDT. Gaining momentum, back in the ring Styles sets up for the 450\nSplash but Bryan gets his knees up just in time to block it. Capitalizing,\nBryan locks in the Labell Lock which Styles reverses into a Calf Crusher. We\nreach a point in this match where it becomes about stamina, both guys are\ngiving it everything. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Out of curiosity, what do we call the Yes\nKicks now? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Bryan teeters in the top turnbuckle and ends\nup mounting it. Ouch! Both are stood up top of the turnbuckle, Styles gets\nflips over but ends up on his feet, Bryan on his back. A little more back and\nforth, Styles executes a Brain Buster and lands another near fall. He is making\nsome rather strange noises at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Styles misses a Phenomenal Forearm after\nstruggling to the ropes, but lands a Pele Kick, not his best but he\u2019s tried, so\nwe\u2019ll forgive him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And then Erik Rowan appears and walks down to\nthe ring to absolute nothingness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The referee ends up getting booted, Styles\nlands the Styles Clash but Rowan Chokeslams Styles and Bryan picks up the three\ncount. Another ending that made absolutely no sense. What do you guys think?\nHas Bryan versus Styles been done to death and they needed to add a new dynamic\nto keep it interesting or was it just another example of vintage bizzaro\nbooking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Universal\nChampionship Match: Brock Lesnar (c) v Finn Balor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n In an unusually dramatic turn of events, I\nfind my heart beating as they show the video build-up to this match, I\u2019m obviously\njoking, I\u2019m really dramatic when it comes to Finn Balor. I have to take out how\nemotionally invested I am in this and try and review it impartially (Go\nFinn!!!!!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having thought about it, I concluded there\nwere three possible outcomes for this match. The first being, Balor would win\nclean and we\u2019d have a new champion. The second, Lesnar would unleash hell all\nover him, deliver a plethora of German Suplexes, thusly cementing Balors status\nas cannon fodder for the bigger guys. The third is that Lesnar will give Balor\na decent showing, where he wins but Balor still looks strong. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Balor is quick off the mark, pouncing all over\nLesnar with his sharp jabs and educated feet. \nHe attempts a Slingblade and succumbs to Suplex number one 1 and then\nSuplex number two on the mat outside of the ring. Lesnar falls gut first into\nthe corner of the announce table, an angle he sells throughout the match. Is Brock\nLesnar actually making an attempt at storytelling? <\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s a fairly decent back and forth until\nSuplex number three and subsequently, Suplex number four leave Balor flat on the\ncanvas. But in true Balor fashion, he bounces back and finally lands that\nSlingblade, only to be flattened by a Clothesline moment later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Lesnar strugglers to grip for a Suplex and\nBalor executes a DDT. Simple and effective. His best display comes from three,\nyes three over the top rope somersaults, which leave Lesnar down outside of the\nring. Balor goes up top for a Coup De Grace, lands it, 1\u20262\u2026. Lesnar kicks out.\nMy heart is about to burst through my chest at this point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Just like that, Lesnar locks in his knarly\nlooking arm lock and Balor taps. Lesnar gets booed into the stratosphere and\njust to makes sure we know how much he truly hates us all, he lets lose a number\nof Suplexes and an F5 before he walks off out the ring like he doesn\u2019t give a\ns**t. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s\nRoyal Rumble Match<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Order of\nEntrants:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Order of\nEliminations:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Your 2019 men\u2019s Royal Rumble winner\u2026. SETH\nROLLINS!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n Match highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Jeff Jarrett being smacked across his shoulders with\na guitar by Elias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The New Day\u2019s outfits are a comic book representation\nof how Kofi has stayed in the Rumble in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Johnny Gargano receiving perhaps the biggest pop of\nthe night. Also, the NXT and NXT roster being given tremendous representation and\nshowcasing the incredible talent within their roster. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seth Rollins eliminated Elias as Elias hung to the\noutside of the ring post, Rollins simply bopped his hands and Elias let go. It was\npretty funny. Gargano and Rollins had a nice exchange, where Rollins executed a\nnice Falcon Arrow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mustafa Ali giving the performance of his life and\npulling off some awesome eliminations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drew McIntyre\u2019s Claymore to anyone who stood in his\nway. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Shelton Benjamin\u2019s Pay Dirt to Pete Dunne and the n\nJeff Hardy\u2019s Whisper in the Wind scattering the pack as the ring filled up. I\nhave to say at this point, I was disappointed with Hardy\u2019s Rumble performance\nthis year. I was expecting a better showing but other than this move, he didn\u2019t\nreally deliver anything worth talking about. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There was a great moment where Strowman, Almas, Ali\nand Mysterio were all piled upright in the corner and they landed this insane\nlooking Suplex\/Crossbody with all four of them<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nia Jax in the men\u2019s match. What are your thoughts?\nI was sceptical but like a boss, she took those shots like a pro. The Superkick\nfrom Ziggler, 619 from Mysterio and the RKO from Orton, only to then be eliminated\nby Rey Mysterio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And then of course, there\u2019s Seth Rollins. Rollins\nwas your iron man, he\u2019s our iron man, he\u2019s WWE\u2019s iron man in every sense of the\nword. When he eliminated Lashley, Lashley got upset and threw him through a\ntable but Rollins gets back up, he always gets back up. There is not a man on\nthe roster who can match him for his stamina, ability, work ethic and all-round\npersonality. He won the Royal Rumble and you know, he deserves it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n All in all, this was a pretty decent event. I could\nwatch the ending to both the women\u2019s and the men\u2019s Rumble matches over and over\nagain. It\u2019s been a long time since I\u2019ve watched a Pay Per View and thought, for\nonce, I actually think they are listening to their audience. Seth Rollins and\nBecky Lynch were hands down the right people to win and they have both earned\ntheir spots at Wrestlemania. The battle will come and at some point, I imagine\na face to face confrontation, over which match headlines at the grandest stage\nof them all. My money is on the women, what do you guys think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The underlying theme for this event was \u2018An eye towards the future\u2019 A phrase we have seen thrown around haphazardly by WWE since mid 2016. 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