WWE: Royal Rumble 2023 Results | January 28, 2023

Cody Rhodes, who entered last at No. 30, won the men’s Royal Rumble 2023 match, while Rhea Ripley won the women’s Royal Rumble after entering at No. 1. 

Royal Rumble 2023
Date: January 28, 2023
Arena: Alamodome | Location: San Antonio, Texas

Men’s Royal Rumble 2023 match:

Gunther and Sheamus opened hostilities. The Miz joined the party soon after, but was slow to enter the ring, trying to eliminate Sheamus still outside. Kofi Kingston and Johnny Gargano followed .

After Sheamus had eliminated The Miz , Xavier Woods entered the scene, who allied with his tag team mate Kofi. The seventh entrant was Karrion Kross. The gentlemen that followed were Chad Gable and Drew McIntyre, with the latter eliminating Karrion Kross even before Santos Escobar entered the scene.

Angelo Dawkins entered at number eleven. Soon after Gunther eliminated Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston. At a time when the ring was full of people, Brock Lesnar started his participation to promote some destruction, having eliminated Santos Escobar, Montez Ford and Chad Gable immediately.

And when Lesnar and Gunther confronted each other, Lesnar ‘s current main rival Bobby Lashley entered the ring , who quickly eliminated Lesnar. However, Lesnar stayed in the ringside area for some time, having applied an F-5 on Baron Corbin as he prepared to make his entrance.

One of the favorites, Seth Rollins , entered with the number 15 and took Baron Corbin to the ring to be able to eliminate him afterwards. Otis followed and the 17th entrant was supposed to be Rey Mysterio , but he never made an appearance.

Meanwhile Rollins eliminated Lashley and entered Dominik Mysterio, who appeared with his father ‘s mask in a mocking way. Elias followed, who suffered a Claymore and a Brogue Kick simultaneously and was promptly eliminated by McIntyre and Sheamus.
The 20th entrant was Finn Bálor , who quickly teamed up with Dominik Mysterio to eliminate Gargano .

Veteran Booker T followed, who gave an air of his grace before being quickly eliminated by Gunther , Damian Priest, who joined Bálor and Dominik, and Montez Ford, quickly eliminated by Priest.

When I saw the three elements of The Judgment Day, I immediately thought that Edge would be joining soon and I was not mistaken. He entered with number 24 and distributed Spears in the three elements of the stable, having quickly eliminated Bálor and Priest. And when the Canadian tried to eliminate Dominik, Bálor and Priest interfered and eliminated Edge , which is valid even though they were already eliminated.

The next lords were Austin Theory, who had to dodge a brawl between Edge and elements of The Judgment Day, and giants Omos and Braun Strowman. Strowman eliminated Omos before his tag team teammate Ricochet arrived on the scene. Meanwhile, Gunther eliminated Sheamus and McIntyre simultaneously before Logan Paul entered, who was attacked by everyone still in the ring but who still managed to shine, namely with a Buckshot Lariat on Ricochet .

At the end was the returning Cody Rhodes, who after dishing out blows to several opponents eliminated Dominik Mysterio. Meanwhile, Logan Paul and Ricochet had a holy shit moment when they collided in mid-air, in the middle of the ring, through a Double Springboard Cross Body . Subsequently, Cody Rhodes eliminated Strowman and Austin Theory sidelined Ricochet .

For the end were Gunther , Theory, Rhodes, Rollins and Logan Paul. Rhodes eliminated Theory after a Stomp by Rollins.

While Rhodes and Rollins resumed their rivalry, Gunther still tried to get into the noise, but it ended up being Logan Paul who interrupted the duel between the two favorites, by pushing Rollins away.

Then Cody eliminated Logan Paul and stayed with Gunther for the end, curiously two wrestlers who still haven’t suffered any settlement in WWE since the return of American Nightmare and the Austrian’s ascension to the main roster and curiously the 1st and 30th to step into the ring at this Royal Rumble.

Despite the great resistance offered by Gunther , Cody managed to eliminate the Austrian , shortly after applying a Cross Rhodes .

Winner : Cody Rhodes
Grade : 8.5/10

Mountain Dew Pitch Black match:
Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight

This time, the special effects – something I hate about pro wrestling – were reduced to lighting. The combat wasn’t great either, having been sentenced with a Sister Abigail by Bray Wyatt.

Winner : Bray Wyatt
Grade : 3/10

WWE Raw Women’s Championship:
Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss

Quite aggressive, Alexa Bliss took control of operations during the opening minutes. Even so, she ended up falling into the clutches of Bianca Belair, who ended up not needing much time to achieve the victory, after a KOD .

Winner : Bianca Belair
Rating : 5/10

Women’s Royal Rumble 2023 match:

Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan opened the hostilities. Then Dana Brooke, Emma, ​​Shayna Baszler, Bayley and B-Fab joined the party, the latter promptly eliminated by Rhea Ripley.

The eighth participant was Roxanne Pérez (NXT Champion). Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky followed, which meant that the trio that makes up Damage CTRL was in the ring at the same time – together they eliminated Dana Brooke, Emma, ​​Roxanne Pérez and later Natalya, Shayna Baszler and Candice LeRae.

The ladies that followed were Natalya, Candice LeRae, Zoey Stark, Xia Li, Becky Lynch – who immediately threw herself at Damage CTRL – and Tegan Nox.

The 17th to enter the scene was Asuka, who received one of the biggest pops of the match – maybe even bigger than Becky Lynch – and eliminated Tegan Nox even before Piper Niven [Doudrop] appeared.

Tamina and Chelsea Green followed, with the latter promptly eliminated by Rhea Ripley. However, Becky Lynch eliminated Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky before being removed by Bayley, who was in turn eliminated by Liv Morgan.

Zelina Vega joined the party with the 21st to enter and eliminated Xia Li even before Raquel Rodriguez entered, which in turn preceded Mia Yim “Michin” and later Lacey Evans and Michelle McCool, with the latter to get up from the front row of the audience to participate in the match, having eliminated Tamina.

The ladies that followed were Indi Hartwell and Sonya Deville, with the second to eliminate Zoey Stark before Lacey Evans threw Zelina Vega over the top rope.

Shotzi entered at number 28 before Indi Hartwell was eliminated by Sonya Deville. Nikki Cross and Nia Jax followed, with the latter entering the 30th position and being confronted by everyone in the ring before being eliminated by a very large group.

However Lacey Evans was eliminated by Raquel Rodriguez, Asuka eliminated Sonya Deville, Rhea Ripley threw Michelle McCool over the top rope, Mia Yim “Michin” dispatched Shotzi, Piper Niven eliminated Mia Yim, Raquel Rodriguez eliminated Piper Niven, Rhea Ripley eliminated Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan pushed Nikki Cross away.

For the end were Rhea Ripley, Asuka and Liv Morgan. At one point, the three were left on the ledge, with Asuka being eliminated by Rhea Ripley, who also dispatched Liv Morgan. What an impressive performance by Ripley!

Winner : Rhea Ripley
Rating : 6.5/10

Royal Rumble 2023
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship:
Roman Reigns (c) vs. Kevin Owens

Roman Reigns dominated the match during the opening moments, showing himself to be physically more powerful, but Kevin Owens managed to print an intensity later that Reigns had a hard time keeping up with.

However, the match entered a phase in which several signatures and finishers were seen , such as Superman Punch and Spear by Reigns and Swanton Bomb and Stunner by Owens , and consequent near falls . And, at a time when the referee was down, Owens performed a Pop Up Powerbomb, but there was no one to count the landing.

Subsequently, Reigns applied a Spear on Owens against the protection barrier and made Owens hit the back of the head on the stairs twice, having on his return to the ring applied the Spear that would give him the victory.

Winner : Roman Reigns
Grade : 9/10