Randy Orton has won the 2017 WWE Royal Rumble and he will go on to the main event of WrestleMania. Big Cass was the first entrant. He came out with Enzo so they could do their mic work. The intros started around 9:30 pm eastern so they had plenty of time to burn. Chris Jericho was the second entrant. Scroll down for notes from the match.
Order of entry:
1. Big Cass
2. Chris Jericho
3. Kalisto
4. Mojo Rawly
5. Jack Gallagher
6. Mark Henry
7. Braun Strowman
8. Sami Zayn
9. Big Show
10. Tye Dillinger
11. James Ellsworth
12. Dean Ambrose
13. Baron Corbin
14. Kofi Kingston
15. The Miz
16. Sheamus
17. Big E
18. Rusev
19. Cesaro
20. Xavier Woods
21. Bray Wyatt
22. Apollo Crews
23. Randy Orton
24. Dolph Ziggler
25. Luke Harper
26. Brock Lesnar
27. Enzo Amore
28. Goldberg
29. The Undertaker
30. Roman Reigns
Some notes from the match:
It’s very clear that Strowman is considered a top guy because he immediately cleared the ring when he entered the match. One of those eliminations was Big Show.
Tye Dillinger got a massive reaction when he came out as number 10.
Baron Corbin eliminated Strowman.
Bray Wyatt tried to keep the peace between Luke Harper and Randy Orton but Harper nailed Wyatt with a lariat and then attempted a sister Abigail on Wyatt. Orton hit Harper with an RKO.
Lesnar immediately cleaned house with eliminations, suplexes, and F5’s on several Superstars. When Goldberg came out, he and Lesnar faced off while a bunch of Superstars were laid out in the ring. This is the setup for their final match at WrestleMania. Goldberg immediately hit a spear on Lesnar and then quickly eliminated him. Michael Cole yelled, “Goldberg’s got Lesnar’s number!”
The Undertaker got a full entrance complete with lights out and purple haze. He didn’t walk to the ring though. Instead, he just appeared in the ring and came face to face with Goldberg before other Superstars attacked. Goldberg hit a spear on Taker and Taker eliminated Goldberg seconds later.
Reigns and Taker came face to face and fought for a few seconds. Reigns eliminated Taker. FYI, they will wrestle at WrestleMania and fans chanted “bulls**t.”
Randy Orton, Roman Reigns, Bray Wyatt, and Chris Jericho were the final 4 Superstars in the match. Orton and Reigns were the last two after Reigns eliminated Wyatt. Orton won after hitting the RKO and hitting a clothesline to eliminate Reigns.
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