The Men’s Rumble match closed out this year’s WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
Notes from the match…
AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura started the match. When Bobby Roode got in the match, he faced off with AJ Styles and Roode said he been waiting for this a long time. It looked like they were hoping for a bigger pop from fans who remembered their TNA history. Johnny Knoxville entered at number 9 and he was accompanied by other Jackass cast members. Knoxville took a shot at AJ but AJ laid him out with combinations kicks and a lariat. Montez Ford followed up with a frog splash on Knoxville. Ridge Holland went to eliminate Knoxville but Zayn stole the glory by knocking Knoxville out of the ring with the heluva kick. Zayn was then eliminated by Styles. When Chad Gable entered the ring, he gathered the wrestlers around him so they could work together to take out Omos. The plan worked because they were able to get him out, with some help from AJ Styles. Austin Theory was given 22 minutes in the ring before he was eliminated and his time was pointed out by the announcers. Styles spent 29 minutes in the match and was eliminated by Madcap Moss. On Friday, WWE said Drew McIntyre’s return timetable was unknown but he entered the match at number 22 and he eliminated Madcap Moss and Baron Corbin as soon as he entered the ring. McIntyre continued the attack on Moss and Corbin with steel steps at ringside. Kevin Owens and McIntyre fought in the aisleway and in the ring as KO entered in the 22 spot. Kingston entered at 25 and he was sent out of the ring but he landed on the barricade. It was supposed to be another trademark trick spot where he held onto the barricade and missed the floor but the replay showed that both feet touched the floor so they announced that he was eliminated. Bad Bunny came out at 27 and he entered by hitting a cross body off the top on Sheamus. He also hit a hurricanrana on Kevin Owens and a Canadian Destroyer on Riddle. Sheamus was eliminated after Bad Bunny moved out of the way from a brogue kick. Bunny also eliminated Ziggler with help from Mysterio. Shane McMahon came out at 28 and he quickly eliminated Kevin Owens. Randy Orton got a massive reaction from his hometown when he came out at 29. RK-Bro eliminated Big E and Otis and they took out several guys. Brock Lesnar came in at number 30 and quickly eliminated Orton. Lesnar hit an F5 on Bad Bunny and then he tossed him out. Brock dumpted McIntyre to win the match.
BUNNY AND THE BEAST.@BrockLesnar just dropped @sanbenito with an #F5 and went on an absolute rampage! #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/mH64a0tZ0R
— WWE (@WWE) January 30, 2022
👀#RoyalRumble #WrestleMania @BrockLesnar pic.twitter.com/zDHYSk7ymJ
— WWE WrestleMania (@WrestleMania) January 30, 2022
Order of entry
1. AJ Styles
2. Shinsuke Nakamura
3. Austin Theory
4. Robert Roode
5. Ridge Holland
6. Montez Ford
7. Damian Priest
8. Sami Zayn
9. Johnny Knoxville
10. Angelo Dawkins
11. Omos
12. Ricochet
13. Chad Gable
14. Dominik Mysterio
15. Happy Corbin
16. Dolph Ziggler
17. Sheamus
18. Rick Boogs
19. Madcap Moss
20. Riddle
21. Drew McIntyre
22. Kevin Owens
23. Rey Mysterio
24. Kofi Kingston
25. Otis
26. Big E
27. Bad Bunny
28. Shane McMahon
29. Randy Orton
30. Brock Lesnar
Order of elimination
1. Robert Roode
2. Shinsuke Nakamura
3. Johnny Knoxville
4. Sami Zayn
5. Angelo Dawkins
6. Montez Ford
7. Damian Priest
8. Omos
9. Ricochet
10. Dominik Mysterio
11. Austin Theory
12. Ridge Holland
13. Chad Gable
14. AJ Styles
15. Rick Boogs
16. Madcap Moss
17. Happy Corbin
18. Kofi Kingston
19. Sheamus
29. Dolph Ziggler
21. Rey Mysterio
22. Kevin Owens
23. Big E
24. Otis
25. Randy Orton
26. Bad Bunny
27. Riddle
28. Shane McMahon
29. Drew McIntyre
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