The 2022 edition of the Royal Rumble was a night in which the WWE spotlighted a pair of former UFC champions, as Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey won their respective Royal Rumble matches Saturday to qualify for title shots at WrestleMania 38.
Rousey returned after almost three years away from WWE, entering the women’s Rumble at No. 28, and eliminated SmackDown women’s champion Charlotte Flair to win it all. Lesnar, who lost the WWE championship to Bobby Lashley earlier in the evening due to a Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman double-cross, came back at No. 30 in the men’s event.
After eliminating multiple opponents, including musical artist Bad Bunny, Randy Orton, Riddle and Shane McMahon, Lesnar was left face to face Drew McIntyre. McIntyre had previously eliminated Lesnar from the 2020 men’s Royal Rumble and then defeated Lesnar at WrestleMania 36 for the WWE championship. But Lesnar’s revenge would be had, as he F-5’d McIntyre out of the ring, securing his chance at payback versus Reigns.
The question now is: Who will the two winners face at WrestleMania 38 in AT&T Stadium on April 3?
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
Here are some additional takeaways from the Men’s Royal Rumble:
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Former WrestleMania 34 WWE championship opponents AJ Styles and Shinsuke Nakamura started off the match. Neither of them reached the latter stages.
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Johnny Knoxville entered at No. 9. AJ Styles took him down to the mat, Montez Ford landed a frog splash on him and then Sami Zayn got his revenge, connecting on a Helluva for the elimination. Styles promptly tossed Zayn over the top rope to eliminate him, too.
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It took six competitors — the entire remaining field at the tune — to eliminate Omos at the midway point in the match. Styles, his former tag-team partner and mentor, provided the exclamation-point splash after Omos tallied three eliminations in short…
Source : espn
