E3: WWE Royal Rumble 2019: Live Updates, Results, Kickoff Show And Rumble Entrants
The Kickoff Show is all over, and it's time for the main card of the first major WWE PPV of the year, the Royal Rumble. There were three matches during the Kickoff Show, all of them were for various WWE titles. You can find the full results below and keep refreshing the page for more Royal Rumble results as they happen.
It is my favorite day of the year. Today, we celebrate our Royal Rumble day! One of WWE's longest-running PPVs delivers its 31st installment, and it should be a blast. Like last year's edition, there will be both a men's and women's royal rumble match, and there will be plenty of surprises during the evening.
This year's event comes to PPV and the WWE Network starting at 4 PM PT / 7 PM ET / 12 AM GMT (January 28); however, there is a Kickoff Show starting two hours prior. As of this writing, there will be two matches on the preshow: one for the Cruiserweight Championship and one for the United States Championship.
Aside from both Royal Rumble matches, there is a lot to look forward to for the January PPV. There are seven championship matches on the card, with only the Raw Tag Team Championship and Intercontinental Championship missing from the show. In total, there are nine matches on the card, and with the Rumble matches usually lasting more than an hour--and with two of them on the card--it's going to be one long evening of wrestling.
Brock Lesnar shows up to defend his Universal Champion against Finn Balor, the first person to win that title. Hopefully, Lesnar loses and we never see him again (That's just my hopeful prediction). Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles for the WWE Championship should be a fantastic and highly athletic match, but on the Smackdown side of things, Asuka vs. Becky Lynch for the Smackdown Women's Championship should be a barn-burner, as both Lynch and Asuka have been killing it on the Tuesday night show. Check out the full match card below.
Royal Rumble 2019 Match Card:
- Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami (Cruiserweight Championship: KICKOFF SHOW)
- Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Championship: KICKOFF SHOW)
- The Bar (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon (Smackdown Tag Team Championship)
- Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch (Smackdown Women's Championship)
- Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks (Raw Women's Championship)
- Women's Royal Rumble
- Men's Royal Rumble
- Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles (WWE Championship)
- Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Finn Balor (Universal Championship)
Below, you'll find the results for the show, as it happens, from Kickoff Show to the main card to everyone that partakes in both Royal Rumble matches. Stay tuned after the show for our review of all the matches.
Kickoff Show
Bobby Roode & Chad Gable (c) vs. Rezar & Scott Dawson (Raw Tag Team Championships)
Roode and Gable win at 6:52 by pin.
Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (United States Championship)
Nakamura wins by pin at 10:12.
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami (Cruiserweight Championship)
Murphy pins Itami at 12:04.
Main Card
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