The thirty fourth version of the WWE Royal Rumble 2021 was Sunday on the WWE Thunderdome, the souped up and tricked out Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Florida, that has turned the house of the MLB’s Tampa Bay Rays right into a high-tech, visually spectacular broadcast playground, house to all of WWE’s tentpole occasions together with RAW, Smackdown and up to date pay-per-view occasions.
The Royal Rumble match is without doubt one of the most touted and inventive matches amongst wrestling fans and lapsed followers alike. Although Wrestlemania will all the time be the “Tremendous Bowl of sports activities leisure,” if there may be one match that’s deemed appointment viewing on the yearly wrestling calendar, it is the Royal Rumble.
This yr‘s occasion as soon as once more featured a ladies‘s and males‘s rumble match, in addition to a number of WWE titles on the road.
Final yr, the Royal Rumble was the ultimate main WWE occasion with a dwell viewers earlier than the pandemic (over 42,000 in Houston at Minute Maid Park), and this yr‘s occasion would be the first Royal Rumble in historical past and not using a crowd, which can make social media much more enjoyable to observe throughout the occasion.
Listed here are a number of the greatest reactions from social media:
WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre vs. Goldberg
It was quick and candy, as Drew McIntyre survived Goldberg’s barrage and retained the WWE championship over the legendary Corridor of Famer Goldberg. Following the match, the 2 embraced in mutual respect.
WWE SmackDown Ladies‘s Championship: Sasha Banks vs. Carmella
Sasha Banks retained the WWE SmackDown ladies‘s championship over Carmella, who put in a valiant effort. Banks is coming as much as 100 days as champion and not too long ago revealed she shall be getting a Star Wars motion determine for her function as Koska Reeves in “The Mandalorian.”
Ladies‘s Royal Rumble
Bianca Belair, the favourite to win the Rumble going into the match, was the third to enter, and in a Ric Aptitude 1992 Rumble-esque efficiency, she outlasted everybody to win and earn a title match at Wrestlemania. The ultimate 4 got here right down to Natalya (who was the thirtieth entrant), Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Aptitude and Belair. After Natalya was eradicated, Belair tossed Charlotte Aptitude off the apron to finish her Rumble hopes, bringing it right down to Belair and Ripley. After the 2 paused the hostilities in opposition to one another to securely get again into the ring, they went forwards and backwards, till the pair ducked clotheslines on the ropes back-to-back. However Belair’s linked, sending Ripley over the ropes and making Belair the winner.
