WWE Royal Rumble PLE Results: 1-27-24
Results courtesy of
PWTorch.com (direct link to LeClair's real-time report).
(1) Women’s Royal Rumble match
Natalya
(#1) and Naomi
(#2) shook hands and locked up. Natalya briefly got the better of the returning Naomi, but Naomi quickly regained ground and took Nattie down with a ‘rana. Both women collided center ring with double cross-bodies just as Bayley entered at
#3. She slid in the ring to a brief, loud “Bayley” chant. Naomi quickly took her to the corner and hit her with a modified Rear-View. She hit Natalya with the same move, then tied her up in the ropes. She and Nattie jockeyed for position. Bayley joined in, working with Natalya to try to take Naomi out. The action quickly spilled back to the center of the ring.
Candice LeRae
(#4) was out next. She threw hands with Bayley, then slid over the back of Natalya. Candice caught her with some quick kicks to the head. She stepped over Nattie’s back and into the waiting arms of Bayley, giving her a Codebreaker onto the back of Natalya. LeRae followed up with a headscissor and kick to Naomi. Bayley dropped LeRae and challenged her to fight back. Naomi paired off with Nattie while Bayley worked over Candice in the opposite corner. Jordynne Grace (#5) surprised the crowd. She wore her TNA Knockouts title to the ring. “TNA’s got an absolute weapon!” McAfee exclaimed.
Grace took down LeRae, Bayley, and Nattie with ease. She stood in the center of the ring with rival Naomi. They shared a smile and hug, but Grace quickly attacked. She tossed Naomi through the middle rope. Meanwhile, Bayley dumped Nattie over the top, but she hung on. Jordynne drove her boots into Nattie’s side, trying to take her out, Indi Hartwell entered at
#6. The match ticked toward 8:00. Hartwell gave several women clotheslines. She delivered a Spinebuster to Bayley, then helped LeRae splash the Damage CTRL “leader.” Ini and Candace worked Bayley into the corner. Grace tossed LeRae to the apron and tried to eliminate her, but Candice held on. The clock ran down again. Asuka
(#7) was next out. She kissed her Women’s Tag Team title and leapt to the top rope, delivering missile dropkicks to Hartwell and Natalya.
Bayley began barking orders at Asuka. The stable-mates worked together to drop Indi. They set her up for a double Suplex, but Hartwell blocked it. Asuka managed to toss her to the apron. She delivered a stiff kick, but Hartwell hung on. Indi tried to pull Asuka out. Bayley made the save. Asuka teetered on the edge, but Bayley pulled her to safety. She kicked Hartwell in the back and Indi dropped to the floor, marking the first elimination well past 10:00. Ivy Nile entered next at
#8.
Ivy Nile exploded into the ring with a flurry of offense on Bayley and Asuka. She and Naomi struggled mightily through a tilt-a-whirl back-breaker dead-lift. Jordynne Grace and Candice LeRae continued to trade elimination attempts. Asuka and Naomi paired off in the corner. Bayley talked some trash in the middle, then invited Michael Cole to get in the ring. Katana Chance
(#9) entered next. Graves said her balance is other-worldly and that could help her tremendously in this match. Chance dropped Asuka with a basement dropkick. She attempted a Wheelbarrow slide on Grace, but Jordynne gave her a tossing Suplex. Grace and Ivy Nile lifted LeRae and Chance in tandem and delivered stereo stalling Suplexes before turning their attention to each other.
Bianca Belair (#10) headed to the ring to a big reaction. She leapt over the top rope, nearly tripping, then dropped Bayley. She jumped to Grace and took her down. Bayley and Asuka ate a double Blockbuster from the EST. Belair kipped up and knocked the Damage CTRL duo toward the ropes, but they caught themselves. Bianca worked Chance and LeRae into the corner, then took them both down. She added Bayley to the mix and gave a springboard Moonsault to all three. Kairi Sane entered at
#11.
Nearly 19:00 into the match, only Indi Hartwell had been eliminated. Bayley, Asuka and Kairi Sane worked together to dump Candice LeRae over the top and eliminate her. Shortly after, Tegan Nox entered at
#12. Nox went for Asuka first, then Ivy Nile. She gave Bayley a spinning back elbow, then broke up a stalemate between Naomi and Natalya in the corner. Tegan tossed her body at a downed Bayley in the corner, then delivered a rolling Senton off the top as she stood. Jordynne Grace re-emerged and scooped Nox into the air for a Powerbomb over the top, but Natalya stopped it. Nattie gave Tegan a hug, then tried to toss her out. Tegan spun her around and tossed her instead. Nattie was shocked. Bayley immediately ran up behind Nox and dumped her, too. Nox and Nattie sat in shock at ringside.
Kayden Carter
(#13) entered. She dropped Asuka and delivered a running boot to her face. Katana and Chance worked together to try to dump Asuka over the top. Kairi Sane ran in to make the save, but Carter backdropped her over the top rope. Sane held on to the bottom rope and folded her legs just high enough to keep her toes from scraping the floor. She tried to pull herself back in, but wound up tumbling to the floor. Asuka got knocked out by Chance and Carter at the same time. Cole said that only Bayley remained for Damage CTRL. “I thought you had a plan!” Bayley yelled at her cohorts.
The counted down to Chelsea Green at
#14. Cole noted that she was eliminated almost immediately last year. Belair immediately tried to toss her. Green held on. Bianca tried a second time, but Chelsea caught herself again. Green got herself back in the ring and caught Belair with a kick. Bianca turned her attention to Jordynne Grace. The two traded shots, then fought out onto the apron. Belair got Grace up in the air and gave her a K.O.D. on the apron. Grace tumbled to the floor, eliminated. Piper Niven entered at
#15, marking the half-way point at 25:45.
Just as Niven got to ringside, Green was thrown over the top. Piper caught her in her arms, teased dropping her, then safely deposited her on the steps to re-enter. Niven dropped Chance and Carter, stacked them, and splashed them. Chance screamed out in pain. She quickly rolled under the bottom rope to the outside. Belair, Nile, and Carter worked together to down Niven in the corner. They tried to hoist her over the ropes, but were unsuccessful. Xia Li entered at
#16. She slid into the ring and dropped everyone in sight with swift kicks. She gave Carter a capture Suplex. Chelsea Green hooked her up for the Un-Pretty-Her, but Li countered and hoisted Green onto her shoulders for a spinning throw. In the corner, Naomi was joined by a number of wrestlers in trying to eliminate Belair. She slid back inside the ring to safety after a brief struggle.
Zelina Vega entered at
#17. She was attacked on the apron, but bought off her foes and climbed to the top rope. She hit Carter with a Meteora, then caught the returning Chance with a knee. Piper missed a forearm to Vega. Zelina leapt off the middle rope onto her, but Niven caught her in Powerslam position. Vega countered it with a tornado DDT. Maxxine Dupri
(#18) entered for her first Royal Rumble just before 32:00. She caught Bayley in a headscissor and gave her a spin. Dupri posed for the crowd, then threw some punches at Niven. Piper dropped her and stomped her, but Dupri held onto the leg. Zelina Vega climbed Niven, looking for Code Red. Belair gave Niven a kick, allowing Vega to complete the move.
Belair and Vega worked together to try to toss Piper. Several others joined in, but Chelsea Green broke up the group and pulled Niven to safety. Niven tossed Kayden Carter out. Nia Jax
(#19) was out next. Cole called her his favorite to win. The middle of the ring cleared for Jax. The crowd booed her heavily. She tossed Ivy Nile across the ring. Xia Li attacked her frist. Jax tossed to the apron and gave her a headbutt, eliminating her with ease. She dumped Ivy Nile over the top next, slamming her head off the ring post. Nile crashed to the floor, eliminated.
Nia Jax crushed Chelsea Green in the corner. Niven tried to give Jax a Suplex, but Nia blocked it and drove Niven’s body into Green. Chelsea was crushed repeatedly against the weight of both Niven and Jax. Belair and Bayley tried to work Jax into the corner. She took both down. She and Niven came charging toward center at the same time. They squashed Chelsea Green between them. Jax tried to give Niven a bodyslam, but dropped her awkwardly on top of Green. The crowd booed. Shotzi
(#20) entered the fray.
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