Royal Rumble 2021 takes place tonight with WWE world title alternatives at WrestleMania 37 up for grabs.
Thirty males and 30 girls will compete in two variations of the well-known over-the-top-rope elimination contest, which takes place on the Tropicana Subject, Florida for the primary time in entrance of no followers.
The winners of each women and men’s Rumble matches will go on to face the champion of their selecting at WrestleMania 37 on March 28.
However the winner of the male Rumble match could have a special opponent than both of the present incumbents, as each the WWE Championship and WWE Common Championship might be on the road.
Kevin Owens challenges Common Champion Roman Reigns in a Final Man Standing Match, whereas final yr’s Royal Rumble winner and present WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will defend his title towards Goldberg.
Additionally introduced for the present is a Girls’s Tag Staff Championship match pitting present champions Asuka and Charlotte Aptitude towards former champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler.
Here’s a match-by-match breakdown of the flagship present:
WWE Girls’s Tag Staff Championship
Asuka and Charlotte Aptitude (c) vs Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler
It has been run for Asuka and Charlotte however I believe that may come to finish tonight by the hands of the staff whom they defeated to win the belts. Jax & Baszler had been fashioned out of competitors between the pair however I do get pleasure from their work as a staff and really feel as if they’re the appropriate option to take the ladies’s tag staff division ahead.
Charlotte and Asuka have accomplished a terrific job in elevating the title and now have their very own paths etched out for them to pursue within the type of Alexa Bliss and Lacey Evans. And it is largely doubtless that one in all these, most likely Evans, might be closely concerned within the consequence of this match and find yourself costing Asuka and Aptitude their titles. With three of the 4 girls on this match all pulling double duties as they’re additionally concerned within the rumble, this bout could endure consequently by way of time.
Predicted winners: Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler
Final Man Standing Match for the WWE Common Championship
Roman Reigns (c) Vs Kevin Owens
There’s completely no denying that the work that these two males have produced on this rivalry has been a number of the better of their careers. Whereas we had been teased with the prospects of Roman Reigns vs Adam Pearce, it was actually encouraging to see the promotion do the appropriate factor and placed on a Royal Rumble worthy match, which we now have.
The addition of the Final Man Standing stipulation makes me instantly fear for the well being of Kevin Owens, who is thought to place himself in probably the most daring of conditions to please the WWE Universe. This match has all the possibilities to steal the present and whereas the result could also be one of many extra predictable throughout the cardboard, the intrigue alone in to how they will utilise the stipulation makes this a should watch. Reigns is sort of assured to depart as Common Champion, but it surely undoubtedly does not take something away from simply how nice this match is prone to be.
Predicted winner: Roman Reigns
SmackDown Girls’s Championship
Sasha Banks (c) vs Carmella
This rivalry goes again to Carmella’s return to the ring when she attacked Sasha. Whereas The Boss already has a win over Carmella from TLC, Carmella was in a position to work in a rematch on the premise that Banks might wrestle Carmella’s sommelier, Reginald. Banks wrestled and defeated Reginald and as such Carmella was granted her rematch.
This feud has been enjoyable and a pleasant alternative for some highlight to be positioned on Carmella. Banks is thought for her capability to raise expertise, which is proving very true on this pairing. If it wasn’t the beginning of the street to WrestleMania, it might be a terrific alternative to tug the set off on Carmella, however all indicators level to a Sasha win, along with her going into WrestleMania because the SmackDown Girls’s Champion.
Predicted winner: Sasha Banks
Singles Match for WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre (c) Vs Goldberg
So now we come to the elephant within the room. Let’s all face it, no person desires to see Goldberg dethrone Drew McIntyre, but it surely’s extremely doubtless that’s precisely what is going on to occur. McIntyre shot to tremendous stardom eventually yr’s Rumble when he eradicated Brock Lesnar earlier than occurring to win the Rumble after which beat Lesnar for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania 36. In the meantime Goldberg hasn’t competed contained in the squared circle since dropping the Common Championship to Braun Strowman at WrestleMania 36.
Goldberg’s monitor file of upsetting an upcoming star began again in 2017, when he beat Kevin Owens in a mere 22 seconds, and carried on on the Tremendous ShowDown in 2020, when he upset The Fiend in lower than three minutes. These matches additionally lean in to what I believe we’ll see right here and that could be a very fast match. The construct has performed up the truth that Goldberg is not maybe the dominant power he as soon as was, however that’s prone to be referred to as into query when Goldberg leaves the Royal Rumble as WWE Champion.
Predicted winner: Goldberg
30-women Royal Rumble match for a girls’s world championship match at WrestleMania 37
If final yr’s girls’s Royal Rumble match was something to go by, there are two clear favourites going into this yr’s occasion. Each Bianca Belair and Shayna Baszler put in profession defying performances in 2020, racking up a file eight eliminations every. This storyline could very nicely bleed into this yr’s Rumble and it would not be shocking to see both of those girls choose up the win.
Nonetheless, whereas Belair and Baszler may look like probably the most logical decisions to win, there are many different girls who might be vying for that spot. Final yr’s Rumble winner Charlotte Aptitude isn’t somebody to depend out, very similar to former SmackDown champ Bayley, who might be seeking to reestablish herself on the prime of the cardboard.
The veteran Natalya has been revealed because the quantity 30 entrant, but it surely’s the kids followers will look out for, and it is extremely doubtless that the celebs of NXT might be given the platform to show their value with the likes of NXT Champion Io Shirai, Raquel Gonzalez, Shotzi Blackheart and Toni Storm all hoping to emulate former NXT star Belair’s 2020 flip.
Which leads us full circle to the mentioning as soon as extra of Bianca, who’s the clear favorite. The current concentrate on Belair has been evident that the corporate sees lots of promise in her and a file breaking efficiency right here will put her on a path to go one on one with Banks at WrestleMania.
Predicted winner: Bianca Belair
30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 37
The sphere could also be huge open this yr, however all the celebs appear to be aligning for a nicely overdue Daniel Bryan victory. Bryan is the final word utility participant for the WWE and whereas the elusive Rumble victory has evaded him to this point, the prospect of a Reigns feud going into Mania looks as if the pure match. That stated, it won’t be so plain crusing for Bryan because the Rumble is probably the most unpredictable night time of the WWE calendar and there are a variety of stellar rivals.
Randy Orton is somebody who’s all the time on the periphery of a title match, though a returning Fiend might place a roadblock in Orton successful a file equalling third Rumble. Nonetheless, Orton now has an enormous job on his arms, as we all know he might be getting into the match within the primary spot, together with his bitter rival, the returning WWE Corridor of Famer Edge, at quantity two!
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Crowd favorite Massive E is presently having fun with success as a singles competitor and the present Intercontinental Champion might actually discover himself including one other accolade to his already spectacular resume. Shock entrants could embody The Fiend, whom we’ve not seen since Randy burnt him alive at TLC. We may additionally get to see former NXT North American Champion Damian Priest make his foremost roster debut.
With so many nice names included on this contest, it does actually make it tough to foretell only one man who will go on to battle for a championship on the Grandest Stage of Them All. Nonetheless, with the momentum he has constructed and his capability to fit right into a foremost occasion match at Mania by no means in query, it appears the proper time for Daniel to tick off one other achievement on his lengthy listing and declare a Rumble win for the primary time in his profession.
Predicted winner: Daniel Bryan
Full card
1 Asuka and Charlotte Aptitude (c) vs. Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler – Tag staff match for the WWE Girls’s Tag Staff Championship
2 Roman Reigns (c) (with Paul Heyman) vs. Kevin Owens – Final Man Standing match for the WWE Common Championship
3 Sasha Banks (c) vs. Carmella – Singles match for the WWE SmackDown Girls’s Championship
4 Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Goldberg – Singles match for the WWE Championship
5 Girls’s Royal Rumble match – 30-woman Royal Rumble match for a girls’s championship match at WrestleMania 37
6 Males’s Royal Rumble match – 30-man Royal Rumble match for a world championship match at WrestleMania 37
Watch WWE Royal Rumble 2021 dwell on BT Sport Field Workplace 2 at midnight on Sunday, January 31.
You may observe all of the motion because it occurs in our Mirror Sport WWE Royal Rumble Stay Weblog.
I’ve seriously been ready for Royal Rumble for ages! It’s the battle of the century. I’m just looking forward to WrestleMania 37. Wrestling 4 LYFE!