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Finisher's Infections, Catching Action
Hello and welcome back to this section of Finisher's Infections.
This is the 2025 Men's Royal Rumble.
We've done this week slightly differently so you can get to the meet and venture this pay-per-view without having to get to all the fillings beforehand.
So we have the Women's Royal Rumble as one episode, the Men's Royal Rumble as another and the rest of the matches from this PLE will go into a third episode.
So as you already know, he's rich, I'm atom.
We're going to watch this watch along style.
So we're going to watch this as it happened, whereas what we've done in our normal episode format is we watch the match, review it, pick out our best bits and talk about them online.
However, Royal Rumble is a deeply historic match and an absolute favourite of both mine and Rich.
It's a highlight of the wrestling calendar year.
It's the start of the road to WrestleMania.
So this is the last of the sort of the start of all the storylines, if you get me.
This is where the storylines for WrestleMania start.
Yeah, this is the build-up.
This is day one on that WrestleMania, building up to those WrestleMania stories.
And the Royal Rumble goes all the way back to 1988, where the first Rumble was held, where it was 20 men.
We've expanded it since and it's gone to 30.
We've done a few where there's been 40, even 41 entrances on the Royal Rumble.
And yeah, it's just an absolute chaos in the ring, nine times out of 10.
But we're going to take you through everything that we see.
As I said, doing this live watch-along style for you to be able to follow on, we'll tell you the entrances as they happen, the eliminations as they happen.
And we'll try and provide you with some statistics as we go as well.
We, for this current pay-per-view, are going to be the Michael Cole and Wade Barrett of the podcast.
So we're going to do our best and I think we should probably do what we do best, Adam, without further ado.
Get ready to rumble.
Yes, get ready to Royal Rumble.
So let's crack on and get this started.
Do you want to give us a countdown there, Rich?
Yeah, so in three, two, one, go.
And here we go.
We are going to be finding out who the first two superstars are going to be.
We get a new superstar every two minutes and to be eliminated, you have to be thrown over the top rope and both feet have to touch the floor.
Traditionally, in recent years in the men's Royal Rumble match, we've seen creative ways of avoiding feet touching the floor,
including using an ounce of chairs as Pogo sticks, parkouring across the barricades and everything else.
All from our favourite member of the new day, Ramsterio is number one.
Now, Ramsterio has famously won from this position before.
Oh, boyaka boyaka, it's a 6-1-9.
Sorry.
Who can't get completely jacked at Ramsterio?
So, oh, tell a lie, sorry, I actually got this wrong.
Ramsterio has won a Royal Rumble before, but he was entry number two at that point.
Do we think he can do it again? Because he did this, but he won the Royal Rumble back in 2006.
We're obviously now nearly 20 years on from that Royal Rumble and...
That's the year he went on to face the Undertaker at WrestleMania.
That's the year he went on.
Oh, it might have been.
I know he was successful in his challenge at WrestleMania, fabled story as it was.
He won the Royal Rumble, went to WrestleMania, won a World Heavyweight Championship at the grandest stage of them all.
Oh, no, he was in a triple threat match with Randy Orton and Kurt Angle.
And this is his 14th career Royal Rumble as well.
So, it's, I mean, yeah, Ramsterio has been going since we were little.
I've just spotted a... Most times spent in a single Royal Rumble until Gunther beaten by nine minutes two years ago.
So he sits at second place for the most time spent in a Royal Rumble match.
Hour two minutes and 12 seconds.
Gunther spent an hour, 11 minutes and 40 seconds in that Royal Rumble.
Green shirt guy looks like he's having a great time. I want to get hold of him.
I'd love to have him as a guest on our podcast one day.
Oh, 100%.
100%.
I think Ramsterio's entry has got to be one of the most iconic alongside edges when he made his return in the Royal Rumble.
Like, my skin is goosebumps. I look like a chicken that's just come out of the fridge right now.
Yeah, I mean, I... Every time I see the video clip of it come up on social media, I have to sit and watch it.
I have to sit and enjoy it and every time I watch it like yourself, I get goosebumps of edges entrance.
And the other one that gets me is when the new day announced Matt and Jeff Hardy into that ladder match at WrestleMania the one year to make it a face will fall away.
Yeah, I mean, one of the drawbacks of social media is that it's very hard for WWE to achieve a surprise entrant into a match like this, which traditionally was something that used to keep us on our toes.
We did have a couple with Trish Stratus and Nikki Bella and the women's Royal Rumble world around this evening, which I didn't see anything in social media.
There were rumors of them potentially making an entrance into that women's Royal Rumble.
Who's going to be number two in this men's Royal Rumble? Who is Rey Mysterio going up against?
Who is it? I'm genuinely not sure who it is.
Enter. Enter. Oh, what a way to stop this Royal Rumble. Rey Mysterio versus enter.
No, I didn't know professional wrestling was supposed to be classed as pornography, but I think the first two minutes of this match is going to be rated R, ladies and gentlemen.
Oh, then we have two of the greatest lucha Libre wrestlers ever sitting in the same ring as entry number one and number two.
Now, Penta is making his Royal Rumble debut today. He made his WWE debut less than a month ago and he is lining up against Rey Mysterio is number two in the 2025 Royal Rumble.
And my excitement for this match is always I but my my excitement now for this match.
I've got goosebumps and an erection.
My excitement level has just jumped straight into the stratosphere for this match.
We have speculated how much of a good match Penta and Rey Mysterio would have if they were allowed to let loose.
Rey Mysterio. But hey, me must be a stud there, goodness, bitch, just once my place is number one and Penta's like, haha, I'm going to get you now.
Fucking come on, get on with it now.
Come on. Let's get ready to rumble.
Ray looks happy.
Oh, Ray is.
I think he's probably about as excited at doing this as we are to friggin watch it.
Make this special. All right. I got you, brother.
We've got one chance. You can see what they're saying.
Let's not fuck this up.
Just take a breath.
Breathe it in.
We got all night to do this is not an AEW pay per view.
Hey, Penta, this has got an attendance.
Rey Mysterio's got a WrestleMania tattoo on the inside of his bicep there.
Lovely show of mutual respect between the two superstars to start this off.
It's taken place in 13 different states in the in the USA and we are currently in a state of complete euphoria.
You know what? I'd like them to make the UK estate just so we've got more of a chance of getting a pay per view over France.
Saudi Arabia. We're off.
Rey Mysterio has started this one.
I'd settle for if and when the UK gets a Royal Rumble, you better believe that I'll sell my soul to the devil to get into that match.
Oh, mate. Both kidneys are going.
Oh, 100%. I'll go as just ahead.
Oh, Rey's over the top rope with a kick from Penta.
That was a beautiful kick.
Well sold as well. But serious back to the top rope. We're going to get sent on.
Always got caught.
Oh, we caught him.
Oh.
Did he touch?
I don't know.
It was one footway Barrett's down.
I've got Matt Mac if he calling for VAR. I'll go after your cunt.
Oh.
That gets your heart rate up.
I'm seriously waiting for my rectum to unfucking clench at this point.
Rey just the rope slipped, isn't it?
Rey Mysterio went up for a high flying move.
Penta kicked the rope from under him and Rey slipped down.
We're due for entrance number three.
And we get Chad Gable.
So Chad Gable has traditionally had issues facing Lucha Libre Superstars.
So unless he's received the training he was promised,
he's going into this match at a complete disadvantage.
He certainly is.
Chad Gable was Penta's debut match opponent on Monday Night Raw.
And we covered that match in what I feel that may have been excruciating detail
on one of our previous podcast episodes.
And it was an absolute barn burner of a match in fairness.
But we're not seeing anything out of Chad Gable we haven't seen before.
Although he's holding his own now against...
Oh.
We have got a lot of near eliminations considering we are only at entrance number three.
Oh, I thought Mysterio could possibly be thrown down.
Penta's just saved his fellow Lucha Libre and Rey Mysterio.
Spinning Bulldog there by Penta as well.
Entry number four is going to be due soon.
Yes, he certainly is.
Dare I say his name?
Oh.
I'm sorry, I wish you guys could see what we could see here.
Rey Mysterio and Penta are basically using each other to bully Chad Gable.
Entry number four is coming.
Chad Gable and Rey Mysterio tied up in the corner.
Although they have taken the base from under him with that drop to his knees.
Carmelo Hayes.
And we have Carmelo Hayes.
Carmelo is going to miss here.
Carmelo Hayes has been working for redemption over on Friday Night SmackDown as of late.
And not been having a fantastic success rate at this point.
But he has some charge into the ring and wants a piece of headscarf.
He got some too.
Was that like a Hurricane Rana headscarf type thing?
That was something.
I'm not even sure I did the character.
Rey Mysterio is like, that's beautiful.
Oh, Mello, what are you doing?
There are no friends in the Royal Rumble.
No, but Rey Mysterio shows him how it's done with a nice little Hurricane Rana.
And a clubbing blow right to the back of the neck by Hayes.
Bastard, how do you feel taking out a Hall of Famer like that?
Spring-Wrek DDT.
Moven, governed by a different set of rules for the rest of the locker room.
Mello and Chad saying, let's take a look at what's going on.
Carmelo Hayes and Chad Gable looking like they're going to try and do a brief alliance here.
They're tying up Penta in the middle of the ring and fall away from Armour Penta.
This is high flying. I'm loving this.
Rey Mysterio, the baseball dive, takes a double shoulder tackle and a double elbow drop.
This is excitement, perso-fighting Royal Rumble.
Oh, Mello Hayes making basketball plays here.
Oh, Mello turning on the alliance.
Chad Gable not missing a beat here.
Oh, Mello never misses. Mello missed.
And he, well, he found Chad Gable and he found that belly to back suplex.
Who are we going to get?
Entrant number five in two, one.
Who? Who? Santos Escobar of...
Oh, the excitement's getting the better of me here.
Santos Escobar from SmackDown.
This is the leader of El Algado del Fantasma. This is his third career Royal Rumble.
Not seen an awful lot in ring from Santos Escobar,
so interested to find, see what we're going to find from who that is.
No, it just means that Chad Gable and...
He's in there with... and Chad Gable and...
Who's the other guy?
Mello Hayes, sorry, they're the only two non-luches in the ring.
Escobar set an umbrella for a 6-1-9.
Is he going for it? Is he going for it?
Cheeky mustard.
He's just hit Rey Mysterio with his own finisher. That is dirty Escobar.
Oh, Pental was not happy with that.
But we know that Santos Escobar has been talking with Dominic Mysterio as of late
after a throwaway comment on SmackDown the previous night.
Oh, Spanish fly!
Oh, no, Mexican destroyer.
Oh, Rey's going for the 6-1-9.
Oh, Rey Mysterio's just going how it's done. 6-1-9.
And all Santos Escobar near elimination.
Rey Mysterio near elimination.
Come on, Mello Hayes. Pental.
Enter as well. Chad Gable is left in the middle of the ring.
Oh, Chad Gable's fucked.
They've all just bought themselves back in.
They've all been in the middle of the ring between four tights and a maximum wrestling.
And four super kicks.
I mean, how do you... How do you... How... What?
Entry number 6.
They've been throwing around the ring as we prepare for entry number 6
and they don't count it down to the buzzer.
Alpha Academy, Otis.
Otis.
Otis is entry number 6
and we know he is going to go after Chad Gable.
Part of Alpha Academy's fourth career Royal Rumble.
Chad Gable and Otis have had a fable feud in the past
where Otis actually spent some time on the injured list
due to an ankle injury delivered to him by Chad Gable.
Santos Escobar straight away. Powerbomb.
How does a guy who looks like he's built like a giant toddler do the worst?
It is a... It is something that Alpha Academy have been doing as of late.
Chad Gable about to get eliminated.
No, he just got his teeth slapped back into his gums.
Oh.
He had the taste slapped out of his mouth.
Does it mean that Otis looked like a younger version of Brock Lesnar in his face?
There are certain features resembled the beast incarnate.
We're not going to see the beast incarnate in this Royal Rumble though
because he has just had charges filed against him in the Vince McMahon lawsuit.
What a backdrop...
Backdrops duplex Chad Gable delivered to Otis.
Yeah, but Otis got him up high.
Camelo saved him.
Those two aren't throwing Otis out.
We're not going to eliminate Otis that easily.
We get a little recap of the taste being slapped out of Chad Gable's mouth.
And then the backdrops duplex are...
Say what you will about Chad Gable, but he knows how to wrestle.
Entry number seven is coming.
There's a Birmingham City poster.
Brom Breaker.
Oh my days.
Brom Breaker, the current IC champion, is coming out to the ring
and he is going to run rampant through every last one of those lucha libre.
Now I have seen a clip of something this guy produces during his in-ring time
in today's Royal Rumble.
And uh...
Yeah, trust me.
We're going to have some fun now that the dogs are awake.
Oh, oh, oh.
So he made his Royal Rumble last day,
he came here last year with four eliminations
and comes straight in with a thunderous spear.
And he's just tossed Carmelo.
Chad Gable's going too, I think.
Chad Gable is in a nasty predicament up on that top road.
Oh, there's Brom Breaker hitting moves like that.
He's making Otis look like he...
Backdrop on Otis. Look at the height on the...
Jesus.
You can tell he is the son of Rick Steiner, the Hall of Famer.
He's got a total of 100%.
He is Steiner through and through.
All he needs is the chainmail.
Oh, wait a minute.
Turn around, Escobar.
Turn around.
Ewww!
Poor Panthers. Like, what the fuck?
If anything, I feel more sorry for Pablo Escobar.
Pablo Escobar?
The toss Escobar has just been eliminated.
Otis has just hit Brom Breaker in the back of the head.
That's going to have pissed Brom off a little bit.
He has, but he was also in position for what could have been a 6-1-9
had Rey Mysterio been in position.
Entry number eight in 2-1...
What was that?
Alpha Academy?
Oh, this is the...
Oh, I can't remember his name.
Akira Tizawa.
Oh, Carmelo Hayes hit some of the...
He's just knocked him clean out.
We've got Raw GM.
Nick Aldous is here.
That's not Nick Aldous.
No, it's not.
I can't remember the Raw GM's name.
Damn it.
Adam...
Adam Pearce, yes.
Akira Tizawa is being helped to the back after an attack by Carmelo Hayes.
Entry number eight has not even made it into the ring.
Wait a minute.
Who are we... What's going to happen here?
Is this a work or are we...
They're replacing Akira Tizawa.
No.
What?
This is the... Right, so this is where I've seen the clip, right?
This is not quite what I've seen, but what I've seen is coming up.
You are about to piss yourself live on podcast, my good sir.
Is Akira Tizawa being replaced by Aisho Speed?
He is, yes.
The dogs are barking in Indianapolis
because he likes to bark on Twitch just like Bron Breaker does.
The dogs are up and awake today.
Aisho Speed at the Royal Rumble.
Got 35 million subscribers on YouTube.
He got RKO'd by Randy Orton at WrestleMania last year
dressed in a prime bottle, I believe.
Yes, so Aisho Speed at the Royal Rumble this year
at the Express invitation of...
He's helping Bron Breaker eliminate Otis.
Aisho Speed has just helped Bron Breaker eliminate Otis.
This is what I've seen.
Watched Bron Breaker. That's all I'm going to say.
That fucking right.
Aisho Speed just met 0-60, like that.
For those of you who can't see it, Bron Breaker has just run the ropes
and speared Aisho Speed at about 25 miles an hour.
He's now going to pick him up in a bench press position
and launch him straight over the top rope to Otis
who catches him and tosses him behind him into the announce table,
into the announcers' chairs.
And Aisho Speed is just being eliminated from the Royal Rumble.
He just got broken.
I mean, Aisho Speed had no real place in that match, realistically.
No, but I'm sorry.
A guy like that, I mean, he makes more money than we do.
Don't get us wrong, but he's a small bloke
and that spear looked like he just snapped him in half.
Aisho Speed get well soon, my good friend.
So we've got four active wrestlers in the ring at the moment.
Four have been eliminated
and we are shortly going to await entry number nine.
So we've got Bre...
Penta, Reymus Dereo, Bron Breaker.
And the fourth one, D.Cad Gable.
So, we and Gret are still in.
Seamus.
Seamus the Celtic warrior.
Great white noise is coming.
Someone put your sunglasses on because Seamus is...
He's shining.
We've got a jar of mayonnaise with a catch-up haircut
running his way down the ramp to the ring.
What the fuck?
He won it in 2012.
This is his 11th career Royal Rumble.
He won this damn thing in 2012.
Oh, he's wrapped up in the ring.
He's going to play Cad Gable like an absolute drum.
I love watching Cad Gable getting beat like this.
I just love watching Seamus work.
Oh, he's doing Bron Breaker too.
He's tied up in the ropes.
Now, Bron Breaker and Seamus have met a number of times
for the IC title.
You know what? I will say, Cad Gable is if you bought Kurt Angle
from Timu.
Oh, 100%.
He is a cheat.
Penta is just eliminated.
Oh, no.
It was a near elimination. Penta nearly eliminated Seamus.
Oh, Seamus goes for the flying football tackle over the top rope.
Seamus putting on the moves.
He has four ground and pound to the roll.
Back Breaker onto Rey Mysterio.
Bron Breaker going for a backdrop.
Bron Breaker is a huge lad, and he's throwing other huge lads
around like they're just bags of sugar.
Oh, one of them.
Oh, spear into the great white noise.
Bron Breaker is out cold on the floor.
That road kick, sorry.
Yeah.
Road kick.
Yeah, Bron Breaker is having a nap.
He's too left-handed is Cad Gable and Seamus.
And Seamus just looks more pissed off at the fact that he's got...
He's got Cad Gable facing him in the ring.
If it had been Kurt Angle, he'd have been quite happy.
Entry number 10.
Jimmy Uso.
Oops.
Oh.
Fresh off his match on SmackDown on Friday night.
An eight-time Tag Team champion and his third career Royal Rumble.
This man and his brother Jay are going to be Hall of Famers as the Usos.
And I'm hoping they get a Hall of Fame where these singles career to go with it.
And that started off with a crossbody onto Cad Gable.
Off the top rope.
Jimmy Uso has been making some major moves in SmackDown in recent weeks.
Yeah, he's just eating some super kicks after selling some super kicks too.
Him and Pentor are having some fun.
This is one hell of a high-flying Royal Rumble so far this year.
Considering they're not supposed to go up that high because they run a risk of being eliminated.
All super kicked to Bron Breaker and to Sheamus.
So.
Oh.
That Samoan running hip into Rey Mysterio, then Chad Gable.
I'm just glad it's not Fatou doing it because...
We saw Jacob Fatou do that to Braun Strowman a few weeks ago and split him open like he was...
Geez, oh what a slap from Sheamus onto Jimmy Uso.
Jimmy Uso has just been told by the great white noise to sit down, boy.
And he's about to be potentially... Nope.
Near elimination.
Jimmy Uso by Sheamus.
We've got entry number 11 coming in now too.
4, 3, 2, 1.
Love that sound.
Andrade.
Oh after he beat the Miz on SmackDown this week as well.
So this is at least Andrade's second Royal Rumble in his running WWE this time round.
Well he returned last year for the Royal Rumble so this is his fourth career Rumble.
And he is the husband of the women's Royal Rumble winner Charlotte.
Yeah less said about that the better.
Yeah I've still discussed it though.
Yeah let's not get too embroiled in that.
We've got seven active superstars now in ring four have been eliminated and we're only at entry number 11.
Oh and...
What a kick to Jimmy Uso.
And then a head scissors on Panta.
Hurricane Rana sorry.
There's so many luchas in this or luchadors in this ring at the moment it's beautiful.
Oh 100% we are being treated to an absolute clinic in high flying action.
The only way this could be improved is if we get the last remaining members of the LWO come out.
Anything is possible at the Royal Rumble.
I am thinking no we've got a few guest spots we know coming up hopefully we've got a few Hall of Fame as possibly making a move.
We've already said one person's name and we'd love for that to happen.
But who else do you think we could see Adam?
I mean we could see the very first Royal Rumble winner Hacksaw Jim Duggan who has made appearances in the past in the Royal Rumble before.
He has.
It's possible we could see him.
The field is wide open as to who we could see come down that ramp in the next what 2022?
22 entries.
I think it's less than that.
The next entrant is 12 so we've got 18 left to go.
There we go.
maths was never a strong suit of mine.
No.
Entry number 12 due in in six seconds.
Oh what a superplex from Penta to Andrade.
Entry number 12 is Jacob Fatou the Samoan Werewolf.
Oh this is about to get interesting.
This guy's not going to let Lucha Libre get in his way.
He's a 6ft 2, 285 pound monster.
It's his Royal Rumble debut but things are about to get visceral.
I wonder if we see Tamatonga in the next couple of entrants as well.
I mean Tamatonga may not necessarily even be part of the match.
He may just come.
Every possibility comes out of the crowd.
Oh Samoan backdrop on turn Andrade.
Did LA Knight just kick him so hard he couldn't stop shaking?
Jacob Fatou and Penta are currently facing up to each other in the middle of the ring.
Penta's got a death wish if he thinks he's going one on one with Jacob Fatou and Fatou just sparks him.
Yeah Penta is seeing the next five entrants.
Off the rope cross body to Jacob Fatou.
He gets caught, puts both of the Luchas on for the Samoan drop.
He just got great Mysterio and all of Penta in that one and he don't even like he's broken a sweat yet.
What a huge Samoan backdrop.
Oh we saw a move like that.
Good.
Oh and so is Rey Mysterio, he's not going for it this year and Andrade is trying to get Jacob Fatou over but it's not happening.
I can't believe Mysterio's gone already.
Andrade's gone. Fatou's just coming here and destroyed it.
Jacob Fatou does exactly what it says on his table.
Oh look it behind him the dogs are barking.
Brombreak is looking.
Brombreak is looking constipated right now.
Oh there's a well-off and a big old dog.
Jimmy Uso and Sheamus split that one up and entry number 13 is...
Entry number 13, nothing ties that.
Not going to lie a little bit disappointed in that one but he's not a bad wrestler.
He's just like the big powerhouses that this rumble is getting interesting and I might have just slowed it down a little bit.
We don't know what the rumble has in store for us just yet but this is Ludwig Kaiser's second career Royal Rumble and he is part of Imperium with World Heavyweight Champion Gunther.
No he's not getting in the ring until he is good and ready.
I mean I wouldn't want to get in a ring with Jacob Fatou after he's just eliminated a handful of people.
He's under no obligation to get into the ring before he absolutely has to.
The minute he gets in the ring as he gets put out over the top rope he is out but while he is out there he is still in.
We have five active superstars in ring and Ludwig Kaiser lurking on the outside looking for an opportunity.
Here he is, he's going for Penta. No Penta fucked him out.
He's gone, he does not look happy.
He tried the chicken shit heel approach and got the chicken shit heel prize.
That's a year's time.
We're being told Santino still holds the record so I guess Kaiser is in.
Santino Morello does still hold the record for the fastest time being eliminated in a Royal Rumble.
That one second I believe the record is but Ludwig Kaiser won certainly wasn't but he's not back.
Penta is trying to get hold of Bron Breaker here.
Wait a minute is Kaiser going to come and pull him?
He's gone over the top rope so if Kaiser pulls him off he's done.
There was an entry 14, the Miz.
You know what, we bitch about the Miz but he's one of those superstars that does make the Royal Rumble the Royal Rumble.
A Rumble without the Miz is definitely, but a Rumble without the Miz is always not quite as good if you give me 16 at the Royal Rumble.
And he's like the second most indisible time.
We know who the first one is?
No but...
He's guessing it could be our boy with the reunion tour.
Oh he's just mugged Bron Breaker right off Miz.
Seamus helps him out there.
Miz had quite a good match on SmackDown as well this week.
He did, he certainly did.
He went up with Andrade actually.
Going one on one with Andrade sorry.
So the Miz I believe is currently tied with Kofi Kingston for the most amount for second place.
Kane is the one that holds the top spot.
Miz has got 15 with Dolph Ziggler.
This one brings him up tied to Kofi Kingston and then Kane's top spot with 18.
That could be 20.
I was going to say he technically has 20.
He appeared in 18 Royal Rumbles as Kane, one as Isaac Yankem and another one as fake Diesel.
I wonder if we'll see Kofi Kane or what's the moment dropped by Jacob Fatou.
He caught the Miz in midair and dumped him like a...
Well like a sack of feces.
We've seen that look in Jacob Fatou's eyes before.
He's not going to let his family member...
15.
Who are we going to get?
5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
We said his name.
I believe in Joe Hendry.
The TNA World Champion Joe Hendry makes the Royal Rumble.
The current TNA Heavyweight World Champion makes his Royal Rumble entry at number 15.
Yep, the goosebumps are back.
And Lucas Oilfield is ratuous.
This is a guy who's been wrestling for 15 years but for social media in the last 12 months has blown up incredibly.
And he goes straight for the Miz, straight for Penta, straight for Jimmy.
I'm hoping this isn't the last we see of Joe Hendry in WWE.
All toss and miss away like you carry about.
I've signed a talent sharing deal and Seamus is in the corner.
Look at all these signs.
We believe.
I believe in Joe Hendry.
Oh yes we do.
Seamus is in the corner looking just utterly perplexed.
You reckon they'll sign Joe Hendry to replace Cena?
I think they're going to use Jey Uso to do it personally.
We will rock you.
Oh what?
I mean it's a good show.
Jacob Fatou flattens it.
Seamus is...
Do you know who this is?
Do you not believe?
Why are you so bleeding angry?
You want a go?
Come into Joe Hendry's defence.
Seamus just mouthing off at Jacob Fatou.
Like why are you so...
Entrance number 16.
Seamus is there just like what the fuck bro?
Wait a minute.
Who is this?
That entrance, that crowd have just gone.
It's the original Tribal Cheese.
It's Roman Reigns.
The Tribal Chief is in the house.
Now we were shown he was here in a VT at the start
but we did not know what number he was going to be introducing himself.
Company to the ring by...
And with Paul Heyman there too.
He looks incredibly shiny.
Has he been in P Diddy's baby oil supply?
I mean Paul Heyman has yet to make his Royal Rumble debut.
We could potentially see that.
We've been surprised with...
Pyro on that entrance.
These the 2015 Royal Rumble winner as well.
Roman Reigns, undisputed Tribal Chief.
He could join rarefied air as being a two-time Rumble winner this year.
The true question is which title would he go after if he wins?
So this is one of many big names that have been announced for this year's Royal Rumble.
Oh.
I know it ain't cold in here but I am goose bumped up to...
Oh yeah, I'm not going to lie.
I want to see him hit a spear on Bron Breaker.
This guy is also going into the Hall of Fame.
Whether you love him or hate him, Roman Reigns will be a Hall of Famer.
Miz gets gone.
James hits a spear.
Oh.
And he's out.
Joe Hendry.
No.
Oh.
I believe...
Can Joe Hendry eliminate Roman Reigns?
No, spear to Joe Hendry.
Spear.
Is Joe Hendry out?
Yeah.
Oh.
I believed but it just wasn't enough.
We've got Roman Reigns face to face with their big dogs.
What you're talking about here Rich, we were talking about this just a second ago.
Both of these guys played football and they can both hit a spear.
Oh.
Breaker.
Breaker nails him.
That was a missile.
Paul Heyman has just shit himself with shock.
Paul Heyman's facial expression matches our own after that.
But Roman Reigns reverses it and tosses Bron over.
The full uno reverse by the wife in the background.
Roman Reigns looks like he's just been hit by a fucking steam train doing 100 miles an hour
and that's pretty much what Bron Breaker is.
I mean in fairness that is exactly what it is.
Jimmy Uso is just there like,
you need some help bro.
We have four active superstars in ring right now.
12 have been eliminated.
Come on Uso.
Oh Jacob Fatou just nails Jimmy Uso with a super kick and throws Jimmy out.
Jimmy Uso is out.
We are down to three active superstars and we haven't even had all of it away.
And this Jacob Fatou and Roman Reigns is the undisputed tribal chief versus the new bloodline's so-called leader at the moment
as Solosakowa has still not made a return.
Could we see Solosakowa come back in the Royal Rumble?
I mean that could be an interesting one.
Last time we saw Solosakowa he said next to nothing and left.
That is a future WrestleMania main event.
Michael Cole you are not wrong.
Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatou would be a hell of a match.
Especially if you put it in tribal combat.
We've been waiting for this.
Oh we have as they trade blows in the middle of the ring.
Henter trying to make himself as small as possible in that corner.
Yeah I would be too.
I'd be like I'm not here.
We've got to be looking for entrant number 17.
It's got to be coming soon.
13 elimination so far.
Three active superstars.
Henter, Jacob Fatou and Roman Reigns.
We have had an elimination fest in this tournament.
Oh spear by Reigns onto Fatou.
Oh that was hot.
Reverse on the rope swing.
Henter number 17, Drew McIntyre.
Sword Drew McIntyre.
Well he's got an issue with Roman Reigns anyway and he's marching down here.
Like someone's just slapped his mother in the face and stolen her last piece of candy.
Let's be fair Drew McIntyre has got an issue with everybody.
I would like to have seen Drew McIntyre in the ring with the fellow Scotsman Joe Hendry.
I think that would have been an interesting look at the look.
But this is Drew McIntyre's ninth career Royal Rumble and he was the winner of the 2020 Royal Rumble.
And Reigns is just saying fuck it let's get going.
Let's go.
Reigns has had his teeth done in the time he's been off by the looks of it.
It would certainly seem like Roman Reigns has been to Turkey.
Henter has spent a total of 37 and a half minutes in the ring at this stage.
And they are the Drew McIntyre and Roman Reigns facing off in really great blows.
And they're not holding back there giving it everything they've got.
Jacob Fartu is going to come in.
Jacob Fartu holds the most eliminations in this match so far.
Can he make it more?
I don't get what is going on with Fartu here.
He could have made a nice allegiance with Roman and Jimmy and they could be going through to the end.
But at the moment Drew wants Roman and so does Jacob.
And Reigns holds four eliminations as well.
And Jacob Fartu is not known for making calculated decisions.
Every week Drew McIntyre reminds Roman he's coming for him.
And Jacob Fartu is going for that hip toss on to Penta.
Penta has been left far too long.
Number 18 is coming.
Number 18.
No, who have we got?
Who is it?
It's Fin Balor.
Fin Balor has made his return.
Fin Balor.
We've not seen him since his street fight with Damien Priest.
Remember the judgement day in his fourth career Royal Rumble.
100% part of judgement day.
He needed some time off after that street fight because Damien Priest battered him.
Damien Priest messed him up.
Obviously Fin and Drew are tearing off and Roman in the corner.
Penta's going to have a look at Fin Balor after he's finished dealing with Jacob Fartu.
Fin tries the elimination on Penta and Penta says fuck you, you slapped to the chest.
And remember this is Penta's day very first Royal Rumble match and he is lasting remarkably well.
Fin Balor tried to get over the top rope but he didn't quite get him.
We're going to see a coup de grace on point from Fin Balor.
What a slap from Roman Reigns.
He has just turned Fin Balor inside out.
As Jacob Fartu has got a choke hold on Drew McIntyre.
Roman Reigns breaks that with a slap.
He goes back to working on Fin Balor in the corner.
Roman's just trying to set his dominance here and he penta's sneaking his way back in over the bottom rope in the corner.
Jacob Fartu looks a little bit pitty.
Entry number 19's coming in. Penta's up on the corner.
Penta's up on the corner.
Who's 19?
Jinzke Nakamura.
He looks scary as hell these days but he's just no good in the ring anymore.
He's the 2018 Royal Rumble winner, the current United States champion.
He's just not a very inspiring, I've always had an issue because of his lack of ability to cut a promo.
You'd have thought for someone who had been in the company for so long his English would have got slightly better.
But yeah, he's just got nothing to him.
Nakamura has always been an opportunistic wrestler and seems to favour striking more than actual wrestling at the moment.
Which we're just seeing in the ring there as he puts boots and hands to anybody who can get his hands on.
I don't know about you but I was more excited when they bought AJ Styles over than Jinzke Nakamura.
I still am not a massive Styles fan, would love to see Styles in the Rumble tonight. I'm not going to lie to you.
But yeah, Nakamura has never really interested me.
AJ Styles had a storied career in TNA, was bought over with much fanfare to WWE, had a fantastic start.
He debuted at the Royal Rumble didn't he?
I think he's been playing since with multiple injuries which happens to every wrestler as they get older.
Penta throwing Finn Balor into Jacob Fatou then and then look like he's going to use him for a step up.
Mexican destroyer on Jacob Fatou.
You do not expect Fatou to be able to sell a move like that or even let someone pull it off but fair play.
Finn Balor has just eliminated Penta.
The guy hits a Mexican destroyer on Jacob Fatou to get tossed by Finn Balor. That's terrible.
What a... wow, that was beautiful.
It really was. It was beautifully sold by Jake Balor.
Penta was in the ring for 42 minutes and 4 seconds on his debut. That is not a bad running at all.
Right, entering number 20. We are coming up to 2 thirds of the way through this men's Royal Rumble match.
As we welcome...
Jey Uso!
Ute!
I think Indianapolis has just entered the stratosphere.
Ute!
Now notice Jey Uso came out with what looked like a lay around his neck.
And Jimmy Uso did something very similar and they both sort of just broken it apart.
So last year Jimmy Uso lasted 51 minutes, pretty much, in the Royal Rumble.
Oh, he's gone straight after Finn Balor.
He certainly has and is laying the smacketh down.
And he pops a spear onto Drew McIntyre. Now the spear from Jey is not something we see a lot, but haha.
Jacob Fatou is losing the taste in his mouth. Oh, what was that?
I have absolutely no idea.
So no superstar has ever won from number 20 and Jey Uso has entered at number 20.
Could we be setting a new Royal Rumble record tonight?
I'd love to see Jey win it purely for the fact that how ovary is at the moment.
And I want to see him topple Gunther for that title.
Jey Uso is my pick to win the Royal Rumble.
Yeah, he's mine as well.
I've called it a few episodes back on the podcast that I think Jey Uso makes the most sense to win the men's Royal Rumble.
He's just eliminated Shinsa Nakamura.
Yeah, bye bye Nakamura.
Yeah, boring.
And Jey Uso seems to be saying exactly the same thing.
As we see Drew McIntyre being hung up in the corner by Finn Balor,
Jacob Fatou put in the work in with Roman Reigns as we get ready to welcome entry number 21 to the Royal Rumble.
As the buzzer goes off and we welcome the phenomenal one, AJ Styles.
Just as we've been talking about the man, he makes an appearance.
Made his debut in WWE at the Royal Rumble.
I believe it was five years ago now, maybe.
First appearance on WWE since October 2016.
So nearly 10 years he's been in WWE.
And what I mean, as I've said previously in TNA before,
and you had a fantastic career in TNA,
but has sort of met lackluster success with within WWE.
But absolutely taking it to Drew McIntyre and Finn Balor,
determined to make a phenomenal impact moving forward as he lays out Jey Uso in the middle of the ring.
And then turns his attention to the one true tribal chief that has not spotted Jacob Fatou behind him.
These two have not met in the ring yet, but my God, the stare down is real.
As AJ throws the first punch and takes it to Fatou,
who doesn't seem to have an answer for AJ Styles.
Oh, pop-up backdrop from Jacob Fatou to Styles.
As Finn Balor is putting in the work with Roman Reigns in the corner,
Fatou and Drew McIntyre seem to have formed some kind of unspoken alliance at the moment,
taking it to AJ Styles as we welcome entry number 22,
Braun Strowman.
We haven't seen the one big SOB.
The man himself, Braun Strowman.
35 career eliminations in his eighth career Royal Rumble.
The man Jacob Fatou slapped the taste out of only a fortnight ago on SmackDown.
He slapped his face off his skull, and now it's been replaced.
He's going after Fatou who has spotted him coming to the ring.
And while I was just taking a step to one side,
I missed the entry of the Phenomenal One AJ Styles I thought we'd see him here this evening.
Yes, you did, and he made one hell of an impact,
but seems to have taken a slower pace just now as we watch Jacob Fatou and Braun Strowman face off in the ring.
I said this before, I'll say it again, Braun Strowman looks in phenomenal shape, my god.
He's an absolute beast, isn't he?
Every time he returns, he comes back bigger and badder.
He's just an absolute friggin' unit.
He's just fucking thrown Vatou over like he was a fucking ragdoll.
And Fatou is not happy.
He's now unhinged.
You could have fucking killed me, that's what Braun Strowman shouting at him.
You could have fucking killed me.
That's Finn Balor and Drew McIntyre laying waste, AJ Styles coming in too.
Pat McAfee has lost his seat.
Yeah, that got launched at Braun Strowman.
As we have Drew McIntyre, AJ Styles and Finn Balor take it to Braun Strowman.
Number 23 inbound.
John Cena!
He's not here.
For the last time we see John Cena in the Royal Rumble at entry number 23.
This last time is now as a wrestling fan.
This is a sad day for me.
Seeing John Cena in his final Royal Rumble and the look in his eyes says it's a sad day for him too.
He's the man who deserves it after 23 years of service to this company, going to get one last opportunity to take on a main event for a title before he retires.
He won the 2008-2013 and his first Rumble since 2018.
John Cena is back.
Oh, he's got Strowman up on his shoulders.
He's got Strowman.
Oh, Finn Balor almost got him with a cheeky one.
What's he doing, Finn Balor?
He threw it to Finn Balor off.
Spear to Drew McIntyre.
Oh, Roman Reigns hit him like he was a fucking steam train.
Never give up.
The last time is now.
Frogman in his 50s, the only difference between when he debuted is he's got a bold spot and a little bit of pudge, but he's still looking...
That was a quick two minutes.
The Seat and Punk!
And John Cena is Punk's up.
Oh, Punk's been in the gym too.
When he first returned, he had beer burgers and fucking bigger titties than I did.
Now he is looking spanked.
Tor Tricep and finished the runner-up in last year's Royal Rumble.
He has also competed in eight Royal Rumbles with a 10-year gap in between the first six and the last two.
Yeah, 100%.
And CM Punk has been very vocal in recent weeks about making sure that this is the year that he wins.
Well, he's never made an event in WrestleMania, and this is the first opportunity to get so.
He's throwing a tribute to Bret the Hitman Heart with those trunks there.
He's been wearing those. That's been his ring gear for quite a while now, in fairness.
I'm not sure if it is a hat tip to the greatest of what.
Greatest of what, greatest of what, greatest of what will be.
The one thing that every wrestler reckons they are?
Yeah, pretty much.
Punk, Cena and Rose.
You can see the visible excitement on John Cena's face.
Well, Cena's not been in a ring with Punk for 12 years.
This for Cena is a big thing.
Remember, Cena's last match, Punk's last match, sorry, was at SummerSlam against John Cena.
Can I make an observation that John Cena looks incredibly frickin pale.
Like, I'm not entirely sure he'd look any way more tanned if he stood next to Sheamus at this point.
He's been filming a movie in Hungary, so he's probably been wrapped up quite a lot by these two boys who've been out in the sun in the US of A.
We are at entry number 25.
And Cena looks a little bit worried here.
Who could it be? I mean, we've still got so many big names yet to come.
Seth Rollins.
Seth, freaking Rollins.
Is John Cena there as a fan at the moment, or is he there as an in-ring competitor?
Because he seems to be getting just as pumped for these entrants as the crowd are.
I'm not going to lie to you.
We spoke about getting tickets for WrestleMania if we had that sort of money.
I think I'd have pissed myself by now.
Like, purely just for the fact that some of these entrances and the way the roof has gone off, if we were there, I think there'd be a puddle under Mosse.
Shield are in the room.
Well, the shield formed in Indianapolis.
Seth Rollins going right after CM Punk.
Well, we knew that was going to happen.
Rollins and Punk have got unfinished business after that Netflix debut.
Punk managed to get the win over Rollins.
AJ just looked bored in the middle, so he's like, I'll go and give Jey a hug and see what happens over here.
Yeah, 100%.
We've got Jey so he's trying to get rid of AJ.
Right, Cena's got a bigger island than I have, and I've got nowhere.
Roman's been in the ring for 20 minutes and 30 seconds.
He's got four eliminations.
He's thrown out the Miz, Seamus, Joe Hendry and Bronn Breaker.
The top players in the planet are here in this match.
Seth Rollins really taking it to Drew McIntyre, goes for the elimination, trying, trying for the elimination,
and CM Punk comes over, saves Drew McIntyre at this point.
Cena just popped AJ with a low blow.
He was holding his balls for a second.
I'm not sure.
I'd be honest.
I was too focused on watching the exchange between Punk McIntyre and Seth.
Who's Jey Youssef in the corner with?
Seth Freakin' Rollins.
Entry number 26 is coming.
The entrances are coming thick and fast.
I'm not sure this is two minutes between entrances, but I'm not going to be here to time these entrances.
Damian Priest.
It's not.
It's time to start.
It is.
I forgot.
I even got me declared.
Why is he wearing a junior jacket?
I don't think it.
No, it's not.
It looks like it is.
Obviously Liv Morgan came out wearing a daddy-dom jacket in the women's row much earlier on in the paper.
This is Dom Mysterio's big royal rumble.
I didn't think he'd been around that long.
Doesn't even look like he's old enough to be at an IP.
I mean that Hornstein mustache don't help him.
No, definitely not.
And yeah, the crowd really is having Dom's period.
Oh, he's going straight on top.
He's got a rock splash onto Cena.
I personally don't think they're going to let Cena be there.
Oh, he's going up with a tribal chief.
Eddie Guerrero tribute there.
Latino heat.
Roman Reigns is like, I don't think so, my good sir.
Definitely not.
Oh, and drop onto Dom Mysterio.
Duncan Rollins are having a little bit of a matter on against that side rope there.
Drew's getting a bit of a breather in.
John Cena's gone for a nap on the ring apron just for a moment.
He did just eat that frog splash off Dom Mysterio and Roman Reigns just there again.
So right, Dom.
Did you just see the handshake and the slap from Roman Reigns onto Dom?
I did.
Dom's currently tasting yesterday's dinner.
And the referee number 27, Drew Inbound.
Sami Zayn.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Come on, Sami. Let's go.
As much as Jeyu, so is my pick to win.
I am pulling for Sami Zayn.
I can't help but feel sorry for the guy.
Sami Zayn under Gunther's historic intercontinental title reign at WrestleMania.
You love hearing the crowd singing Sami's music.
Oh, went for a luv it into Drew McIntyre, which has been three weeks in the making.
And does the Hallyms like you?
F. Wallins as well.
Phony Cody was in here to make the trifecta.
F. Wallins is eating.
CM Punk's getting a slap from Sami Zayn too.
And CM Punk is answering it straight back.
And Cena and Dom are having a little bit of a debate over in the side of the ring.
And I think AJ Styles may have been hitting the head once too many times.
He just seems to be wandering around the ring.
I might see if we get another Styles clash off him.
So we've got New Fools and Styles clash in a rumble.
So AJ Styles caught Seth Rollins midair and went into a Styles clash.
It was a really impressive sequence.
Jey Uso has just made AJ Styles off.
We're having a bit of an allegiance here between Sami, Roman and Jey.
We've got three members of the original bloodline in the ring at the moment.
So we could see that happen.
Who have we got?
Damian Priest.
Apart from Joe Hendry, there's not really been anyone that you'd expected to not be there.
I'm trying to think if we've had all of our declared superstars just yet.
I think we might have done, so there's still room for surprise here.
This is Damian Priest's fifth career Royal Rumble
and a former World Heavyweight Champion that he is going straight after Drew McIntyre.
There's also a former member of the Judgment Day.
Go in and try and have a little bit of beef with Darne while he's there.
Damian Priest going old school again on that barrier.
Crossbody into the crossbody.
Yeah, and he just shows one of Damian Priest's mentors being the dead man, the phenom undertaker.
Oh, Dom set it off. He's dialing it off. It's going to miss.
Oh!
He's going to have to enjoy that. Dominic's going.
Dominic is eliminated.
Bye-bye, baby, Darne.
As Damian Priest can see and Punk get into it, we can see Sami Zayn going after AJ Styles
with John Cena, laying into Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre.
Punk looks gassed. I'm not going to lie.
Eventually number 29 coming in now. Who are we going to get?
There's a stacked ring still.
Who is it?
AJ Knight.
The girl!
AJ Knight!
I feel so sorry for my neighbours at this point.
You know, I've been reminded by my wife that I'm shouting, so I'm also feeling a little bit sorry for my neighbours as well.
This is LA Mike Royal Rumble debut as a former United States champion.
And he's gone up top. Who is he aiming for first? Is he going to try and hit John Cena?
He's going to hit Cena.
Oh, a drop on to Cena. AJ went to Cena.
AJ Styles in the process.
Knackbreaker on to AJ by LA Knight.
That could be an interesting match in a life.
An angriest move for AJ Styles as it goes.
Jimmy Husso is busy slapping the taste and getting the taste slapped out with LA Knight.
See and Punk's been ganged up on in the corner there by Priest and McIntyre and Rollins.
Yeet! Yeah!
Yeet! Yeet!
Oh, miss!
Reversal!
Yeah, the mega star who is LA Knight. Yeah!
Who's in trouble over there with Damien Priest? Is it Drew McIntyre?
And Punk and McIntyre were over there. Punk was on the floor with Priest and Rollins laying into him a little bit.
Sami Zayn helping out the tribal chief.
AJ has been put up on the corner.
It's never going to be his fine nature just play it, play it part in.
Drew's going to get rid of him. McIntyre gets...
Oh!
Oh, Jimmy...
And Punk in trouble on the outside.
But Jey just super kicked Sami Zayn and puts him on the floor.
Yeah, Sami Zayn is out.
He just got... they just got payback for all these Believer kicks.
Jey is not playing his tension.
Oh, McIntyre almost, but I could have had him there.
Damien Priest has got McIntyre around the mouth.
Last entrant coming in now.
The last entrant into the Royal Rumble for 2025 is...
Who is it?
Logan Paul.
The last to declare the Maverick.
So in the Royal, in the Women's Rumble, we get to see Trish Stratus, we get to see Nikki Bella, we get, you know, Alexa Bliss.
And then the men's Rumble, the most exciting thing we get is Joe Hendry and John Cena.
Logan Paul is in the favoured spot in terms of Royal Rumble history,
as there have been five superstars that have won from entry number 30,
and this is only Logan Paul's second career Royal Rumble.
If they let him win over the quality of superstar in this match,
I will never watch another Royal Rumble.
That is a bold claim, sir. A bold claim.
A double clothesline to Seth Rollins and AJ Harlow.
So we have ten people left in that ring.
Logan Paul going after... Oh! Going after Jey Uso there.
LA Knight there in the background.
LA Knight.
I don't think he falls in any danger of winning this somehow.
No, but Drew McIntyre has gone.
Oh! Drew McIntyre has been eliminated.
Oh, is it pre-scoring?
Oh, he don't look happy.
Are we seeing a potential feud starting between Damian Priest and Drew McIntyre now?
That could be interesting.
Rollins is hitting off on the Maverick, CM Punk's having a little go as well.
Oh, none of them like Logan Paul's.
AJ's having a go.
LA Knight going after the Maverick.
Determined to eliminate him.
I think if I were a superstar like LA Knight,
I'd be wanting to eliminate Logan Paul as well.
At least it's not Kevin Owens.
The man who's lost to Logan Paul.
We've been quite vocal about Logan Paul's journey to WWE in the past.
What's he doing on the announce table?
Saving himself from elimination.
He's got to fight back.
We haven't seen Kofi Kingston, LA Knight, just ate a boot from Damian Priest.
Kofi Kingston is normally the one known for these extravagant acts.
Damian Priest has been done.
Yeah.
Logan Paul is content to stand on that announce table.
Someone throws him a bottle of prime.
Of course they do. Didn't realise KSI was in the audience.
Sure, I think he is. They haven't shown it.
Styles just gets rid of LA Knight.
LA Knight eliminated.
I'd like to see him and Styles have a bit of Logan Paul's moving around towards the steel stats.
Logan Paul is going to try and make the jump to the steel stats, but LA Knight is still out on the outside.
AJ Styles on the outside of the ring having gone over the top rope is...
Yes, Logan Paul got AJ, but he needs to get back in the ring before someone sends him flying into that announce table.
I hope so.
Oh, Roman's just seen it.
Oh, Roman Reigns. Smackler smug look off that prick's face.
Roman looks at that WrestleMania sign, you can see his eyes go, and he's just going to stand there.
They're all looking at him.
A lot of attention has turned to Logan Paul.
He's head down between the remaining six participants being Roman Reigns, John Cena, CM Punk, Logan Paul, Seth Rollins and Jay Uso.
Cena's looking for a zimmer frame. He doesn't like he can move around the ring much at this point.
I don't think he's had the opportunity to move around the ring at this point.
So we've got CM Punk going after Rollins, Logan Paul going after the tribal chief and Cena taking it from Jay Uso.
Oh, going to sleep, Logan Paul.
Massive kick to CM Punk, super kick attempted to Seth Rollins.
Pedigree to Jay Uso.
Cena for the attitude adjustment.
Oh, we're going for it.
He's the superman Punk.
Curb Stomp.
Left with...
Punk goes for the serve.
And we are left with...
Yeah, but Roman Reigns and Rollins.
And Roman's looking right at him.
And don't forget, Roman has not forgiven Seth for that steel chair across the back.
So there's a spear coming here.
Will be going to see a superman punch to the face.
I think Seth Rollins is very much aware...
Seth Rollins is very much aware of who's left standing in that ring.
He's done the math.
As they square off in the middle of the ring,
we have no more entrance into the into the Royal Rumble here.
As we await to see who will emerge victorious in main event WrestleMania.
I'm hoping out of all of the superstars in that ring,
you one person I do not want to see it is Logan Paul.
I prefer not to see Roman get it because the amount of times he's done it.
But I'd be happy if he was to do so.
Our pick for Rumble winner is still in this match as it stands.
Jey Uso is still in there.
Roman Reigns is the longest serving under in that match so far.
As him and Seth Rollins trade absolute warheads.
And they've got hatred for each other after the shield, the breakup of the shield.
All went for a kerb stop.
Superman punch. Pedigree.
This is a great little bit of chain wrestling.
They both know each other so well that they are so well scouted.
They've got each other so well scouted.
Seth Rollins is in trouble.
He certainly is.
He recovers.
Oh, what a kick.
Could we see Seth Rollins eliminate Roman Reigns here?
Reigns is in trouble.
Seth don't fucking mess about mate.
No, Roman got him.
No he hasn't. He saved himself.
What's he holding onto?
He's holding onto Roman.
Get the fuck out both of you. Roman and Rollins have gone because of punks.
Seth is not going to like that.
No he is not.
Oh Logan Paul's got him.
Paul's got him.
He's going for his back.
He landed on something there.
We've got three left. We've got Jey Uso, Cena and Paul.
Roman's not happy.
Punks not happy.
Paul's got him.
Seth Rollins is in trouble.
That's not to Rollins to Reigns.
Oh, double fuck Curbstom.
And then Seth and Punk are going.
I think Roman's out.
Oh, Punk and Rollins are going one on one outside this room.
Seth Rollins did a double fuck Curbstom to Roman Reigns.
Aaron in mind, he normally only does one foot.
That's how he maintains control.
Oh, Rollins is fucking cute.
Punk's out cold.
Roman's out cold.
Paul Heyman's entry into the Royal Rumble here.
I'm joking, of course.
He will never participate in the Royal Rumble.
I think he has said that on multiple occasions.
Oh, Seth Rollins flipping pain in the bird and pumping Roman Reigns
onto the steel steps while we've had...
Rollins is snapped.
While we have Jey Uso, Logan Paul and Cena
flat out in the ring as the referees on the outside
try to regain control in the ring.
Seth Rollins has well and truly snapped.
Rollins and Punk are still fighting out here.
Punk is pissed.
Rollins is pissed.
Reigns is pissed.
We are going to see this boil over.
I think we made all into the end.
Monday Night Raw is going to be one hell of an episode.
Your mind went to the same place as mine.
I was just about to say exactly the same thing.
Raw is going to be off the freaking chain.
I think we could end up in an unsanctioned match
between the three of them here in an unsanctioned triple threat
with a no-de-cue style to it.
We've got to remember as well that Heyman still owes Punk
a favour that has yet to be named.
Punk sat in the timekeepers' area while Rollins has gone up the ramp.
This has given time for Uso, Cena and Logan Paul
to regain some stamina.
It looks like Roman Reigns may have gained a bit of colour there on the elbow.
I'm seeing some flecks of crims in there.
He's been opened up.
Someone's been opened up onto Roman.
As we see the final three starting to come back to life.
I'm hoping Logan Paul eats a super kick over this top rope right now from Jey Uso.
I'm hoping that Jey Uso kicks the head off Logan Paul
and then yeets it into the crowd.
Here it comes.
Oh, Logan and Jey Uso slugging in the middle.
100%.
As much as I don't like Logan Paul having seen the body of his work in WWE,
a match between him and Jey Uso would be a sight to be seen.
If Logan Paul's going to do what he says he's going to do
and he's going to be a full-time wrestler on his contract,
then fat plates with him are all given the benefit of the doubt.
Oh, what a head kick.
Logan Paul has a lot to answer for in my opinion.
He's still got a lot of respect to be earned.
There is a base level of respect of jumping in the ring to begin with.
But he has not paid his dues as we have spoken about before.
John Cena going after both Jey and Logan Paul.
What's he thinking? We've seen this look in his eye before.
Is he going to try and pop him? But he is. He's getting it both out.
He's going for a double attitude adjustment.
Jey slipped off the back.
Oh, kick Logan Paul in the face. They're both going for it.
Look at him go.
Cena relivinates Paul.
He's got two left.
It's Uso and Cena.
He's paying attention to Jey Uso. He's not paying attention in the right place.
Cena is tasting WrestleMania on the tip of his tongue.
What?
Another match that would be phenomenal is John Cena versus Jey Uso.
We're going to get a taster of it now.
As they soak in the crowd, loving this Royal Rumble match.
They're not the only ones. I've got goosebumps.
Being the only crowd flipping the bird as much as he possibly can.
This is the last time we'll see Cena in a Royal Rumble.
And he is one of the last two.
The final two. Jey Uso having been in the longest and John Cena not far behind him.
There is six and a half minutes between the two of them.
We are in the final stage.
Cena must be able to taste this.
That's 17th World Championship in his grasp.
We've also been told numerous VT promos for the next PLA.
Being elimination chamber that John Cena will be participating in some way, shape or form.
Our pick for the Royal Rumble is also the main event Jey Uso.
Can he get his main event though? That is the question.
Are we going to see WrestleMania main event Jey Uso?
Just WrestleMania Jey Uso.
As they log it out in the middle of the ring, this is our...
I am literally on the edge of my screen.
You don't headbutt a Samoan.
Football to our shoulder tuckle.
Here you go.
Are we going to get a five knuckle shuffle?
Yes we are.
Time for the last time.
We're getting a five knuckle shuffle in Royal Rumble.
One.
You can't see me.
Oh John Cena, we see all of you.
Five knuckle shuffle.
As Cena go into the main event of WrestleMania.
He is perched for an attitude adjustment.
He's been countered.
Super kick.
Oh.
John Cena in a precarious position.
Come on Jey.
Come on Jey, get in there.
I'm so conflicted.
Super kick.
John Cena is seeing stars right now.
If Tweetie Bird was real.
Oh.
Jey trying to eliminate John.
John's in trouble.
I think I'm as exhausted about this match as the guys that have
been fighting for this tournament at this point.
I don't know who I want to win.
Spear.
Spear to Cena and Cena and Jey Uso are flat out in the room.
They are low down.
These men have given everything they have.
The yeetmeister.
Against the ruthless aggression.
Both of these men are primed for that main event at WrestleMania.
Both deserve it.
For some of those who say Cena is going to come back to a Charlotte Flair return,
main event WrestleMania.
This has got you having to be tired completely on your shoulders for over a decade
while everyone else disappeared and made paychecks elsewhere.
Oh.
John Cena thinks he's won it.
Oh.
John Cena's in trouble.
They've both gone over the top rope.
Jey tries to get back in the ring.
Cena's like, no, you don't.
Cena tries the same.
Jey's like, nope.
Punch by Jey to John.
Punch from John to Jey.
Double elimination like we did so many years ago.
Cena and Batista.
No, I'm not sure.
Yeet.
Jey almost went with that punch.
Jey off.
One more.
Cena's in noose to noose with my television screen as it stands at the moment.
Super kick.
There we go.
Super kick. John Cena's hanging up on the tips of his fingers.
Oh.
Oh, my God.
Oh, for the attitude adjustment.
Oh.
Usos wins.
Jey Uso is main event.
WrestleMania main event.
Jey Uso.
Yeet.
He don't even look like he knows what's going on here.
The look on Uso's face there says that Cena was supposed to win that and Cena's just gone,
you know what, mate?
Fuck it.
You have it.
Jey Uso looks like his birthday, his Christmas and his wedding anniversary have been rolled up into one head job.
Cena's not happy.
John Cena looks...
Is he pissed?
I honestly can't.
Oh, give him a hug.
There we go.
John Cena was pissed.
He was pissed to begin with.
That confirms that I think there was a botched finish there or a missed finish and Cena's just going,
there we go, mate.
And I think that what was just been whispered in John Cena's ear is,
look at this crowd.
You deserve this win.
Look at that.
Main event Jey Uso is going to be a WrestleMania main event Jey Uso.
Oh, fucking chills.
Jey Uso is headed to the main event.
Oh, what a royal rumble match that was.
We get a quick recap of Punk's double elimination of Rollins and Reigns.
And then we just get Logan Paul run up and Sprew Punk.
What I didn't spot earlier on, we said that CM Punk made a bit of a hurt his back slightly.
He landed flat ass flat on the concrete.
So that was a cocksecked shot.
Yeah, 100%.
Right, well, I'm not going to lie to you.
I think that has been a fantastic episode and a fantastic match.
What a men's royal rumble.
That was definitely better than the women's. I will give you that.
But I think we're going to leave this one here and we will catch you with the rest of the matches.
The next episode.
Yeah, 100%.
Thank you everyone for sitting and listening to us go absolutely nuts.
Just over an hour and a half at this men's royal rumble.
We have taken you through every last second of it.
Big story out of this match.
Main event Jey Uso is no more.
He is now WrestleMania main event Jey Uso.
Certainly is.
Well, those two matches have been incredible.
I can't wait to get the rest of this paper view sorted.
So I will catch you a little bit later items.
Yeah, catch you in a bit.