Welcome to IWNerd.com’s coverage of the 2017 Royal Rumble! We will be hosting a live chat for the event in the comment section below! Please join us and talk the show with a good crew! Consider yourself invited! Should be a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is the match card for tonight:
WWE Title Match
John Cena vs. AJ Styles
WWE Universal Title
Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens
WWE United States Champion Chris Jericho will be hanging above the ring in a shark cage.
RAW Women’s Title Match
Bayley vs. Charlotte
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Neville vs. Rich Swann
Royal Rumble Match
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Kickoff Show
Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax
Kickoff Show for the RAW Tag Team Titles
Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. Cesaro and Sheamus
**2 referees
Kickoff Show
Nikki Bella, Naomi and Becky Lynch vs. Mickie James, Natalya and SmackDown Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss
Join us all night in the comment section below as we talk about the show!
Really excited for this one!
Make sure to leave us your last minute predictions
Nia Jax, Cesaro/Sheamus, James/Bliss/Natalya, Neville, Charlotte, Cena, Reigns, and Balor for the Rumble.
Sasha Banks, Anderson/Gallows, James/Bliss/Nattie, Charolette, Cena, Regins, Randy for the Rumble
Glad to be back chatting wrestling with everyone! It’s been a while!
Thanks for joining us!
Thank you for having me!
Any predictions?
Nia Jax, Cesaro/Sheamus, James/Bliss/Natalya, Neville, Charlotte, Cena, Reigns, and Balor for the Rumble. How about you?
I got just about the same picks as you…weird lol
Glad to have you back
It’s great to be back. How have you been?
I’ve been good
Good to hear!
Pumped for the Rumble
Thanks for joining! Me too! Any predictions?
Underatker, Reigns, Styles, and Charlotte
Good picks
All wrong I am sure but what the heck. First Rumble in a while that has a lot of mystery behind it
Fantastic moment last night at NXT Takeover
Loved every second of that
It was much needed for Rollins.
What surprise entrant would you like to see?
Balor Angle Tye Dillinger Samoa Joe
I agree with all of those, perhaps even Nakamura too.
Not after what happened last night
Not even if it us a one off for now?
He got injuried
Legitimately? I thought he was just selling it.
WWE hasn’t announced anything about it yet on twitter but i think its legit
Samoa Joe
Hideo
most unpredictable Rumble match since what 2010?
For sure
i am hoping Balor comes back and wins because as much as i would like Sami Zayn to win the Rumble i don’t have any faith in WWE to give that to Zayn
Definitely
Bayley or Charlotte?
Charolette 16-0
Charlotte keeps it till Mania
Charlotte
Charlotte…its literally the only match I am confident about
I wish someone I follow on Twitter wouldn’t have posted the final betting odds for the show…I have tried my best to avoid all spoilers for the last few days.
As someone who covers this, I wouldn’t put too much stock into it, it usually isn’t 100%
I dont read them before every single show but I honestly can’t remember the last time one was incorrect. Again I dont read them every time.
either this is going to be a really fun Royal Rumble event or it’s gonna reek of corporate fingerprints
Rumble is always a good time..first step to Mania season
Yo that ramp is super long lol
Its all about testing their endurance tonight
Right! I can just see Ultimate Warrior just all-out sprinting down that ramp
*viciously shakes the ropes*
Undertaker’s entrance will take 35 minutes
HAHAHAHAHA! twice as long as it usually does. no wonder the PPV is 4 hours long
Lol
First match of the night
FEEL THE GLOW
Please push Naomi
I know right late 2017 ealry 2018 will be her time
really this WM should be her time. it would be perfect. Oh well
Ya it would since she is from orlando and has one of the best gimmicks ever
and she’s very over
I hope Mickie James gets a pop or booed tonight
small pop there
At least she got one
Commercials on the Network? lol
They always do that on the Pre-Shows…its so stupid
Makes no sense streaming services shouldn’t have commercials
lol triple suplex
What if Ellsworth wins the rumble tonight
Dammit my stream is like 30 seconds behind you people
yeah mine keeps skipping
Mine hasnt skipped or buffered once. Just 30 seconds behind others
ah okay
What device are you on?
For me it seems to work best a certain times during shows on ps4 but works very well on iPad
it literally won’t work on my ps4 and skips on my MacBook. gonna try my iPad
Right now I am using Xbox One…I have tried Roku and directly thru website
I usually use my media server I have hooked directly into my tv but even its behind
Go to the website and see if your viewing cache needs cleaning out. Or stop the app on your device and clear the cache there.
LOL THE TORTURE SCREAMING BY NATTIE
Naomi pins the champ
Looks like we know the next challenger for Bliss
Naomi pins the champ? Not a coincidence
I guess she is wrestlemania bound now to become champ
i hope so! Maybe WWE has been listening
Vince did publicly state that he does listen to the fans
She deserves it
okay so Naomi pinned the champ hey Ja’Von maybe that theory i had of Naomi/Becky vs Alexa/Mickie will happen after all
Ya maybe it could go down this week on SmackDown
why not Fatal Four Way at Mania, Becky vs Alexa vs Naomi vs Mickie and have Becky win the title back then cause i still think that she should of been given more of a run as champ nothing against Alexa man don’t get me wrong just being real
Like A Sexy Pinata
Floating in man
VERY sexy piñata
Tag titles!
Who ya got
The CLUB
You?
The club
Just realize these are the same two referees from the last title match
LOL
New Champs!!!
The Club is now complete!
FINALLY but AJ still has to defend against Cena tonight
YES YES YES
That is a nice surprise to see after coming back from dinner.
wait WWE actually pulled the trigger on Gallows and Anderson…about damn time guys
even if it’s only for a few hours we can at least say The Styles Club all hold titles in WWE
Was going back and forth between ps4 and iPad since it was buffering so I’m a little behind
New cruiserweight champ tonight
Yep!
Lol waffle house parking house
So thrilled to see The Club as champs!
Same its about time
Sasha vs Nia, who ya got?
I want Sasha but i think wwe will go with Nia Jax
Imagine Nia Jax in the Royal Rumble
give her the Kharma, Beth and Chyna treatment
I would say have her eliminate two men also i miss Kharma she never really got started in wwe
she kind of set herself up for that when she got pregnant to be fair
True
Sasha loses
Nia needed the win more
Seth banned from the Alamodome
…oh were getting a Seth hijacking again tonight lol
AKA, Seth Rollins is running in
I would love to see a Run in and Clear the Rumble ring. Have him keep eliminating guys until security comes out
My exact reaction: Good luck with that, Steph.
I’m rioting if Cena wins
Same
#IfStylesLosesWeRiot
we finally agree on something hahaha
what do you mean finally? lol
O_O
oh whatever…llllllllllllllllllllet’s get ready to rumbllllllllllllllllllllllle lol i had to do it lol
hahahaha
#BeatUpJohnCena time tonight
Does the winner get to choose who he faces or is it his brand’s champion. Friend of mine and I can’t agree.
Its the presons brand champion
That’s what I thought. They can’t afford for SD to win and the guy jump to RAW.
We desperately need a Balor win to jump to SD to Face AJ Styles at Mania
We? You got a mouse in your pocket? I don’t want Finn to go to SmackDown or facing Styles.
HBK!
Woo, my friend resubscribed to the WWE Network! Back to HD quality, no more low quality streams for me!
SUCK IT
We just saw Michelle McCool
Ayyyy Michelle McCool at ringside
I miss her and Layla
same
She would be badly exposed in todays landscape. Just like Paige was. Everyone thought Paige was so great until the new crop of actually well trained NxT girls came up to the main roster
Here we go!!!!
Lets Go!!
I haven’t been this excited in a long time
Same
Let’s Rumble!!!
you know if WWE ever considered doing this they should have Michael Buffer do the Royal Rumble match introductions or be the ring announcer for the main event of Mania
He did in 2008 I believe
really? i got to go back and watch cause i don’t remember him doing it
He did in 2008 and did such a horrible job, they never had him back.
Bayley kicks us off
Womens match kicks us off
i’ll admit that’s a awesome sight to see all of those people in the Alamodome
Just seeing Bayley walking down that ramp makes you really see how long it is good lick to everyone in the rumble
The undertaker will be taking like 20 mins to get down that long ramp
That’s why ‘Taker needs to start it really, really milk the intro
Checking in.
Howdy
Willkommen
Who yall got right now
Queen Charlette
We are not worthy to even watch her wrestle.
Charlotte, it’s a PPV
Its funny because a couple years ago when they fought in NXT you could see Bayley leading the match. Here we are now and you can tell Charlotte is leading the match. Charlotte has definitely surpassed most of the other women
Charlette is just too good of an athlete. She was bred for this.
THey really need Becky and Charlotte on the same show. I feel like Charlotte and Sasha are born to be heels and Bayley/Becky are born faces. Bayley has better chemistry with Sasha
I never saw Sasha/Bayley on NXT but what i saw fron WWE… Sasha/Charlette set the bar on the highest quality womens wrestling.
to think this is the 30th Royal Rumble event just insanity
Actually, it’s just the 30th Rumble, 30th anniversary is next year.
???
First Royal Rumble was in 1988, 30 years is next year.
okay but still it’s crazy
Charolette has been busted
no doubt Charlotte’s probably one of the tougher women on the whole roster
WE’VE GOT BLOOD
Tongue bite?
Charlette a monster for doing those moonsaults without kneepads.
NATURAL SELECTION ON THE APRON
16-0
great stuff i thought with Charlotte vs Bayley i really liked that Natural Selection on the apron finish
Well, that was typical. RAW’s Women’s Division keeps sliding.
I thought that they did an great job but the chemistry wasnt really there like it is when Sasha faces either one of them
well they haven’t faced each other 1 on 1 in a big match in a while
The universal title match now ??
this should be great i expect this match to get a lot of time
Kinda shocked the Universal Title match is next!
Got Reigns for this. Reigns v Goldberg at Fastlane, battle of the spears.
Who yall got?
JOJO ?????
I second that
The Cloud of Jericho is lifted homies…float it around mannnnnnnnnnn lol i had to do it
FUNAKIIII
HOLY SHIT WHAT A FROGSPLASH
Reigns and Owens are delivering a great match so far imo
Reigns and KO are telling Styles and Cena “Top this”
I think they will
me too
A STUNNER ALA STONE COLD
KO IS DEAD
Lol Braun not being able to break the table…
OH PHEW REIGNS VS STROWMAN WILL HAPPEN okay no need to worry about Taker vs Reigns okay cool with me
I cant believe I’m saying this but THANK YOU STROWMAN but now this means we are getting Roman vs Braun for Fastlane and Mania
I don’t want that, Roman deserves to be champion, not trying to put over a terrible worker.
Ya but i dont want him as the world champion
i’ll take that honestly over Taker vs Reigns
Well at least this means Strowman won’t win the Rumble, Roman will interfere and get him eliminated
That was quite the ending to the match!
So KO still cannot win without help and Roman got screwed again.
Yup they continue to book him as the cowardly heel they need to book him like they did in NXT
#FireMickFoley
Sami draws #8
Does anyone not have Neville for this match?
Tonight we witness the coronation of a king
Is this the last match before the rumble match?
We still have Styles vs Cena left then the rumble
ah okay
BROOKLYN
BROOKLYN BROOKLYN
The kibg of the cruiserweights has been crown
NEW CHAMP AGAIN!!! well this Rumble PPV is delivering but these last 2 matches will make it great or break it into pieces
Its been less than a year and now we have our fourth cruiserweight champion
and it’s Neville’s first title in WWE
All hail the King
BOW DOWN TO YOUR KING
King Barrett > King Neville
so with Cena vs Styles up next i guess either we have to sollow our pride and trade a Cena title win for a Reigns loss or…oh screw it #IfStylesLosesWeRiot
THEY DONT WANT NONE
i got goosebumps…here we go
Same
AJ Styles, your time is up!
That was a dumb decision by cena to run down that long ramp
Really, Neville should’ve been the inaugural Cruiserweight champ, IMO. WWE screwed up with that division so badly.
pretty sure he was hurt when the CWC was going on
Cena heel turn tonight lets do it WWE
Cena’s all of a sudden working heel? don’t get me wrong though i like it
this could be Cena and Styles’s best match keyword COULD
FIGURE FOUR BY JOHN CENA
and it is not a bad one either
Smackdown came correct tonight they are tearing the house down right now
Super Cena in full force tonight
John Cena could kick out of a nuke
WHEN DOES CENA USE A CUTTER
This is wrestling
I’m out of my chair right now
CENA DID IT HE IS NOW A 16 TIME CHAMP
DO DODO DOOOO
Well we had to trade a Cena win for a Reigns loss but you know what who cares THAT was a amazing match
I honestly don’t care anymore that Cena won the title that match was everything Cena and Styles just stole the whole f’n show
I’m not even mad!
Now i have to calm myself down after that AMAZING match for the rumble
oh boy who wins the Rumble match now that was incredible congrats to both Styles and Cena
hey IWN if that match was not 5 stars then some people need to get there heads examined honestly
taker vs Cena wrestlemania
Oh ya i fogot that cena has to defend in the chamber now
is it safe to say for the first time that WWE may have a show that we can debate was better with the main roster and NXT?
Taker and Balor please papa Vince
Big Cass drew #1
Sigh
Jericho at #2
JACK GALLAGHER IN THE RUMBLE
THEY DID IT TYE DILLINGER AT #10
I’m surprised
JAMES ELLSWORTH IS #11
NO TYE IS GONE
BARON CORBIN YES YES YES
Really Rusev has a broken nose
YES! Strowman’s gone!
This match sucks
I agree.
GOLDBERG ELIMINATED LESNAR
All that hype and we get this? Very disappointing rumble match
I know right we get one surprise entrant in tye but that wasnt a surprise it was a given and we get bullshit eliminations roman elimates taker I’m done with this year’s rumble
ton of wasted spots on tag team members
Randy wins
WWE completely ruined this PPV. Orton shouldn’t be going for the title, give that spot to one of the young guys.
None of them are really ready to go for a title though
They’re ready, Vince won’t give them a real chance.
This year’s rumble was a MAJOR disappointment
Absolutely. Not even going to rewatch it next year.
That was the worst show ever! Talk about screwing over the young guys. So much deserving talent and they throw it away on Orton, who doesn’t need it.
Goldielocks eliminating Losenar was the best bit of this. Looked like ‘Taker eliminating Bergertime was a botch though, he looked a tad like he’d made an oopsie.
Disappointing ending yes, but I guarantee the reaction would’ve been a lot worse if Reigns won.
Really unsure why they wasted spots on people like Enzo or Roman. Ellsworth did the comedy bit, you didn’t need to feed Lesnar Enzo. Could have brought up Samoa Joe or Nakamura and made things interesting.
Great to chat with everyone again!