The first match was between John Cena and Triple H. The match starts with a test of strength before Triple H gets the advantage. Cena makes his comeback and hits an AA but Triple H kicks out. In the end, Cena manages to reverse a crossface into an AA. He then slingshots Triple H into the turnbuckle then hits another AA to get the win. Although it was weird seeing things like a test of strength, I thought the match was pretty good.
Winner: John Cena (1 for1)
Next is a match for the Cruiserweight Championship as Kalisto challenges Cedric Alexander. Alexander sends Kalisto to the outside and follows that with an over the top suicide dive to get the advantage. Kalisto gets back into it and hits an incredible swinging DDT for 2. The match goes back and forth before Kalisto goes for the Salida Del Sol. However, it is reversed into a Lumber Check and Alexander gets the win. This was a really good match between the two.
Winner: Cedric Alexander (2 for 2)
We now get Cesaro and Sheamus taking on "Woken" Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt for the vacant RAW Tag Team Championship. Cesaro bounces Hardy's neck off the ropes to get his team the advantage. Eventually, Hardy manages to tag in Wyatt, and they go on to hit an elevated Twist of Fate to get the win. I thought the match was ok, nothing really standing out.
Winners: "Woken" Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt (3 for 3)
Our third Championship match was Jinder Mahal challenging Jeff Hardy for the United States Championship. Sunil Singh helps Mahal get the advantage and he keeps Hardy down with chinlocks. However, Hardy manages to recover and hits a Twist of Fate followed by a Swanton Bomb to get the win. Like the last match, this one was ok.
Winner: Jeff Hardy (4 for 4)
Our fourth Championship match was The Usos challenging The Bludgeon Brothers for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship. Harper and Rowan get the advantage very quickly, focusing their attacks on Jey Uso.Harper misses a big boot, and this gives Jey the chance to tag in Jimmy. However, despite their best efforts, Jey gets with an assisted powerbomb and The Bludgeon Brothers retain. This was quite a good match.
Winners: The Bludgeon Brothers (4 for 5)
Now a match that I was looking forward to seeing: Samoa Joe, Hollywood Miz and Finn Balor challenging Seth Rollins in a ladder match for the Intercontinental Championship. Highlights of the match include: Rollins doing multiple suicide dives; Joe, Balor and Rollins doing a tower of doom; and Balor doing a Coup de Grace on Miz while he was lying on a ladder. In the end, Balor looks like he is about to grab the belt. However, Rollins uses the ropes to vault onto the ladder and get it first. This was a good match and I quite enjoyed the ending.
Winner: Seth Rollins (5 for 6)
After a segment involving the Diavari brothers and some random potential wrestlers from Saudi Arabia, we get Shinsuke Nakamura challenging AJ Styles for the WWE Championship. After attacking the back of the knee, Nakamura gets the advantage. Styles makes a comeback but Nakamura gives him his usual low blow after the referee gets distracted. They continue fighting outside the ring and they both get counted out? Wait, what? The match seemed to be better than their one at Wrestlemania. The double count out does seem weird but I suppose it was to show how much they now don't like each other.
Winner: No Contest (5 for 7)
Next is a casket match between Rusev and The Undertaker. Undertaker manages to get Rusev in the casket but Aiden English stops him from closing the door. This gives Rusev the chance to recover and get back into the match. In the end, Undertaker hits Rusev and English with Choke Slams and Tombstones; then puts both of them in the casket to get the win. This wasn't a bad match, but it was surprisingly short.
Winner: Undertaker (6 for 8)
The penultimate match is Roman Reigns challenging Brock Lesnar in a steel cage match for the Universal Championship. Lesnar starts out by avoiding a Superman punch and hitting 4 German suplexes and a F5. Reigns hits 3 spears but it only gets 2. Reigns tries to go out of the door, but Heyman slams the door on his head and Lesnar hits a F5. I thought that would have finished the match but Reigns kicks out at 2. Reigns hits a Superman punch then spears Lesnar out of the cage. This technically(?) menas that Lesnar hit the floor first and wins the match. I didn't really like this match as it seemed to just consist of big moves. At least it was shorter than their Wrestlemania match.
Winner: Brock Lesnar (6 for 9)
The main event is the 50-man Royal Rumble Match. Highlights of the match include:
- Seeing the return of wrestlers such as Mark Henry, Hornswoggle, Chris Jericho, Kurt Angle and Rey Mysterio
- Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston taking advantage of Tony Nese dancing with them to eliminate him.
- Seeing Tucker Knight and Roderick Strong from NXT
- Titus O'Neill coming in at number 39 and tripping, going under the ring.
- Shane McMahon hitting Braun Strowman with a coast to coast. Strowman responds later on by sending him through the announce table
I thought the match was ok and it was nice to see some NXT wrestlers be involved. However, it did feature some people that I had to look up on Wikipedia.
Winner: Braun Strowman (6 for 10)
I thought that The Greatest Royal Rumble was a decent event. Some of the matches were good but a few didn't do much for me and I thought that we would see a title change. Hopefully next year, we will get to see the women take part in Saudi Arabia.
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