The longest I can see him holding it is until WrestleMania.Īlso, from a storyline perspective this makes sense. I know some people may see Triple H being the WWE World Heavyweight champion in 2016 as sacrilege, but it doesn't anger me any because it's not like he's going to have the title for a lengthy period of time. He disposed of Dean Ambrose, who received a massive reaction from the Orlando fans hoping he would claim the gold, but Triple H found a way to get it done not only for himself, but also The Authority. 14 after winning the Royal Rumble Sunday as the 30th and final entrant. Triple H wins the WWE World Heavyweight championshipįor the 14th time in his illustrious career, Triple H has won a world championship. Now, let's see if you can do a good job two years in a row. You didn't completely mess it up three years in a row. While I don't completely agree with everything WWE did on Sunday night, I am happy overall that I left the Royal Rumble excited to what was going to happen heading into WrestleMania, as oppose to dreading it. We got to see some potential stories sprout up such as Brock Lesnar versus The Wyatt Family or Kevin Owens versus AJ Styles or even Owens versus Sami Zayn. This year's Royal Rumble was well paced, had one major surprise and actually had some storyline development, something that was noticeably missing from last year's match. It took a lot of effort, but WWE finally didn't completely mess up one of its most anticipated matches of the year for the third year in a row. WWE World Heavyweight championship – Triple H wins the Royal Rumble WWE United States championship – Kalisto def. WWE Tag Team championship – The New Day def. WWE Intercontinental championship (Last man standing) – Dean Ambrose def. Damien Sandow & Darren Younng, The Ascension & The Dudley Boyz Pre-show match – Mark Henry & Jack Swagger def.
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#Wwe royal rumble matches full#
We have a lot to unpack from Sunday night's show so let's run through the full match results:
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Firstly, fans didn't leave the Amway Center in Orlando wanting to revolt like the fans in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia did, which is always good.īut WWE also laid the groundwork for what's to come as we go full steam ahead into WrestleMania season. With that being said, WWE did more than enough to improve upon the last two years.
#Wwe royal rumble matches professional#
Considering that the last two Royal Rumble events left fans wondering why they even watch professional wrestling, WWE didn't have to do a whole lot to improve upon those catastrophes.