WWE News: Winner of 2018 30-Man Royal Rumble Match 1

The exciting Royal Rumble match was back as the one-night-only affair, last night. In this particular match that has been a tradition for the last 31 years, 30 superstars compete in an over-the-top-rope battle royal challenge where the last man standing inside the ring will be crowned as the winner who also gets a shot to the main event of Wrestlemania.

This year’s match also shaped up to be quite big with huge names already getting confirmed for it. John Cena, Woken Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Finn Balor, Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura confirmed their appearances to be the headliner of Wrestlemania 34 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Jerry Lawler was back to announce the Royal Rumble match, as we got the superstars heading into the match. Check out the entire series of entrants, here:

#1: Rusev, eliminated by Hardy & Wyatt
#2: Finn Balor, eliminated by Cena
#3: Rhyno, eliminated by Corbin.
#4: Baron Corbin, eliminated by Balor
#5: Heath Slater, eliminated by Wyatt
#6: Elias, eliminated by Cena
#7: Andrade Cien Almas, eliminated by Orton
#8: Bray Wyatt, eliminated by Matt Hardy.
#9: Big E, eliminated by Mahal
#10: Sami Zayn replaced original entrant, Tye Dillinger, eliminated by Nakamura
#11: Sheamus, eliminated by Slater
#12: Xavier Woods, eliminated by Mahal
#13: Apollo Crews, eliminated by Cesaro
#14: Shinsuke Nakamura
#15: Cesaro, eliminated by Rollins
#16: Kofi Kingston, eliminated by Almas
#17: Jinder Mahal, eliminated by Kofi
#18: Seth Rollins, eliminated by Reigns
#19: Matt Hardy eliminated by Wyatt
#20: John Cena, eliminated by Nakamura
#21: The Hurricane, eliminated by Cena
#22: Aiden English, eliminated by Balor
#23: Adam Cole, eliminated by Mysterio
#24: Randy Orton, eliminated by Reigns
#25: Titus O’Neil, eliminated by Reigns
#26: The Miz, eliminated by Reigns
#27: Rey Mysterio, eliminated by Balor
#28: Roman Reigns, eliminated by Nakamura
#29: Goldust, eliminated by Ziggler
#30: Dolph Ziggler, eliminated by Balor

Baron Corbin controlled the early part of the match, as he blasted both Slater and Rhyno from the get-go. The NXT Champion, Cien Almas made a surprise appearance in a big applause from the crowd followed by Bray Wyatt. Tye Dillinger was about to enter at number 10 but was ambushed by Owens & Zayn and never made it to the match. Sheamus was eliminated in quick time by Heath Slater!

After a series of random entries, the crown came to live following the number 19 and 20 entries made by Woken Matt Hardy and John Cena. On number 21, The Hurricane made his return to the WWE in a huge surprise. NXT’s Adam Cole was a surprise entry, as well following with the biggest return of the night on number 27, Rey Mysterio! The crowd booed the hell out of Roman Reigns who followed up on number 28.

Dolph Ziggler came back by entering at number 30 at a time when Reigns went berserk eliminating multiple names including Shield partner, Seth Rollins. After some random eliminations, Mysterio and Orton were taken out, as we had the final four, Cena, Nakamura, Reigns and Balor. The latter one eliminated by Cena who faced the same consequence by Nakamura. In the end, Nakamura tossed the Big Dog over the top rope to win the 2018 Royal Rumble much to the delight of the Philly crowd.

Arindam Pal

A WWE writer passionate about the sports.

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