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WWE Royal Rumble PPV News & Notes 1/24
– Triple H is the new WWE World Hvt. champion by virtue of winning the Royal Rumble match. Hunter last eliminated IC champion Dean Ambrose after eliminating incumbent champion Roman Reigns.
– Kalisto captured the U.S. Title from Alberto Del Rio to continue their game of hot potato with the belt.
– Dean Ambrose retained the IC Title over Kevin Owens in a Last Man Standing match to begin the PPV.
– In the other title matches, New Day retained the Tag Titles over The Usos and Charlotte retained the Divas Title over Becky Lynch.
After the Divas Title match, Sasha Banks confronted Charlotte to set up the next Divas division feud.
– A.J. Styles made his WWE main roster debut as the third entrant int he Royal Rumble match. Sami Zayn from NXT also made a surprise entry.
2016 Royal Rumble PPV List
ORDER OF ENTRY
(1) Roman Reigns at 0:00
(2) Rusev at 0:00
(3) A.J. Styles at 1:50
(4) Tyler Breeze at 3:55
(5) Curtis Axel at 5:45
(6) Chris Jericho at 7:25
(7) Kane at 9:15
(8) Goldust at 11:00
(9) Ryback at 12:40
(10) Kofi Kingston at 14:30
(11) Titus O’Neil at 16:05
(12) R-Truth at 17:55
(13) Luke Harper at 20:00
(14) Stardust at 22:15
(15) Big Show at 24:00
(16) Neville at 26:00
(17) Braun Strowman at 27:50
(18) Kevin Owens at 29:50
(19) Dean Ambrose at 31:45
(20) Sami Zayn at 33:45
(21) Erick Rowan at 35:25
(22) Mark Henry at 37:15
(23) Brock Lesnar st 39:05
(24) Jack Swagger at 40:50
(25) The Miz at 42:30
(26) Alberto Del Rio at 44:40
(27) Bray Wyatt at 46:20
(28) Dolph Ziggler at 49:20
(29) Sheamus at 51:00
(30) Triple H at 52:40
ORDER OF EXIT
(1) Rusev by Reigns at 1:30
(2) Breeze by Reigns & Styles at 5:13
(3) Axel by Styles at 7:03
(4) Goldust by O’Neil at 17:15
(5) Truth by Kane at 18:53
(6) Kofi by ??? around 24:00
(7) O’Neil by Show at 25:15
(8) Ryback by Show at 25:20
(9) Kane by Strowman at 28:20
(10) Show by Strowman a 29:10
(11) Styles by Owens at 30:45
(12) Owens by Zayn at 34:37
(13) Neville by Harper at 36:15
(14) Stardust by Harper at 36:25
(15) Henry by Harper & Strowman at 38:00
(16) Zayn by Strowman at 38:38
(17) Rowan by Lesnar at 39:55
(18) Swagger by Lesnar at 41:18
(19) Harper by Lesnar at 44:18
(20) Strowman by Lesnar at 45:45
(21) Lesnar by eliminated Wyatts at 48:35
(22) Miz by Reigns at 51:25
(23) Del Rio by Reigns at 51:35
(24) Ziggler by Hunter at 56:26
(25) Bray Wyatt by Hunter & Sheamus at 57:40
(26) Jericho by Ambrose at 58:40
(27) Sheamus by Reigns at 59:45
(28) Reigns by Hunter at 59:50
(29) Ambrose by Hunter at 1:01:42
Improper HHH win? Abuse of power? don’t see the direction of the creative. HHH wanted to compensate Cena’s absence judging Reign inadequate to take Cena’s role…or HHH wanted to challenge Cena’s record? In the case the meanness of that guy may astosnished WWE Universe. Rumble victory of Mc Mahon family but is it really WWE’s victory?