Royal Rumble (2018)

**Royal Rumble (2018)** was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming show made by WWE. It took place on January 28, 2018, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was the 31st Royal Rumble event held by WWE.

Nine matches were performed at the event. The main match was the first ever women's Royal Rumble match, which was won by Asuka, who recieved a women's championship match at WrestleMania 34. After the match, former UFC mixed martial artist Ronda Rousey appeared and started her pro wrestling career. She confronted both Raw Women's Champion Alexa Bliss and SmackDown Women's Champion, who were waiting for Asuka's decision of who she wanted to face following her win. The men's Royal Rumble match saw Shinsuke Nakamura win the match by last eliminating Roman Reigns.

### Men's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

**Brand**

- – **Raw**
- – **SmackDown**
- – **NXT**
- – **Free Agent**
- – **Winner**

|Draw|Entrant|Brand|Order|Eliminated by|Time|Eliminations||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Rusev|SmackDown|12|Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy|30:28|0||
||Finn Bálor|rowspan="2"|Raw|27|John Cena|57:38|4|
||Rhyno|1|Baron Corbin|02:06|0|||
||Baron Corbin|SmackDown|2|Finn Bálor|01:06|1||
||Heath Slater|rowspan="2"|Raw|4|Bray Wyatt|00:33|1|
||Elias|15|John Cena|26:00|0|||
||Andrade "Cien" Almas|NXT|18|Randy Orton|29:24|1||
||Bray Wyatt|Raw|13|Matt Hardy|20:38|2||
||Big E|rowspan="2"|SmackDown|8|Jinder Mahal|14:14|0|
||Sami Zayn|5|Shinsuke Nakamura|06:57|0|||
||Sheamus|Raw|3|Heath Slater|00:02|0||
||Xavier Woods|SmackDown|7|Jinder Mahal|08:24|0||
||Apollo Crews|Raw|6|Cesaro|05:16|0||
|****|**Shinsuke Nakamura**|**SmackDown**|****|**Winner**|****|****||
||Cesaro|Raw|9|Seth Rollins|05:08|1||
||Kofi Kingston|rowspan="2"|SmackDown|11|Andrade "Cien" Almas|05:41|1|
||Jinder Mahal|10|Kofi Kingston|03:48|2|||
||Seth Rollins|rowspan="2"|Raw|22|Roman Reigns|19:01|2|
||Matt Hardy|14|Himself|01:17|2|||
||John Cena|rowspan="2"|Free Agent|28|Shinsuke Nakamura|29:14|3|
||The Hurricane|16|John Cena|00:45|0|||
||Aiden English|SmackDown|17|Finn Bálor|02:16|0||
||Adam Cole|NXT|19|Rey Mysterio|06:52|0||
||Randy Orton|SmackDown|25|Roman Reigns|13:55|1||
||Titus O'Neil|rowspan="2"|Raw|20|Roman Reigns|06:07|0|
||The Miz|21|Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins|05:20|0|||
||Rey Mysterio|Free Agent|26|Finn Bálor|09:40|1||
||Roman Reigns|rowspan="2"|Raw|29|Shinsuke Nakamura|21:52|4|
||Goldust|23|Dolph Ziggler|02:43|0|||
||Dolph Ziggler|SmackDown|24|Finn Bálor|02:01|1||

### Women's Royal Rumble match entrances and eliminations

**Brand**

- – **Raw**
- – **SmackDown**
- – **NXT**
- – **Hall of Famer (HOF)**
- – **Free Agent**
- – **Winner**

|Draw|Entrant|Brand/ Status|Order|Eliminated by|Time|Eliminations||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Sasha Banks|Raw|27|Brie & Nikki Bella|54:46|3||
||Becky Lynch|SmackDown|14|Ruby Riott|30:54|2||
||Sarah Logan|SmackDown|7|Molly Holly|16:30|0||
||Mandy Rose|Raw|1|Lita|03:52|0||
||Lita|HOF|3|Becky Lynch|05:51|2||
||Kairi Sane|NXT|4|Dana Brooke|04:49|0||
||Tamina|SmackDown|2|Lita|01:34|0||
||Dana Brooke|Raw|5|Torrie Wilson|02:59|1||
||Torrie Wilson|Free Agent|6|Sonya Deville|03:04|1||
||Sonya Deville|Raw|8|Michelle McCool|06:41|1||
||Liv Morgan|SmackDown|9|Michelle McCool|05:12|0||
||Molly Holly|Free Agent|10|Michelle McCool|04:04|1||
||Lana|SmackDown|11|Michelle McCool|02:54|0||
||Michelle McCool|Free Agent|13|Natalya|08:38|5||
||Ruby Riott|SmackDown|17|Nia Jax|11:32|2||
||Vickie Guerrero|Free Agent|12|Becky Lynch, Michelle McCool, Ruby Riott, & Sasha Banks|00:57|0||
||Carmella|rowspan="2"|SmackDown|21|Nikki Bella|18:45|0|
||Natalya|25|Trish Stratus|25:34|3|||
||Kelly Kelly|Free Agent|16|Nia Jax|05:02|0||
||Naomi|SmackDown|18|Nia Jax|06:49|0||
||Jacqueline|HOF|15|Nia Jax|01:52|0||
||Nia Jax|Raw|23|Asuka, Bayley, Brie Bella, Natalya, Nikki Bella, & Trish Stratus|17:56|4||
||Ember Moon|NXT|20|Asuka|06:14|0||
||Beth Phoenix|HOF|19|Natalya|02:22|0||
|****|**Asuka**|**Raw**|****|**Winner**|****|****||
||Mickie James|Raw|22|Trish Stratus|08:24|0||
||Nikki Bella|rowspan="2"|Free Agent|29|Asuka|16:30|4|
||Brie Bella|28|Nikki Bella|11:58|2|||
||Bayley|Raw|24|Sasha Banks|05:04|1||
||Trish Stratus|HOF|26|Sasha Banks|05:36|3||

## Infobox (wrestling event)

- **name**: Royal Rumble (2018)
- **promotion**: WWE
- **brand**: WWE Raw, Raw
SmackDown
- **date**: January 28, 2018
- **attendance**: 17,629
- **venue**: Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia), Wells Fargo Center
- **city**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- **lastevent**: NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia
- **nextevent**: Elimination Chamber (2018)
- **event**: Royal Rumble
- **lastevent2**: Royal Rumble (2017)
- **nextevent2**: Royal Rumble (2019)