Royal Rumble 2024

Royal Rumble 2024 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw, SmackDown and NXT brands. It took place on January 27, 2024 at Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay, Florida. It was the thirty-seventh event under the Royal Rumble chronology.
==Production==
===Background===
First held in 1988, the Royal Rumble is one of WWE's biggest annual events, a part of the "Big Five" alongside WrestleMania, Money in the Bank, SummerSlam, and Survivor Series. Each Royal Rumble event features the Royal Rumble match, a battle royal in which thirty competitors enter the fray at timed intervals. Participants are eliminated when they are thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. A Royal Rumble match is held for both the male and female rosters, with the winner selecting a world championship of their choosing to challenge for at WrestleMania 40.
===Storylines===
At Crown Jewel on November 4, 2023, Logan Paul defeated Rey Mysterio to win the United States Championship. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown, Paul announced that eight competitors would compete in a tournament to determine his first challenger. The tournament concluded on the January 5, 2024, episode of SmackDown, with Kevin Owens defeating Santos Escobar in the final. Thanks to his victory, Owens earned a championship match with Paul at the Royal Rumble.
Before suffering a back injury and going on hiatus in May 2022, Randy Orton had been embroiled in a feud with The Bloodline. At Crown Jewel on November 4, 2023, Roman Reigns retained the WWE and Universal Championships against LA Knight thanks to interference from The Bloodline. On the November 10 episode of SmackDown, Knight declared that he was not finished with Reigns. At Survivor Series on November 25, Orton made his return, competing in the Men's WarGames Match. On the December 1 episode of SmackDown, Orton signed with the brand after fighting off The Bloodline. Two weeks later, AJ Styles made his return by assisting Orton and Knight in fending off The Bloodline, however, Styles would attack Knight soon after. Styles would reveal the following week that he had attacked Knight because he had taken his place in a tag team match at Fastlane two months prior. Orton would interrupt, making it clear that he also wanted a match with Reigns. Consequentially, SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis announced that Orton, Styles, and Knight would face off in a Triple Threat Match to determine who would challenge Reigns at the Royal Rumble. The match took place on the January 5, 2024, episode of SmackDown, but ended without a winner due to The Bloodline attacking all three men. After, Aldis announced that Reigns would defend his title against Orton, Knight, and Styles in a Fatal Four Way Match at the Royal Rumble.
==Match Preview==
Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens	Preview
Fatal Four Way Match 	Preview
Women's Royal Rumble Match	Preview
Men's Royal Rumble Match 	Preview
==Results==
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*Bayley won the Women's Royal Rumble match (65:03)
*Roman Reigns (c) defeated LA Knight and AJ Styles and Randy Orton in a Fatal Four Way Match to retain the WWE Championship & WWE Universal Championship (19:33)
*Logan Paul (c) defeated Kevin Owens by DQ to retain the WWE United States Championship (16:04)
*Cody Rhodes won the Men's Royal Rumble match (68:14)
==Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations (Women)==
Brand
: – Raw
: – SmackDown
: – NXT
: – Unaffiliated
: – Legend
: – Winner
Draw	Entrant 	Brand/Status	Order	Eliminated by 	Time 	Elimination(s)
 	Natalya 	Raw 	3 	Tegan Nox 	20:57 	0
 	Naomi 	Free agent 	25 	Jade Cargill 	1:02:18	2
3 	Bayley 	SmackDown 	- 	Winner 	1:03:03	7
 	Candice LeRae 	Raw 	2 	Asuka, Bayley & Kairi Sane 	15:23 	0
 	Jordynne Grace 	TNA 	7 	Bianca Belair 	19:10 	0
 	Indi Hartwell 	Raw 	1 	Bayley 	3:23 	0
 	Asuka 	SmackDown 	6 	Katana Chance & Kayden Carter	12:59 	1
 	Ivy Nile 	Raw 	10 	Nia Jax 	23:27 	0
 	Katana Chance 	Raw 	13 	Nia Jax 	25:48 	1
 	Bianca Belair 	SmackDown 	26 	Bayley 	47:46 	1
 	Kairi Sane 	SmackDown 	5 	Kayden Carter 	5:00 	1
 	Tegan Nox 	Raw 	4 	Bayley 	1:22 	1
 	Kayden Carter 	Raw 	8 	Piper Niven 	11:48 	2
 	Chelsea Green 	Raw 	14 	Becky Lynch 	17:32 	0
 	Piper Niven 	Raw 	12 	Nia Jax 	12:39 	1
 	Xia Li 	Raw 	9 	Nia Jax 	6:46 	0
 	Zelina Vega 	SmackDown 	17 	Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark 	20:00 	0
 	Maxxine Dupri 	Raw 	11 	Bayley 	6:39 	0
 	Nia Jax 	Raw 	21 	Jade Cargill 	20:15 	8
 	Shotzi 	SmackDown 	20 	Nia Jax 	15:14 	0
 	Becky Lynch 	Raw 	24 	Jade Cargill & Naomi 	22:29 	1
 	Alba Fyre 	SmackDown 	16 	Naomi 	6:21 	0
 	Shayna Baszler 	Raw 	18 	Nia Jax 	8:27 	1
 	Valhalla 	Raw 	15 	Nia Jax 	0:05 	0
 	Michin 	SmackDown 	19 	Nia Jax 	5:02 	0
 	Zoey Stark 	Raw 	22 	Liv Morgan 	9:58 	1
 	Roxanne Perez 	NXT 	23 	Tiffany Stratton 	8:29 	0
 	Jade Cargill 	Free agent 	28 	Liv Morgan 	11:03 	3
 	Tiffany Stratton	NXT 	27 	Bayley 	6:52 	1
 	Liv Morgan 	Raw 	29 	Bayley 	6:26 	2
==Royal Rumble entrances and eliminations (Men)==
: – Raw
: – SmackDown
: – NXT
: – Unaffiliated
: – Legend
: – Winner
Draw	Entrant 	Brand/Status	Order	Eliminated by 	Time 	Elimination(s)
 	Jey Uso 	Raw 	23 	Gunther 	50:55	1
 	Jimmy Uso 	SmackDown 	12 	Bron Breakker 	34:09	0
 	Grayson Waller 	SmackDown 	1 	Carmelo Hayes 	4:05 	0
 	Andrade 	Free agent 	8 	Bronson Reed 	22:59	0
 	Carmelo Hayes 	NXT 	6 	Finn Bálor 	17:06	1
 	Shinsuke Nakamura	Raw 	9 	Cody Rhodes 	20:51	0
 	Santos Escobar 	SmackDown 	2 	Carlito 	6:37 	0
 	Karrion Kross 	SmackDown 	4 	Bobby Lashley 	6:20 	1
 	Dominik Mysterio 	Raw 	21 	CM Punk 	33:19	1
 	Carlito 	SmackDown 	3 	Bobby Lashley 	2:23 	1
 	Bobby Lashley 	SmackDown 	5 	Karrion Kross 	1:34 	2
 	Ludwig Kaiser 	Raw 	10 	Kofi Kingston 	9:29 	0
 	Austin Theory 	SmackDown 	7 	Cody Rhodes 	3:58 	0
 	Finn Bálor 	Raw 	13 	Bron Breakker 	11:21	1
15 	Cody Rhodes 	Raw 	- 	Winner 	43:21	4
 	Bronson Reed 	Raw 	14 	Omos 	10:39	1
 	Kofi Kingston 	Raw 	11 	Gunther 	3:34 	1
 	Gunther 	Raw 	28 	Cody Rhodes 	30:10	3
 	Ivar 	Raw 	15 	Bron Breakker 	4:57 	0
 	Bron Breakker 	NXT 	18 	Dominik Mysterio	5:19 	4
 	Omos 	Free agent 	17 	Bron Breakker 	2:43 	1
 	Pat McAfee 	Free agent 	16 	Himself 	0:38 	0
 	JD McDonagh 	Raw 	19 	Jey Uso 	0:03 	0
 	R-Truth 	Raw 	20 	Damian Priest 	2:56 	0
 	The Miz 	Raw 	22 	Gunther 	6:06 	0
 	Damian Priest 	Raw 	25 	Sami Zayn 	10:24	1
 	CM Punk 	Raw 	29 	Cody Rhodes 	21:45	2
 	Ricochet 	Raw 	24 	Drew McIntyre 	5:10 	0
 	Drew McIntyre 	Raw 	27 	CM Punk 	9:52 	2
 	Sami Zayn 	Raw 	26 	Drew McIntyre 	3:19 	1
==Other on-screen talent==
;Commentators
*Michael Cole
*Corey Graves
*Pat McAfee
;Interviewers
*Kayla Braxton
;Ring announcer
*Samantha Irvin	
;Pre-show Panel
*Jackie Redmond
*Peter Rosenberg
*Booker T
*Wade Barrett
;Referees
*Dan Engler
*Danilo Anfibio
*Daphne Lashaunn
*Eddie Orengo
*Jessika Carr
*Rod Zapata
*Ryan Tran
*Shawn Bennett
==See also==
*List of WWE pay-per-view events
*World Wrestling Entertainment/Event history
*Event gallery
*Royal Rumble
==External links==
* Royal Rumble 2024 Official website
* Royal Rumble 2024 at CAGEMATCH.net
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