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Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight (Pitch Black match): Wyatt arrived for his archetypal televised lucifer successful much than 2 years sporting a caller look: achromatic oculus make-up and horror-movie oculus contacts. The lights successful the arena chopped out, revealing a glow-in-the-dark taxable to the match. Wyatt's spider-web look overgarment and reddish contacts were revealed nether the arena's bluish lights. 

The enactment rapidly spilled to the extracurricular arsenic Wyatt pursued and punished Knight. Wyatt attempted to suplex Knight implicit the barricade onto alloy steps, but Knight escaped and drove Wyatt done the announcer's array with an elbow drop. It did not instrumentality Wyatt agelong to basal backmost up courtesy of his zombie-like recovery. Wyatt dusted himself disconnected and pursued Knight wrong the ring. Knight swung with a glow-in-the-dark kendo stick, but ran straight into Sister Abigail. One-two-three and Wyatt is your winner. 

Wyatt, present sporting a mask, chased Knight astir the arena post-match. Knight repeatedly clobbered Wyatt with kendo instrumentality shots that registered nary effect. Knight's attempts to fly were futile. Wyatt yet snatched him and choked him retired with a mandible claw by the stage. The mysterious Uncle Howdy emerged connected an elevated level and launched himself down onto Knight. Fire erupted and the antithetic conception ended with Wyatt's formed of characters watching on. 

It was an odd, third-party-sponsored lucifer that felt much comical than fearsome. It was bully to spot Knight get discourtesy successful for arsenic agelong arsenic the lucifer lasted. Seeing Uncle Howdy bash thing carnal should advancement this storyline. Wyatt def. Knight via pinfall - Grade: C

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The Pitch Black lucifer betwixt Bray Wyatt and LA Knight is up next.

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The lucifer came down to Rhodes and GUNTHER, the second of whom acceptable the grounds for the longest clip successful a accepted Royal Rumble lucifer – a 62-minute grounds acceptable by Rey Mysterio successful 2006. The 2 fought backmost and distant for an extended play of clip with Rhodes yet hitting a Cross Rhodes and eliminating GUNTHER. Rhodes volition present combat for the undisputed WWE cosmopolitan title astatine WrestleMania 39.

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Rhodes and Rollins faced disconnected successful the last 4 of the Rumble. The 2 feuded exclusively from Rhodes' instrumentality astatine WrestleMania past twelvemonth until helium suffered the pectoral injury. Paul, who had been sidelined ringside, snuck backmost successful and eliminated Paul. The societal media prima gave the ole' WrestleMania sign-point earlier eating a Cross Rhodes and getting tossed from the match.

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A unsocial infinitesimal saw Paul and Ricochet springboard from other sides of the ringing and deed each different mid-air with clotheslines. The awesome feat enticed the assemblage to chant, "This is awesome."

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GUNTHER, the No. 1 entrant successful the match, eliminated Sheamus (No. 2) and McIntyre simultaneously. 

Logan Paul entered astatine No. 29, squashing rumors of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson oregon Sami Zayn appearing successful the match. Paul received a large boo from the Texas crowd. Their woes were soon remedied arsenic a quartet of WWE superstars stomped connected Paul successful the halfway of the ring. Paul deed Ricochet with an athletically awesome Buckshot Lariat earlier eating a powerslam from Braun Strowman and a lasting shooting prima property by Ricochet. 

The long-awaited instrumentality of Cody Rhodes came to fruition arsenic the lad of Dusty Rhodes drew No. 30. It marked Rhodes' archetypal quality successful 8 months aft wrestling Rollins successful a Hell successful a Cell lucifer with a terribly torn pectoral muscle. Rhodes laid retired his chap superstars and tossed Dominick Mysterio from the ring.

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Damian Priest (No. 22) joined the mix, giving Judgement Day dominance implicit their opponents. All 3 members of Judgement Day – Dominick Mysterio, Balor and Priest – systematically laid retired the remaining superstars: GUNTHER, McIntyre, Sheamus and Rollins. Montez Ford deed the ringing adjacent and concisely took the combat to Judgement Day earlier being choke-slammed implicit the apical enactment by Priest. Amusingly, Ford landed connected his feet straight adjacent to a antheral wearing an "EST hat," memorabilia belonging to Ford's wife, Bianca Belair. 

Edge's accomplishment astatine No. 24 sparked a immense absorption from the audience. Edge had not been seen since Judgement Day laid him retired astatine Extreme Rules successful September. He instantly went toe-to-toe with Judgement Day, the faction helium led earlier being usurped by Balor. Edge nailed a spear and tossed some Balor and Priest from the match. Edge concisely faced disconnected with Rollins earlier attempting to destruct Dominick Mysterio. Balor and Priest saved their Judgement Day teammate earlier dragging Edge implicit the ropes successful what was a abbreviated appearance. A brawl broke retired betwixt Edge, Balor and Priest connected the rampway. Edge was getting the amended of the exchanges earlier Rhea Ripley blindsided him. Beth Phoenix, a erstwhile champion and Edge's wife, came to Edge's rescue.

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The evening's archetypal astonishment entrant was revealed astatine No. 21. Former satellite heavyweight and WCW champion Booker T arrived to a large cheer from the crowd. Booker dropped Finn Balor with a Bookend earlier hitting his trademark Spinaroonie. He was promptly tossed retired of the rin by GUNTHER afterwards.

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Rey Mysterio euphony deed astatine No. 17 but helium ne'er appeared connected stage. The origin of his lack was eluded to erstwhile his estranged son, Dominick Mysterio, entered astatine No. 18 wearing his father's mask.

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Prior to Lesnar's entrance, GUNTHER knocked Kingston implicit the ropes to acceptable up what appeared to beryllium acceptable up different classical Royal Rumble spot. It's go a contented for Kingston to narrowly debar elimination successful originative ways. Unfortunately, Kingston appeared to deed a commentator's seat excessively hard and deed the floor. This marks the 2nd consecutive twelvemonth that his planned spot went wrong.

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Seth Rollins, different imaginable campaigner to triumph the match, entered astatine the halfway mark. Rollins instantly eliminated Corbin, who had lone conscionable recovered from Lesnar's rampage. Rollins faced imaginable elimination by Lashley but managed to reserve the brushwood and dump Lashley implicit the apical rope.

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Two-time Rumble victor Brock Lesnar made his entranceway astatine No. 12 and started cleaning house. He exceeded 30 vocation eliminations by tossing retired Santos Escobar, Angelo Dawkins and Chad Gable. Lesnar came face-to-face with GUNTHER, eliciting a large cheer from the crowd. A brawl ensued with Lesnar getting the amended of it until rival Bobby Lashley (No. 13) entered the fray. Lashley floored Lesnar with a spear earlier laying retired McIntyre, Sheamus and company. Lesnar tried to assistance Lashley up with an F-5, but Lashley wiggled escaped and clotheslined Lesnar retired of the Rumble.

An outraged Lesnar tossed the apical furniture of the announcer's array into the ringing and smashed alloy steps onto the table, forcing the commentators to flee. Lesnar gave the array a interruption and took his remaining frustrations retired connected Baron Corbin, delivering an F-5 to the JBL protege ringside. The erstwhile UFC champion tossed a referee implicit ringside earlier yet exiting the area.

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Xavier Woods entered astatine No. 6, giving the New Day a superior borderline against the field. The reigning NXT tag squad champions laid retired the contention earlier teasing a one-on-one fight. Instead, they tapped connected each other's rear-ends similar bongos. Odd but on-brand. Drew McIntyre, a imaginable final-four participant, deed the ringing astatine No. 9 similar a wrecking ball. He eliminated Karrion Kross with a Claymore Kick and laid retired GUNTHER with a Future Shock DDT earlier helping teammate Sheamus to his feet.

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The Miz entered the lucifer 3rd and loitered extracurricular of the ring. Sheamus gave pursuit to The Miz who scampered into the ring. An amusing spot followed with GUNTHER and Shemaus inadvertently chopping and clubbing The Miz, the second of whom was caught successful the crossfire of their brawl. The ringing started to capable up with Kofi Kingston (No. 4) and Johnny Gargano (No. 5) joining the fray without immoderate eliminations. Gargano tried to employment Sheamus' Ten Beats of the Bodhran connected The Miz, but the Irishman wasn't having immoderate of it. Gargano respectfully stepped speech and allowed Sheamus to nine away. The brace kicked subsequently eliminated The Miz from the lucifer – the evening's archetypal elimination.

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