WWE Royal Rumble 2023 Results, Recap and Match Ratings - CNET

Rhea Ripley was some the victor and MVP of the women's Royal Rumble. Ripley entered astatine No. 1 and lasted longer than immoderate pistillate successful Royal Rumble history, past eliminating entrant No. 2 Liv Morgan to triumph the match. It was a bully Royal Rumble match, contempt the questionable prime to person Becky Lynch successful lone for a little spell.

The Women's Royal Rumble had a quiescent opening section. Ripley was a large player, surrounded by the just-there tract of Morgan, Dana Brooke and Emma. Bayley and Shayna Baszler were invited additions, but didn't bash overmuch astatine the outset. 

B-Fab was the archetypal elimination, lasting conscionable implicit 30 seconds earlier Ripley tossed her out. NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez got a bully absorption erstwhile she entered. She was followed by Bayley teammate Dakota Kai and past Iyo Sky, making Damage CTRL the ascendant unit successful the Rumble.

Damage CTRL rapidly eliminated Dana Brooke, Emma and Roxanne Perez. Baszler had a amusive speech with Natalya, which ended with some being taken retired by Damage CTRL. Natalya had Baszler connected the apron, but Baszler locked her into the Sleeper Hold. Damage CTRL flipped Natayla onto the apron, past eliminated some her and Baszler.

As Damage CTRL was ruling the ring, Big Time Becks entered astatine No. 15. The assemblage instantly came alive, with "Becky!" chants and large ovations. The numbers crippled yet got the champion of Lynch, who was laid retired by the announcer's array by the trio. (No 1 was eliminated here, arsenic they exited the ringing via the mediate rope.)

That the assemblage was into Lynch is nary surprise. A small astonishing was the monolithic popular they gave Asuka. Asuka came retired with a painted look and a overmuch darker attire. She had a large flurry of offense, suplexing and striking the full field, getting large "Asuka" chants. She got conscionable 1 elimination, taking retired Tegan Knox. (Just moments before, determination was an awkward infinitesimal erstwhile Tegan Knox wholly missed a footwear but Asuka sold it anyway.)

Entering astatine No. 19 was Piper Niven, formerly known arsenic Doudrop. She laid everyone out, looking amended present than she ever did arsenic Doudrop, earlier Tamina came successful astatine No. 20. One of the announcers said their clash was the 1 radical person been waiting for, a precise funny claim.

Their once-in-a-lifetime showdown was interrupted by Lynch, who the assemblage again erupted for. Chelsea Green was next, with the announcers making a large woody astir her instrumentality to the institution -- close earlier she was instantly eliminated by Rhea Ripley.

That was the archetypal successful a bid of large eliminations. Lynch threw retired some Kai and Sky, but was past amazed by Bayley, who flipped her retired of the ringing to monolithic vigor from the crowd. Bayley was herself past eliminated by Morgan. Lynch past brawled with Damage CTRL into the crowd.

There was a cute spot wherever Michalle McCool's euphony played astatine the No. 25 entrance. McCool was astatine ringside watching the amusement with her kids, astatine which constituent she unzipped her overgarment and hopped implicit the barricade and into the ring. She instantly deed a Styles Clash, a motion to her husband's past opponent.

Lacey Evans eliminated Zelina Vega successful brutal fashion, putting her successful a Cobra Clutch from the 2nd rope. She hoisted Vega up and implicit the rope, dropping her from the turnbuckle to the level outside.

The ringing was filled with astir a twelve women by the clip No. 30 was owed to enter. Sure enough,the last entrant is Nia Jax -- an Irresistable Force that could wide that wide out. Incidentally, the accumulation unit botched her entrance, hitting her euphony earlier the countdown timepiece adjacent started ticking down.

Except that Nia Jax eliminated precisely nary 1 -- alternatively each the women ganged up connected her. They blitzed her with large moves, ending with Ripley planting her with a (weak) Riptide.

There was a bid of speedy eliminations from here, with Asuka, Ripley and Raquel Rodriguez each scoring eliminations. Rodriguez astir powerbombed Ripley retired of the ring, but Ripley countered and sent Rodriguez flying over. The last 3 came down to Ripley and Morgan, who started the lucifer out, and Asuka.

All 3 women rapidly ended up connected the apron. Asuka tried to spray mist astatine Ripley, but Ripley ducked truthful the mist sprayed Morgan instead. Ripley did a saccharine 619 to footwear Asuka off, and past eliminated Morgan to triumph the Rumble.

Rating: 3.5 stars. Still flawed, and successful request of much prima power, but perchance the champion Women's Royal Rumble yet.