Royal Rumble

WWE Royal Rumble 2025 goes down tonight from Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN.

Scheduled for the show are the Men’s and Women’s Royal Rumble matches, Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens in a ladder match for the Undisputed WWE title, as well as DIY vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the WWE Tag-Team titles.

The following are complete WWE Royal Rumble results from Saturday, February 1, 2025. The following report was written by Gerweck.net reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 4pm EST. – 10pm PST.

WWE ROYAL RUMBLE RESULTS – FEBRUARY 1, 2025

The “Countdown to WWE Royal Rumble 2025” pre-show is underway. Michael Cole welcomes us to the show from the pre-show panel, as he narrates arrival footage of various WWE Superstars, including Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Kevin Owens. We then shoot to an extended video package looking at the history of the Royal Rumble match.

When the package wraps up, we return to the pre-show panel, where Cole is joined by Pat McAfee, Big E. and Wade Barrett. The four run down the scheduled lineup for tonight’s show as the official match graphics flash across the screen.

They introduce the broadcast team in the backstage area. We check in with Byron Saxton, Cathy Kelley and Jackie Redmond. Back to the panel, Cole runs through special footage of the rest of the panelists history in the Royal Rumble, including Cole himself. They have some fun mocking each other as footage is shown.

After some chat among the panelists about some of tonight’s matches, we shoot to individual video packages to tell the stories leading up to tonight’s four big matches. A WWE Topps sponsored segment takes place next, with the panelists opening up WWE Superstar trading cards.

Joe Tessitore takes over for Big E.’s spot on the panel. He talks about how he and McAfee were at NXT simply as fans years ago, and now they each call WWE’s top shows. Cole stresses again how the reason the WWE Royal Rumble is in Indianapolis tonight is because of McAfee. Fans chant “Thank you, Pat!” in the background.

We see some more arrival shots of WWE Superstars, with a look this time at Motor City Machine Guns and WWE Tag-Team Champions DIY getting to the building for tonight’s show. The panelists talk about their two out of three falls title tilt and then we get a look at Jackie Redmond’s in-depth sit-down interview with CM Punk.

The panelists talk about the Men’s Rumble match tonight, with each giving their predictions. Tessitore didn’t even mention John Cena. Wade Barrett didn’t either. McAfee eventually brought his name up, and was also the only one to even reference “Main Event” Jey Uso. We see another historic Royal Rumble moment video.

A quick video promoting John Cena’s return to Toronto at the upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber premium live event, and then we see the “Royal Rumble: By The Numbers” video package. After that, we see a brief backstage interview where Cathy Kelley talks to The Miz and tries to find out his entrance number for the Rumble.

WWE Hall of Fame legend Bubba Ray Dudley now joins the pre-show panel. He pops when Peter Rosenberg and Jackie Redmond, who also take over for McAfee and Cole on the panel, say his TNA name, Bully Ray. He asks if that’s allowed and they all laugh. We see a special sneak peek of the WWE LFG On A&E series.

Following another video package style commercial break, we return inside Lucas Oil Stadium where Jackie Redmond sends it to Joe Tessitore on the entrance ramp. The building is packed now with 65,000+ Tessitore walks-and-talks as Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are introduced to the live crowd in the background.

Stephanie McMahon-Levesque Kicks Off The Show

The pre-show wraps up soon after that. We then get a famous country singer doing the National Anthem to get the show started. Stephanie McMahon-Levesque is then introduced.

Out she comes with the theme music and the works, getting on the microphone at a WWE show for the first time in a while. She touts the attendance and welcomes us to the show. Fireworks explode.

2025 Women’s Royal Rumble

Pat McAfee, Cole and Barrett check in from the commentary desk and then sends things to Alicia Taylor in the ring, who begins the formal introductions for the opening match of the evening. Kicking things off will be the Women’s Royal Rumble match.

The theme for IYO SKY hits and out comes the Damage CTRL member as the first entrant. She settles in the ring as the commentators talk about her being the most unlucky woman on the roster drawing the number one spot. Liv Morgan’s entrance tune hits next and out she comes in the number two spot.

After the bell sounds, the two briefly milk the moment and then begin to engage. We get some early elimination teases from both, but each ultimately hang on until the countdown clock strikes. After the fans help count down from ten, the buzzer sounds and out comes WWE NXT Superstar Roxanne Perez.

Perez hits a Thesz Press and screams as she slugs away. She is nearly thrown out but hangs on. The countdown clock returns and out in the fourth spot comes WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria. She hits the ring and connects with a nice fisherman’s suplex on SKY and then deals with a wardrobe malfunction.

We see a near double-elimination spot as the countdown clock returns. This time when it expires, the other women’s secondary title-holder, WWE Women’s U.S. Champion Chelsea Green, makes her way to the ring in the number five spot. She takes her time getting to the ring.

Green tries for a bunch of eliminations, but every one of them hang on and then gang up on her in the first comedy spot of the evening. Out in the number six spot is B-Fab. Michael Cole nearly screws everyone tracking entrances up for the first time, by claiming Ivy Nile coming out is the number eight entrant. She’s not. It’s number seven.

Valkyria is nearly thrown out, with cameras even showing her feet nearly, or completely touching the ground. The crowd even gasped. Regardless, she’s still in there. Nile hits a double German suplex on Green and Perez. Stark hits a blockbuster off the top.

Lash Legend comes out next. She and B-Fab duke it out while others are selling. Green picks B-Fab up and eliminates her. Out at number ten is Bianca Belair. Belair hits a top-rope splash on Green. She tries for some eliminations, but each hang on. She hits a big suplex on SKY and plays to the crowd.

Belair hits the corner ten-punch spot on five or six women in a row and plays to the crowd some more. Out at number 11 comes Shayna Baszler. The commentators note that Stark now has some backup in the ring with her. Nile throws out Valkyria. Bayley comes out next as the 12th entrant.

Sonya Deville, Maxxine Dupri, Naomi and Jaida Parker come out next in that order. Eliminated during this time are Zoey Stark by Naomi & Bianca Belair, Shayna Baszler by Bayley and Sonya Deville by IYO SKY. Number 17 comes out and it is Piper Niven. She ends up eliminating Green by accident. Natalya comes out at 18.

The countdown clock appears and when it expires, Jordynne Grace makes her way out as number 19. As she heads to the ring, Cole and Barrett confirm that Grace is now signed to WWE. “The Juggernaut” makes an immediate impact in the match. She eliminates Jaida Parker and hugs Naomi.

Belair yanks her by the hair and tries eliminating her, but fails. Michin comes out at number 20. After a few minutes, out at number 21 in her Wyatt-style look, is Alexa Bliss. The roof nearly comes off the building as she heads to the ring.

At number 22 comes Zelina Vega, who has giant wings on her back as part of her entrance gear. Vega hits Code Red on Grace off the ropes in a scary looking spot. WWE Speed Women’s Champion Candice LeRae comes out at number 23. Only person not to bring their belt with them so far.

Number 24 comes out and it is another talent from WWE NXT, as number one contender to the NXT North American Championship, Stephanie Vaquer, comes to the ring next. Number 25 is Trish Stratus, who as Cole points out, is wearing the ring gear she wore in her WWE debut 25 years ago.

Raquel Rodriguez comes out as the number 26 entrant. We’re still at only ten total eliminations in the match thus far. So a bunch are likely coming soon. With help from Rodriguez, Morgan eliminates Natalya and then Alexa Bliss. Number 27 comes out and it is Charlotte Flair. WWE’s attempt to calm down the Bliss elimination heat.

She gets pyro coming out, just in case fans were still booing the Bliss elimination. She takes her time heading to the ring and upon entering the ring, she begins chopping everyone in sight as fans “WOOO!” Niven is eliminated by Charlotte. WWE NXT Women’s Champion Giulia comes out as number 28.

Giulia eliminates Jordynne Grace and then Nia Jax comes out as number 29. She eliminates Vega from the apron while on the floor. Was she even legally in the match yet if she hadn’t rolled into the ring? Either way it’s official. Trish eliminates LeRae. Jax eliminates Trish.

Out as the 30th and final entrant is WWE Hall of Fame legend Nikki Bella. Nia gets in her face, but literally everyone gets Nikki’s back and they all ambush Jax and attack her at the same time. Jax ends up shucking them all off by herself before letting out a war scream.

Jax ends up getting credit for eliminating about 6 or 7 people at the same time. One fell early, Rodriguez? Regardless, good luck to those keeping order of entrances and eliminations, because that just made the elimination tracking a nightmare. Regardless, Charlotte ends up getting the final elimination for the win.

Winner of the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble: Charlotte Flair

WWE Tag-Team Championships (2 Out Of 3 Falls)
#DIY (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns

We see some celebrities and legends in the crowd in some brief cameo appearances. After the pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading up to our second of four advertised matches for this evening, we head back inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

The theme for the Motor City Machine Guns hits and out comes Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley for this scheduled two out of three falls match for the WWE Tag-Team Championships. After they settle inside the squared circle, the theme for #DIY hits and out comes defending champions Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa.

After the bell sounds, we see Sabin and Ciampa kick things off for their respective teams. Quick tag by the MCMG leading to an early lead. Gargano enters but they quickly send him back out. MCMG use quick tags to set a fast, double-team offense early on. Huge running attack by Sabin to the outside to wipe out the champs.

Sabin with a big right to Gargano outside, then enters the read and eats a DDT from Ciampa. Ciampa grounds Sabin and begins to use working holds as we start to keep the action one-on-one in the ring. Ciampa tags in and the champs continue to double-team Sabin. Alex Shelley tags in; Gargano attempts to make a tag but misses.

Shelley doesn’t notice this and focuses on Gargano, not Ciampa. Ciampa with a running high knee strike for the first fall. DIY goes up 1-0. The second fall starts with Ciampa quickly slapping a neck hold on Shelley. A fake tag that by Gargano that led to Shelley eating a pin in confusion. Gargano tags in legally. Shelley tries to fight off both members of #DIY but can’t. Gargano looks for a second fall but Shelley hangs on.

From there, the champs maintain control, keeping Shelley in the ring for several minutes as they continue to wear him down. Ciampa tries to pull Sabin off the apron so he can’t tag in; the ref comes over to warn him. As the ref is out of position, he doesn’t see Sabin tag in legally.

Gargano continues to work over Shelley as the champs resort to heel tactics to keep Sabin, the fresher challenger, out of the ring. Gargano plays to the crowd before charging Shelley in the corner. Shelley blocks a Gargano Spear with a side kick that drops Gargano. Shelley makes the hot tag to Chris Sabin, who takes it to Gargano with fists.

Sabin with a clothesline that drops Gargano. Sabin with a running punt kick to both champs while they’re standing ringside. Sabin with a running springboard corner dive off to the outside to wipe out the champs once again. Sabin with a Tornado DDT on Gargano, then tags in Shelley.

They hit their double-team finisher for the second fall to tie it up at 1-1 heading into the third and final fall. Ciampa looks for a Project Ciampa but Sabin endures. Ciampa positions Sabin on the top turnbuckle and chops him hard. Ciampa climbs the middle rope and pulls Sabin up into a backpack position.

Sabin floats over and looks for a counter, but Ciampa rains fists down on his face. They continue to battle in the corner, with Sabin getting Ciampa in a Tree of Woe Gargano makes the save. Sabin whips Gargano into Shelley, who back tosses Gargano onto Ciampa in the Tree of Woe in the corner.

The challengers set Ciampa up in the corner for a double-team move and hit it, covering for a two–Gargano makes the save just in time. Ciampa and Gargano rally in their corner as MCMG do the same in theirs. Gargano looks for a Superkick on Sabin but he moves and Gargano hits Ciampa.

MCMG switch to high gear, dropping Gargano. Angelo Dawkins hops on the apron, distracting the challengers and ref. Montez Ford then attacks the MCMG with a crutch behind the ref’s back. DIY capitalize and pick up the pinfall to win and retain. After the match, Dawkins and Ford beat them down.

Winners (2-1) and STILL WWE Tag-Team Champions: #DIY

Undisputed WWE Championship (Ladder Match)
Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens

It’s co-main event time!

After we see more legends in the crowd, including Ron Simmons, Rick Steiner and Rob Van Dam, celebrities and sports stars are shown, including UFC Welterweight Champion Belal Muhammad, who throws a shout-out to CM Punk. John Mellencamp is shown as well.

Now the pre-match video package airs to tell the story leading up to our Undisputed WWE Championship Ladder Match with Cody Rhodes defending against fake Winged Eagle champion Kevin Owens. When the package wraps up, “The Prize Fighter” Kevin Owens emerges with the winged eagle title in-hand.

The fake champion settles inside the squared circle and his music dies down. From there, the theme for the real champion hits and out comes Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes. The commentators point out the referee of the match is wearing a ref cam for special camera angles.

We hear the bell and then this one gets officially off-and-running. The crowd is on fire. The two milk the moment and then meet in the middle and unload with rights, battling around the ring Owens takes an early control, stomping the champ into the mat before taking him into the corner.

The challenger unloads with fists and the action spills outside. Cody looks to retrieve a ladder but Owens battles him on the ramp, ultimately slamming Rhodes onto the ladder/in between its legs, breaking the middle support bars. The action returns to the ringside area, but spills out into the crowd. Owens and Rhodes slug it out back and forth in the crowd, grabbing drinks from the audience to use as weapons.

Owens strings Rhodes up on the barricade after a lengthy crowd fight, and takes it back to the ringside area. Owens pulls a ladder out from the ring and leans it against the side of the ring. KO sends Rhodes onto and across it. Owens takes the ladder inside the ring and begins to set it up.

Rhodes enters the ring and brawls with Owens, then gets sent back outside. Owens starts to climb but Rhodes enters the ring again and stops him. Rhodes sends Owens into the ladder the hard way, knocking it over. Owens pulls Rhodes outside and they battle by the commentary tables. Owens begins to clear the broadcast table, using the top cover to smack Rhodes.

Owens pulls another ladder out from under the ring, using it bridge from the commentary table to the ring. Owens grabs Rhodes and pulls him to the ladder bridge. Cody Rhodes fights back and takes it back into the ring. He sets up a ladder. Owens enters with a step ladder and uses it to batter the champ.

After some more back-and-forth action, we see Owens take a bump on the ladder on his lower back that looked so painful it’s insane. Owens fought back, however, and hit Cody with two back-to-back bone-crunching spots on ladders as well. After the second, medics hit the ring to check on Cody, while Sami Zayn turns up to check on Owens.

The action eventually resumes and we see Cody hit one of his trademark finishing moves for a close two-count. Owens and Cody end up on the floor, where Rhodes busts Owens open after repeatedly bashing him face-first into the commentary desk.

As they fight near the announcers table, Owens takes the upper-hand and clears it off. He gets on top of the table and brings Cody up with him. He gets him in position for a cradle package piledriver through the commentary desk, but instead, Cody counters with an Alabama Slam that puts Owens head and neck first through a ladder bridge.

The ladder bridge snaps in half and Owens remains ass over head in the rubble, which prompts Zayn to break past security and SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis holding him back. He checks on his friend, who is absolutely covered in blood and not moving, as Cody climbs the ladder in the ring and retrieves his titles for the win.

Winner and STILL Undisputed WWE Champion: Cody Rhodes

2025 Men’s Royal Rumble

It’s main event time!

After the ladder match co-main event wraps up, it is announced that WWE EVOLVE premieres March 5 on Tubi, with new episodes airing every Wednesday at 8/7c from that point on. We then see the first official trailer for WWE Elimination Chamber on March 1.

Back inside Lucas Oil Stadium, we see more celebrities in the house, including Kai Cenat, Tyrese Haliburton and some others. We shoot to the pre-show panel area where Joe Tessitore and Big E. plug the WWE Royal Rumble 2025 Post-Show.

Cole announces a live attendance of 70,347 fans inside Lucas Oil Stadium, the third largest gate in WWE history — all-time, trailing only WrestleMania 40 Night 1 and WrestleMania 40 Night 2. The ring announcer handles the formal introduction for the Men’s Royal Rumble.

Rey Mysterio’s theme hits and out he comes in the never-fun, but always impressive number one entrance spot. And in our first dream showdown inside the Rumble match, out at number two comes Penta. The crowd roars, as you would expect. Rey Mysterio and the second-coming of Rey Mysterio, Penta, collide to kick things off.

They do a bunch of close-call, near-miss double-eliminations, with each keeping both of their feet from hitting on each occasion, until one time, where Penta clearly seemed to have both feet hit. The camera shot quickly cut away, and Barrett put his eyesight’s reputation on-the-line as evidence only one touched.

Crowd certainly saw something different and reacted as such. Chad Gable comes out as number three. Carmelo Hayes is out as fourth entrant. The fifth entrant is Santos Escobar. So the early idea seems to be loading the ring up with fast-paced, high-flying, good workers.

Santos hits Rey with a 6-1-9. The crowd boos. Penta gets in his face. Santos fights him off and hits him with a Mexican Destroyer. Rey jumps back in and hits Santos with a 6-1-9. Chad Gable fights in the mix and literally all of the others hit him with a super kick at the same time.

The clock winds down and out as the sixth entrant is Otis. Otis goes for the worm, but Gable stops him in mid slither and slaps an ankle lock on him. Otis escapes and slaps the ever-loving crap out of Gable. Otis rips his shirt off. Gable takes his straps down.

The two former Alpha Academy allies duke it out. Gable hits him with a huge German suplex. Otis pops back up and puts Gable in the torture rack. Bron Breakker comes out wearing his I-C title. Let’s see if Dragon Lee is wearing his WWE Speed title if and when he comes out.

Breakker eliminates Hayes and beats down everyone else in sight. Akira Tozawa comes out as the next entrant, but is attacked from behind by Hayes as he was heading to the back. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce comes out to check on him with officials. Tozawa is helped to the back as Cole points out he didn’t officially enter the match.

That’ll come into play, no doubt. We follow him through the curtain. Triple H looks at the situation and tells iShowSpeed he’s in now in his place. He is reluctant but Triple H insists. His music, which was cued right up, plays and out he goes. Otis is thrown out by Breakker and iShowSpeed.

iShowSpeed does a flip. Breakker sprints back and forth on the ropes and spears him to death. He throws him out, but Otis catches him and then launches him behind his back onto the commentary desk. He bounces down to the floor. He’s out. Sheamus comes out as the next entrant. Penta almost eliminates him, but he hangs on.

Jimmy Uso, Andrade, Jacob Fatu, Ludwig Kaiser, The Miz, Joe Hendry come out as the next entrants in that order. Penta and Breakker clean house with several eliminations each. After Hendry, the clock strikes again and when it expires, the theme for Roman Reigns hits and the crowd goes nuts as “The OTC” emerges.

Reigns quickly eliminates The Miz, Sheamus and Joe Hendry, but then Breakker blasts him with a huge spear. Jacob Fatu then eliminates Jimmy Uso and he and Reigns have a stare down. Cole calls it a future WrestleMania main event. They and Penta are the only three active competitors in the match at the moment.

Drew McIntyre, Finn Balor, Shinsuke Nakamura, Jey Uso and AJ Styles are the next entrants, in that order. Penta and Nakamura end up getting eliminated. Strowman eliminates Fatu. “The Samoan Werewolf” throws a fit at ringside, launching Cole and McAfee and Barrett’s computer-style chairs at the ring.

Number 23 comes out and it is none other than “The Greatest of All-Time” himself, John Cena. The crowd goes absolutely bonkers, as you would expect. Out he comes with a “The Last Time Is Now” towel. He seems to get emotional as he plays to the camera and crowd.

“One last Rumble” he says before making his trademark run to the ring. Cena quickly eliminates Strowman and then Balor. The countdown clock appears again as Cena and Reigns stare each other down. CM Punk’s theme and the crowd explodes again as “The Best in the World” emerges. It’s clobbering time, folks.

Punk, Reigns and Cena stare each other down without touching as the crowd goes nuts. The countdown clock appears again just as about they’re about to finally engage. Cena overacts, as usual, doing damn near a Vince McMahon glass break “gulp” waiting to see who it is.

“BURN IT DOWN!” Seth Rollins’ theme hits and out he comes. As soon as he hits the ring, they all start brawling. Styles and the other few additional entrants still in the ring begin coming to life as well. “This is Awesome!” chants spread. Out at number 26 is “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio to a ton of heat.

Sami Zayn’s theme hits and out he comes in the number 27 spot. Only three more entrants remain. Damian Priest takes one of those spots, as he comes out at number 28. Priest eliminates Dom-Dom and the countdown clock appears. Out at number 29 is LA Knight. Zayn is eliminated. Logan Paul comes out as the 30th and final entrant.

McIntyre is eliminated by Priest. Knight eliminates Priest. Logan Paul was nearly eliminated, but he landed on the commentary desk, so he’s still in it. Styles eliminates Knight. Paul gets back to the apron and eliminates Styles. We’re down to Cena, Reigns, Punk, Uso, Rollins and Paul.

Rollins and Reigns have a stare down and then Punk eliminates them both. Paul surprises Punk by eliminating him. Punk and Rollins brawl at ringside as security struggles to break them up. Paul Heyman yells at Rollins, who flips him off and charges over to hit Reigns with a stomp face-first into the steel steps.

Punk and Rollins brawl some more until security finally separates them and work on getting Rollins to the back. They do the same with Punk, who looks enraged as well. He looks down at Reigns and Heyman. He steps over Reigns and glares at Heyman before walking past him as well. Cena, Uso and Paul are shown recovering in the ring.

Uso and Paul trade shots. Cena hoists them both up at the same time for a double Attitude Adjustment. They escape, however. Cena clotheslines Paul over the top to eliminate him. It’s down to Cena and Uso. Cena milks the “Let’s go Cena” and “Cena sucks!” dueling chants and then he and Uso slowly trade shots.

Super Cena emerges and begins hitting his trademark five moves of doom. He puts Uso down and tells him that he cannot, in fact, see him, before bouncing off the ropes with a Five Knuckle Shuffle. He stalks Uso and hoists him up for an Attitude Adjustment. Uso escapes and super kicks him.

The two trade some more strikes and then Uso hits the ropes and blasts Cena with a spear. Both guys are down and the crowd once again comes to life in anticipation of the finale. Cena throws Uso over the top, but he hangs on. Cena charges at Uso, who pulls the top rope down. Cena, well, gingerly, goes over the top and lands on his feet, grandpa-style. The two trade shots on the ring apron outside of the ring ropes.

Cena in his prime couldn’t be trusted in a close-call Rumble situation. See Vince McMahon’s double quad tear for evidence. Risky business here. Cena hoists Uso up for an Attitude Adjustment from the ring apron, but Uso escapes and knocks him down to the floor. Cena lands down below with a look of disbelief and dread on his face.

Cole officially loses his voice as he calls the finish. Cena storms back in the room and lifts Uso’s head up. It looked like he was going to hit him, but instead he paused and hugged him. Uso is headed to WrestleMania. Cole says “God damn right he did,” when talking about Uso doing it. Bad choice of words to end the night on, Mikey! Cena leaves the ring to Uso, who “YEET’s” it up with the record-breaking crowd and gets emotional in the process.

Winner of 2025 Men’s Royal Rumble: “Main Event” Jey Uso