WWE Royal Rumble 2022 (Wrestling Review)

WWE

Royal Rumble

St. Louis, Missouri

Jan. 29th, 2022

WWE Universal Title Match

Roman Reigns (c) vs. Seth Rollins

A fantastic opener for the card. Had some great story telling in ring and kept the action going fast. The ending makes a lot of sense and protects both men and builds to continue the feud. Rollins has made this feud feel so important and this match continued to show it.

4 / 5

Royal Rumble Match

Ivory vs. Mickie James vs. Molly Holly vs. Lita vs. Michelle McCool vs. Melina vs. Natalya vs. Kelly Kelly vs. Alicia Fox vs. Brie Bella vs. Nikki Bella vs. Tamina vs. Naomi vs. Nikki ASH vs. Queen Zelina vs. Sasha Banks vs. Cameron vs. Summer Rae vs. Charlotte Flair vs. Sarah Logan vs. Aliyah vs. Carmella vs. Dana Brooke (w/Reggie) vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan vs. Sonya Deville vs. Shotzi vs. Bianca Belair vs. Ronda Rousey

The womens rumble isn’t always the best thing to see. While this years had less overall botches it did have so much more noticeable downtime and wrestlers standing around smiling or laughing. The surprise entrants were cool, the legends were fun and some looked better in ring than others, and Ronda was fine but you knew she wasn’t losing once she entered. It was okay but could have used some cleaning up.

2.5 / 5

WWE RAW Women’s Title Match

Becky Lynch (c) vs. Doudrop

I’m still unsure why Doudrop was getting this push here. The match felt like it went on for too long and no one expected Becky to lose. Had some okay spots but outside of that it was pointless and a bad follow up to the rumble. The crowd didn’t seem to care for it either unless the final moments of it.

1 / 5

WWE Title Match

Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman) (c) vs. Bobby Lashley (w/MVP)

Really a mixed match. This was such a hard match to plan because you really can’t have anyone here lose clean or look too weak. The match was okay mostly, Lesner dominating a lot of it. The Roman run in was half expected since they clearly want Roman vs Lesner again. If anything this just made Lashley look awful as champ again.

2 / 5

Mixed Tag Team Match

Beth Phoenix & Edge vs. Maryse & The Miz

Thank god this story has ended. The match was fine, honestly pretty boring and lifeless to me. Edge could be doing better but everyone here was fine. Edge and Beth worked together well but the match didn’t seem to really follow rules as it went on.

2 / 5

Royal Rumble Match

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Shane McMahon vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles vs. Robert Roode vs. Randy Orton vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Sheamus vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Ricochet vs. Big E vs. Happy Corbin vs. Angelo Dawkins vs. Chad Gable vs. Madcap Moss vs. Damian Priest vs. Riddle vs. Montez Ford vs. Otis vs. Austin Theory vs. Ridge Holland vs. Rick Boogs vs. Omos vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Bad Bunny vs. Johnny Knoxville

Honestly a very lackluster mens rumble. Bad Bunny gets the MVP award as he is way better in ring than he should be. Having Shane was a fun quick moment. Other than that it was pretty lackluster with a few good spots here and there. Lesner being 30 and winning was expected from the start so it is what it is.

2 / 5