Additional highlights of the Universal Title match are shown and then we head to a quick commercial break.
Afterwards, we head back inside the ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. where the ring announcer prepares us for our second and final Royal Rumble match of the evening.
30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Out comes Edge as his music plays to get this main event of the evening underway. "The Rated-R Superstar" makes his way down to the squared circle as the camera pans over to the commentary table to show the special three-man team of Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Samoa Joe.
From there, Edge's music dies down and when it does, the man who will be the second entrant in the 2021 30-Man Royal Rumble match makes his way out as Randy Orton's music hits and "The Viper" emerges.
Before Orton can head to the ring, however, Edge exits the ring through the middle ropes and charges up the ramp to meet him and duke it out before he gets to the ring. They brawl for a bit and then down to the ring, where they both climb inside. On that note, the ref calls for the bell.
With that said, the 30-Man Royal Rumble match is now officially underway. Edge and Orton again escape under the ropes and brawl outside the ring. As they do so, the countdown clock appears and when it expires, Sami Zayn's music hits.
Zayn comes out as the third entrant and now all three men are in the ring where Orton and Zayn team up together to beat down Edge in a two-on-one attack. Finally as Zayn lays low and lets Orton pummel Edge, the countdown clock appears and ticks away.
Entrant number four from RETRIBUTION, the leader Ali, makes his way down and slides into the ring. Ali takes a look at the lay of the land and decides to join up with Orton and Zayn to begin a prolonged three-on-one attack on a helpless Edge. Finally, the countdown clock appears.
When it finishes counting down, the theme music of Jeff Hardy hits and finally, some help for "The Rated-R Superstar" is on its' way. Hardy hits the ring and starts taking out the Zayn/Orton/Ali trio. Eventually, Orton hits an RKO out of nowhere on Hardy to kill his momentum. As Zayn yells and thinks he's buddies with Orton, Orton tricks him and RKO's him and then does the same to Ali.
From there, he turns around right into a Spear from Edge. Edge and Orton again head out to the floor at ringside, without eliminating themselves, to continue their outside-the-ring brawl. Edge sends Orton into the steel ring post and then lays Orton across the commentary table. He climbs up on the table with him. Orton tries countering into an RKO but Edge reverses and hits his Edgecution DDT on the table, however it doesn't break.
Immediately after that spot wraps up, the countdown clock appears and when it ticks down, Dolph Ziggler comes out as the latest entrant. As he makes his way to the ring the camera cuts back to Edge and Orton. We see Edge blast Orton with a chair. Orton is a bloody mess, as the commentators point out. Several officials are tending to Orton.
Back in the ring, Ziggler eliminates Jeff Hardy. Edge hits the ring and goes back to work. The camera cuts over to Orton who is hurt bad on the outside, as the commentators point out,. Orton pounds the barricade wall he is sitting leaned up against. Meanwhile the countdown clock appears and when it expires, Shinsuke Nakamura emerges as the seventh entrant.
Cole points out that this is one of the most chaotic starts to a Rumble match in history, as Orton could very well be legitimately hurt. The camera pans over to show an update on Orton. As they do, highlights are shown of the DDT on the table and the chair to the leg spots from Edge earlier in the match. As Nakamura takes it to Ali in the ring, the camera keeps cutting back to Orton, who is limping with assistance from the refs to head to the back.
The camera cuts to the ring and back to Orton over and over again, and while that is going on, we nearly miss the entrance of the surprise number eight entrant -- the man who spits in the face of people who don't want to be cool -- Carlito! Carlito heads to the ring with his trademark apple. When he enters the ring, Nakamura steals the apple from him. Carlito hits Nakamura with a Back-Stabber. The camera cuts to Orton again as the commentators talk about him not being able to put any weight on his leg.
We see the countdown clock and when it ticks down, The New Day's music hits and out comes Xavier Woods. Woods immediately goes after Ali. After everyone fights for another two minutes, the countdown clock hits again and this time Big E. makes his way out as the tenth entrant. He immediately goes after Zayn, the man he won the I-C title from.
Big E. and Xavier Woods hit a nice double-team spot on Zayn as the announcers talk about them not missing a single step as a cohesive unit. They finally eliminate Sami Zayn as the countdown clock appears again. (Continued on the next page ...)
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