After the Bad Bunny performance we head to the commentary table for some quick WWE Shop promotion and then Corey Graves and Michael Cole introduce a video focusing on historic stats related to the Royal Rumble match itself.
One of two Royal Rumble matches scheduled for this evening is up next here at the 2021 WWE Royal Rumble PPV.
30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
The bell sounds and the ring announcer begins the formal pre-match introductions for our first of two 30-person Royal Rumble matches scheduled for tonight's show.
On that note, the ring announcer briefly runs down the rules for tonight's Royal Rumble match and then introduces the first entrant in the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match.
With that said, the familiar sounds of the official theme song for former SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley plays as she makes her way down to the ring, stopping briefly to talk to the commentators at ringside off-mic.
As she waits in the ring to see who she will be kicking things off with. On that note, the lights in the venue go out and when they come back on, we find out that it's time to FEEL THE GLOW.
That's right, the returning Naomi's music plays as she is officially introduced and slides down the entrance ramp on her knees. The commentators, which will be Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton and Jerry "The King" Lawler for this match, react to Naomi's return.
The 2021 30-Woman Royal Rumble match is now officially underway as the bell sounds. Bayley taunts and mocks Naomi to get things started, asking if she remembers when she beat her. She goes to hit her with a cheap shot but Naomi catches her foot.
Naomi goes to work on Bayley, utilizing splits and other unique offense to avoid onslaught attempts from Bayley, all-the-while delivering her own punishment to the former women's champ.
As Bayley turns the offensive momentum in her favor, the commentators joke about Bayley having "COLE" shaved into the back of her head. The countdown clock hits and out comes the number three entrant -- Bianca Belair.
Belair skips down to the ring and hops on the apron, jumping in and blasting Bayley with a dropkick right out of the gate. She hoists Bayley up and dumps her over the top-rope, but Bayley lands on the ring apron outside the ropes and re-enters the ring.
Naomi and Belair are both nearly eliminated, however they hang on. The countdown clock hits and out as the fourth entrant is Billie Kay. Kay comes down with a stack of 8x10 photos of herself. Jerry Lawler jokes on commentary about wanting one of those.
Billie Kay takes her sweet time heading down to the ring. She nearly steps up the ring steps but decides not to, instead taking a seat next to the commentary table in an open chair. She hands some of her 8x10s to the commentators, which Lawler thanks her for.
They ask if she is going to enter the ring since she's in the match. She says she's going to wait for maybe a partner to enter the match with, because she's smart. Meanwhile Belair and Naomi are being beaten down by Bayley. She heads to the top-rope but misses each lady on the way down.
The number five entrant's music hits and out comes a mini tank as Shotzi Blackheart makes her way down to the ring in said-tank. This brings Billie Kay up from her seat. She heads over with an 8x10 for Blackheart, but Blackheart ends up shooting her with the gun on her tank. She is shocked and stands in the entrance aisle as Blackheart exits her tank and walks right past her, entering the match while Kay makes her way back over to her chair at ringside, still having not entered the match officially at this point.
She joins on commentary again as Blackheart goes to work on Belair. The countdown clock hits again and when it expires, number six makes her way out and it is one-half of the new Women's Tag-Team Champions -- Shayna Baszler. Again, Billie Kay tries taking an 8x10 to meet her in the entrance way. Baszler stops and punches the picture, hitting Kay as well and then heading into the ring where she immediately starts taking out any-and-everyone in sight as she is the only person standing at the moment, yet no eliminations have been made still.
Kay has recovered and is rejoining the commentators again as the countdown clock re-appears and expires to show the number seven entrant is none other than Toni Storm. She takes her jacket off and heads to the ring as Kay again tries coming over with one of her pictures. She extends her hand as well and Storm takes her sunglasses off, raises an eyebrow and ignores her, heading to the ring and going right to work hitting German suplexes on anyone in reaching distance.
Baszler eliminates Shotzi Blackheart as the countdown clock appears again. When it expires, the name Jillian appears on the big screen. That's right folks, at number eight, singing like an extra-untalented Britney Spears is the returning Jillian Hall. Kay goes over and asks to team up. She says they can be Billie and Jilly. Jillian Hall says she loves it. She takes her Bobby Brown headset off and the duo of Billie and Jilly hit the ring, as Kay finally enters the match. They hit some double suplexes and immediately make an impression in the bout.
The countdown clock appears again and when it expires, out comes the number nine entrant, representing the Riott Squad -- Ruby Riott. She makes her way to the ring as the commentators talk about this being her third Royal Rumble match appearance. Out as the next entrant is another surprise return as VICTORIA makes her way out. Lisa Marie Varon hits the ring as her Victoria persona and she immediately starts hitting some of her trademark spots.
Victoria is sent through the ropes but is not eliminated. She does a flip over the top-rope legdrop onto Naomi as the countdown clock appears again ... (Continued on Royal Rumble Update #2 in the next post...)
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WWE ROYAL RUMBLE 2021 REACTION & DISCUSSION
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