...continued from Royal Rumble Update #2.
The 30-Woman Royal Rumble match is still in progress. We join the match below at entrant number 21.
30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
We see some more action unfold for two minutes and then the countdown clock re-appears. When it expires, out at number 21 is the returning Alicia Fox.
Jerry Lawler gives another fun reaction to her entrance as well. She makes her way to the ring but as soon as she enters the ring, R-Truth's theme hits and the WWE 24/7 Champion sprints down to the ring.
He hops on the ring apron and then yells something about the Royal Rumble. As he hops off the apron and gets ready to head to the back, out comes a bunch of WWE Superstars from the back that are chasing R-Truth down looking to win the 24/7 Title.
He ends up in the ring and Alicia Fox ends up rolling him up and pinning him. She is announced by the ring announcer as the new WWE 24/7 Champion. She poses with the title as the number 22 entrant -- Mandy Rose -- makes her way down to the ring.
Rose, short hair-cut and all, enters the ring and she and the new WWE 24/7 Champion Alicia Fox start duking it out. Rose ends up eliminating Fox. After Fox hits the floor, Truth appears and rolls her up and gets the pinfall to recapture his WWE 24/7 Championship. The ring announcer does the announcement of him as the champion again and he is immediately chased by the aforementioned WWE Superstars from the back, as well as the eliminated Alicia Fox.
As they exit through the opposite side of the ThunderDome to the back, we see the countdown clock. When it expires, out comes Dakota Kai as the number 23 entrant.
We see Lacey Evans get an elimination. The countdown clock appears and coming out at number 24 is Carmella. She comes out as Reginald is walking beside her with water and a towel helping her get prepared to enter the Rumble.
Meanwhile we see Rhea Ripley throw Dakota Kai out over the top-rope for her fourth elimination. Now she dumps Mandy Rose out for her fifth elimination. Carmella is still waiting to enter the match. Reginald helps her up to the ring apron and as soon as she enters, Nikki Cross throws her over the top. Reginald ends up catching her before her feet hit the floor and he sets her back on the ring apron.
Cross runs at her but Carmella ends up eliminating her instead. As the countdown clock expires again, out comes the 25th entrant, which is Tamina. She blasts Reginald with a superkick, who was holding Carmella. So she is now eliminated.
She enters the ring and we get a big dramatic face-off between Rhea Ripley and Tamina. Then they start swinging at each other as a big slugfest breaks out between the two. Belair nearly eliminates Naomi, but she hangs on. Finally Naomi is kicked to the floor but she lands in a way where her back hit but her feet didn't. Belair is thrown to the ring apron outside the ropes, which Noami notices, so she uses Belair's extra long ponytail to pull herself up to the ring apron. Now they each help the other get back in the ring. Cool stuff.
The countdown clock appears again and when it expires, out comes the number 26 entrant -- the returning Lana. Jerry Lawler immediately points out he is a Lana fan. The other commentators talk about what happened at the WWE TLC PPV at the end of 2020 with Lana.
After a couple more minutes of action in the ring, the countdown clock appears again. This time when it expires, the number 27 entrant makes her way out. It is none other than The Demented Alexa Bliss. She gets in the ring and immediately takes a couple girls out with forearms. She hits a nice dropkick on Ripley and then does a big smile and some jumping jacks. Ripley spears her down and everyone gangs up on Bliss.
Finally, Bliss begins her metamorphisis but before she can finish her transformation, Ripley throws Bliss out from behind for her sixth elimination. The countdown clock expires and out comes entrant number 28. It is the former NXT Women's Champion Ember Moon.
We see the countdown clock again and when it expires, out comes Nia Jax as the number 29 entrant. Bayley eliminates Lacey Evans. Nia Jax eliminates Ember Moon. Jax and Baszler both eliminate Naomi. The new Women's Tag-Team Champions seem to be joining forces with Tamina, as Jax says they are family. Baszler doesn't care and hits her. She hits Baszler back so Jax picks her up for a Samoan drop, but she escapes out the back door. Baszler and Jax end up throwing Tamina out to eliminate her.
Now Nia and Baszler throw their hands up and end up duking it out with each other. Ripley joins in on the fun, as does Charlotte. Jax eliminates Baszler out of nowhere. Baszler looks up at her in shock. Jax says she's sorry but points out that she had to do it. Lana hops on Jax's back from behind for a sleeper-hold attempt, however Jax flips her over her shoulders and down to the mat. Lana runs out of the ring but not over the top. Jax follows out after her. Back in the ring, Lana slaps Jax. Jax screams out and charges after her, but Lana pulls the top-rope down and Jax goes sailing out to the floor, eliminating herself.
Finally, the last countdown clock appears and when it expires, the 30th and final entrant in the 2021 Women's Royal Rumble match, Natalya, makes her way down to the ring. Baszler and Jax end up attacking her as they are still frustrated about being eliminated. They beat her down and leave her laying and then they both follow in the ring and take out every remaining participant in the match. They leave all of them laying before finally exiting the ring together. On their way back up the ramp, they throw Nattie in the ring.
Nattie finally recovers and she and Lana hug each other. As Lana goes to focus on who she is going to try to eliminate next, Nattie attacks her from behind and eliminates her. We're down to the final four and it is Natalya, Charlotte Flair, Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair.
Belair eliminates Natalya just as Nattie was about to get Ripley out of there. Now we're down to the final three and it's Belair, Flair and Ripley. All three are down but smiling and getting back to their feet. They close in on each other slowly and then finally erupt and start duking it out. Things end up with Belair and Ripley both beating on Charlotte.
They pick her up and whip her into the ropes. Charlotte holds on, however, and blasts Belair with a kick and Ripley with a forearm. She tosses Belair with a release suplex and looks up at the WrestleMania sign. She points to it before she and Ripley start exchanging shots. Charlotte looks for a suplex but Ripley blocks it. Charlotte runs at Ripley for a big boot but Ripley side-steps her and Charlotte nearly eliminates herself. She holds on outside the ropes on the apron but ultimately, Belair and Ripley both charge and knock her off, eliminating her.
We're down to the final two. Bianca Belair does a WOO! to taunt Charlotte. Ripley tries throwing her out from behind but Belair holds on and head-scissors Ripley over the top as well. Both hang on as their feet dangle near the floor. They're both sitting on the ring apron and looking at each other, agreeing to get back in the ring at the same time and "not do anything stupid." They do and now they square off.
Ripley swings at Belair but Belair ducks it and spears Ripley into the turnbuckles. She fires away with punches and sets her on the top-rope. She blasts her with a forearm that sends her off the top turnbuckle and down to the ring apron outside the ropes. She hangs on and re-enters the ring. Now each woman meets in the middle and both slam each other face-first down to the mat.
The fans break out into a "This Is Awesome!" chant, complete with all the video screens showing the fans clapping on cue during the chant. Finally Belair and Ripley make it to their feet. One goes for the Glam Slam but it is avoided. Ripley looks for Rip Tide on Belair but she avoids that. Belair hoists Ripley up and looks for the K.O.D., but no, Ripley lands on her feet. Belair ends up clotheslining Ripley over the top-rope. Belair hangs on from her spot as the third entrant in the match and sets a new record for longest time in a women's Royal Rumble match at over 56 minutes. She is headed to WrestleMania.
Winner of 2021 30-Woman Royal Rumble match and ADVANCING to WrestleMania: Bianca Belair
After The Match: Charly Caruso Talks To Bianca Belair
Once her post-match celebration wraps up, her music dies down and Charly Caruso enters the ring to do a quick post-match in-ring interview. She asks for Belair's thoughts on winning the Rumble and going on to WrestleMania.
Belair is extremely, extremely emotional and this is a very real moment. She cries about succeeding and tells her mom and dad she did it. She says she's now going to put the EST into the grandest stage of them all, as she points to the WrestleMania sign.
That was a really cool moment. Congratulations, Bianca Belair! She poses on the top-rope as her music plays again and she points to the WrestleMania sign as fireworks and pyro explodes.
"Feel good stuff" here at the 2021 Royal Rumble. You've got to love it.
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