Meg's Rumble 5 (1-31-2021)

Author:: Megan Chibba
Publish date:: Feb 2, 2021

Surprise! The Royal Rumble 2021 was filled with so much action, some good some not so much. I think we need a dedicated top 5 just for The Royal Rumble. Let's go through my best and worst moments of the PPV.

5 Worst Moments

I think it is fair to say there were a few issues with this match, however I am happy to see the Queen Of Spades holding gold once again. Typically, matches put on the kick-off show are of lesser importance than those on the main card, especially with a short card of only 6 matches, moving one to the kick-off show does seem like a terrible idea. The match itself wasn't that good and had some questionable spots. I wish I could just be happy with the result and move on but unfortunately I've seen the standard of women's wrestling that WWE can produce so I know this can be better. The biggest problem I had with it was the involvement of Lacey Evans and Ric Flair, as much as I hate this storyline anyway I wish that Baszler and Jax could have picked up this win off their own talents and not because of someone else's involvement. I'm still holding out hope that Baszler will go it alone and become Raw women's champion one day.

The number 30 spot is usually known to be the surprise spot. The final entrant into the rumble match has an advantage over everyone else, therefore, it is very special. I think it's also one spot that needs to be exciting since I feel a little sad after 30 as it's over so I feel like it has to be someone really special so we don't have that lacking feeling. However this year I was quite disappointed with the last entrants in each rumble. Myself included, many fans believed that Natalya would be replaced last minute and when the new tag-team champions attacked her it seemed like our theory was going to be correct, but we were wrong. There was no trick they really did announce the last entrant. In the men's rumble number 30 was Braun Strowman and I was very disappointed. Number 29 was the returning Messiah, Seth Rollins and I think it would have been better if they had swapped numbers.

This match wasn't bad but I think it was the weakest of the night. It was quite average. I really don't like this character of Carmella's it's very annoying, so I can't ever really enjoy her matches. Banks did exceptionally well and I have to say I enjoyed Reginald's presence he makes Mella more interesting. Bank's gear was amazing and it matched well with her in ring skills too. I am so glad Sasha picked up the win and I cannot wait for this match between Banks and Belair at Wrestlemania. This is finally over and now we can focus on Bianca. Looking forward to Smackdown this week to see Bianca confirm what we already know.

It took me a few seconds to even comprehend what happened here, Alexa Bliss was one of the women who I thought could have won it all and she didn't even last one minute. It was very smart of Ripley to immediately eliminate her but it was still very shocking. I expected a lot more from Bliss and was looking forward to seeing what she was going to do. There was an opportunity for something insane and very creepy to happen but we didn't get the chance to see it. I'm sure Bliss isn't happy about it. Even Jillian lasted longer than Bliss.

During the Women's Royal Rumble match, R-Truth came out with the 24/7 title, following him was the men's locker-room. Truth then entered the ring and used Alicia to stop all of the other superstars from pinning him. Fox eventually rolled up Truth and won the 24/7 title, she then quickly got eliminated and R-Truth regained his title. This was really unnecessary and took away from the women's match. I don't think anyone cares about the 24/7 title but I think there's a place for it on the kick-off shows and on WWE's social media platforms, not during one of the most important matches of the year. I am really disappointed that they thought this was a good idea. Every year when I go back and re-watch this PPV I am going to have to sit through that part of the match and I am not looking forward to that.

5. Women's Tag-team Match

I think it is fair to say there were a few issues with this match, however I am happy to see the Queen Of Spades holding gold once again. Typically, matches put on the kick-off show are of lesser importance than those on the main card, especially with a short card of only 6 matches, moving one to the kick-off show does seem like a terrible idea. The match itself wasn't that good and had some questionable spots. I wish I could just be happy with the result and move on but unfortunately I've seen the standard of women's wrestling that WWE can produce so I know this can be better. The biggest problem I had with it was the involvement of Lacey Evans and Ric Flair, as much as I hate this storyline anyway I wish that Baszler and Jax could have picked up this win off their own talents and not because of someone else's involvement. I'm still holding out hope that Baszler will go it alone and become Raw women's champion one day.

5 Best Moments

As always the most exciting event of the year was full of surprises. We saw many returning faces and even if it was just for one night I was very happy to see them. In the women's rumble Naomi made her grand return and it is always great to see her, we also saw legends like Victoria, Alicia Fox, Torrie Wilson and Mickie James. The men's rumble was no different from start to finish we had loads of surprises, Carlito came back NOT to spit in the face of people but it was a great return regardless. Perhaps one return that got Tegan Nox on her feet, at number 18 Kane took off his suit put on his mask and returned to WWE to appear in his 18th rumble match. We also got to see a small reunion of Team Hell NO! The biggest return in this match was definitely Captain Charisma himself Christian. I'm hoping this wasn't only for one match but if it was I had a great time seeing him anyway. Seeing Edge and Christian in the ring together again was such a special moment for all of his fans.

The Women's Royal Rumble match contained some amazing talent starting off with Bayley, Naomi, Bianca, Blackheart, Baszler and so many more but the game truly changed when the nightmare Rhea Ripley joined us at number 14. Rhea was one of the favourites to win and she showed everyone why. I think this could symbolise a move to either the red or blue brands soon which would really help grow the divisions. During the match the NXT superstars really showed out and impressed everyone. I am always so proud to see them prove to everyone why they are the best in the world. When I looked at the final two women in this match I, like many of us, saw the future of WWE and it looks bright.

I didn't have high hopes for this match but I was pleasantly surprised by it. It was amazing from start to finish and the perfect match to put between the two rumbles to keep the excitement level up. There was so many great spots in the match including Kevin Owens diving from the top of the fork lift, Reigns running Owens over, Owens handcuffing Reigns and of course the spear through the LED board. This match was really fun and I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Roman using the guillotine is really working well for him and he seems nearly unstoppable.

Starting from number 1 Edge made it through all 29 other superstars and win the Royal Rumble. We had two winners from the early spots this year truly proving themselves. In the men's rumble there were a lot of people who deserved to win but after lasting the whole time, there was no one more deserving than Edge. This is truly an amazing comeback story. I hope he chooses to challenge Roman so we can see the spear vs the spear match. 2010 was the last time Edge won the rumble and now a year after the miracle comeback Edge will be main eventing Wrestlemania. I couldn't be happier for him.

The winner of the 2021 women's Royal Rumble the EST of WWE Bianca Belair. Starting from number 3 Bianca went all the way to being the final competitor in the Royal Rumble match. I don't think there was anyone who deserved this win more than Bianca Belair and if she does decide to challenge Banks that match is going to be epic. Her speech at the end of the match made me so happy and proud she was truly so excited and she really deserved this win. I cannot wait for WrESTlemania

5. The Rumble Surprises

As always the most exciting event of the year was full of surprises. We saw many returning faces and even if it was just for one night I was very happy to see them. In the women's rumble Naomi made her grand return and it is always great to see her, we also saw legends like Victoria, Alicia Fox, Torrie Wilson and Mickie James. The men's rumble was no different from start to finish we had loads of surprises, Carlito came back NOT to spit in the face of people but it was a great return regardless. Perhaps one return that got Tegan Nox on her feet, at number 18 Kane took off his suit put on his mask and returned to WWE to appear in his 18th rumble match. We also got to see a small reunion of Team Hell NO! The biggest return in this match was definitely Captain Charisma himself Christian. I'm hoping this wasn't only for one match but if it was I had a great time seeing him anyway. Seeing Edge and Christian in the ring together again was such a special moment for all of his fans.