WWE Royal Rumble 2021 took place Sunday, January 31, 2021 from inside the WWE ThunderDome at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, featuring superstars from the Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown brands.
Here is a recap of the most noteworthy highlights from this show, as well as the full breakdown of match results for those who might have missed it:
— Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax won the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship titles from Asuka and Charlotte Flair by pinfall with some help from a distraction and interference by Ric Flair and Lacey Evans.
— Drew McIntyre retained the WWE Championship over Goldberg by pinfall.
— Sasha Banks retained the SmackDown Women's Championship over Carmella by submission.
— Bianca Belair was the winner of the 30-woman Royal Rumble match after last eliminating Rhea Ripley. During the match, Alicia Fox pinned R-Truth to win the 24/7 Championship and he quickly pinned her in return a few moments later to win the title back.
— Peter Rosenberg managed to pin R-Truth to win the 24/7 Championship.
— Roman Reigns retained the Universal Championship over Kevin Owens in their Last Man Standing match.
— Edge won the 30-man Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Randy Orton.
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