Video Package: Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship
The Steel Cage descends upon the ring. The Steel Cage match is next.
WWE Universal Championship – Steel Cage Match
Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar (c) w/ Paul Heyman
Paul Heyman takes the microphone from the announcer. Heyman says Lesnar is the master of the Brock-tagon and introduces him in a big way.
They circle the ring, and Lesnar quickly counters a Superman Punch with a German Suplex. Lesnar hits a second and third German Suplex soon after. Lesnar stalks him for a few moments and hits a fourth German Suplex. Lesnar stands over Reigns and smiles. Lesnar scoops him up and hits an F5. Lesnar laughs and stands over Reigns nodding. Lesnar takes his time before picking him up for another F5. Reigns hits a pair of Superman Punches that sends Lesnar stumbling. Reigns hits a third Superman Punch and charges, but Lesnar lifts him up. Reigns quickly climbs the wall of the cage and kicks Lesnar back. Reigns nearly gets over the top of the cage, but Lesnar grabs him and pulls him back in. Lesnar knocks him to the canvas and climbs slowly. Reigns grabs him, fights him a bit, and hits a powerbomb. Lesnar shakes the cobwebs out of his head and gets to his feet. Samoa Joe is seen watching backstage. Reigns sends Lesnar headfirst into the cage three times before cutting him in half with a Spear! Reigns waits for Lesnar to get up and Spears him again. Reigns hits the ropes and hits a third Spear! Reigns covers for a near fall. Reigns goes to leave the ring, but Paul Heyman slams the door on his head. Lesnar immediately follows up with an F5 for a near fall. There have been three Spears and two F5s in this match so far.
Heyman puts a steel chair in the ring. Lesnar smiles while he takes his gloves off and grabs the chair. Reigns hits the fourth Spear of the match to avoid being hit with the chair for a near fall. Reigns picks up the chair and smiles while cracking the chair off Lesnar’s back. Reigns hits him with three more shots, four in total. Reigns connects with a Superman Punch and signals for the end! Reigns spears him through the wall of the cage and nearly spikes himself in the head in the process! Lesnar’s body landed first, so he wins. That looked like a car wreck.
Winner and still WWE Universal Champion: Brock Lesnar
Replays are shown of how close that finish was. Devastating looking spot.
50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble Match
No. 1: Daniel Bryan
No. 2: Dolph Ziggler
They circle the ring, and Bryan quickly tries to eliminate Ziggler. Ziggler holds on and powers Bryan to the corner. Ziggler punches him before trying to pull him over the top rope. Bryan fights out and hits the ropes, but Ziggler dropkicks him down. Ziggler tries to put him over the top rope, but Bryan holds on. Bryan pulls him over, but they both get out.
No. 3: Sin Cara
Ziggler continues to attack Bryan in the corner while Sin Cara runs down to the ring. Cara hits Ziggler and Bryan with a springboard moonsault block before hitting a modified powerbomb on Ziggler. Bryan reverses a whip, and Cara hits a springboard cross-body on him. Cara puts him in the corner, but Bryan drops him on the apron. Cara kicks him back and goes to the top rope for a Swanton Bomb. Cara puts him in the corner and cuts Ziggler off. Ziggler goes for a Zig-Zag, but Cara hangs on. Ziggler superkicks him and eliminates Sin Cara.
Sin Cara has been eliminated.
Bryan nearly eliminates Ziggler, but he holds on.
No. 4: Curtis Axel
Axel attacks both guys before attacking Ziggler in the corner. The crowd isn’t buying him as a threat.
No. 5: Mark Henry
The WWE Hall of Famer is coming out of retirement for this one match. Axel is trying to eliminate Bryan while Henry slowly walks to the ring. Bryan kicks Axel away, and he’s tied up in a tree of woe. Axel attack Henry when he comes in the ring. Henry puts him on the apron and head-butts him to eliminate him.
Curtis Axel has been eliminated.
Bryan and Ziggler try to eliminate Henry, but he fights them off.
No. 6: Mike Kanellis
Kanellis gets in the ring, and Henry immediately eliminates him. They’re thinking he broke Santino Marella’s record.
Mike Kanellis has been eliminated.
Henry sends Bryan to the corner and avalanches Ziggler in the ring.
No. 7: Hiroki Sumi
Sumi is a giant Sumo wrestler that trained with Akebono, the guy who had a Sumo Match against Big Show at WrestleMania 21. Sumi goes face to face with Henry. They try to overpower one another. Henry eliminates Sumi. Ziggler and Bryan then eliminate Henry.
Hiroki Sumi has been eliminated.
Mark Henry has been eliminated.
Bryan and Ziggler go at it. Bryan nearly eliminates Ziggler.
No. 8: Viktor
Viktor tries to overwhelm both guys with fast offense. Viktor nearly eliminates Ziggler and hits Bryan with a flying knee. Viktor puts Bryan on the apron. Bryan hits an arm breaker and pulls him over the top rope to eliminate him.
Viktor has been eliminated.
No. 9: Kofi Kingston
Kingston comes in like a house on fire and hits Ziggler with a Boom Drop. Kingston goes to eliminate Bryan, but he holds on. Bryan kicks him away. Bryan starts doing the YES Kicks on Kingston and Ziggler.
No. 10: Tony Nese
Nese avoids a clothesline from Kingston and takes him down with a strike combo. Nese tries to eliminate Kingston. Bryan uppercuts Nese down while Kingston kicks away at Ziggler. Bryan lifts Nese up and tries to eliminate him to no avail.
No. 11: Dash Wilder
Wilder runs in and grabs Nese. Bryan then tries to eliminate Wilder. Bryan kicks Nese before Wilder attacks him. Wilder hits Bryan with a back elbow before punching away at him. Nese and Kingston nearly have Ziggler out of the ring.
No. 12: Hornswoggle
Hornswoggle helps to eliminate Wilder.
Dash Wilder has been eliminated.
Hornswoggle kicks Kingston in the knee and hits a Samoan Drop! Hornswoggle goes to the top rope and tries for a Tadpole Splash, but Ziggler superkicks him. Hornswoggle falls to the apron. Hornswoggle bites Ziggler before Nese knees him in the face to eliminate him.
Hornswoggle has been eliminated.
No. 13: Primo Colon
Colon goes right after Nese. Bryan hits Kingston with a tornado DDT on the other side of the ring. Colon sends Nese over the top rope, but he holds on. Bryan lifts Ziggler and goes to eliminate him, but Colon stops it.
No. 14: Xavier Woods
Woods teams with Kingston to attack Nese. Kingston is nearly eliminated, but he is piggy backing on Woods’ back. They’re hanging on the apron. Woods climbs the top rope with Kingston on his back. Kingston then uses Woods’ back as a platform to hit Primo, Ziggler, and Bryan with a cross-body. The New Day gyrates with Nese confused and joining them. They get into it with him dancing before lifting him up like they do with Big E. They then throw him over the top rope.
Tony Nese has been eliminated.
No. 15: Bo Dallas
Dallas immediately throws Kingston over, but he hangs on. Bryan goes for a suplex on Kingston, but it’s blocked. Bryan finally hits it. Time between entrants has not been close to 90 seconds.
No. 16: Kurt Angle
This is the second WWE Hall of Famer to enter this match. Angle jogs down to the ring and hits Dallas with a German Suplex. Angle hits Primo with a German Suplex. Ziggler meets the same fate. Dallas is then thrown over the top rope, as is Primo. Ziggler then superkicks Angle.
Bo Dallas has been eliminated.
Primo Colon has been eliminated.
Ziggler tries to attack Angle, but Angle gives him a belly-to-belly suplex over the top rope.
Dolph Ziggler has been eliminated.
No. 17: Scott Dawson
Dawson quickly attacks Woods and stomps him down. Dawson uppercuts him in the corner and goes for an elimination. Angle attacks Dawson, but Dawson turns him around. The New Day nearly eliminates Bryan. He is dangling precariously on the apron, but he holds on.
No. 18: Goldust
Goldust hits Woods with a scoop powerslam before putting him on the apron. Woods hangs on. Bryan pushes Kingston off the top rope and hits a diving knee to the face. Goldust has Bryan on the apron and punches him. Goldust nearly eliminates Bryan, but he slides in.
No. 19: Konnor
Konnor gets in the ring and attacks Kingston. Woods attacks Konnor and saves Kingston. Goldust has Bryan on the apron again. Woods superkicks Konnor in the midsection. Woods then concentrates on Angle. Woods tried for a double leg, but Angle just sits on him.
No. 20: Elias
Elias comes out with his guitar. Elias says 60,000 people have come to see him. Saudi Arabia knows that WWE stands for Walk With Elias. Elias then runs in and eliminates The New Day and Konnor!
Xavier Woods has been eliminated.
Kofi Kingston has been eliminated.
Konnor has been eliminated.
No. 21: Luke Gallows
Gallows attacks Dawson in the corner. Bryan and Angle are going at it. Bryan flips through a German Suplex and starts hitting Angle with the YES Kicks. Angle blocks a kick and tries for an Ankle Lock. Bryan gets out, but Angle hits Bryan with an Angle Slam! Angle pulls the straps down, but he’s eliminated by Elias!
Kurt Angle has been eliminated.
No. 22: Rhyno
Rhyno quickly attacks Dawson and beats him down in the corner. Goldust nearly has Elias over the top rope. Gallows is working on Bryan in the corner. Bryan is on the top rope in a daze.
No. 23: Drew Gulak
Gulak attacks Bryan in the corner and stomps away at him. Dawson quickly grabs Gulak and tries to eliminate him. Gulak takes him down and they trade stiff shots. Gallows punches Goldust down on the opposite side of the ring. Goldust comes back with a jawbreaker.
No. 24: Tucker Knight
Kight stomps Dawson down in the corner and tries for a suplex on Gulak. Gulak goes for a sleeper, but Knight pulls him over the top rope to eliminate him.
Drew Gulak has been eliminated.
No. 25: Bobby Roode
Roode clotheslines Knight and hits Dawson with a spinebuster. Roode then eliminates Goldust.
Goldust has been eliminated.
Dawson tries for a move on Roode, but he falls to the floor.
Scott Dawson has been eliminated.
No. 26: Fandango
Fandango attacks Knight in the corner and chops him. Roode tries to eliminate Elias, who defeated him this past Monday on RAW. Gallows and Rhyno team to work over Fandango. Knight and Roode try to eliminate Elias, but he hangs on.
No. 27: Chad Gable
Rhyno charges Gable, but he sidesteps him. Gable hits Fandango with a hip toss and lifts Knight for an electric chair drop. Bryan and Gable go at it.
No. 28: Rey Mysterio
Mysterio ducks a clothesline from Gallows and kicks away at him. Roode leapfrogs Mysterio into Gallows. Mysterio then hits a hurricanrana over the top rope to eliminate him.
Luke Gallows has been eliminated.
Mysterio goes for a 619 on Roode, but Fandango cuts him off. Mysterio flips over to Gable and gives him a DDT!
No. 29: Mojo Rawley
Rawley immediately eliminates Fandango.
Fandango has been eliminated.
Rawlery attacks Gable. There’s just fighting all over the ring. No near eliminations.
No. 30: Tyler Breeze
Rawley quickly puts Breeze on the apron. Breeze jumps into Fandango’s arms to avoid being eliminated. Fandango puts him back on the apron, and Rawley just eliminates him.
Tyler Breeze has been eliminated.
Knight hits Gable with a Thesz Press. Bryan hits Knight with some YES Kicks. Gable then suplexes Bryan.
No. 31: Big E
Big E presents Knight with some pancakes, but he declines. Big E connects with a Big Ending on Knight and eliminates him.
Tucker Knight has been eliminated.
No 32.: Karl Anderson
Anderson kicks Bryan and hits Roode with a spinebuster on Big E’s pancakes. Big E tries to eliminate Anderson, but to no avail. Mysterio hits Roode with a 619.
No. 33: Apollo Crews
Crews kicks Gable and hits a standing moonsault. Crews then eliminates Gable, who lands badly.
Chad Gable has been eliminated.
Bryan concentrates on Crews and hits a chop. Crews hits a scoop slam.
No. 34: Roderick Strong
Strong runs down and chops Rawley before chopping Elias and Crews. Elias has a whip reversed, and Strong hits a dropkick. Roode and Anderson are hit with backbreakers, as is Mysterio. Strong lifts up Big E and hits a gutbuster. Strong then eliminates Rhyno with a knee to the head.
Rhyno has been eliminated.
No. 35: Randy Orton
Orton clotheslines Crews and hits Roode with a powerslam. Crews dives off the ropes, but Orton hits an RKO. Anderson and Rawley have been eliminated by Orton. So is Crews.
Karl Anderson has been eliminated.
Mojo Rawley has been eliminated.
Apollo Crews has been eliminated.
No. 36: Heath Slater
Slater nearly eliminates Elias, but he holds on.
No. 37: Babatunde
Babatunde shoulder blocks Roode and keeps him down. Bryan punches away at Babatunde, but he’s taken down.
No. 38: Baron Corbin
Corbin pulls Elias under the top rope and sends him into the ring steps. Corbin punches Roode and big boots Bryan. Mysterio gets hit with a Deep Six. Corbin clotheslines Roode and eats a kick from Strong. Corbin comes back with a clothesline and eliminates Roode.
Bobby Roode has been eliminated.
Roderick Strong has been eliminated.
No. 39: Titus O’Neil
O’Neil trips running down the ramp and slides under the ring! O’Neil quickly gets in the ring and is ticked off. They show replays of that multiple times.
No. 40: Dan Matha
They’re still on the trip under the ring. They’re going off on this and calling it the greatest moment in the history of the Royal Rumble. It was pretty funny. Slater nearly eliminates Bryan, who entered number one. Bryan stays in.
No. 41: Braun Strowman
Strowman gets in the ring and goes face to face with Babatunde. Strowman eliminates him with Matha.
Babatunde has been eliminated.
Dan Matha has been eliminated.
Big E has been eliminated.
Heath Slater has been eliminated.
The remaining competitors try to eliminate Strowman.
No. 42: Tye Dillinger
Dillinger tries to help, but Strowman explodes out. O’Neil and Dillinger are eliminated by Strowman.
Titus O’Neil has been eliminated.
Tye Dillinger has been eliminated.
Mysterio tries to attack Strowman, but to no avail. Orton dropkicks Strowman, and Mysterio hits a 619. Orton with an RKO. Corbin tries to eliminate Mysterio, but he holds on. Corbin finally eliminates Mysterio.
Rey Mysterio has been eliminated.
Orton then eliminates Corbin.
Baron Corbin has been eliminated.
Elias then eliminates Orton!
Randy Orton has been eliminated.
Strowman then slams Elias down a few times.
No. 43: Curt Hawkins
Hawkins runs away, and Strowman leaves the ring to catch him. Strowman puts him in the ring and knocks Bryan into the barricade. Strowman then eliminates Hawkins.
Curt Hawkins has been eliminated.
Elias sidesteps Strowman and puts him shoulder-first in the corner.
No. 44: Bobby Lashley
Lashley wildly attacks Elias and botches a sidewalk slam. Lashley then eliminates Elias.
Elias has been eliminated.
Lashley and Strowman come to blows. Strowman knocks him to the corner, but Lashley clotheslines him. Bryan attacks Lashley and Strowman with running corner dropkicks. Bryan’s chest is wrecked from chops.
No. 45: The Great Khali
Khali takes forever to get to the ring. Khali chops Lashley and Bryan. Strowman is then chopped. Khali tries for a Punjabi Plunge on Bryan, but he’s stopped. Strowman and Lashley eliminate Khali.
The Great Khali has been eliminated.
Strowman and Lashley double clothesline one another.
No. 46: Kevin Owens
Owens hits Bryan, Lashley, and Strowman with cannonballs. Bryan gets Owens on the apron, but he can’t eliminate him. Bryan now holds the record as the longest entrant in the Royal Rumble’s history. Owens hits him with a Pop-up Powerbomb to celebrate.
No. 47: Shane McMahon
McMahon wildly punches away at Owens and gives him a jumping back elbow. McMahon then stomps Lashley in the corner. Owens punches McMahon and sends him to the ropes, but McMahon boots him. McMahon DDTs Owens and dances. Bryan looks at his former partner. Bryan’s chest is insane. A “YES” chant breaks out as Bryan and McMahon stare at each other. They then look at Owens and take turns doing the YES Kicks.
No. 48: Shelton Benjamin
Benjamin attacks McMahon and knees Lashley in the face. Strowman shoves Benjamin down. Strowman sets up, and Owens tries to rally everyone to get Strowman out. Strowman fights all challengers off.
No. 49: Big Cass
Bryan can’t wait for Cass to get in. Cass takes him down and punches away at him. Cass boots Strowman back. Benjamin and Lashley attack Strowman. McMahon then hits Strowman with Coast To Coast! Strowman rolls under the bottom rope to recover. Cass hits Lashley with a fallaway slam.
No. 50: Chris Jericho
This is the final entrant in this match. Owens is shocked. Jericho makes a beeline for Owens and hits a Lionsault. Jericho nearly eliminates Cass. Jericho then eliminates Benjamin.
Shelton Benjamin has been eliminated.
Jericho applies the Walls of Jericho to Owens, and he taps out. Cass big boots Jericho. Lashley then goes for a vertical suplex and nearly kills him when he loses his balance. Bryan hits Owens with a suplex. Bryan kicks away at Owens. Bryan hits a pair of running dropkicks on Owens in the corner. McMahon goes to the top rope, but Strowman grabs him and KILLS MCMAHON WITH A CHOKESLAM OFF THE TOP ROPE THROUGH THE COMMENTARY TABLE!
Shane McMahon has been eliminated
Strowman gets in the ring and grabs Lashley. Strowman eliminates him. Jericho is eliminated attempting a Codebreaker. Owens is then sent over by Strowman.
Bobby Lashley has been eliminated.
Chris Jericho has been eliminated.
Kevin Owens has been eliminated.
Bryan attacks Strowman and tries to eliminate him, but Cass big boots him down before eliminating Bryan! Cass talks major trash to Bryan.
Daniel Bryan has been eliminated.
It’s down to Cass and Strowman. Cass attacks and tries to send Strowman over, but he can’t. Strowman crotches him on the top rope and bounces him around. Strowman then eliminates Cass to win the Greatest Royal Rumble!
Winner: Braun Strowman
Replays are shown of the destruction caused by Braun Strowman. WWE Chairman Vince McMahon is in the ring with a member of the Saudi Arabian government. McMahon presents Strowman with the Greatest Royal Rumble Trophy and the title belt.