Top 5 Moments From The 2021 Royal Rumble

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Yet again, the Royal Rumble gives us a great start as we head into the new year. Despite COVID not allowing live crowds at an event that has a huge dependence on crowd participation, the Royal Rumble was still an amazing event to watch, with some moments standing out. So as we get our breath back and start the road to WrestleMania, let’s look at the top 5 moments from the Royal Rumble

5. Rhea Ripley cleans house 

The women’s Royal Rumble match has always had a huge NXT presence with many names from NXT standing out and having a great performance. This year was no different with Rhea Ripley cleaning house and scoring the most eliminations in the match, with one of these eliminations being her WrestleMania rival Charlotte.

Rhea would dominate most of the match until it came down to the final 2 where she faced old NXT rival, Bianca Belair. Both women would trade blows in a blood-pumping sequence until Bianca would clothesline Rhea out of the ring to win the women’s rumble and gain some revenge from Rhea beating her at TakeOver Portland last year.

Hopefully, a strong performance is a sign of things to come if she ever leaves NXT and goes to either RAW or SmackDown.

4. Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns destroy each other 

Despite the finish falling flat, mainly due to a botch where Paul Heyman couldn’t get Roman’s handcuffs off forcing the referee to stop his count, this was still a great match. Kevin Owens looked strong in this match, despite the loss, getting up after being thrown through tables, being hit by a golf cart and being speared through the stage.

This match also further helped Roman’s new heel character.  With Roman sounding sadistic, cold and heartless during this match, showing how far he will go to remain the head of the table.

With both men looking strong thanks to this match, it will be interesting how WWE use this momentum as we approach WrestleMania.

3. Christian returns 

After an episode of RAW last year where Randy Orton punted Christian, most people assumed the dream of Christian having one more match would never happen. Then as the buzzer hit for number 24, the impossible happened as Christian made his surprise return after not having an official match for over 7 years.

The moment of capped of when Edge and Christian embraced each other in the ring, in what was a tearful reunion for fans of the attitude era.

While it is probably too quick to speculate, hopefully, this means he can have one more match and retire on his own terms.

2. Bianca Belair wins the Women’s Royal Rumble

As I previously mentioned in my top 5 moments of SmackDown last week, Bianca Belair’s recent push has been one of the best and most natural pushes I have seen in recent years. At no time has it felt forced, it all come together naturally. Her Royal Rumble win has been one of the most feel-good rumble wins in recent years.

Credit also has to be given to her performance, coming at number 3 and last almost an hour to win and eliminating four other women during the match.

Hopefully, she will ride this momentum into WrestleMania as she is the fresh face that the women’s division needs on SmackDown.

1. Edge wins the Men’s Royal Rumble 

Edge winning the Royal Rumble has led to one of the most divided responses I have seen in years. A lot of fans found it insulting that an older name such as Edge won it, rather than a newer and fresher name. That being said, there is no denying that Edge winning the Rumble was a great moment, with Edge defiantly deserving it for all the hard work he has done to come back from injury.

What made this win so good, was the story told Edge entered number 1 and took most of the punishment, with multiple heels teaming on him. Just when things looked grim, Christian made his return and teamed up with Edge. This was all finished up by WWE nearly giving us a heart attack as it looked like Orton would eliminate Edge, only for Edge to reverse Orton and win the rumble.

Edge winning was the final note, on a great, feel-good Royal Rumble which defiantly helped set up the build for WrestleMania.

These are my top 5 moments for the 2021 Royal Rumble. What were your top 5 moments? Let us know in the comments below.