Jey Uso eliminates John Cena to win men's Royal Rumble; Cody Rhodes retains world title

The daze and awe the WWE Royal Rumble tin supply was connected afloat show Saturday nighttime arsenic Jey Uso and Charlotte Flair won their respective matches to gain rubric shots astatine WrestleMania.

Uso’s triumph successful the men’s Royal Rumble lucifer stunned the pro wrestling satellite arsenic helium eliminated John Cena to win. It came down to Uso, Cena and Logan Paul astatine the precise extremity of the match, and Uso and Cena gave fans successful Indianapolis a stunning upset that came down to the precise end.

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Jey Uso pushes John Cena disconnected the ringing connected Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, during the WWE Royal Rumble astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

The lucifer marked Cena’s instrumentality to in-ring enactment for the archetypal clip since helium competed successful a six-man tag-team lucifer successful April 2024. He had a breathtaking infinitesimal astatine 1 constituent successful the Royal Rumble arsenic helium stared down Roman Reigns and CM Punk earlier Seth Rollins entered the match.

Rollins, Reigns and Punk were each eliminated astir the aforesaid time. Rollins past snapped and went aft some Reigns and Punk earlier helium went to the back. Each of the 3 men appeared to beryllium unhappy with each other, signaling a bumpy roadworthy to WrestleMania.

Jey Uso celebrates winning connected Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, during the WWE Royal Rumble astatine Lucas Oil Stadium successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Flair returned to a WWE ringing astir 14 months aft tearing her ACL, MCL and meniscus successful December 2023. She was 1 of the last entrants. She eliminated NXT prima Roxanne Perez to triumph the match.

Where the men’s Rumble was filled with big-time superstars who were expected to beryllium successful the competition, the women’s Rumble featured a fistful of astonishing returns. Jordynne Grace made her archetypal quality successful the Rumble arsenic a WWE prima – past twelvemonth she was inactive with TNA Wrestling erstwhile she competed. Alexa Bliss apt received the biggest popular of the nighttime arsenic she returned for the archetypal clip since 2023. WWE legends Trish Stratus and Nikki Bella besides came backmost for the match.

In the end, it was Flair who picked up the victory.

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Charlotte Flair celebrates winning Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, during the WWE Royal Rumble successful Indianapolis. (Grace Smith/IndyStar/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)

Uso and Flair volition present person to determine whose title they privation to spell after. Cody Rhodes is the Undisputed WWE Champion and Gunther is the World Heavyweight Champion. Tiffany Stratton owns the WWE Women’s Championship and Rhea Ripley is the Women’s World Champion.

Rhodes was capable to instrumentality his title successful a ladder lucifer against Kevin Owens.

The lucifer featured immoderate chaotic moves arsenic some competitors made their mode done aggregate ladders. In the end, Rhodes enactment Owens successful an Alabama slam done a ladder that was perched betwixt the ringing apron and the announcers' table. He took a tough-looking autumn earlier Rhodes climbed the ladder successful the ringing and obtained the 2 rubric belts that were hanging above.

The 4th lucifer featured Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa clasp their tag-team titles successful a 2 of 3 falls lucifer against Chris Sabin and Alex Shelley. The Street Profits, Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins, interfered successful the lucifer and allowed Gargano and Ciampa to clasp the titles.

Ford and Dawkins near the ringing scowling arsenic it appeared they acceptable their sights connected the titles.

Cody Rhodes celebrates aft defeating Kevin Owens for the WWE Undisputed Championship lucifer during the WWE Royal Rumble connected Feb. 1, 2025. (Joe Camporeale-Imagn Images)

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The roadworthy to WrestleMania is jumpstarted from here. The adjacent premium unrecorded lawsuit is the Elimination Chamber connected March 1 successful Toronto.

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