The 2025 WWE Royal Rumble emanates from the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana! Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes battles Kevin Owens in a ladder match. DIY put their WWE Tag Team Championships on the line against the Motor City Machine Guns in a 2-out-of-3 falls match. 30 men and 30 women compete in their respective Royal Rumbles.
We break it all down in the Royal Rumble recap!
Women’s Royal Rumble Match
IYO SKY enters at #1; Liv Morgan enters at #2
Morgan and SKY lock up, with Morgan planting SKY with shoulder tackle. SKY responds with a dropkick. SKY jumps over the top and lands on the apron. Morgan tries to eliminate her, but fails. SKY dumps Morgan over the top in turn, but Morgan fights her off.
Roxanne Perez enters at #3
Perez runs in and goes right after SKY. She throws Morgan into SKY. Perez spikes Morgan and SKY. SKY dumps Perez over the top, then rocks SKY with a hurricanrana. Morgan hits a codebreaker on Perez.
Lyra Valkyria enters #4
Valkyria delivers a fisherman’s suplex to Morgan. Morgan fires off an elbow strike in return. Morgan and Valkyria try to eliminate SKY.
Chelsea Green enters at #5
Green takes her time entering the match. When she enters, she slaps Morgan and Perez. Green throws all of her opponents over the top rope, but none are eliminated. Morgan, SKY, Perez, and Valkyria stomp away at Green in return.
B-Fab enters at #6
B-Fab takes down Green, then pushes Valkyria into the corner. She slams Morgan onto Valkyria. B-Fab then slams SKY to the mat. Morgan stomps away at Valkyria.
Ivy Nile enters at #7
Nile nails Valkyria with a spinebuster. She then sends her over the top. SKY rocks Nile with a German suplex. Nile suplexes Green and Perez.
Zoey Stark enters at #8
Stark throws SKY, then connects with a kick to B-Fab. Green tries to eliminate Stark, but Stark catches her with a kick. Stark throws SKY over the top. Morgan tries to push Green to the floor, but she holds on to the ropes.
Lash Legend enters at #9
Legends rocks SKY with a big right hand, then knocks Green to the floor with a pump kick. Legend suplexes Valkyria and kips up. B-Fab sneaks behind Legend. They exchange strikes. Green eliminates B-Fab. Green looks to eliminate Legend as well, but she holds on.
Bianca Belair enters at #10
Belair launches Perez over the top. She drops SKY with a suplex, then fires off right hands on SKY, Nile, Legend, and Stark in the corner. Belair suplexes Legend. She then runs into a boot from SKY.
Shayna Baszler enters at #11
Baszler drops SKY to the mat. She delivers a backbreaker to Morgan. Valkyria knocks Baszler down with a kick. Stark runs over Valkyria in responds. She and Baszler throw Valkyria over the top. She fends them off, knocking them both fown with a missile dropkick. Nile eliminates Valkryia.
Bayley enters at #12
Bayley and Perez fight in the corner. Bayley turns to SKY. They stare off until Baszler and Stark beat them down.
Sonya Deville enters at #13
Deville rocks SKY with a running knee. She spears Morgan, then knows down Green. PFC triple team Belair then Perez. Legend tries to fend them off, but instead gets rocked with a knee strike. PFC drop Morgan as well.
Maxinne Dupri enters at #14
Nile pushes Dupri. Dupri fires back with an elbow. and a German suplex. Bayley, SKY, and Belair trade strikes with PFC. Dupri delivers another suplex to Nile, then follows up with an elbow. Dupri eliminates Nile. PFC then eliminate Dupri.
Naomi enters at #15
Naomi kicks all three members of PFC. She follows up with a blockbuster off the top to Green. Perez eats a kick to the back from Naomi. PFC begin triple teaming Naomi. SKY and Stark trade strikes. SKY then hits a moonsault on Deville. Naomi, Belair, and Bayley eliminate Baszler, Stark and Deville.
Jaida Parker enters at #16
Parker hits Morgan with a shoulder tackle and a running knee. Parker wipes out Green in the corner. Green takes strikes from Belair, Parker, Legend, and Naomi. Green eliminates Legend. Green stares off with Belair and Naomi.
Piper Niven enters at #17
Green and Niven confront Belair and Naomi. Niven slams Naomi. Belair hops on her back. Niven flattens both Naomi and Belair. She then slams Bayley and rocks SKY with a uranage. Niven accidently eliminates Green when Naomi sidesteps.
Natalya enters at #18
Natalya tries to dump SKY out of the ring. Perez pulls her back into the ring. Parkers runs over Natalya with a running knee. Morgan stomps away at Perez in the corner.
Jordynne Grace enters at #19
Grace slams Bayley to the mat, then runs over Morgan. Parker throws Grace over the top. She returns to the ring and eliminates Parker. Grace delivers a Death Valley Driver to Niven. Grace and Naomi hug. Belair pulls Grace off of her.
Michin enters at #20
Belair hangs onto the ropes as Natalya tries to eliminate her. Belair returns to the ring. Niven rocks Michin with a Piper Driver.
Alexa Bliss enters at #21
Bliss dropkicks Natalya, then plants Bayley. Natalya throws Bliss over the top rope, but she lands on the mat. Bliss returns to the ring.
Zelina Vega enters at #22
Vega sweeps Bayley off her feet, then delivers a knee to SKY. Vega follows up with a tornado DDT to Niven. Vega hits a Code Red on Grace off the top rope. Belair and Naomi rain down on Natalya in the corner. They then double team Michin.
Candice LeRae enters at #23
LeRae stuns Niven with a jawbreaker. Niven stomps on the neck of Perez. Natalya attempts to eliminate Belair in the corner. Belair holds onto the ring post to stay alive.
Stephanie Vaquer enters at #24
Vaquer drops Bayley. She slams Natalya’s face into the mat. Naomi and Belair target Bliss.
Trish Stratus enters at #25
Stratus looks for Stratusfaction, but Grace blocks it. She hits one on Natalya moments later. Niven runs over Stratus.
Raquel Rodriguez enters at #26
Raquel and Morgan double team Natalya. Morgan rocks Natalya with a codebreaker on the apron to eliminate her. Bliss kicks Morgan. Morgan responds with a codebreaker to eliminate her.
Charlotte Flair enters at #27
Stratus fires off strikes on SKY in the corner. Raquel slams Vega. Flair joins the fray and runs over Morgan and Vaquer. She fires of chops on Bayley. Grace then eats some chops. Grace whips Flair into the corner. Michin gets eliminated. Flair jumps off the top. Grace and Vaquer look for a double suplex but she reveres it into a DDT. Niven headbutts Flair. Flair eliminates Niven.
Giulia eliminates at #28
Giulia and SKY face off. Morgan and Raquel look to eliminate Flair. Giulia headbutts Grace, then eliminates her. Giulia and Vaquer and Perez stare off, then take on Bayley and Flair and Belair.
Nia Jax enters at #29
Jax drags Vega to the floor for an elimination. She then launches Vega into the barricade. Stratus and Jax faceoff. Stratus eliminates LeRae, then fires off shots on Jax. Stratus hits a Stratusphere. Jax knocks Stratus off the apron for an elimination.
Nikki Bella enters at #30
Nine women team up on Jax, but she fends them off. Bayley rocks her with a knee. Flair and Bella take her down as well. Bella dumps Perez over the top. Vaquer and SKY hang from the ropes. Perez kicks them while they dangle. They hold on. Belair dumps over Raquel as well. Jax eliminates a sea of women. Morgan and Vaquer fight on the apron, only to be eliminated by Jax as well.
Perez and Giulia try to eliminate Flair. Instead, Perez throws Giulia into the ring post for an elimination. Bella clocks Bayley for an elimination. Jax dumps Bella over the top for a win. Flair fires off chops on Jax. Perez backs Flair into the corner. Flair dumps Jax over the rope. She then kicks Perez to the floor for the win.
Winner: Charlotte Flair
A number of legends, including Kurt Angle and Mickie James, are shown sitting in attendance.
WWE Tag Team Titles 2-Out-Of-Three Falls: DIY (c) vs. Motor City Machine Guns
Shelley and Sabin deliver a double kick to Gargano. MCMG send DIY through the ropes, then delivers a pair of baseball slides. Sabin dives onto Ciampa and Gargano. Sabin follows up with a big right hand to Gargano. Ciampa fires off elbow strikes on Shelley. Ciampa takes down Sabin. Ciampa nails Shelley with a flying knee for the first fall.
Gargano and Ciampa double team Shelly for a near fall. Shelley plants both of DIY with a DDT. The referee argues with Sabin. DIY fires off strikes on Shelley. Gargano hits a codebreaker on Shelley. Gargano rocks Sabin with a jumping knee. Shelley levels Gargano in the ring. Shelley tags in Sabin, who sweeps Ciampa off his feet. Sabin hits a clothesline on Gargano. Sabin connects with a pair of kicks to DIY. Sabin dives onto DIY to the outside. Back in the ring, Shelley leaps off the top to score the tying pinfall on Gargano.
Gargano takes down Sabin with a clothesline. As Gargano kicks Sabin, Ciampa lays him out for a near fall. Gargano dives onto Shelley on the outside. Ciampa hits a pair of knees on Sabin for another near fall. Sabin and Ciampa go up top. Sabin pushes him into the ring post. Shelley launches Gargano into Ciampa. MCMG deliver a blockbuster to Ciampa. Gargano breaks up their subsequent cover. Shelley tags in Sabin. Gargano accidently kicks Ciampa. MCMG double team Gargano with a pair of boots. As Montez Ford distracts the referee, Angelo Dawkins strikes Sabin with his crutch. This distraction allows DIY to score the winning pinfall.
Winners (And Still): DIY
After the match, Dawkins and Ford beat down DIY, making it clear that they are coming for the tag team titles.
Rob Van Dam and Scott Steiner are show sitting in the crowd.
Undisputed WWE Championship Ladder Match: Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens
The action spills to the outside. Rhodes looks to suplex Owens into the ladder. Owens instead slam him onto it. Owens drives Rhodes onto the barricade. Rhodes sends Owens over the barricade, leading to a brawl in the crowd. Owens and Rhodes trade strikes. Owens rams Rhodes into the camera head-first. Rhodes punches Owens in the face. Owens drives Rhodes onto the top of the barricade.
They return to the ringside area, where Owens retrieves a ladder from under the ring. He slams Rhodes onto it. Owens sets up the ladder in the ring and begins climbing it. Rhodes stops him and sends him crashing into the ladder. Owens launches the announce table topper at Rhodes. Rhodes rams Owens into the steel steps. Owens throws a mini ladder into Rhodes. Rhodes hits Owens with the same ladder.
Rhodes begins scaling the ladder. Owens gets him down by hitting him with the mini-ladder. Owens then slams him on top of it. Rhodes climbs the ladder again. Owens pulls his leg. Rhodes dangles from the hanger above. He catches his feet on the ladder, only to be slammed to the mat by Owens. Owens chokes Rhodes with his foot. He climbs the ladder again. Rhodes tips the ladder over in response. Owens pulls another ladder out from under the ring. Rhodes suplexes Owens onto the ladder. Owens strikes Rhodes with a broken piece of the ladder. He throws the -mini-ladder at him again.
Owens retrieves another ladder. Owens looks for a piledriver, but Rhodes counters by dropping Owens back-first on the ladder. Rhodes climbs the ladder again. Owens pulls his leg and slams Rhodes onto a ladder. Owens ascends the ladder again, only for Rhodes to drag him down. Owens lays Rhodes across a ladder. Owens climbs the ropes. Rhodes meets him there. Owens sends Rhodes crashing onto the ladder with a fisherman buster. The referees and medical staff check on Owens and Rhodes. Sami Zayn emerges, checking on them as well.
Owens reaches his feet. Rhodes counters a stunner with a Cross Rhodes. Rhodes bounces Owens off the announce table and into the ring post. Owens is busted open and low blows Rhodes. Owens looks for a piledriver, but reverses with an Alabama Slam through the ladder. Rhodes climbs the ladder in the ring and retrieves the titles for the win.
Winner (And Still): Cody Rhodes
Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Rey Mysterio enters at #1; Penta enters at #2
Penta and Rey shake hands. Rey fires off elbow strikes then sends him and Penta over the top. Penta kicks Rey. Rey looks for a hurricanrana, but Penta catches him. Rey sends Penta over the top, where one of his feet touches the floor
Chad Gable enters at #3
Gable and Penta trade chops. Penta rocks Gable with a kick. Gable throws Penta over the top. Gable slingshots Rey over the top, but he holds on. Penta drives Gable into the mat. Rey drops down onto the knees of Gable.
Carmelo Hayes enters at #4
Hayes takes down Penta. He shoves Rey, who then sends Hayes flying with a hurricanrana. Hayes hits a reverse DDT onto Rey. Hayes and Gable double team Penta with a springboard clothesline-suplex combo. They then deliver double elbows to Rey. Hayes tries to eliminate Gable, but Gable catches himself. He then rocks Hayes with a German suplex.
Santos Escobar enters at #5
Escobar launches Rey into the ropes. He hits a 619, much to the dismay of the crowd. Escobar hits a Mexican Destroyer on Penta. Rey rocks Escobar with a 619. Rey, Hayes, Escobar, and Penta superkick Gable at the same time. All men are down.
Otis enters at #6
Otis chokeslams Escobar. He goes for the worm, but Gable interrupts it with an ankle lock. Otis escapes and slaps Gable. They trade strikes. Hayes stomps away at Rey in the corner. Otis hits a Torture Rack on Gable. Penta and Rey double team Escobar.
Bron Breakker enters at #7
Breakker spears Hayes, then eliminate him. Breakker takes down Rey, then spears Escobar.
Akira Tozawa enters at #8
Hayes strikes Tozawa from behind. Referees take Tozawa to the back. Triple H urges IShowSpeed to take his place. Speed eliminates Otis, then eats a spear from Breakker. Breakker throws him over the top, where he’s caught by Otis. Otis throws him across the announce table to make the elimination official.
Sheamus enters at #9
Sheamus fires off forearm strikes on Gable and Breakker. Penta almost eliminates him, but Sheamus bounces back with a flying shoulder. Breakker drops Sheamus on his back. Sheamus responds with a Brogue Kick.
Jimmy Uso enters at #10
Jimmy kicks Sheamus. Jimmy flies off the top with a corkscrew moonsault on Penta. He hip checks Gable and Penta in the corners. Sheamus knocks Jimmy to the mat with a big chop.
Andrade enters at #11
Andrade rocks Jimmy with a kick. He then sends Gable into the turnbuckle. Andrade follows up with a meteora. Penta tries to eliminate Andrade, but Andrade hangs on. Meanwhile, Sheamus, Jimmy, and Rey target Gable.
Jacob Fatu enters at #12
Fatu lays out Penta and Rey with a double Samoan Drop. Fatu eliminates Gable and Rey, then Andrade.
Ludwig Kaiser enters at #13
He watches on as Fatu and Sheamus tee off. He finally enters, only to be thrown out by Penta. Sheamus tries to eliminate Breakker, but Breakker hangs out.
The Miz enters at #14
Miz plants Jimmy with a Skull Crushing Finale. Penta sends him flying across the ring. Miz bounces back with a hurricanrana. Miz clocks Fatu, only to be dropped on his back.
Joe Hendry enters at #15
Hendry hits a fallaway slam on Miz, then follows up with a chokeslam. Fatu plants Hendry. Fatu and Sheamus faceoff.
Roman Reigns enters at #16
Reigns spears The Miz, then eliminates him. Sheamus eats a spear and an elimination from Reigns as well. Reigns spears Hendry and throws him out as well. Breakker spears Reigns. Reigns eliminates him as well. Fatu superkicks Jimmy, then eliminates him. Fatu and Reigns stare off. They trade strikes. Reigns spears Fatu.
Drew McIntyre enters at #17
McIntyre and Reigns stare off with one another. They trade strikes until Fatu runs over Reigns. McIntyre knocks Penta back to the floor. Fatu and McIntyre stomp away at Reigns.
Finn Balor enters at #18
Balor and McIntyre stomp on Reigns. Penta chops Balor. Balor responds with a slingblade. Balor throws Penta over the top rope, but he holds on. Fatu chokes McIntyre against the rope. Reigns stomps on Balor in the corner.
Shinsuke Nakamura enters at #19
Balor and Fatu double team Penta in the corner. Penta launches Balor into Fatu. He then hits a Mexican Destroyer on Fatu. Balor eliminates Penta.
Jey Uso enters at #20
Jey fires off right hands on Balor. Jey then spears McIntyre and takes down Fatu with a frankensteiner. Nakamura rocks Jey with a kick. Jey fires back with one of his own. Jey eliminates Nakamura.
AJ Styles enters at #21
Styles returns to his old theme song. He and Fatu faceoff. Styles connects with a pele kick. Fatu drops him on his back.
Braun Strowman enters #22
Strowman and Fatu trade strikes. Strowman eliminates Fatu. Balor, Styles, and McIntyre gang up on Strowman.
John Cena enters at #23
Cena eliminates Strowman. He then eliminates Balor with an Attitude Adjustment. Reigns spears McIntyre. Reigns and Cena stare off at one another.
CM Punk enters at #24
Punk, Cena, and Reigns stare off in the ring, not moving.
Seth Rollins enters at #25
Rollins charges at Punk. Meanwhile, Reigns and Cena fight in the corner. McIntyre tees off on Punk. Reigns clocks McIntyre. Cena and Styles trade strikes in the corner.
Dominik Mysterio enters at #26
Dominik hits a frog splash on Cena. He then mocks Reigns, looking for a suplex. Reigns reverses into a Samoan Drop. Reigns slaps Dominik in the corner.
Sami Zayn enters #27
Punk and Zayn trade strikes. Reigns stomps away at Dominik.
Damian Priest enters at #28
Priest rocks Styles with an enziguri. Dominik sets up Priest for a 619, only to be slammed to the mat and launched over the top for an elimination.
LA Knight enters at #29
Knight and Jey trade strikes. Knight plants Jey with a uranage. Jey accidently eliminates Zayn.
Logan Paul enters at #30
Paul hits a double clothesline on Rollins and Styles. Priest eliminates McIntyre. Knight looks to eliminate Paul, but Paul hangs on to the ropes. He leaps to the announce table. Knight dumps Priest to the floor. Knight hip checks Rollins in the corner. Styles throws Knight to the outside. Paul moves to the barricade and leaps to the steps. He returns to the ring and pulls Styles to the floor for an elimination.
Punk and Rollins fight in the corner. Paul and Reigns in another. Jey and Cena in another. Punk hits Paul with a GTS. Rollins lays out Jey with a Pedigree. Reigns hits Cena with a superman punch. Rollins stomps on Cena and Punk. Reigns and Rollins faceoff, then trade strikes. Rollins and Reigns counter each other’s moves. Rollins superkicks Reigns. Punk eliminates Reigns and Rollins. Paul sneaks up behind and eliminates Punk.
On the outside, Punk and Rollins begin the brawl. Rollins starts arguing with Paul Heyman. He then curb stomps Reigns on the steel steps. Jey, Paul, and Cena are the final three. Jey and Paul trade strikes. Jey knocks down Paul with an enziguri. Jey kicks Paul. Cena then eliminates Paul. Jey and Cena exchange blows. Cena shoulder tackles Jey, then his the Five Knuckle Shuffle. Jey blocks an AA, then superkicks Cena. He tries to eliminates him, but Cena fends him off. Jey spears Cena. Cena throws Jey over the top, but he hangs up. Jey and Cena trade strikes on the apron. Jey superkicks Cena, but he hangs on. Jey pushes Cena off the apron for the win.
Winner: Jey Uso
After the match, Cena and Jey embrace. Jey celebrates his win with a round of fireworks and points to the WrestleMania sign.