Owens super kicked Rollins and returned to the ring but was hit with a spear from Reigns, who won the match and retained the title. Rollins then came out and delivered a Pedigree to Jericho. The end of the match came when Jericho distracted Reigns and Owens performed the Codebreaker on Reigns for a near fall. Reigns later defended the United States Championship against Owens. Stephanie then scheduled Rollins to face Strowman, but lost by disqualification when Sami Zayn attacked Strowman. On the last Raw of 2016, Rollins confronted Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon about her husband Triple H, calling him a coward. The latter two won by disqualification after Braun Strowman came out and attacked both.
Both were then put into a tag team match against Reigns and Rollins. Foley threatened that if Jericho does not enter the cage, he will be fired. Raw General Manager Mick Foley then came out and announced that Reigns would get a rematch against Owens for the Universal Championship at the Royal Rumble, and Jericho would be suspended above the ring inside of a shark cage, ensuring that Jericho would not interfere in the match. The following night on Raw, Owens and Jericho celebrated Owens' win, stating their friendship was even stronger now. After the match, Jericho, who lost to Seth Rollins earlier that night, revealed that it was his plan so that Owens would win and retain the title and Owens hugged and thanked Jericho before Reigns and Rollins attacked both by performing Double Powerbombs on Jericho and Owens through broadcast tables, respectively. He then stated that Lesnar would also be in the Royal Rumble as Lesnar has something to prove.Īt Roadblock: End of the Line on December 18, 2016, Kevin Owens retained the WWE Universal Championship against United States Champion Roman Reigns after Chris Jericho attacked Owens with a Codebreaker, giving Owens the win by disqualification.
The following week, Paul Heyman addressed the Survivor Series match, stating that they underestimated Goldberg, and that the match was a humiliation and embarrassment for him and Lesnar. After defeating Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series in his first match in 12 years, Goldberg declared himself the first entrant in the Royal Rumble match on the November 21 episode of Raw. Storylines are produced on WWE's weekly television shows, Monday Night Raw, SmackDown Live, and 205 Live.Īs is tradition, the card was highlighted by the 30-man Royal Rumble match where the winner will receive a world championship match at WrestleMania 33 for either SmackDown's WWE World Championship or Raw's WWE Universal Championship. The card included matches resulting from scripted storylines and have results predetermined by WWE on the Raw and SmackDown brands. Other matches included Kevin Owens retaining the WWE Universal Championship against Roman Reigns in a no disqualification match, Charlotte Flair retaining the Raw Women's Championship against Bayley, and Neville defeating Rich Swann for the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Also, John Cena defeated AJ Styles to capture his record thirteenth WWE Championship and his sixteenth overall world championship, tying Ric Flair's record. The event saw Randy Orton win the Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Roman Reigns, making him the seventh multiple Rumble winner. The event is also the second Royal Rumble to be held in the Alamodome, after 1997, and the fourth to be held in the state of Texas ( 1989, 1997, and 2007).Įight matches were contested at the event, including three on the pre-show. This was the 30th event under the Royal Rumble chronology. It took place on January 29, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.
Elimination Chamber Royal Rumble 2017 was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event and WWE Network event produced by WWE for the Raw and SmackDown brands.