Rhea Ripley wins the Royal Rumble

While the men’s Royal Rumble match went in with a clear favorite to win – and Cody Rhodes did just that – the women’s Royal Rumble match had no such combo to work with. No, They Gone Tonight (Saturday, January 28, 2023), a 30-woman battle royal over the rope at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, with a blank canvas to tell a story to create WrestleMania title match.

They told that story by inserting Rhea Ripley from Judgment Day in first place, lasting over an hour, and eventually scoring three of the final four eliminations — and six total eliminations — to punch her ticket to WrestleMania and a championship match of her choosing.

Here is the order of the participants:

1. Rhea Ripley
2. Liv Morgan
3. Dana Brooke
4. whatever
5. Shayna Pazler
6. Bailey
7. B- Fab
8. Roxanne Perez
9. Dakota Kay
10. iyo sky
11. Natalia
12. Candice Larry
13. Zoe Stark
14. Xia Li
15. Becky Lynch
16. Tegan Knox
17. Asuka
18. Piper Niven
19. Reassurance
20. Chelsea Green
21. Zelina Vega
22. Raquel Rodriguez
23. Mia yum
24. Lacey Evans
25. Michelle McCall
26. Andy Hartwell
27. Sonya Deville
28. Shotzi
29. Nikki Cross
30. Nia Jax

The order of elimination (and who eliminated them):

1. Be Fab (Ria Ripley)
2. Dana Brooke (CTRL damage)
3. Emma (Dakota Kay)
4. Roxanne Perez (CTRL damage)
5. Natalia (CTRL damage)
6. Shayna Baszler (CTRL damage)
7. Candice Larry (IYO Sky)
8. Tegan Knox (Asuka)
9. Chelsea Green (Rhea Ripley)
10. Dakota Kai (Becky Lynch)
11. IYO SKY (Becky Lynch)
12. Becky Lynch (Bailey)
13. Bailey (Liv Morgan)
14. Xia Li (Zelina Vega)
15. Tamina (Michelle McCall)
16. Zoe Stark (Sonia Deville)
17. Zelina Vega (Lacey Evans)
18. Andy Hartwell (Sonia Deville)
19. Nia Jax (as 11 Women)
20. Lacey Evans (Raquel Rodriguez)
21. Sonya Deville (Asuka)
22. Michelle McCool (Rhea Ripley)
23. Shotzi (Mia Yim)
24. Mia Yim (Piper Niven)
25. Piper Niven (Raquel Rodriguez)
26. Raquel Rodriguez (Ria Ripley)
27. Nikki Cross (Liv Morgan)
28. Asuka (Ria Ripley)
29. Liv Morgan (Ria Ripley)

This was a really fun match with a lot of cool surprises, some great moments, and a really well-crafted creative ending.

Get complete Royal Rumble Results and coverage of each match on the right card here.