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In the end it took two begrudging AA's in a row - after Styles had already survived an AA and an A(+)A! - to put the champ down and give Cena his 16th world title win. Assuage some of our resentment with stellar performances.
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Plus, if Cena was going to someday tie Ric's Flair's world title record (which we all knew had to happen at some point) - have him work for it! Give us a great match. No, it didn't quite match up to the majesty of their SummerSlam match (which had the added bonus of Styles winning clean), but it was still epic in its own way. John Cena Yup, we're putting the entire match on here. There were several awesome single move spots on the card (the STEEN Cold Stunner, Swann's superkick to a flying Neville, etc) but this one was right on the money. It was all the unconscious Kevin Owens needed to retain the WWE Universal Championship.īEST: Bayley's Flying Elbow Bayley may not have defeated Charlotte, but she can at least take solace in the fact that she delivered a picture perfect Flying Elbow Drop. Braun leveled Roman with a Chokeslam on an announce table and then scooped him up for a running powerslam through a table.
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Here are the 6 best moments from the 2017 Royal Rumble - and *ahem* the 2 worst! BEST: BRAAAAAUUUN Crushes Roman Making up for the fact that Jericho's Shark Cage never paid off well (we never cut away to reaction shots, Jericho provided Owens with a weapon even though it was a No DQ match, etc) was the miraculous, and very welcome, interference by Braun Strowman. If you'd like to check out my Royal Rumble Live Blog and Reactions piece from Sunday night, you can read it here. So what worked and what didn't? What made us cheer with delight or jeer with intense fury? Sure, you can't please everyone but, you know, you can also NOT have Roman Reigns eliminate Undertaker. The Undertaker, Goldberg, and Brock Lesnar all clashed inside the final moments of the Rumble match itself while John Cena captured the WWE World Championship from AJ Styles and Kevin Owens fended off Roman Reigns - Reigns, who'd later show up in the Royal Rumble itself in the #30 spot! WWE's 2017 Royal Rumble is in the books and, as per usual, the event was filled with both awesome and infuriating moments.