Royal Rumble 2023 Highlights and Results: Roman Reigns beats Kevin Owens to retain title; Cody Rhodes, Rhea Ripley book WrestleMania tickets

The wait for Royal Rumble 2023 ends today as 30 men and women will fight in two different matches for a ticket to main titleeven at the WrestleMania. The 25th edition of the Royal Rumble, one of the most watched WWE events will see the likes of Rey Mysterio, Austin Theory, Cody Rhodes take on each other in the ring. There will 30-men Royal Rumble match as well as a 30-women Royal Rumble match that will include likes of Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, Bayley etc. Apart from these two matches, there are three more matches on the WWE Card. It includes Bray Wyatt takeing on LA Knight in Mountain Dew Pith Black Match. Roman Reins will be in action with Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match and not to forget Bianca Blair fights Alexa Bliss in Raw Women's Championship match. 

The 2023 edition of this big-ticket WWE event is taking place at Alamodome Stadium in San Antonio, Texas and fans from all over the world will be hooked to the live event. The matches will start on January 28 in India but as per India time, the event will will start at 6.30 am on January 29. 

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Fans will be eager to watch stars like Rey Mysterio, Cody Rhodes, Brock Lesnar who are favourites to win the men's match. In Women's match, Rhea Ripley is the favourite to win. 

The Royal Rumble has always been the best main event of WWE as the fans see 30 wrestlers take on each other in the same right, at the same time. What happens in Royal Rumble is that a wrestler enters the rign every 90 seconds and the elimination takes place every now and then. The rule of elimination is that no part of your body should touch the ground outside the ring. The last man standing goes to the Wrestler Mania. 

Follow LIVE Updates from Royal Rumble 2023 Matches below:

LIVE Updates 30 Men's Royal Rumble Match: Cody Rhodes is the winner, books ticket to main event at WrestleMania. Cody Rhodes and Gunther were the last 2 men in the ring. The fought it out hard and Cody looked close to taking Gunther out but the Number 1 entrant somehow hung on. What followed was a lot of punching and slapping. Gunther then tortured Rhodes on the corner and he almost kicked Rhodes out but it was not to be. After a long tussle, it was Cody Rhodes who became the winner. Gunther was the last man to be eliminated.

Elimination List - The Miz, Karrion Kross, Woods, Brock Lesnar, Lashley, Corbin, Booker T, Edge, Finn Balor, Damien Priest, Sheamus, McIntyre, Dominik, Logan Paul

LIVE Updates Bray Wyatt vs LA Knight - Mountain Dew Pitch Black Match: Bray Wyatt wins after dominating the match throughout. 

LIVE Updates Bianca Belair vs Alexa Bliss - Raw Women’s Championship Match: Bianca Belair defends title successfully, beats Alexa Bliss

LIVE Updates 30 Women's Royal Rumble Match: Rhea Ripley Wins and qualifies for the women's main event at the WrestleMania. It was down to last 3:  Asuka, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan. But Ripley, who was the hot favourite from the start won the match eventually.

LIVE Updates Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens - Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match: In the main event of the Royal Rumble 2023, Roman Reigns beats Kevin Owens after an intense fight and retains the WWE Universal Championship title.