Last week, Asuka declared for the Women’s Royal Rumble Match by attacking Alexa Bliss. Chalk this one up as a good start to Bray Wyatt’s 2018, but as Hardy made clear, there are a lot of Mondays left in the year. As he began to cackle, Hardy’s image multiplied across the screen, creating an omniscient effect that left Wyatt looking unusually shaken in the ring. Unwilling to let Wyatt rest easy, Hardy took a page from his foe’s playbook and appeared on the TitanTron, promising to eradicate Wyatt’s darkness before deleting him. But even after Wyatt menaced Titus Worldwide’s Dana Brooke on the apron to spur a last-second rally from Crews, The New Face of Fear cut off the Spinning Sit-out Powerbomb and administered Sister Abigail for three. Still reeling from an attack at the hands of “Woken” Matt Hardy last week, Bray Wyatt got himself off to a winning start in 2018 by defeating Apollo Crews, but The Reaper of Souls’ New Year’s celebration was short-lived.Ĭrews was looking to bring himself to the next level and made it a point to use his athleticism against the former WWE Champion. See MoreĪfter battling Titus Worldwide's Apollo Crews, Bray Wyatt receives a bizarre message from "Woken" Matt Hardy. If anything, he seemed to share the opinions of Raw’s commentary team: Jordan may be cocky, but he’s good. He even tried to be a better partner, too, raising Rollins’ hand on the outside in a gesture that left The Kingslayer looking both bemused and impressed. With The King of Swing distracted, Jordan administered the Angle Slam-neckbreaker combo to win. Rollins made good on his promise to watch his partner’s back, cutting Sheamus off before he could attempt an interfering Brogue Kick that would have handed Cesaro the match. A slam that landed Jordan leg-first on the apron seemed to spell inevitable doom, but Jordan fought through both Cesaro’s attack and a cheap shot from Sheamus to stay in the fight.
He fought from underneath to do it, too, after a targeted dismantling by Cesaro effectively rendered the mat master one-legged down the stretch. In a match The Kingslayer had openly assumed his tag team partner Jason Jordan was going to lose, the young competitor instead pulled out a victory in his first match as Raw Tag Team Champion, knocking off Cesaro in Raw’s opening contest (the first of 2018, no less). With a disappointed Seth Rollins in his corner, Jason Jordan takes on The Swiss Cyborg, live on Raw. As if to illustrate Rollins’ point, The King of Swing attacked Jordan from behind and sent him careening out of the ring, kicking off their match in earnest. Rollins dished out some tough love to a chastised Jordan, saying while he would be at ringside for the sake of his partner and their titles, he didn’t have high hopes for the “self-absorbed” Jordan's chances against Cesaro. In The Architect’s eyes, Jordan had a lot to learn about being a teammate, specifically to avoid rushing into a 2-on-1 disadvantage without thinking how such a decision could impact the team. Angle turned them down on that front, but the confrontation did bring out Jordan and lead to a match between the young titleholder and Cesaro. At that point, Rollins arrived to even the odds and, more importantly, dispel some wisdom. That means 30 entrants, eliminations occur when Superstars go over the top rope and both feet touch the floor, and the winner gets a championship match at WrestleMania.Īfter that, however, it was back to business as usual, with Cesaro & Sheamus protesting Angle’s decision to pair his son Jason Jordan with Seth Rollins last week - an impromptu union that led to The Bar losing their Raw Tag Team Titles - and demanding a rematch. MIAMI - It’s a new year, and Raw General Manager Kurt Angle’s first order of business rang in 2018 with good tidings for the WWE Universe: Announcing that the first-ever Women’s Royal Rumble Match would be contested under the exact same rules as the longstanding Men’s match.
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