#royal-rumble

#royal-rumble

Liv Morgan Photo by Dean Moses/AMNY The Road to Wrestlemania 42 in Las Vegas has begun for Liv Morgan and Roman Reigns, who outlasted 30 other superstars to win the women's and men's Royal Rumble. Gunther put an end to another legendary career before Drew McIntyre retained the Undisputed Championship. These were the results from the first WWE premium live event (PLE) of the year, Royal Rumble, which took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday. Here are four takeaways from Royal Rumble.

Reigns survived Gunther and the rest of the field in the men's Royal Rumble to win the battle royal for the second time in his career. Reigns can now choose between two champions to challenge for a belt at WrestleMania 42, Undisputed WWE champion Drew McIntyre or world heavyweight champion CM Punk. Punk and Reigns were involved in last year's WrestleMania 41 Night 1 main event, though both lost to Seth Rollins. They also worked together despite animosity at Survivor Series: War Games.

CM Punk closed the show with a high-stakes World Heavyweight Championship defense against The Vision's Bron Breakker, marking Punk's first title defense since winning the belt at Saturday Night's Main Event. And for a while, it looked like Breakker might be cashing in on that "new year, new champion" vibe. He bulldozed Punk through most of the first half, tossing him around like luggage at JFK.