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Results of the 2023 women’s WWE Royal Rumble match

Aaron Rift

Here are the highlights of the 2023 women’s WWE Royal Rumble match…

* Rhea Ripley was the #1 entrant and was selling the spear attack from Beth Phoenix from the men’s Rumble match. Liv Morgan was #2. The announcers brought up how Liv requested #1 but they gave her #2 instead.

* Dana Brooke was #3. Emma was #4 and everyone teamed up against Rhea. Shayna Baszler was #5. Bayley was #6 and Liv quickly hit her with oblivion but could not score the elimination. B-Fab was #7 but was tossed out right away by Rhea to be the first woman eliminated.

* Roxanne Perez from WWE NXT was #8 as a surprise entrant and cleaned house. Dakota Kai was #9 and tried to help Bayley but the others were working together against Damage CTRL. Iyo Sky then arrived at #10 to help her teammates. Damage CTRL worked together and eliminated several women.

* Natalya was #11 in her return from a broken nose. Candice LeRae was #12. Damage CTRL continued to dominate and eliminated both Natalya and Shayna. Zoey Stark from WWE NXT was #13 as another surprise entrant. Xia Li was #14.

* Becky Lynch was #15 and went after Damage CTRL. The fight spilled to the outside without anybody being eliminated. Damage CTRL got the upper hand on Becky and sent her over the announce table. Tegan Nox was #16.

* Asuka was #17 with new entrance music and her pre-WWE Kana makeup. Doudrop, back to being Piper Niven, was #18. Tamina was #19. Becky got back into the mix at this point.

* Chelsea Green was #20 but immediately got eliminated by Rhea in five seconds. Shortly after this, Becky eliminated Io and Dakota but then was eliminated by Bayley. Liv then tossed Bayley over the top. Becky fought with Damage CTRL out of the ringside area.

* Zelina Vega was #21. Raquel was #22. Michin was #23. Lacey Evans was #24. Michelle McCool was #25 and entered the match from the ringside area. Indi Hartwell from WWE NXT was #26 as another surprise entrant. Sonya Deville was #27. Shotzi was #28. Nikki Cross was #29.

* The returning Nia Jax was the 30th and final entrant. Everyone in the ring froze as Nia entered the ring. Everyone tried to attack Nia at once but she fought them off. Rhea eventually took down Nia with the riptide. Rhea got everyone together and they managed to eliminate Nia.

* The field thinned down to Rhea, Liv, and Asuka. Everyone was on the apron but Asuka used the mist to Liv but then Rhea eliminated Asuka. Despite being blinded, Liv almost won but then Rhea scored the elimination to win the match.