WWE Royal Rumble Results (1/25/2015): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Backstage: Seth Rollins With J&J Security

Backstage, we see Seth Rollins with Joey Mercury and Jamie Noble. Rollins complains to his J&J Security and tells them they need to collectively do whatever it takes to make sure he leaves tonight with the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Noble tells Rollins not to worry because he’s the future of WWE. Rollins says he’s sick of hearing that. He says he’s not the future, he’s the “right now.”

The Bella Twins vs. Paige & Natalya

After the quick backstage segment, we shoot live into the arena again, where The Bella Twins’ music hits. The Bella Twins make their way to the ring.. During their entrance, a video package airs telling the story behind their match tonight against Paige and Natalya.

With that being said, we’re back live and Natalya’s theme hits. She stops at the top of the ramp. Paige’s theme hits. Paige and Natalya walk down to the ring together holding hands. It’s time for our Divas match of the evening.

The bell rings and here we go. Paige and Nikki kick things off for their respective teams. Early on, Nikki controls Paige. Nikki taunts Natalya and goes back to work on Paige. Paige starts fighting back. She gets control of Nikki and tags Nattie in.

The finish of this one saw Natalya look for the tag, only to have Paige yanked off the apron from Bella on the outside. The other Bella nails Nattie with a big forearm. 1-2-3. The Bella Twins win in dominant fashion.

Winners: The Bella Twins

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
– John Cena vs. Seth Rollins vs. Brock Lesnar (c)

After a lengthy build-up for the 30-man Royal Rumble match, including all the “I’m gonna win the Royal Rumble” promos from many of the scheduled participants, for some reason, they quickly switched gears and now it’s apparently time for our WWE World Heavyweight Championship triple-threat match of the evening.

John Cena’s theme hits and the fans in Philly immediately start boo’ing like crazy and singing the “John Cena sucks!” chant to the tune of his entrance music. After he makes his way to the ring, Seth Rollins’ theme hits and the fans explode with cheers as “Mr. Money In The Bank” makes his way to the ring. Finally, accompanied by his advocate Paul Heyman, out comes the WWE World Heavyweight Champion Brock Lesnar to a monster pop from the fans in attendance at the Wells Fargo Center.

Lilian Garcia does the long, drawn-out introductions for this title match. The fans boo Cena again, and once again cheer Rollins and Lesnar. Lesnar got the loudest positive reaction — by far — of the three participants in this contest. The bell rings and ladies and gentlemen, here we go!

Lesnar wipes out J&J Security and turns around into an Attitude Adjustment attempt from Cena, which Rollins stops. Lesnar takes out Cena and Rollins both. Lesnar is dominating both guys as we see a sadistic smile on the face of Paul Heyman at ringside. Lesnar is starting with the many German suplexes on both guys now. Now he’s hitting some traditional suplexes. Lesnar is in complete control of the offense of this triple-threat match thus far.

The “let’s go Lesnar” chants break out as The Beast Incarnate starts hitting people with suplexes again. As Lesnar continues to dominate the action, the fans erupt in a very random “E-C-W! E-C-W!” chant. Lesnar locks Cena in a kimura as Rollins is selling outside of the ring. Out of nowhere, Rollins does a springboard dropkick to break up the kimura attempt by the champ. Cena is down now as Rollins kicks away at the legs of the monster.

Out of nowhere, Cena hits an Attitude Adjustment on Lesnar. Rollins throws Cena out of the ring and covers Lesnar, but Lesnar kicks out at one. Lesnar throws Rollins and Cena out of the ring. He goes out after them but walks directly into a big kick from Rollins. Cena dropkicks a grounded Lesnar. Rollins runs away now as Cena chases him. The two end up back in the ring. Each time Cena knocks Rollins down, the fans boo like crazy. Cena goes for the Five Knuckle Shuffle, smiling in reaction to the loud boo’s from the Philly fans.

Rollins avoids the Five Knuckle Shuffle but walks into a sidewalk slam for his efforts. Cena raises his hand again for a Five Knuckle Shuffle attempt, but out of nowhere, Lesnar grabs him from behind and blasts him with a German suplex. And another. Rollins dropkicks Lesnar in the face before he can hit Cena with a third German suplex.

Lesnar stands above both guys. He throws Cena out of the ring. Rollins comes out of nowhere with a springboard clothesline attempt but Lesnar — in an awesome feat of strength — catches him in mid-air right across his shoulders and blasts him with an F-5. He covers him for the pin, but Cena makes the save and breaks up the count at the last second.

Brock heads out to the floor and clears off the announce table. He takes one of the monitors and smashes it onto the ring steps. He heads back into the ring and Cena welcomes him with an A.A. Lesnar pops back up but pops up right into another A.A. He stumbles back to his feet immediately again, but again, Cena nails him with another A.A. Rollins hits a Curb Stomp on Lesnar and covers him, but Cena breaks up the pin again. The fans in Philly break out into a loud “this is awesome!” chant — and they’re right. This is turning into a hell of a match.

The action spills out to the floor. Lesnar is stumbling around after taking three A.A.’s and a Curb Stomp, while Cena and Rollins are laid out. Out of nowhere, Cena pops up and spears Lesnar through the barricade. They crash through the barricade and land on the ground in the crowd. Rollins rolls back into the ring.. Cena grabs Lesnar on the floor and throws him into the ring steps.

Cena is whipped into the ring steps now. Lesnar is laid out across the Spanish announce table now as Rollins climbs to the top rope. He leaps off and lands on Lesnar, crashing through the announce table in the process. The “holy sh*t” chants break out as we see multiple replays of that incredible high spot. Those chants quickly change into “E-C-W” chants, and then those chants transform into a loud “this is awesome!” chant.

Rollins runs and charges at Cena but Cena catches him in the A.A. position. Rollins escapes, however, but runs into Cena and is leveled. Cena and Rollins are down in the ring while Heyman is yelling for a doctor for Lesnar out on the floor. The announcers put over the fact that it’s a one-on-one match between Cena and Rollins now, as Lesnar is out of it on the floor. Lawler points out that two doctors are working on Lesnar on the floor. The announcers also remind us that Lesnar, the current WWE World Heavyweight Champion, does not have to be involved in the decision in this match to lose his title due to the triple-threat rules.

Cena and Rollins are both down in the ring again, while Lesnar remains laid out on the floor. Rollins and Cena struggle their way back to their feet. Cena grabs Rollins by the leg and locks him in the STF. Rollins crawls to the ropes Out of nowhere, Mercury and Noble hit the ring and start punching and kicking away at Cena. The announcers remind us that there are no count outs or disqualifications in this match. Meanwhile, we see doctors and EMTs heading down to rnigside with a stretcher. They go over to Lesnar and are getting ready to stretcher him out of here.

Meanwhile, Rollins slams Cena and covers him. Cena kicks out at two. The announcers tell us that Lesnar hasn’t moved in several minutes. In the ring, Rollins has his Money In The Bank briefcase and is waiting for Cena to get back to his feet. Once he does, Rollins charges at Cena, but Cena throws him over the top rope. Mercury and Noble try to interfere again, but Cena hoists both of them up — at the same time — for an Attitude Adjustment. He nails it. He turns around and Rollins runs at him. Cena hoists him up and blasts him with an A.A. as well. He covers him immediately, but Rollins somehow manages to kick out at two and a half.

We see a shot of Lesnar, who is still laid out in the mess that used to be the Spanish announce table. The announcers inform us that they’ve gotten word that Lesnar has suffered — at the very least — a broken rib. Meanwhile, the action continues in the ring. Rollins nails Cena with a Curb Stomp out of nowhere. He covers Cena but Cena somehow manages to kick out at two and a half.

Rollins hits a big 450-splash type of move that looked unbelievable. But then out of nowhere, and I mean nowhere, Lesnar hits the ring and German suplexes Rollins. Rollins took a bad landing but is alright, as he pops back up and nails Lesnar with his briefcase. Lesnar shrugs it off and knocks Cena out of the ring. He blasts Rollins with an F-5 and covers him. 1-2-3. Lesnar wins.

Winner and STILL WWE World Heavyweight Champion: Brock Lesnar