8 Ups & 2 Downs From WWE Royal Rumble 2024 (Results & Review)

by Jamie Kennedy

1. Bayley Gets Her Flowers

WWE Royal Rumble 2024 Bayley
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It's easy to forget that Bayley helped carry WWE through the pandemic with serious panache. She, alongside Sasha Banks, kept TV ticking along and really started to come into her own as a character. Sadly, once that period ended, it looked like Bayley might never get the credit she'd earned.

The waiting game has paid dividends.

Triple H handed Bayley her flowers in Florida, and he let her work over an hour in the women's Rumble to hammer home the point. Surely, Bayley vs. IYO SKY is on the booking sheets for April's WrestleMania weekender. That makes way more sense than the teased Bayley vs. Rhea Ripley scrap.

Bayley has had to watch as ex-NXT peers like Becky Lynch, Asuka and Charlotte Flair won Rumbles. Then, she sat patiently as Ronda Rousey and rising star Bianca Belair won the match. 2024 is finally her year, and man has she ever worked for it.

This was a wonderful moment.

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Lifelong wrestling, video game, music and sports obsessive who has been writing about his passions since childhood. Jamie started writing for WhatCulture in 2013, and has contributed thousands of articles and YouTube videos since then. He cut his teeth penning published pieces for top UK and European wrestling read Fighting Spirit Magazine (FSM), and also has extensive experience working within the wrestling biz as a manager and commentator for promotions like ICW on WWE Network and WCPW/Defiant since 2010. Further, Jamie also hosted the old Ministry Of Slam podcast, and has interviewed everyone from Steve Austin and Shawn Michaels to Bret Hart and Trish Stratus.