WWE Women’s Royal Rumble 2022: How Every Elimination Happened
WWE might need to come up with some fresh elimination ideas for the next women's Rumble!
Want some stats on the 2022 women's Royal Rumble? You got it.
A whopping 7 of the 30 entrants lasted less than one full minute, and a few others only managed a little longer than that. Bianca Belair was the closest this year's Rumble had to an 'iron woman' - she went 47:30. Meanwhile, eventual winner Ronda Rousey was only inside the ring for just over 10 minutes.
There were a lot of filler entrants in the match too. Older names like Lita, Summer Rae, Ivory, Kelly Kelly and Melina all very much made up the numbers, and their spots played before varied reactions from the live crowd in St. Louis. At least everybody got a polite pop...even if everybody knew none of them had a hope in hell of winning.
WWE's sole focus in the women's bout was to prepare Becky Lynch's next opponent. Charlotte Flair entered the match as SmackDown's top champ, but she'll likely be doing something else come WrestleMania 38. Surely, surely WWE will pull the trigger on Ronda vs. Lynch come April.
Here's how every single elimination went down; who eliminated them and the circumstances.
30. Melina
Melina's big moment was the famous splits entrance routine. She lasted a miserable 53 seconds before being dumped out by Sasha Banks. Banks then mocked Melina by doing the splits herself, which was a nice touch even if fans seemed surprised that the legend hadn't even worked holds until #3 came out.
This was definitely a one off.