Triple H wins 2016 Royal Rumble

the main event of tonight's (Jan. 24, 2016) Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, WWE held the Royal Rumble match. This time, the WWE world heavyweight championship was on the line with Roman Reigns starting in the number one spot.

Here's the order of entry:

1. Roman Reigns2. Rusev3. AJ Styles4. Tyler Breeze5. Curtis Axel6. Chris Jericho7. Kane8. Goldust9. Ryback10. Kofi Kingston11. Titus O'Neil12. R-Truth13. Luke Harper14. Stardust15. Big Show16. Neville17. Braun Strowman18. Kevin Owens19. Dean Ambrose20. Sami Zayn21. Erick Rowan22. Mark Henry23. Brock Lesnar24. Jack Swagger25. The Miz26. Alberto Del Rio27. Bray Wyatt28. Dolph Ziggler29. Sheamus30. Triple H

And the order of elimination (and who they were eliminated by):

1. Rusev (Reigns)2. Breeze (Reigns, Styles)3. Axel (Styles)4. Goldust (O'Neil)5. Truth (Kane)6. O'Neil (Show)7. Ryback (Kane)8. Kofi Kingston (Jericho)9. Kane (Strowman)10. Big Show (Strowman)11. Styles (Owens)12. Owens (Zayn)13. Neville (Harper)14. Stardust (Harper)15. Henry (Wyatt Family)16. Zayn (Wyatt Family)17. Rowan (Lesnar)18. Swagger (Lesnar)19. Harper (Lesnar)20. Strowman (Lesnar)21. Lesnar (Wyatt Family)22. The Miz (Reigns)23. Del Rio (Reigns)24. Ziggler (Triple H)25. Wyatt (Sheamus/Triple H)26. Jericho (Ambrose)27. Sheamus (Reigns)28. Reigns (Triple H)29. Ambrose (Triple H)

About halfway through the match, The League of Nations came out with Vince McMahon, pulling Reigns out of the ring and beating him down on the outside. They didn't throw him out over the top, however. Then they did a stretcher job for Reigns. He refused to allow them to wheel him out, however, walking back on his own.

Styles was eliminated after a strong run by Kevin Owens, who made sure to say "WELCOME TO WWE" before throwing him over the top rope.

Sami Zayn showed up at number 20 and had a great showdown with Owens that led to his eliminating his rival from the match. The crowd was INSANE for it.

Lesnar had a huge run until the entire Wyatt Family came in to take him out, this after he had tossed three of the four. It sure looks like that's the feud going into WrestleMania 32.

Triple H was entrant 30, as had been predicted. In the end, he did eliminate Reigns but not to win it, at least not at first. No, he tossed Reigns with one other guy still in the match: Dean Ambrose.

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