{"id":84143,"date":"2021-01-31T23:11:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T04:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=84143"},"modified":"2021-01-31T23:11:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T04:11:48","slug":"edge-2021-mens-royal-rumble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2021\/01\/31\/edge-2021-mens-royal-rumble\/","title":{"rendered":"Edge Wins the 2021 Men&#8217;s Royal Rumble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The main event of the <strong><em>2021 Royal Rumble<\/em> <\/strong>was the Men&#8217;s Royal Rumble, pitting thirty <strong>WWE<\/strong> Superstars against one another. One of the big stories heading into this year&#8217;s match was the in-ring return of <strong>Edge<\/strong>, who had been out of action since this past June; at <strong><em>WWE Backlash<\/em><\/strong>, he suffered a torn triceps in his match against <strong>Randy Orton<\/strong>. Leading up to the <em>Royal Rumble<\/em>, Edge made his intentions clear: to win the match and go on to become world champion at <strong><em>WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong>. Edge is one step closer to achieving his goal, as he is now a tw0-time <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> winner.<\/p>\n<p>Edge entered the 2021 Men&#8217;s <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> match at number one. Ironically enough, it was Randy Orton who entered at number two. Edge wasted no time, as he quickly made his way to Orton, which sparked a brawl on the ramp. The fight soon spilled to ringside, Edge and Orton taking their time actually getting inside of the ring. During the match, an incensed Edge attacked Orton&#8217;s knee, the bad blood between them since the summer still very much palpable. Orton was attacked so severely that he had to be escorted to the back by WWE officials, &#8220;The Viper&#8217;s&#8221; status in the <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> match uncertain.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@AJStylesOrg<\/a> battling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdgeRatedR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EdgeRatedR<\/a> in the 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalRumble<\/a> Match. This is real, and it&#39;s happening right now on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWENetwork<\/a>. \u2764\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gpSeMmwHIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/gpSeMmwHIw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE Network (@WWENetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork\/status\/1356083919632932865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the match, Edge&#8217;s endurance was undeniable. He eliminated <strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong> and even assisted in eliminating <strong>Braun Strowman<\/strong>, the latter being the largest competitor in the match. Edge even enjoyed a reunion with long-time tag team partner and friend, <strong>Christian<\/strong>. Following Edge&#8217;s elimination over Rollins, it was believed that the &#8220;Rated R Superstar&#8221; had won the match. Suddenly, he was attacked from behind by Orton, who dropped him with an RKO. Believing he had the match won, Orton lifted Edge and sent him into the ropes. However, Edge shifted the momentum, officially throwing Orton over the top rope to win the 2021 Men&#8217;s <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> match. With this victory, Edge will receive a world title match at <strong><em>WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong> in April.<\/p>\n<p>Edge is now part of an exclusive class of men that have won the <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> match on more than one occasion. The other competitors that can boast this accomplishment are Orton, <strong>Batista<\/strong>, <strong>John Cena<\/strong>, <strong>Triple H<\/strong>, <strong>Shawn Michaels<\/strong>, and <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong>, all of whom won the <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> twice in their careers. <strong>&#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin<\/strong> is the only competitor to have won the Rumble on three occasions. Edge&#8217;s previous <em>Royal Rumble<\/em> victory took place in 2010, when he made a surprise return in the match at number twenty-nine, eliminating <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> and finally Cena to win.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdgeRatedR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@EdgeRatedR<\/a> is No. 1 and headed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoyalRumble?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoyalRumble<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wLrhIs4SfM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/wLrhIs4SfM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1356088207977361409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Another notable aspect of this Royal Rumble victory is that Edge is only the second man recognized by WWE to have run the entire gauntlet. Back in 1995, Shawn Michaels entered the Royal Rumble at number one, lasting over 38 minutes to win the match. This year, Edge lasted over 58 minutes to win, beating Michaels&#8217; time.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world.\u00a0WWE fan? You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE\u00a0Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking to talk wrestling, pro football, or any number of sports? Head on over to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/boards\/index.php\" target=\"_self\">LWOS Boards<\/a>\u00a0to engage in conversation with fellow fans!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The main event of the 2021 Royal Rumble was the Men&#8217;s Royal Rumble, pitting thirty WWE Superstars against one another. One of the big stories heading into this year&#8217;s match was the in-ring return of Edge, who had been out of action since this past June; at WWE Backlash, he suffered a torn triceps in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3354,"featured_media":84146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[328,397,47],"class_list":["post-84143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-edge","tag-royal-rumble","tag-wwe"],"modified_by":"Robbie Sutter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3354"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}