The road to WrestleMania 41 officially begins tonight, as WWE Royal Rumble 2025 takes place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana as the first premium live event of the New Year.
On tap for tonight’s highly-anticipated show is the 30-man Royal Rumble match, the 30-woman Royal Rumble match, Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens in a ladder match for the Undisputed WWE Championship, as well as #DIY vs. Motor City Machine Guns in a two-out-of-three falls match for the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
Featured below are complete WWE Royal Rumble results from Saturday, February 1, 2025. The following report was written by PWMania.com reporter Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live from 4pm EST. – 10pm PST.
WWE ROYAL RUMBLE RESULTS – FEBRUARY 1, 2025
The “Countdown to WWE Royal Rumble 2025” pre-show is underway. Michael Cole welcomes us to the show from the pre-show panel, as he narrates arrival footage of various WWE Superstars, including Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Kevin Owens. We then shoot to an extended video package looking at the history of the Royal Rumble match.
When the package wraps up, we return to the pre-show panel, where Cole is joined by Pat McAfee, Big E. and Wade Barrett. The four run down the scheduled lineup for tonight’s show as the official match graphics flash across the screen.
They introduce the broadcast team in the backstage area. We check in with Byron Saxton, Cathy Kelley and Jackie Redmond. Back to the panel, Cole runs through special footage of the rest of the panelists history in the Royal Rumble, including Cole himself. They have some fun mocking each other as footage is shown.
After some chat among the panelists about some of tonight’s matches, we shoot to individual video packages to tell the stories leading up to tonight’s four big matches. A WWE Topps sponsored segment takes place next, with the panelists opening up WWE Superstar trading cards.
Joe Tessitore takes over for Big E.’s spot on the panel. He talks about how he and McAfee were at NXT simply as fans years ago, and now they each call WWE’s top shows. Cole stresses again how the reason the WWE Royal Rumble is in Indianapolis tonight is because of McAfee. Fans chant “Thank you, Pat!” in the background.
We see some more arrival shots of WWE Superstars, with a look this time at Motor City Machine Guns and WWE Tag-Team Champions DIY getting to the building for tonight’s show. The panelists talk about their two out of three falls title tilt and then we get a look at Jackie Redmond’s in-depth sit-down interview with CM Punk.
The panelists talk about the Men’s Rumble match tonight, with each giving their predictions. Tessitore didn’t even mention John Cena. Wade Barrett didn’t either. McAfee eventually brought his name up, and was also the only one to even reference “Main Event” Jey Uso. We see another historic Royal Rumble moment video.
A quick video promoting John Cena’s return to Toronto at the upcoming WWE Elimination Chamber premium live event, and then we see the “Royal Rumble: By The Numbers” video package. After that, we see a brief backstage interview where Cathy Kelley talks to The Miz and tries to find out his entrance number for the Rumble.
WWE Hall of Fame legend Bubba Ray Dudley now joins the pre-show panel. He pops when Peter Rosenberg and Jackie Redmond, who also take over for McAfee and Cole on the panel, say his TNA name, Bully Ray. He asks if that’s allowed and they all laugh. We see a special sneak peek of the WWE LFG On A&E series.
