Something pretty interesting happened at yesterday’s (Sun. January 20, 2019) WWE live event from Omaha, Nebraska. WWE Champion Daniel Bryan faced off against AJ Styles inside the squared circle. At one point in the match, the middle rope in the ring broke. Styles stopped the match, got out of the ring, and got on the mic. He used the opportunity to poke fun at Bryan choosing not to eat meat:
“Hold on now, it looks like I’ve had too many delicious Omaha steaks!” Styles said. “But Daniel, you wouldn’t know anything about that, would ya? That’s alright, I don’t need this middle rope to kick your ass.”
Middle rope broke during the @AJStylesOrg Daniel Bryan match. #WWELive #WWEOMAHA pic.twitter.com/HgBOIWVfds
— Jake Wasikowski (@jakewasikowski) January 21, 2019
Both mean eventually used the rope as a weapon on one another during the match. Check that out here:
https://twitter.com/briantheguppie/status/1087308013566873605
Royal Rumble
Styles and Bryan have been feuding for the past several weeks on SmackDown Live. Bryan is set to defend his WWE Championship against “The Phenomenal One” at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view (PPV) this weekend (Sun. January 27, 2019). The event will go down from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Check out the card for the PPV below:
- WWE Universal Championship: (C) Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor
- WWE Championship: (C) Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
- 30-Man Royal Rumble Match: R-Truth, Rey Mysterio, Mustafa Ali, John Cena, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Apollo Crews, Elias, Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, Finn Balor, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Kalisto, TBA
- 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match: Carmella, Naomi, Zelina Vega, Natalya, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Ember Moon, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Alicia Fox, Mickie James, TBA
- WWE RAW Women’s Championship: (C) Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks
- WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship: (C) Asuka vs. Becky Lynch
- WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship: (C) The Bar vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz
- Fatal Four-Way Match For The WWE Cruiserweight Championship: (C) Buddy Murphy vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami
- WWE United States Championship: (C) Rusev vs. Shinsuke Nakamura