How WWE Should Book The 2017 Royal Rumble (PART 2)

AWWWWWW CRAP. I wrote this before Takeover last night, and Nakamura suffered that kayfabe knee injury, so it's pretty obvious he won't enter the Rumble tonight, as I had him as a surprise at #18. I would just put TJ Perkins/Hideo Itami in that spot insteead.

Hey everyone! Every month, days before PPV's happen, I share my thoughts on the show and card and how I would book the show that has unexpected swerves, returns, debuts, and a memorable show that would leave fans happy. If you want, you can read some past editions of these by clicking on my name and searching. I have been doing these for every PPV since Night Of Champions 2015. I hope you enjoy, and this is how I would book the 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE. This is Part 2 of 2, where I book the entire Rumble match. I'll have a table of everything down below, so you can see that if it's easier, along with the actual post of me explaining everything that happens. You can read Part 1 below.

Entry	Entrant	Order Eliminated	Eliminated By	Eliminations	Brand
1	Sheamus	3	Baron Corbin	0	RAW
2	Cesaro	4	Baron Corbin	0	RAW
3	Sami Zayn	29	Finn Balor	1	RAW
4	Luke Harper	12	Randy Orton	1	SDLive
5	Baron Corbin	20	Brock Lesnar	5	SDLive
6	Xavier Woods	8	Brock Lesnar	0	RAW
7	Dolph Ziggler	2	Tye Dillinger	0	SDLive
8	Sycho Sid	1	Baron Corbin	0	LEGEND
9	Randy Orton	11	Luke Harper	2	SDLive
10	Tye Dillinger	5	Baron Corbin	1	Signed to SDLive After PPV
11	Kofi Kingston	10	Bray Wyatt	0	RAW
12	Dean Ambrose	7	Brock Lesnar	0	RAW
13	Tyler Bate	6	Braun Strowman	0	UK
14	Braun Strowman	15	Undertaker	2	RAW
15	Big E	9	Baron Corbin	0	RAW
16	Bray Wyatt	28	Randy Orton	3	SDLive
17	Seth Rollins	26	Bray Wyatt	2	RAW
18	Shinsuke Nakamura	25	Undertaker	0	NXT
19	Brock Lesnar	23	Goldberg	5	RAW
20	Finn Balor	WINNER	WINNER	1	RAW
21	Chris Jericho	21	Goldberg	0	RAW
22	Apollo Crews	14	Bray Wyatt	0	SDLive
23	Undertaker	27	Roman Reigns	2	Undrafted
24	Big Show	15	Braun Strowman	0	RAW
25	Kane	16	Sami Zayn	0	SDLive
26	Rusev	17	Seth Rollins	0	RAW
27	Heath Slater	18	Brock Lesnar	0	SDLive
28	Big Cass	19	Seth Rollins	0	RAW
29	Goldberg	24	Brock Lesnar	2	RAW
30	The Miz	22	Brock Lesnar	0	SDLive

• Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/SquaredCircle/comments/5qq2r5/how_wwe_should_book_the_2017_royal_rumble_part_1/

Here we go. I'll start Part 2 by saying what I put at the end of Part 1: "Get ready for Part 2. The winner may surprise you. It's the Royal Rumble match. 30 men. One winner. The surprises. The returns. The debuts. The shock. The awe. The saves. The Road. To Wrestlemania. Begins now."

5TH MATCH: 2017 Royal Rumble Match

• Here's the table, as I explained in the intro above.
• Here. We. Go. We get the traditional "Rumble By The Numbers" video package before the match, and also even before that, we get a dozen or so short inset promos with everyone saying how they'll win the Rumble. The ring bell tolls, and we get Lilian Garcia once again announcing that "The following is the 2017 Royal Rumble match". She explains the rules and says the winner gets a a shot at their brand's World Title in the main event of Wrestlemania 33. I'd think especially with the show being 4 hours, this will be one of the, if not the longest Rumble matches. I'd have it go about an hour and 7-8 minutes.
• Sheamus's music hits and he's out at #1. He makes his entrance with his RAW Tag Title, and he's all jolly that he and Cesaro retained earlier in the night. He gets a mic and says he'll win the Rumble, and he'll main event Wrestlemania and go on to hold the Universal Title for the rest of time. The crowd boos, as WWE crowd do not like the Sheamoose. As luck would have it, his partner Cesaro's music hits and he's going to start off the Royal Rumble with his Tag Team Champ partner. Sheamus and Cesaro shake hands and then go at it. 90 seconds passes, and the crowd stands up as the clock appears on the titantron and counts down the time until #3 enters the Rumble match.
• The buzzer sounds, and the crowd begins to sing as Sami Zayn enters at #3. Three RAW guys starting off. There will be 3893 WM storylines either set up and started or furthered in this match, and Zayn is the dark horse to win the whole damn thing. He needs to set the new longetivity record, beating Rey. His character is perfect for it, he can survive the entire way through, maybe even making it to the final 4, maybe final 2, and maybe winning. We'll have to see. Zayn runs wild and delivers corner-exploder suplexes to the RAW Tag Champs. They both get up, leaning against the turnbuckles on opposite corners, and Sami runs and hits a Helluva Kick on Sheamus, and he's stunned and wobbles and falls in the center of the ring. Zayn runs and tries to do the same to Cesaro, but Cesaro counters by throwing Sami into the air for a Very European Uppercut. Cesaro and Sami brawl and bit, and 90 seconds passes and #4 makes his way out.
• The buzzer sounds, and out at #4 is Luke Harper to his Swamp Gas theme. The first SDLive entrant in the match. Harper runs wild, and delivers Disqus Clotheslines to the first three men. Harper does a Gator Roll to Sami, and then he goes to the corner to recover. Cesaro and Sheamus try to team up to take out Harper, and they strike him and beat him down. Cesaro holds Harper's arms back and Sheamus goes for a Brogue Kick, but Luke ducks and Sheamus accidentally kicks Cesaro. Harper takes advantage of Sheamus's shock and whips him into the ropes, Harper tries to lug The Celtic Warrior over the top, and then the clock shows that #5 is about to enter.
• 5 is another Smackdown entrant in BARON CORBIN. Sheamus escapes the earlier elimination attempt by Harper and now works him over in the corner. Corbin circles the ring and doesn't get in at first, but now Sami Zayn has recovered and stares down Big Banter on the apron. Corbin laughs, and enters the ring. Zayn immediately starts a barrage of kicks and strikes, trying to knock the big man down. Sheamus and Cesaro work down Harper, and Zayn and Corbin go at it as #6 is about to come out.
• The buzzer sounds and out at #6 comes 1/3 of the New Day in Xavier Woods. Xavier is playing Francesca on his way down the ramp and then tosses it to a a ref on the outside to put it in the timekeepers area for safe keeping. Woods does his Springboard Elbow, knocking all 5 others down. Woods goes crazy after and claps to New Day Rocks. The 6 all work each other down, and Xavier tries to eliminate both Sami Zayn and Cesaro, but they both escape. The countdown clock appears once again and #7 makes his way out.
• Out at #7 is the newest Heel in WWE, Dolph Ziggler of Smackdown. Everyone eats a Superkick from the Zig-man except Baron Corbin, who nails Dolph with a Deep Six. Corbin tries to get Ziggler over the top, but Sami Zayn runs up from behind and tips both men over the top, but they both hang on the ropes and escape elimination. Harper nails Sami with a Michonoku Driver, and then works over Sami in the corner. Not even 1/3 through, Zayn has already suffered quite a beating. 90 seconds have passed, and the clock appears for #8. The Rumble match is about to get Sycho.
• Out at #8 is the first "surprise" of the 2017 Rumble match, a legend returns in SYCHO SID. I feel like this would be a great surpise, considering he ties in to the 1997 Rumble, walking in as WWF champ. Everyone stops and stares as Sid slowly makes his way to the ring. Sid stares down Baron Corbin in a Battle of the Behemoths. Sid and Corbin exchange lefts and rights and then Cesaro runs up behind Corbin and hits a huge German Suplex on Baron. Harper and Sid fight in the corner and Sami tries to eliminate Harper.
• It's time for #9 and it's the second member of the New Wyatts to enter the match, Randy Orton. Orton nails and RKO on everyone, and Zayn tries to catch Orton with a Crossbody off the top rope, but Orton catches Sami with an RKO. Baron Corbin gets up behind Orton and gets Orton up for an End Of Days, but Orton escapes over his shoulder and tries to hit an RKO, but Corbin pushes him down, and hits an End of Days on Randy. Harper tries to run at Corbin to help Orton, but Corbin grounds him with a Clothesline. Corbin whips Sid into the ropes, and then hits a Big Boot. Corbin throws out the legend Sycho Sid for the first elimination of the rumble to big heat. Ever since Orton has come in at 9, the arena has been filled with 10 chants and Tye Dillinger chants. The clock appears on the screen. 10.9.8.7.6.5.4.3.2.1. And then back to 10.
• The buzzer sounds, and then the lights go out. The crowd boos at first, as they think this isn't the person they want. Suddenly, a number of dots appear on the titantron, and they keep multiplying until it zooms out and the number 10 appears on the screen. The crowd goes mental and out comes Tye Dillinger to a sea of 10 chants throughout the Alamodome. Dillinger soaks in the crowd for a few seconds, throws his hands up for the 10 chant, and then throws off his shirt into the crowd and runs into the ring. Dillinger dominates everyone, and delivers a Tyebreaker to Harper and Woods. Tye works over Ziggler and elbows him in the face, and then hits a Tyebreaker on Dolph and throws him over the top rope for the second elimination of the Rumble. Dillinger does the 10 chants with the crowd again and Orton sneaks up from behind and tips Dillinger over the top but the 10 man hangs on. Sami Zayn delivers a backstabber to Orton and then hits a Corner Exploder to Tye. Tye gets up in the corner and Zayn runs to the opposite corner to hit a Helluva kick but Tye holds out his hands in the stop motion. Tye then raises his hands and does the 10 chant, and then kicks Zayn in the gut, and whips him into the corner to try to eliminate Sami.
• 11 enters and it's the 2nd member of New Day to enter, the Royal Rumble elimination specialist himself, KOFI KINGSTON! Kofi runs down and Woods is up now and he and Xavier face down Orton and Harper. One of RAW's top teams vs SD's. Corbin runs all 4 men down, and then Cesaro & Sheamus both run at Corbin but Corbin pulls down the rope and eliminates the RAW Tag Team champs, 1 and 2. Corbin now has 3 eliminations, and Dillinger has 1. After the elimination, The Club runs out and beats down Cesaro and Sheamus on the outside. They're pissed they once agained failed to capture the titles earlier in the Pre Show. Gallows and Anderson nail a Magic Killer to Sheamus through the announce table on the stage, and then Gallows powerbombs Cesaro off the stage through a stack of tables. The crowd chants "Holy shit" and Ambrose comes out during this beating. The Club then walks to the back with the RAW Tag titles in hand.
• 12 is out next and it's the Intercontinental Champion, Dean Ambrose. He passes Gallows and Anderson on his way out. I really feel like Dean is the dark horse of this Rumble, and no one is really giving him a chance to win, (even though there's still a less than 0.0000000 chance he will). Dean runs right into Kofi as he slides into the ring, and Kofi throws a right but Ambrose ducks and does his rebound clothesline, knocking Kingston inside out. Ambrose battles Orton and Zayn and the clock appears for #13.
• At #13, IT'S TIME TO RIDE MUSTACHE MOUNTAIN, MOTHERFUCKERS. I know that's Trent Seven's thing, but.. Tyler Bate has a cool mustache too.. so... SHUT UP, LET ME IMAGINE THINGS. Out at lucky #13 is Tyler Bate, the UK Champion. I feel like they had to have at least one UK guy in the match to give the UK brand some exposure, and who better than the champ himself, Bate? Tyler goes crazy and hits all his moves. Except Corbin, who is already down. Bate goes and stomps Corbin once in the corner, and then looks to the stage as the clock appears. Bate thinks in his mind he can take anyone. No one can touch him.. #14 then enters.
• BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN. Strowman's music hits to a big pop and out he runs to the ring. He and Tyler Bate have a staredown and Bate looks like an ant compared to Bram Showman. Tyler delivers a stiff forearm to the face of Braun, and then runs off the ropes and tries to do it a bit harder each time. The final time, Braun kills Tyler with a clothesline, and then Strowman throws Tyler over the top rope. Bate hangs on, and then springs off the top rope and hits a Hurricarana on Braun, knocking the big man down. Strowman wobbles to his feet and then Bate HITS A TYLER DRIVER 97 ON BRAUN STROWMAN. Bate seems incredibly strong based on the things he did in the UK Tourney, so I'm sure he could pull this off. Harper hits a Disqus Clothesline on Bate, and Zayn tries to eliminate Woods. #15 is set to enter next.
• We are officially halfway through the Rumble field now, and out at #15 is Big E, completing the New Day. Big E runs through everyone, and then Tye knocks all three members of New Day down and runs wild on them. Tye has been hot all throughout his time in the match, and then Corbin grabs Dillinger and tosses him over the top like a dick for the mega heat. Baron Corbin now has eliminated 4 men.
• Out at #16 is Bray Wyatt, completing the Wyatt family. The Wyatts have a faceoff with New Day, now with the full teams, and Corbin works over Zayn in the corner. Tyler Bate gets up on the top rope, and jumps into all 6 men. Bate goes crazy but Strowman picks him up from behind and delivers the running powerbomb to Bate for the elimination. Strowman and Corbin clear house, and then find themselves in the center of the ring, and have a staredown. Bray then whips Strowman around and has a staredown with his former Wyatt Family breatherin. Wyatt screams at Braun of what he could've been, and then Orton comes out of nowhere and nails Strowman with an RKO. Bray and Orton try to work together to eliminate Braun, but Braun beats them both down.
• Out at #17, it's time to learn that YOU DON'T GET HYPE, YOU STAAY HYPE. Mojo Rawley is 17. I think I know why they put him in this Rumble on SDLive by having him win the Battle Royale. Either they just want him in for 1 second and have him set the new shortest record, or he'll be the geek that Seth Rollins attacks to get his spot in the Rumble that HHH screwed him out of to Sami on RAW, and that's exactly what happens. Mojo is making his way out, and is getting hyped up, when Rollins comes up from behind with a chair. Rollins nails Mojo with a Pedigree on the chair on the stage, and then runs to the ring. This isn't nessecarily a heel move from Rollins, he just wants to sabotage HHH's company and do things against his wishes, and he knew from the second Zayn took his spot that HHH purposely meant to hit his own music and screw him. Kind of a desperate Rollins focused on getting his way to HHH. Rollins was the first to enter the ring at 17, so technically, as has happened before with Rowan attacking Axel in 2015 and entering at his spot, Seth Rollins is #17. Rollins goes mental. He immediately nails Sami with a Buckle Bomb into the corner, hits a Slingeblade on Harper, then Orton swings him around, and drapes him across the middle rope for his DDT, but Rollins gets back into the ring, and rolls up Orton but then does his Superkick, he nails Corbin with a Springboard knee, Wyatt swings Seth down for a Sister Abigail, but then Rollins gets out and also hits Bray with a knee. New Day is still down from Tyler Bate and Rollins and Ambrose have a staredown. They both look at Strowman, and then Rollins and Ambrose hit a Double Powerbomb to the big man. The clock appears at about 11 seconds, and then #18 enters.
• 18 is Shinsuke Nakamura. The crowd blows the roof off for the King of Strong Style. The previous night he had lost his NXT Title to the Glorious one, and now he's trying to main event WM. This wouldn't be his main roster debut yet, more like a special appearance from an NXT star like Sami did in the Rumble in 2016 before making his offcial debut the night after Fast Lane. Shinsuke has his jacket and the crowd sings along to his theme. Zayn hits a Blue Thunderbomb to Ambrose in the ring, and then Shinsuke has a staredown with Rollins and Zayn. Three of the very best in WWE right now. Shinsuke and Zayn mostly stare down eachother, because they have history after Shinsuke won his debut match against Sami in THAT VERY GOOD MATCH at Takeover Dallas, night before WM32. Shinsuke and Sami both trade wild strikes to each other, and Rollins and Ambrose continue to work over Luke Harper in the corner. Strowman is recovered now, and New Day all try to tackle down the monster among men again but Braun pushes Woods and Big E down. Kofi jumps off the top rope but Braun catches him in his arms. Kofi Kingston Royal Rumble elimination save spot incoming. This could be a very risky idea, for more reasons than one, so for the first few parts in the crowd could be plants that could catch Kofi easily, maybe some stronger guys Braun throws Kofi over the top rope, over the barricade into the crowd. This may or may not work, so security would follow Kofi around while this happens, but Kofi goes crowd surfing, and Woods slides under the bottom rope to play Francesca while this happens. Kofi goes all the way from when he was thrown into the crowd on the right side of the ring if you're on the ramp facing straight to the left side in that angle. Kofi then jumps up on the barricade and hops onto the steps and reenters the ring. My god. Imagine if this happened. The clock appears and the crowd counts down 10 to the nineteenth entrant.
• 19 IS NONE OTHER THAN BROCK EDWARD LESNAR. Brock come out with Heyman and eliminates Dean Ambrose. Woods runs at Lesnar but Lesnar F-5's Xavier over the top to the floor, eliminating Woods. Brock delivers Suplexes to everyone, and then out of nowhere, The Club all come in and attack everyone. Brock and Strowman have a staredown, and then Brock nails Braun with a thuderous F-5. Shinsuke is in the corner now, and sets up for the Kinshasa. Lesnar is knocked down early with a knee to the face, as Corey Graves, who is hopefully on commentary screams KINSHAAASAAA. Lesnar is busted open from this. This is your Nakamura/Lesnar match for now. Rollins nails Nakamura with a Ushigoroshi. Sami runs at Rollins but eats a Pedigree. Rollins is dominating when the clock hits for #20 to make his way out. 2/3 of the way through now. Rollins works over Woods in the corner. Rollins looks to the stage, as the clock hits 1.
• 20 is Finn Balor. THE DEMON HAS RETURNED. Finn does his normal, much shorter entrance, but has his demon paint on. Finn stares down Rollins. Rollins was the one who "injured" Balor back at Summerslam with the Buckle Bomb into the barricade. Balor stretches out a hand, and Rollins puts his hand out but Balor immediately hits a Pele Kick. Rollins goes down and Balor goes wild on Seth. Balor gets Rollins in the corner and is going for the Shotgun Dropkick, but Rollins grabs both of Finn's legs, and hoists him up in Powerbomb position. The crowd is scared as Rollins runs to hit the Buckle bomb, but Finn hits a Hurricarana and sends Rollins crashing into the corner and post. Balor goes to the opposite corner now, and runs and nails Rollins with a sliding dropkick. Big E tries to eliminate Lesnar, but Baron Corbin kicks Lesnar in the nuts and then gets Big E on his shoulders and throws him over. Baron Corbin has now eliminated 5 men, Brock has eliminated 2, Strowman has eliminated 1, Dillinger has 1. Out comes #21.
• 21 is CHRIS JERICHO. He walks out unbelievably slowly, and has a crutch and is all covered in bandages just from being in the Koji Clutch from the wake of destruction from Samoa Joe earlier in the Universal Title match. Jericho is definitely one of the favorites. Jericho pushes down his crutch and hobbles to the ring. Fun fact, if Jericho lasts over 4 minutes in this year's Rumble, which he obviously will, he'll surpass HHH for the longest cumulative time spent in the Rumble. The final New Day member is in the ring. As Jericho walks down, Lesnar runs up behind Baron and hits a huge Belly to Belly. Kofi is focused on Big E, who just got eliminated and tells E he'll win the Rumble for New Day, but Bray Wyatt runs up from behind and tips Kofi over the top for his first elimination. Zayn and Harper brawl now, and Lesnar has Jericho in a Kimura. Nakamura tries to fight off the Wyatts now.
• Out at #22 is Apollo Crews from SD. The Wyatts are beating down Shinsuke Nakamura, and Nakamura manages to stun Harper and Bray for a moment with knees and headbutts. Orton runs at Nakamura, but Nakamura holds down the top rope. Orton hangs on, but Harper runs at Nakamura, Nakamura moves, and Harper accidentally eliminates his Wyatt partner, Randy Orton. Orton is livid and hears the voices in his head after this. Ever since Orton joined the Wyatts, he's had one problem. Luke Harper. Ever since Orton has joined the Wyatts, Harper has had one problem. Randy Orton. Randal Keith finally has had enough and snaps at Harper. Orton paces back and forth and the refs tell him to leave but Orton rushes the ring and nails Harper with an RKO and throws him over the top. Orton and Harper brawl all throughout the crowd and eventually backstage. Wyatt yells for Orton to come back and stop. Bray watches Harper and Orton go to the back, and Wyatt stops for a moment and thinks. He can either stop the brawl between his family, or win the Rumble and go on to make the Wyatts the most powerful group in WWE by winning the WWE World Title at WM. Bray looks to the stage and the backstage area, then looks to the WM sign, and then growls and feels Apollo come up behind him. Apollo runs at Bray and Bray launches him over the top for his 2nd elimination of the Rumble. Wyatt is pissed at how uncooperative Harper and Orton have been together and beats down everyone in the ring in a fit of rage. Bray Wyatt nails Sami with a Sister Abigai. Sami, who entered at #3, has been in the match for about 40 minutes now. Scars are all over his body. Wyatt drops to his knees and yells that this trouble and anger inside of him is making him more dangerous than ever. The clock appears on the screen and he does the "Bring it on" motion with his hands. He spreads his arms and yells to Follow the Buzzards. The buzzer sounds, and out comes #23.
• Gong. Gong. Gong. It's the godamn Undertaker. Undertaker makes his full entrance, and Strowman comes up from behind and tries to eliminate Bray, who is distracted by Undertaker's entrance. Sami Zayn then runs up and tries to eliminate both men, but they both hang on. Undertaker finally enters the ring, and delivers Chokeslams to Bray and Zayn individually. Strowman then stands up to Undertaker, and Undertaker punches Braun square in the jaw. Taker goes off the ropes and delivers blows and his jumping clothesline to Strowman. Taker then gives Braun an Old School, and chokeslams him over the top. Big elimination from Taker, eliminating the dominant Strowman. Taker turns around into Finn Balor standing right behind him. The Demon vs the Deadman. A match everyone wanted at WM32 before Shane returned. Balor looks hesitant at first, but then Balor and Taker brawl. The clock appears at #24 enters.
• WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLL. WELL IT'S THE BIG SHOW. The very much slimmed down Big Show makes his way to the ring. I don't get why Show is in this match, as surprisingly pleasant as it has been to see him lately. This spot could've gone to someone like TJ Perkins, and there should've been a CW in this Rumble. Unfortunately, there just wasn't enough room for him on my list after the first 22 were announced. Big Show enters over the top rope, but Strowman runs in and immediately eliminates Big Show. Everyone is shocked. Not only is this revenge for Big Show confronting him on RAW, but Braun is furious about being eliminated after his destruction by Undertaker. Strowman throws Big Show over the top, and then tackles the giant through a barricade. The refs all have to separate Strowman. Strowman raises his arms and yells. The refs have to help Big Show up to the back.
• Out at 25 is Kane in his 17th Royal Rumble match in his career. Kane and Taker immediately reunite as the Brothers of Destruction and take out everyone. Taker and Kane both deliver chokeslams to Nakamura and Rollins. Lesnar grabs Taker and nails him with a German. Brock whips Kane into the corner and nails him with high knee. Brock hits Kane with an F-5, and then grabs Lesnar by the throat, and stares him down for a few seconds, and thinks about Lesnar ending his streak as he hits the Chokeslam. Kane is still dazed in the corner from Lesnar, and Sami finally connects with a Helluva Kick outta nowhere, and eliminates KANE. Huge elimination for Sami.
• Rusev enters next at 26. Rusev immediately locks Sami in the Accolade, and then tries to eliminate the weakened and exhausted Zayn. Bray grabs Rusev and Ru-Ru eats a Sister Abigail. Bray tries to throw Rusev over the top but Rusev hangs on and sends Wyatt over too, and they both almost hit the floor. Rusev and Bray Wyatt battle on the apron as Rollins battles Taker, Corbin battles Jericho, and Nakamura and Zayn fight.
• Heath Slater enters at 27. 27 has produced the most wins of any spot in the Rumble. Can Heath achieve the dream for his kids and buy an upgrade for his aboveground pool? Heyman rallies Lesnar on, and Heath runs in and Lesnar immediately kills Slater with a Belly to Belly over the top rope. Eliminations Update: Baron Corbin has eliminated 5 men, Brock has eliminated 3, Strowman has thrown out 2, Bray Wyatt 2, Undertaker 1, Dillinger, 1, Harper 1, Orton 1, Zayn 1.
• Big Cass is in at 28. Big Cass comes in and cleans house. Cass then goes right after his rival, Rusev. Rollins sneaks up and eliminates both men. Cass hits an East River Crossing on the outside and then goes to the back. Lesnar hits an F-5 on everyone and begins dominating. Lesnar hits an F-5 on Corbin, and finally throws out Big Banter after a dominant performance. Lesnar does his Pterodactyl scream, and then rolls out under the bottom rope and gets a steel chair. The clock appears on the screen, and Lesnar slams the chair on the apron. It's time to get serious. Lesnar beats down Taker with the chair and #29 makes his way out.
• IT'S GOLDBERG at 29. We see Big Bill come out of his locker room and he makes his big entrance. Goldberg stands on the apron and Lesnar has his chair in hand. Lesnar is still bleeding from the Kinshasa from Nakamura earlier in the match, and Goldberg eventually steps into the ring. The Beast incarnate swings at Goldberg with the chair but Goldberg goes off the ropes and spears Lesnar out of his boots. As Goldberg dominates, Jericho hits Codebreakers to both Nakamura and Zayn, and then Goldberg and Jericho turn around into a staredown. Some of Jericho's bandages have worn off and are peeling, and Jericho and Goldberg have history with Y2J and Goldberg's real shoot fight. Jericho has something behind his back and begs Goldberg to spare him. Goldberg signals for the jackhammer, but Jericho nails Goldberg with the list to a big pop. Jericho points to the WM sign and yells to "Drink it in, man". Jericho picks up Goldberg, and goes to eliminate Bill but Goldberg hits his Jackhammer on Jericho. Goldberg runs the ropes and clotheslines Y2J over the top for the upset elimination. One of the favorites is now out. Finally, the clock appears on the screen and titantron for #30. Who is it? Who could it be? 30 is obviously the best spot to get... the clock counts from 10, and then the buzzer sounds for the final entrant.
• Number 30. DANIEL BRYAN's MUSIC HITS. The crowd erupts but out comes The Miz and Maryse doing the Yes Chant, skipping. I in no way take credit for this idea. I have seen it at least 100 times all across the internet. I think it's brilliant. After it's revealed to be Miz, Miz's music starts playing and he walks to the ring. The Bryan music idea is brilliant enough, but why not after a brilliant Rumble match, have Miz come out at 30 just to sour the mood? It would also be a way of mocking Bryan not being in the Rumble in 2014, and how everyone expected him at 30, but it turned out to be Rey. All the Rumble entrants have entered. Miz is 30. The remaining participants are as follows: Sami Zayn; Finn Balor; Seth Rollins; Shinsuke Nakamura; Bray Wyatt; Brock Lesnar; Goldberg; Undertaker; and the Miz. One of those 9 men is going to Wrestlemania. Zayn has been in the match at least an hour now, entering at #3. Zayn has just barely survived all throughout the match and is exhausted. He's suffered a number of beatdowns. The 9 just fight for a few minutes. Miz tries to eliminate Lesnar, but Lesnar gets out, hits a German on Miz, and tosses him over the top. Goldberg runs at Lesnar for a Spear and eliminates Lesnar. Lesnar is livid and runs back into the ring and throws Goldberg over the top. Goldberg and Lesnar brawl through the crowd. Undertaker looks as Goldberg and Lesnar leave. The final 6 all stare off. Nakamura. Taker. Balor. Rollins. Bray Wyatt. Nakamura runs at Taker for a Kinshasa, but Taker grabs Shinsuke's throat, and chokeslams Nakamura off the top turnbuckle, eliminating Shinsuke. An impressive showing from Nakamura, but as I said earlier, this isn't even his official Main roster debut. This will make his name known when he likely debuts on the SD after Wrestlemania, I'd have him on SD. The final 5 are now in the ring. THE UNDERTAKER. FINN BALOR. SAMI ZAYN. SETH ROLLINS. BRAY WYATT. Rollins tries to eliminate Bray, but out of nowhere, HHH comes out. He's livid about Rollins' attack on him, which would happen the last night at Takeover San Antonio, which you can read if you just click on my name and it's literally 2-3 posts down. Read the beginning to understand more on that. Rollins turns around and Trips nails Seth in the head with a Sledgehammer. HHH rips off his suit cuit and unbuttons his shirt. HHH nails Seth with a Spinebuster and then continues to beat him down and targets his core with sledgehammer shots. HHH screams into Seth's ear that he took him out of the Rumble for a reason. He wasn't supposed to be in. He can't try to sabotage his company. He says he will end Seth's career once and for all, and says that Rollins was never "The Authority's guy". HHH hits a Pedigree on the Sledgehammer and then leaves and yells at anyone in the ring to eliminate Seth. Bray Wyatt does so. HHH leaves with his sledgehammer over his shoulder and his face is red with rage. He got the job done tonight. HHH screws Rollins once again; this time out of the Rumble match; out of the final four; out of his chance to become champion and main event WM. We now have the final four in the 2017 Royal Rumble Match. The Undertaker. Sami Zayn. Finn Balor. Bray Wyatt. Bray and Zayn are down in the corners now. Finn Balor and Taker meet once again. The Deadman and the Demon. Balor hits a Pele Kick on Taker, knocking him into the ropes. Balor runs to the other side of the ring, and bounces off the ropes, and hits a Shotgun kick, barely taking The Phenom off his feet. He tries it again, and Taker goes a little higher. Balor goes and hits it a third time. TAKER GOES OVER THE TOP ROPE. If they're not gonna do Reigns/Joe at Mania like I talked about in Part 1 in the UV Title match Joe destruction, then it's being heavily rumoured by sources such as Dave Meltzer and the WON that Roman Reigns vs The Undertaker is a big possibility for WM. Don't know about you, but I'd honestly actually really want to see that. They could just do Joe vs Owens at Fast Lane for the UV Title, since the biggest attack by Joe would techically always be on the champ. Plus, Joe debuted against KO in NXT, and they've still never finished that feud. Again, I'll have my cards for both the Chamber PPV and Fast Lane at the end of this post. Reigns, out of frustration, has a neckbrace on after the Joe attack, and Reigns is pissed that he failed to become UV Champion; he wants to show someone else what it's like to be screwed; back to the Rumble match. Balor knocks Undertaker to the apron with his Shotgun Dropkick barrage. Out of nowhere, Reigns runs up into the apron and nails Taker with a Superman punch, and Taker drops to the floor, eliminated. The crowd is devastated and Reigns spears Taker on the ramp. Refs have to separate Roman. The final 3: Bray Wyatt. Entered at #16. Finn Balor. Entered at #20. Sami Zayn. Entered at #3. Sami hits a Helluva Kick on Balor, and then waits for Balor to get up for another one. Balor moves, and hits a 1916. Balor then goes to the top and hits the first Coup De Grace of his return. Balor throws Zayn over the top, and Zayn is looks like a ghost. Battle wounds show all over his body. Drenched in sweat. Bray runs up on Balor and hits a Sister Abigail. Bray yells to Follow the buzzards and turns around to see that all of a sudden Orton and Harper are still fighting, and they have brawled back into the arena. Harper throws Orton down the ramp. Orton whips Harper into the steps, and takes the top step off. Bray has had it and screams at the top of his lungs for the madness to stop. Orton doesn't listen and gets Bray up on the apron and hits his DDT to Bray onto the floor. Orton throws Bray back into the ring and then clotheslines him out. Orton nails Bray with an RKO on the steps. Randy Orton has officially snapped on the Wyatts. Orton walks out, looking like a madman. We have our final two. Finn Balor & Sami Zayn. Balor and Zayn are in opposite corners and Zayn has hopefully set the new longevity record; Zayn and Balor go face to face as Finn's paint is also smeared. They both look and point at the WM33 sign. Balor and Zayn have a nice little sequence and they both keep dodging each other's finishers. Balor catches Zayn's foot trying to hit the Helluva kick and whacks Zayn with a Spinning Heel kick. Balor hits a Coup De Grace. Finn Balor throws Sami Zayn over the top to win the 2017 Royal Rumble. Zayn will be over huge. He almost won. Final 2. Over an hour he was in. This will be the launch of his career. Zayn and Balor hug after the match as Sami gets back in. Sami looks at the sign one last time, and then leaves the ring. You feel terrible for Zayn and how far and close he came, but Finn Balor in his return gets the win. Balor is what RAW has needed. A fresh face. Finn Balor will main event WM33 against whoever the UV Champ is at that time. The Demon is headed for Wrestlemania.

WINNER OF THE 2017 ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH: Finn Balor won by last eliminating Sami Zayn

• If you want, you can check out the table at the beginning of the post which contains the entire stats of this Rumble. This is the PPV that by far takes the longest to write, with Wrestlemania probably being 2nd, as you could imagine. My cards for Fast Lane and Elimination Chamber are below.

Fast Lane 2017 Card (RAW)

• Universal Title: Kevin Owens (c) vs Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns
• Finn Balor vs Seth Rollins (Summerslam rematch, winner gets a shot at UV Title at WM which means if Balor loses he loses his Rumble win. Obviously HHH would screw Rollins here again. This is also a match Balor wanted for Rollins "injuring him")
• US Title: Chris Jericho (c) vs Sami Zayn
• RAW Tag Titles: The Club (c) Open Challenge (As said in Part 1/2, The Club would attack Cesaro and Sheamus after the two are eliminated by Baron Corbin. All of the teams on RAW have already faced the Club so many times. Any team, returning, on SD, on the current roster, could face the Club in an open challenge. Would create interest and be something fresh. After the attack, The Club would finally win the RAW Tag Titles in a Steel Cage match against Cesaro and Sheamus.)
• CW Title: Neville (c) vs Zack Sabre. Jr
• Braun Strowman vs Big Show
• Charlotte (c) & Nia Jax vs Bayley & Sasha Banks
• PRE SHOW: Multi-Man CW Match

*Elimination Chamber 2017 Card (SDLive)

• WWE Title: AJ Styles (c) vs John Cena vs Baron Corbin vs Bray Wyatt vs The Miz vs Kane (Elimination Chamber Match; This is self explanatory, Chamber matches at the Chamber PPV. The first 4 listed in the match I'd think need no explanation. As far as Miz, he's been fantastic ever since his TS breakout promo. He honestly deserves a World Title shot; and I think it's time to make Kane relevant again. He could get back into the mix and say that WM33 could be his final match, and with all the Taker WM33 questions he could get relevant again. I would say easily put Orton or Harper or Ziggler, etc into this match, but I have other plans for them)
• SD Women's Title: Alexa Bliss (c) vs Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Naomi vs Nikki Bella vs Mickie James (Elimination Chamber)
• IC Title: Dean Ambrose (c) vs Tye Dillinger
• SD Tag Titles: American Alpha (c) vs The Revival
• Randy Orton vs Luke Harper (If Orton wins, he gets Bray at WM)
• PRE SHOW: Dolph Ziggler vs Apollo Crews

And as it says in the table at the top of the post, WWE would film a backstage WWE.com video after of Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan approaching Tye Dillinger as he's walking through the curtain from being eliminated, and they praise Tye and call his performance a "Perfect 10". They sign Tye to an SD Contract.

Well, that was how I would book the Royal Rumble match. This took me very long to write. As I said, you can check out Part 1 of the Rumble that I did in the link at the beginning of the post. What did you like or dislike? What did you think? Did you not even read it because TL:DR? What from here would you like to see on the show tonight? As per usual, be sure to look out for my "How WWE Should Book Elimination Chamber 2017 (SDLive)" post the day before that show. Enjoy the Rumble, everyone. The Road to Wrestlemania begins tonight!