[9.0] "Both Shane and Miz Vs Bar and Bryan Vs Styles were both middling, both royal rumble matches although solid and had the right people winning them, weren't the most memorable, and the show went way too long, but Asuka Vs Becky, Ronda Vs Banks and Balor Vs Lesnar were fantastic. Overall WWE Royal Rumble (2019) is a great show with enough fantastic matches and highlights to make it all worth it."

[8.0] "Good PPV to start the year. I think Balor/Brock was MOTN, but seeing Becky Lynch enter the Rumble out of nowhere to win was also pretty fun, and Nia entering the mens rumble was pretty cool."

[6.0] "There are some good matches on this show and no *bad* ones... but it's super long and a lot of the matches seem too long. A lot of them seem to suffer from lengthy, boring heat sections and they lose the audience. It seems like WWE has a hard time getting an engaged or at least engaged sounding audience on these stadium shows. The rumbles themselves are aggressively average, what's really worth watching are the womens' title matches. Still, overall a pretty good show. Skip the men's rumble for sure though."

[7.0] "Weird how great so much of the undercard was, and how underwhelming both Rumbles were. Balor/Lesnar and Asuka/Lynch are modern classics."

[6.0] "This Rumble PPV was okay, with a few decent matches and two decent but average rumble where the right people won."

[9.0] "Wonderful show. Ronda vs Sasha is a 5 Star Rating match for me, definitely the best match these two ever had, in my opinion. Lesnar vs Balor was also amazing, a fine story tell about the "big powerhouse vs speed lightweight" esque type match, one that is a better "Lesnar vs Bryan" match than Lesnar vs Bryan was two months earlier. Asuka vs Becky was another fun match to start things up. The kickoff matches were fine, the tag match with the victory of Miz and Shane was fine. Bryan vs Styles wasn't as good as their former match at TLC or the one on SD, but it isn't a terrible match at all. I would have put this show a 10 rating, if not for the booking of the two royal rumbles. The two battle royal matches were really bad and unfunny to get through, but I'll them a pass since their endings had the right person (Becky and Seth) getting pushed on the way to Wrestlemania, and since they have at least one or two spots and moments that are making worth the watching."

[4.0] "An absolutely niche product, which, in comparison with other modern wrestling events, is just a dummy wrapped in a very beautiful, prominent package. Very weak matches, the very pace of the show is simply terribly tightened, the storylines are dumb, a lot of downright idiocy. It's still a mystery to me how having such a roster, simply the best in the history of wrestling, to release such a mediocre product ... Guys, imagine these matches from the show, not in a huge arena that accommodated 48 thousand spectators, with millions of costs for visuals, with promoted names, "brand monopoly", but somewhere in the basement of some municipal building in Ohio with 50 viewers. Do you think this will greatly change your impression of them? A good match in the backyard of the house will be a good one, and hack in thousandth arenas will be hack. Think ... I will not describe the very concept of the RR now. Simply, in my opinion, it is extremely outdated and needs to be reformed, but about that some other time."

[6.0] "Fairly fun show, but too long. Rumble matches themselves are always a good time though. [Roode/Gable vs Rezar/Dawson] - 1 star (Worst of the Night). [Rusev vs Shinsuke Nakamura] - 2 stars. [Buddy Murphy vs Akira Tozawa vs Hideo Itami vs Kalisto] - 4 stars. [Asuka vs Becky Lynch] - 3 1/4 stars. [The Bar vs Shane McMahon & The Miz] - 2 1/4 stars. [Ronda Rousey vs Sasha Banks] - 3 stars. [Women's Royal Rumble Match] - 3 3/4 stars. [Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles] - 2 1/4 stars. [Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor] - 3 1/2 stars. [Men's Royal Rumble Match] - 4 1/4 stars (Match of the Night). Average match rating: 2. 93 of 5 stars (or 5. 86 of 10). Rounded to 6 for Cagematch."

[9.0] "My favorite main roster PPV of 2019. Except the surprisingly bad Bryan/Styles, every match was good to great. Both women's championship matches were fire, Lesnar/Balor was a great sprint, women's Rumble finish was a huge moment, men's Rumble was good, even if it pales compared to 2018 and 2020 ones, Shane/Miz vs The Bar was decent."

[7.0] "Pros: - Royal Rumble match (and Seth Rollins as the winner); - Asuka vs Becky Lynch; - Ronda Rousey vs Sasha Banks; - Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles; Cons: - Shane McMahon and The Miz winning SD Tag Team Championship; - Women's Royal Rumble match (and Becky Lynch winning by stealing the spot from Lana); - match between Brock Lesnar and Finn Balor could last a little longer; In conclusion, Royal Rumble 2019 was a show worth watching."

[7.0] "2019. 01. 27 - It's amazing how fast the Rumbles go by when you're there. I missed a lot of the storytelling too. I'm not sure a baseball stadium is right for wrestling, but I still had a hell of a time. I lost my voice (unfruitfully) screaming for Finn."

[7.0] "To get it out of the way first - five hours - or more, when you include the pre-show - is way, way too long for any wrestling event. That said, I was pretty pleasantly surprised with the Rumbles themselves, even if there weren't really any huge surprises like many wanted. I liked that the men's Rumble was packed with lots of newer faces, and it produced some good exchanges. I wasn't a huge fan of the Nia Jax spot, but it was a fine Rumble overall. The women's Rumble was a huge improvement over last year, with the roster not looking nearly as thin, and Becky's victory was a great moment (I actually would've switched the order of the two Rumbles, as Becky's win got a bigger reaction than Rollins' and would have been a better note to end on). The rest of the card was a bit hit-or-miss - Asuka vs Becky and Lesnar vs Balor were great matches, the latter being Lesnar's best in ages; on the other hand, Styles and Bryan don't seem to have nearly the degree of chemistry you'd expect from two wrestlers of their calibur; Rousey vs Banks had some sloppy moments early but turned out OK; Bar vs Miz/Shane was a fine tag match when Shane wasn't in the ring, though I'm not a fan of the result. Overall a show with positives and negatives, but ultimately the good outweighing the bad."

[7.0] "While none of the matches were bad none of them were exceptional either. Great booking at the end of the womens rumble match."

[4.0] "Extremely medicore show from top to bottom. Would have been perfectly fine if it was any show besides the Royal Rumble but this is meant to be the second most entertaining WWE show of the year and it fell short of being entertaining most of the time. The women's rumble was especially horrifically worked and drawn out, bearing 0 merit until the final 5 minutes. Bryan/AJ was the longest 25 minute match in history and dragged through the mud with a dead crowd, the final twist was unintentionally hillarious. Balor/Lesnar was the best of the show but I'm tiring of these Brock matches where he sells for 5 minutes and then no sells and just wins with a finisher. The men's rumble was much better than the women's but there was still a lot of dead air in between the exciting parts. Asuka/Lynch ***1/4 Miz&Shane/Bar ** Rousey/Banks ***1/2 Styles/Bryan ** Women's Rumble * Balor/Lesnar ***3/4 Men's Rumble ***"

[7.0] "Becky/Asuka: ***3/4 Really good match. Ronda/Sasha: ***1/2. Pretty good. The Makeup Cannon was in full affect here. Kinda clunky. Physical match. Womens RR: Alright. Think last years was better. Alot of NXT women. No Legends, which is no bueno. It was very WWE. AJ/Bryan: ***7/8. This was a great wrestling match that had a finish that ruined it. I would have had this over 4 if this would have just ended cleanly. Before that, i was thinking that this was really really good wrestling, especially for WWE. I think minus the finish that this was better than the TLC match. I really hope they get to have another Singles PPV match. Balor/Lesnar: ***1/2. This was short, but really good and logical. Balor looked great. Mens RR: Good. Not great, but far from bad. i enjoyed it. To me the Royal Rumble is "Sports Entertainment" at its best. It was enjoyable. Very good show. 7/10."

[5.0] "A decent night of action. Nothing overwhelmingly brilliant with two bright spots. The opener was solid, well worked. The only other contender for match of the night was Banks v Rousey. They told a compelling story, both sold well and the finish was unexpected (in a good way). Rumble matches are tough propositions at the best of times (for those involved and the viewer) but two in one night, both pretty average, meant this show was a slog despite the right people winning both."

[7.0] "Good show by WWE standards these days. Most of the matches were good, Asuka/Becky ***3/4 really good match as you? d expect with the 2. Miz & Shane/Bar ** bias low rating because I just don? t care to see Shane wrestle but the shooting star was cool, other than that just a match. Rousey/Banks ***1/2 good but I didn? t think it was as good as the opener. Women? s Royal Rumble ***1/4 this sucked for like an hour and was probably the worst thing on the show but the last 10 min or so were great and Becky winning was definitely the best thing on the show so it got saved. Bryan/AJ ***1/2 this was a good wrestling match with a dead crowd coming off the Rumble and a weird ending. Brock/Balor **** this was great, everything a Brock vs smaller guy match should be, the beat down after was pointless though. Men? s Royal Rumble ***1/2 pretty normal Rumble match, kinda dragged for a while but the ending was good"

[7.0] "Weird Show that overall gave us great emotions and great moments itself besides strange Booking Decisions that made us think "What the Fuck" , that let us think "What the hell has happened? ". First of All I can not understand why Becky tapped out against Asuka. Why building a whole division around "The Man" if she loses clean and net against asuka, mostly for what happened later in the show and what happened at Raw for most. Shane and Mi victory was ok and was one of the most "logical " things happened on the show , great shooting star press from Shane o Mac. Ronda vs sasha has been good semi shoot mma style match , I did'nt understood the finish ith pin and not via tap out probably because already two matches was going to end via tap out in the show and a third one was too much. Women's royal rumble probably has been the best match of the night cause of the "shoking" (but predictable)Becky entrance in the match and victory. probably Nia jax aggression was done to make everything less predictable and make us think that Charlotte could win over becky. Aj styes vs Bryan was fantastic match, from a "workrate" point of view but with really bad booking in the end. They never make a "high spot match" as for example Gargano vs richochet nght before at Takeover but they always make a trench technical warfare with great psicology and storytelling. Besides this and besides the fact that I am really really hungry WWE wasted the best match series possible in the company in this poor storyline, the over booked final was really bad and ruined the match . Why eric rowan with no hype no construction interrupted the match ? Balor vs Lesnar was the real delusion and illogical thing of the night. why put out from the match Strowman , making Balor a 1# contender just to make him tap ot after 10 minutes match? The Men's RR was not the best rumble match ever of course but it was logical, predictable but logical."

"Asuka Vs Becky-****1/4. This match was good & it exceeded my expectations. I would like to see these 2 have a rematch as I thought that the language barrier took something out of this match. I could notice them waiting or thinking a lot at times. Ronda Vs Sasha-****1/2. I liked how Sasha dominated the most of the match. It was a back & forth action packed match & I loved it. To me, Sasha was better (I loved her moveset) & now I realized why many people say Sasha is being buried. Will rate the whole show after watching other matches."

[4.0] "Long show, not good. Asuka/Becky and Lesner/Balor were the only things worth watching. The women's Rumble lasted FOREVER and was not fun. The men's was boring. The rest of the card was not memorable in any way. Skip."

[6.0] "Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor was the best match of the show. Enjoyed both the Women's title matches. I was looking forward to Styles vs. Bryan but it ended being boring and that ending was crap. Didn't care for Miz and Shane vs. The Bar. The Royal Rumble matches were ok. The women's Rumble match was much better than last years though."

[1.0] "Asuka vs Becky was good until the finish. Didn't care about shane & miz winning, sasha banks deserve to go over after having short title runs as champion. Alexa Bliss needed this win more than Becky, its pathetic to give in to someone when Becky should have just gone over asuka for the title. Not surprised AJ would get screwed over by Daniel. Finn balor made brock look like a true bitch until he had a huge feat of strength to retain. Braun strowman should have the rumble not seth. This was just the worst booked royal rumble ppv in years. No interference at all in any of the matches except for daniel/aj. I'm done with WWE after this lack of booking. Not more big time arena ppv's. Wrestlemania 35 needs to be the last outdoor arena ppv. go back to the old days where people in the crowd actually cared. I have been to two wrestlemania's in the regular size venues and I was happy with the outcomes. These big venues ruin the ppv's."

[7.0] "too long of a show but a lot of good matches. i thought the tag was fun. Mens Rumble was okay, the ending was a lot of fun. Women's rumble i didnt like but i like the booking of Lynch coming in like the man she is. Balor/Lesnar was really good other than the fact that Balor had no reason not to be dressed in his demon gear. Asuka/Lynch was my 2nd favourite of the night."

[8.0] "Not gonna lie, it was long as hell, but pne of the best Royal Rumble PPV I've seen, more a 7. 5 than an 8, I feel generous and wanna give it an 8, the women's title matches were world class, the men's title matches were good too (I'd have had them in the opposite position so the crowd wasn't dead after a Rumble for AJ vs Bryan), good tag team match, the Rumble matches were very solid. No great surprises but at least nothing unwanted or stupid, they didn't have silly outcomes in the attempt to swerve us and they didn't mess with us, they promoted this "the crowd gets what they want" stuff and things are kind of getting in the direction the majority of the crowd seems to prefer."

[2.0] "The womens matches were ok and the AJ match was stupid, the tag team division is a parody. Rumble matches are same booking since 20 years. Fortunately Brock and Charlotte are great. Kids who have never see wrestling are a better booking"

[5.0] "Rumble was just kinda "eh" in my opinion. Highlights were Lynch/Asuka, Tag match and the end of the women's rumble. The Jarrett moment wasn't too bad, I liked it. Kinda disappointed Jarrett was the only non-contracted surprise but that isn't affecting my rating. I think the Nia Jax entrant in the men's rumble was fucking stupid as they have a women's rumble now. What is the point of a female being in the men's rumble anymore? It's been done 3 times before, however unlike then the women did not have a rumble to compete in, they do now so whats the point?"

[10.0] "This was honestly a ten for me. When is the last time that wwe has had such a strong and consistent card, every match was good to great, even the pre show matches were a lot of fun. The women's title matches stole the show, brock vs finn was also excellent, with bryan vs aj and the two rumble matches being pretty good also."

[5.0] "Becky/Asuka was pretty disappointing, even though I did not have that high hopes for it; just very dull back & forth - never grabbed me at any point (**), the SD tag match was a match (*), Ronda/Sasha was great in parts, but also awkward & rushed at parts - good match overall (***1/4), the women's Rumble was the better of the two - not many standout moments in it, but it had flowed well from start to finish & didn't drag badly - nowhere near as good as last year's women's Rumble though (**1/2), Bryan/Styles was, unsurprisingly, the best match of the night - the crowd hurt it quite a bit, but they still wrestled a very nice & tight match w/ strong psychology throughout (****), Lesnar/Bálor was very, very good & would've been great if Bálor would be more interesting on the offense, but even with him not being interesting, the match was still really damn good - Brock is such a legend with his all-time great selling (***3/4), the men's Rumble was an absolute bore from start to finish, just nothing interesting about it at any point (*). Overall a solid show, but it certainly looked better on paper than it ended up being."

[5.0] "Asuka vs Becky was comfortably MOTN for me. Balor vs Lesnar was good and would have been great if given more time. The women's rumble match was a vast improvement on last years attempt, but still not anything particularly special. The rest of the show was largely forgettable and whilst nothing else was bad it wasn't good either. At close to 5 hours long, the shows length was the main negative, as you could tell that the live crowd wasn't as invested towards the close of the night, as they were at the start; something that really hurt Styles vs Bryan. Overall a decent show that would have been a lot better if it were an hour or so shorter."

[10.0] "Best Royal Rumble PPV! . Every match was great and the Royal Rumble matches were spectacular, the crowd could have been louder."

[9.0] "Great event. Asuka/Lynch was an awesome way to start the show. Incredible match with tremendous pacing. Every spot built to so well and a thrilling end. Wow ****1/2. Bar/Miz+Shane was better than expected. Very enjoyable match and a crazy end with Shane doing that SSP again ***3/4. Ronda/Sasha was great. Both women brought the intensity and action ****. Women's Rumble was good. Pretty uneventful all around but a great final 2. Kacy's save was pretty cool. Glad Becky won ***1/4. Bryan/Styles was a great match with a bad finish. Likely starting a faction for Bryan which is fine, just an underwhelming end. The match had amazing selling but was a bit slow paced, and after the rumble it's no surprise the crowd was a bit quiet. Still great match ****. Balor/Lesnar was awesome. Lesnar is insanely good at selling, made Balor look amazing. Great action. The ending was a bit too quick and underwhelming, should've held on a bit longer. But still a great match ****. Mens Rumble was pretty fun, but like the women's, rather uneventful. Surprises weren't that great and having Ziggler make it so far was pretty weak. But at least Rollins won ***1/2. Overall a great show"

[7.0] "Asuka vs. Lynch was match of the night (****1/4). The tag team title match was better than I expected, and I like the title change (***1/4). Rousey vs. Banks was really good, not Ronda's best match but still a solid match (***3/4). The women's Rumble was really good, and it was an interesting decision to not have any legends/former superstars show up as surprise entrants, but instead to fill all those spots with NXT women (***3/4). Bryan vs. Styles did not live up to its expectations. I never got into the match, and it was simply decent (***). Lesnar vs. Balor was a bit better, but not as good or as long as I thought it would have been (***1/4). I thought the men's Rumble was right on par with the women's, although it was completely predictable that Rollins would win (***3/4)."

[9.0] "Really strong! All matches of card rose to the occasion, expect for Bryan vs. Styles. Amazing women's title matches, decent fight between Cesaro & Sheamus versus The Miz & O'Mac, great story around Balor. And excellent RR-matches, both women's and men's, with right winner's. One of the finest pay-per-view by WWE in recent years."

[4.0] "Wauw.... Usually I'm one of those, when everybody else is bashing what we just saw, that goes: "It really wasn't that bad... I was entertained". Today was really not a good show, and both Rumbles contributed to that. Two Rumble matches, 60 entrants (well 61 if you count R-Truth and Lana, and only counts Nia's two performances as one), and only ONE entrant who could actually qualify as a surprise entrant, being Jeff Jarrett, who got what, two minutes from when the bell rang? The Women's Rumble was uncoordinated, insecure, had mistake after mistake in there, and also maybe a little too long. I will admit though that I was pleasantly surprised to see Kacy Catanzaro in there, but maybe that's just me :P The Men's Rumble was downright boring and soooo predictable. A bunch of bigger names didn't get the time that I personally would want for them, and a total of no less than six superstars was eliminated almost instantly, and had a total of less than 90 seconds in the ring. And then there were no less than four of those "oooh I almost got eliminated, but then I acrobatically saved myself"-eliminating spots, and three of them failed miserably, even though WWE tried to cover them up. And all of them led to instant elimination. I will say that the winners leave us with a possibility of some very interesting build-up towards Mania. Both World Title matches was disappointing to be honest, but kind of interesting to see where they go with the whole "Rowan interfering"-thing. The two Women's Title matches was okay, with Ronda vs Sasha being the better of them. Personally I think that the only match that I can look back on with a positive mind, was The Bar vs Miz/Shane..."

[7.0] "The first half of the pay per view was great, I enjoyed both Women's title matches, the tag team match and the Women's Royal Rumble. Ironically the show was already three hours long at this point, bringing the crowd's and my attention span to a sad minimum, which was not the right frame of mind for the otherwise brilliantly executed storytelling in the Bryan/Styles match. Lesnar and Balor brought the crowd back with a really good David vs. Goliath storytelling. The Men's Royal Rumble was fine for what it was, but to be honest at this point I needed a break. Five hours main show is just too damn long, even if none of the matches by themselves felt overly long."

[9.0] "It was even better than Royal Rumble 2010. What an awesome show. I am watching tons of wrestling federations but at this year's Rumble, I remember that Royal Rumble is the best situplationed match in this industry. They have a good road to Royal Rumble. I hope RTWM will go as good as this Road To Royal Rumble. Espacially, SD Live's were awesome."

[9.0] "For a long time I did not have such emotions. Royal Rumble won those who deserve victory. Yes, the bookmakers said Seth would win, but when he beat Strowman, my heart was beating very hard. Light heavyweights had a great match for such timing. Maybe it will be strange, but it seems to me that Brock himself made the match with Balor good Good job, WWE. That's what we deserve! 9/10 and ****3/4 for men RR!"

[10.0] "This has to be one of the best main roster PPVs for match quality in years. Great opener for the Smackdown women's championship that I'd possibly call Becky Lynch's best WWE match (****1/4), tag title match was a lot more fun than I expected and even if it's ridiculous that Sheamus and Cesaro are bumping around for Shane, you've got to be impressed with that Shooting Star (***), Rousey continues to wow with her unbelievable progress still less than a year into her wrestling career. Banks brought it for this one and this was an absolute blast with a great finish (****). The Women's Rumble started off pedestrian but grew and grew and by the end was absolutely molten with what I think was the perfect booking. How refreshing. (****). AJ/Bryan was in a bad spot as the crowd were tired after the women's rumble but that doesn't change the fact that they had an excellent match that drew me back in for the last 10-15 minutes (***1/2). Shame they couldn't have done this match earlier when the crowd was fresher. Brock/Balor defied all expectations and the two of them had one of the best sub-10 minute matches I've ever seen. This one was amazing from start to finish. Brock is fantastic when he's motivated and this did more for Finn than anything I've seen of his for years. A rematch of The Demon vs. The Beast would be money. (****1/2). Finally the men's Rumble was mostly well booked and executed for the third year in a row. Lots of surprises and a hot ending. (***3/4)"

[6.0] "I think the PPV was ok, the WWE chose the right winners BUT I think it was excessively long. Asuka/Becky and Lesnar/Balor were very exciting; ShaneMiz/The Bar, Rousey/Sasha were ok; Bryan/Styles was disappointing (I blame the crowd). The Women's Royal Rumble had boring lapses during the first half but the second was pretty good. The Men's Royal Rumble was solid, although I was expecting one more surprise (not Kenny Omega, that was impossible smarks)."