[9.0] "Drew Vs Goldberg and Banks Vs Carmella were both very weak, and the show feels weird with no real fans, but both men's and women's rumble matches and Reigns Vs Owens last man standing were all amazing. Overall WWE Royal Rumble (2021) is a really great show."

[6.0] "When you've got 2 Royal Rumble matches on one show, you have to do more to differentiate them from one another, especially when by contrast, one makes the other look especially poor. The women's Rumble, showing off a roster of diverse and interesting talent whose personas were clear the moment they stepped in the ring, was superior to the men's in everyway, where the roster felt tired and in desperate need of renewal. This was only driven home by the respective winners of the two matches- on the one hand you had the super-babyface, young, dynamic, Bianca Belair, still very much during this show, with the highlights of her career ahead of her, and on the other, a recycled relic from a gone-by age with little left to offer (an opinion that apparently even WWE reached prior to WrestleMania when it added Daniel Bryan to the main event of that year's 'Mania). Underneath, McIntyre's sub-5 minute victory over Goldberg was fine- though it's hard to imagine who among WWE's audience in 2021 was really tuning in to scene 'Da Man', especially given his own inability to work a match longer than a few minutes, meanwhile, Sasha Banks and Carmella were rather overshadowed by Reginald and his presence at ringside. Thankfully, Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens provided plenty to like in one of the better Last Man Standing matches you're likely to see- complete with mini tour of the backstage areas. This was an adequate show, where some stellar work from the combatants in the Title match, and a demonstration of the richness of the women's division at the time, struggle to cover up the mediocrity served up by the men's roster during their rumble."

[9.0] "Despite not having a live crowd and I do wish if this show did have a crowd. They really managed to deliver a fantastic show. The opener with Drew and Goldberg was fun to watch, carmella vs Sasha was really solid. The two rumble matches delivered. A fresh face like Bianca winning was great and edge winning a second rumble match was really cool. The last man standing between Roman and Kevin Owens was great despite the handcuff botch."

[8.0] "Drew McIntyre vs. Goldberg sucked, as almost everyone knew it would, but I really dug both Royal Rumbles, both for Edge's historic win and for the fact that this really showed what future superstars Biance Belair and Rhea Ripley could do. I also thought the Roman Reigns and Kevin Owens match was really good, despite the mishap with the handcuffs..."

[9.0] "When executed well, Royal Rumble is the best show of the year and 2021 edition came close. Drew vs Goldberg was perfect, a dominant win for Drew. Sasha Banks gave Carmella her best WWE match to date. Women's Royal Rumble established Rhea and Bianca as the next two female stars of the company. Roman vs KO was a match of the year contender if not for the botched finish. Mens Roya; Rumble was well built around one of the best feuds of 2020, with Edge and Orton both going full distance"

[5.0] "A decent show that has its pros and cons, but I think it remains as one more ppv, one that will be forgotten. The PPV had its good matches like the Roman / Owens or the women's Rumble, but other than that most things are very forgettable, leaving the winner of the men's Rumble, Edge."

[6.0] "One of the better WWE shows this year, but pretty much entirely on the merit of it being a Rumble. I'll always love a Rumble bc it's such a fun match concept, but sometimes WWE doesn't get it right anyway. This is the first and hopefully only Rumble without a live audience and it shows. Legends like Victoria came out to canned noise, Santana Garrett came out to silence for some reason, the only highlights of either Rumble for me was Bianca winning and Christian returning. As for the rest, Goldberg put in one of his lesser performances, Roman and Kevin Owens put in an admittedly fun match to cap off a feud that should have ended in December. Sasha and Carmella have a decent match that almost ends after a gross botched dive, and all in all I just didn't love this show. It was an easy watch bc it was a Rumble and I could rely on the Rumble tropes to bring me comfort, but that only takes it so far. A 6 is real generous but it made more sense to me than a 5."

[6.0] "This show sums up the situation of WWE in the last few years, there are very bad and very good things at the same time. Goldberg vs Drew McIntyre was bad of course but it was short enough to watch, and the result was good. Sasha Banks vs Carmella was like their previous encounter, nothing great but an enjoyable match that was correct, yet carried by Banks. The women's Rumble was equally good (the final three, the whole Ripley match, Alexa eliminated in a minute) than bad (Lana, the divas, the respect for the girls of NXT) but overall it was fine. Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns was MOTN but was not as good as their two previous encounter. The men's rumble was just boring, at least they didn't do any shitty decision like having Goldberg come as #30, Edge winning was not the best choice imo but it could've been worse. Overall one of the weakest recent shows."

[9.0] "Great PPV. Drew getting over in quick but effective match was a nice opener, Sasha match was fine was from there it was non-stop chaos and fun."

[7.0] "Between 6 and 7, but I gave seven because of the Universal title match. Royal Rumble matches didn't deliver completely, but didn't fail to do that either."

[6.0] "Fine show. My favourite was the Women's Rumble Match. The final three ( Charlotte, Belair and Ripley) tore the house down. The Last Man standing match was better than most Last Man Standing matches until the botch ending. That ending ruined a lot of the match. The Men's Rumble was average and after Cesaro and Bryan got eliminated, I lost almost all interest. The SmackDown Women's match was solid but unspectacular."

[7.0] "There were a few great matches during this ppv. The women's RR was fun with the right amount of former superstars returning, exciting eliminations, and stand out performances from Rhea Ripely and Bianca Belair. Reigns vs Owens was brutal and had interesting spots, definitely my favourite match they've had so far, minus the Heyman handcuff botch ofc. Drew vs Goldberg was a nothing match, not unexpected but at least Drew came away with the victory. Everything else was fine to watch, with Edge winning the men's RR being a feel good moment to end off the night."

[10.0] "Death, taxes and WWE giving us fantastic RR PPV's. Besides the Banks vs Carmella match falling short from their great match at TLC, I thought this PPV was perfect. Goldberg put over Drew and made him look amazing. Womens Rumble match shed light on a lot of the talented women like Billie Kay and Rhea Ripley while proving that Belair is going to be their next superstar. The Mens Rumble had been built really well, with so many potential winners it made the match entertaining throughout and so many eliminations meaningful, while Edge's win was unexpected, is still so satisfying nonetheless. Botch aside, Reigns vs Owens is an instant classic. If you like people smacking the hell out of each other, violence, and great story-telling look no further than this PPV."

[8.0] "Goldberg vs McIntyre was okay but should have been longer (DUD), Carmella vs Sasha Banks was entertaining and a really good women's division match (**1/2), women's royal rumble match was really good, one of the if not the best women's royal rumble match I'm really glad Bianca Belair won (****), Universal Title Match was really great and entertaining they took each other to the limit (****1/2), Men's Royal Rumble Match was okay it was not as good as the women's but still okay (***1/2)"

[4.0] "This was a really mediocre and boring Royal Rumble. A massive waste of time for me. McIntyre/Goldberg (DUD) - What did you expect? It served it's purpose to give McIntyre a win. It consisted of about 5 moves. Typical Goldberg match. Banks/Carmella (**) - Forgettable match you'd see on a RAW or Smackdown. Women's Rumble (2/10) - Paced terribly. The first 10 and last 10 minutes were the only parts worth watching. Roman/KO (***1/4) - Strong contender for the worst finish to a match i enjoyed ever. It's a spotfest but the spots were fun. Men's Rumble (5/10) - Orton and Edge were the story, and i'm sick of that story. There were some good sections and performances but overall the booking wasn't good. It was paced well enough so i didn't mind watching it at least."

[9.0] "It was a good show, I really enjoyed it, not too long and not too short, both Royal Rumble matches were executed perfectly"

[8.0] "A pretty enjoyable Rumble event overall. Outside the Rumbles themselves, the Reigns-Owens match was the best of the night as a very enjoyable arena-wide brawl marred only by the botched ending with the fumbling to open Reign's handcuffs. If its build was lackluster, McIntyre vs. Goldberg ultimately did exactly what it needed to do and had the best possible outcome. Banks vs. Carmella also happened. As to the Rumbles themselves, both were well-constructed overall and featured some good spots and special appearances (Edge's reaction to Christian's entrance was especially poignant). As to the winners, Belair is a fine choice of winner for the Women's side and is loaded with potential; hopefully this win will be a good boost for her. I do have somewhat mixed feelings for Edge - it's a great comeback story for sure, and a good moment for him, but part of me can't help but see it as another indication of WWE's continued reliance on stars of the past at the expense of current full-time talent who could certainly use the win to either cement themselves as new main-event talent, or relegitimize their claim to the top of the card (I was, for the record, personally pulling for Big E to win, but someone like Daniel Bryan or Shinsuke Nakamura would also have made good comeback stories). Still, if Edge isn't a new face in the main event per say, he hasn't been there in a long time, so whichever program they go with - him vs. Reigns or McIntyre - should be interesting. And we did at least get the "new-star" win with Belair. At any rate, a good Rumble show."

[6.0] "Christian is back! Yes Edge won, but don? t forget that Captain Charisma is back. Belair won the women? s which is really cool aswell but I cannot believe that Christian is actually back!"

[6.0] "It wasn't bad but it wasn't good either. Every match was around 5 or 6 out of 10 and nothing really got me excited about future programmes or the road to Wrestlemania."

[7.0] "Of course they could not beat last years men's Rumble, but both were good. Can random rappers not get involved though? The Roman vs. Owens match was obviously the best of the other matches. I give Roman a lot of stick because as a normal wrestler he is incredibly lacking but in extreme rules, spot-type matches he is quite good and entertaining. The hilarious botch at the finish of that match kind of ruined it to some extent (and I actually saw it coming). It, and particularly that second referee, looked so stupid and it better be addressed and brought into kayfabe on SmackDown this week because it looked so bad. Not really sure why we had another Carmella vs. Sasha match as there was no difference in stipulation from the first and I thought that one was better as well. I like Carmella's new gear though. Goldberg's Jackhammer was OK, certainly better than the Fiend one but maybe dangerous? And finally WWE decided to further devalue their tag belts by having the women's change hand on the kick-off show. Why do kick-off shows even exist when there are no crowds?"

[6.0] "Non-wrestling spots were absolutely horrible. I'm talking about that atrocious segment with Bad Bunny and Booker T. That song gave me cancer... Also, I didn't like the announcers not saying who the hell was eliminated and who was not. I had to figure it out myself or listen to the guys on commentary. That about wrestling? The only worth watching matches: 1)Women's Royal Rumble, 2)Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens, 3)Men's Royal Rumble."

[9.0] "What is with the onslaught of 0's in the ratings for the matches and the event? Is it trolling or some of you have insanely high standards."

[8.0] "Royal Rumble matches are amazing. This time the Women's rumble was better, Rhea Ripley and Bianca Belair stole the show. Men's rumble was very good too. But Goldberg vs. McIntyre and Carmella vs Sasha were not as good as expected."

[7.0] "A good but not great Royal Rumble show all together. There was some really fun action mixed in here, and the Women's Rumble was one of my favorite Rumbles of the last five years at least, but there were some rough spots as well. The Carmella-Banks and Reigns-Owens matches were, unfortunately, a step down both from the TLC matches they'd had last show, and the Universal Title match in particular had a pretty badly botched ending that took some of the wind out of the sails, though it was still a brutal and entertaining hardcore match. Goldberg-McIntyre was, well, exactly what someone might have expected and nothing more, and all I really felt after it was relief. The Women's Rumble was a high point, with an amazing closing sequence, while the Men's Rumble felt a bit more aimless and murky, probably caused by some hasty reshuffling of the card with Keith Lee and Jey Uso, at least, being MIA. The ending fell flat, though, with Seth not really doing much, Daniel Bryan getting eliminated so abruptly, and the Randy fake out terribly predictable. It's kind of nice to see Edge get that moment, but I just hope the follow up at Mania is worth giving him that kind of accolade when it feels like a younger, full time performer could have used it."

[8.0] "I think this show is the best WWE show in a while. I always love Royal Rumble cards, so I am not surprised, but this was great."

[7.0] "best show I've seen from WWE in a long time, the two rumbles were very good and the LMS match was great until the end. the womens match was filler and Goldberg was as usual over in an instant so boring."

[9.0] "For me it was bettet than any WWE PPV from 2020. Women's RR was faboo also Roman and Kevin performed very well like their were trying to kill each other only Men's RR has got bad ending."

[7.0] "It could have been better in some departments, but everything did its job in varying degrees. The women's rumble was great, while the men's was worse in some ways. Bianca was for sure the right choice, this was a star making performance. I'm really mixed on Edge winning. As a storyline, it's awesome, but I'd much rather have a new star created from here. With that said, Damien Priest and Riddle had quite a lot of time. Goldberg/McIntyre did it's job, the right guy won. Banks/Carmella was okay. Roman/KO was awesome, though the botched ending took a lot out of the match."

[7.0] "McIntyre vs Goldberg was short, but did it's part. Banks vs Carmella was average. While Bianca wasn't a bad choice, this should've been Ripley's star making moment. Reigns vs Owens stretched believability with some of their spots and went on the longer than it should've. I'm personally happy that Edge won the men's rumble. An overall ok show, which had some disappointing moments."

[7.0] "Good ppv without shocking moments but very solid and linear. Edge and Bianca deserve to be the challengers of the Champions at Wrestlemania 37. I appreciated a lot the last man standing match, very brutal. I was afraid of Goldberg, but it was not a bad match. I prefer the ppv of last year, but I enjoyed anyway."

[9.0] "Great PPV, a lot of surprises and great matches as always, that's why I prefer watching PPV rather than the weekly shows"

[7.0] "A solid ppv. Both rumbles were good and weird ending aside, the Universal Championship match was cool. The rest of the card were okay."

[7.0] "I don't watch WWE regularly but always watch the Rumble and tonight delivered big time. The WWE Title match was underwhelming, personally I don't enjoy Goldberg at all, I'm happy that the match was short and put Drew over, was afraid they'll again pull off some shitty thing where Goldberg beats the current star. Banks vs Mella was better than I expected, Sasha is so smooth in the ring and Carmella's character work is very good, not to mention they look like they have good chemistry. The Women's Rumble was alright although there were number of things I didn't like, the right decision was made with Bianca & Rhea being the last 2 and Bianca winning, Finally they put over new stars instead of reverting to good ole' Charlotte. The Universal Title match was very good and I enjoyed it very much, there were a couple of moments where I felt it was dragging and the botch at the end took a bit of steam out of the finish but I enjoyed it still and think it was a good decision to keep the title on Roman. Men's Rumble was okay, not many amazing moments but of course that Edge lasting the whole match and winning it was incredible, personally I wanted Bryan but I think Edge works with the story too, the moment with Christian was very well done but other than that there was nothing amazing to the match."

[7.0] "The show was good, the only problem was the victory by Edge but the matches were decent (not the opener ofc but McIntyre is still champ at least)."

[7.0] "This was well on its way to being the best non-Takeover WWE PPV since maybe Wrestlemania 31. The pre-show tag was fun enough **1/2, Goldberg-McIntyre was exactly what it should have been, a hard *** ceiling on that kind of match but I completely bought the jackknife nearfall and they took it home before Goldberg could fuck anything up. Sasha-Carmella is more proof that these two have tremendous chemistry and that Carmella may never be main-event talent but she gets better all the time. The women's rumble is the best one yet and one of the better rumbles overall. They followed up on and built out a number of storylines, had some great comedy spots, TORRIE WILSON looked like she could actually wrestle in a way she never did in her actual "prime, " and Bianca put in one of the stronger marathon performances, definitely resting in the corners at times but she worked great exchanges and set up a number of possible feuds as she goes for the gold. Easily the best rumble since the 2018 men's, and maybe my own personal fave since 2004. ****1/4 Reigns and Owens keep finding new ways to put over this feud and a bone-deep hatred of each other. The botched handcuff spot and a lame chokeout finish couldn't obscure that these two went to war and found really creative ways to keep the LMS (maybe the worst stip in wrestling) interesting. **** -****1/4 Then things sadly fell apart in the main event with a return to the mid 2010s Rumble style, with an absurd level of talent gone to waste with a plodding pace, largely boring exchanges from everyone, dumping all the best workers in quick succession and robbing us of what had been aggressively hyped up to be meaningful confrontations between Bryan, Riddle, Nakamura and Cesaro, among others. Best thing I can say about it is that Damian Priest looked great, not just for his eliminations but for a level of charisma I feel he rarely shows on NXT. The Orton-Edge stuff has already overstayed its welcome, and only the mild swerve of the usual rumble injury "elimination" spot at the end saved this from being one of the worst modern rumbles. ** If they'd stuck the landing and elevated more guys even while putting over Edge(? ) this would have been a perfect PPV. As it is, it still had more fire than any of the company's events in quite some time."

[7.0] "Mixed bag but considering the lack of crowd and how generally apathetic I am towards main roster WWE these days this was a success with enough to hold my interest."

[8.0] "I'm shocked the overall rating isn't higher. I thought this was an excellent show. Drew vs Goldberg was short and full of power moves as expected, but put over Drew big time in victory. What's to dislike about that? Sasha vs Carmella wasn't as good as their last match, but was still fine. The final three matches were all really good or great. Both Rumbles delivered some surprises, legends and interesting finishes and while the finish to the Last Man Standing wasn't great, it was still a brutal match as hoped. I'm giving this show an 8. A truly great show."

[8.0] "I love the Rumble. It has been a hell of a show for years now. This was no different. It wasn? t overly long and featured two tremendous Rumble matches. KO/Reigns ruled and Carmella/Sasha was very good. Drew beat Goldberg quickly too. Plus, fun Rumble moments and a Christian return. What? s not to love?"

[9.0] "Excellent show, one of the best PPv? s in ages. 3 above average matches, with some great stories told throughout the night. Goldberg/Drew was kept short as it should have been, no problem there. Everything was at least decent, nothing was bad. The show closed on a perfect feel good moment. Edge on top of the mountain a decade after he left it. Beautiful"

[9.0] "This was the best Royal Rumble in recent memory to me with a lot of shades from the past thrown in. McIntyre Vs. Goldberg was okay as was Sasha Banks Vs. Carmella. Women's Royal Rumble Match was awesome! Kept me excited throughout and loved seeing Victoria again. Bianca Belair deserved to be the winner of the Women's Rumble, and I can't wait to see her become Smackdown Women's Champ at WrestleMania. Last Man Standing Match between Reigns and Owens was awesome! I know some people are upset over the AEW spots, but everything in Pro Wrestling is recycled, so I don't think that took away from the quality of the match. It was a super exciting match and really shows Roman's and Owen's Ability to put on a hell of a show. Finally Men's Rumble was also awesome. Edge winning feels like the 2006 Royal Rumble when Rey Mysterio won. Back then, it was emotional because of Eddie's passing, this one is emotional because Edge came back from an injury that kept him out for almost a year. I never imagined when I watched him retire in 2011 that almost a decade later, he would be in the championship spotlight at WrestleMania again. There were some minor botches here and there, but overall, this was an amazing show."

[6.0] "A downgrade from recent Royal Rumble PPVs and from the excellent TLC 2020. Still a decent show given the circumstances."

[9.0] "I can not understand people that underrate this show. A short but fast opening, moderate women's match, best women's royal rumble match, a great last man standing match, and so emotional main event. Everything was like how I want them to be. This is one of the greatest Royal Rumble shows that I've ever seen."

[5.0] "Pretty standard current-era WWE show. At least there were only 5 matches. Btw, if the finish of one match is able to ruin an entire show down to a 1. 0 or 0. 0 for you, you're a fucking dork. [Drew vs Goldberg] - 3 Œ stars (Match of the Night). [Sasha vs Carmella] - 2 Œ stars. [Women's Rumble] - 2 stars (Worst of the Night). [Roman vs KO] - 2 œ stars. [Men's Rumble] - 3 Œ stars. Average match rating: 2. 65 of 5 stars (or 5. 3 of 10). Rounded to 5 for Cagematch."

[6.0] "Drew vs. Goldberg was straight up trash. Carmella vs. Banks was decent, nice match. Womens Rumble was the best of all the female rumbles, unexpected winner. Roman vs. Owens was decent. Male rumble was very good. 6 is a fair score."

[7.0] "Sure, this was definitely above your average wwe show. BUT was it above your average royal rumble show? ... Maybe, maybe Not. The womens rumble felt booked almost to pure perfection, the mens rumble is up to opinion, But both delivered... Drew vs Oldberg - **, Sasha vs Carmella - ***, Womens rumble - ****1/4, Roman vs Kevin ***3/4, Mens rumble ***1/4. Full. show anywhere from 6-7 but I'll Edge it to a 7 Pun intended."

[8.0] "Haven? t watched a full wwe paper view since last years wrestlemania so this was a nice surprise. Both rumbles were really good and the Roman/Owens bout was an easy 4-4. 25. I? m happy for edge and belair with Christian, Ripley, Billie Kay, and Riddle being the main standouts from the night."

[10.0] "Amazing PPV top to bottom. Everything on the main card slapped hard. Men's Rumble and Roman Reigns vs Kevin Owens were both ****1/2+ matches, with the worst match being Drew vs Goldberg which was a *** spectale. I seriously loved everything about this, it's like the fourth consecutive year that the Rumble delivers."

[9.0] "This was a great show... Can't imagine giving it a 0 lol. Everything on the card delivered and the Women's Rumble/KO Vs Roman especially delivered. Much like previous years, The Royal Rumble is consistently one of WWEs best shows of the year and I expect this could end the year on top. I enjoyed the entire show top to bottom and would rec it to anyone."

[9.0] "Great show. Feel good return win and a star making performance for the rumbles, a solid showing in the women's title match and a fantastic brawl for the men's title match. I haven't caught the TV shows as much as I used to but there's lots of interesting possibilities on the horizon for Mania after this show. Shame Keith Lee couldn't be there for the Rumble though."

[3.0] "3 decent matches, the rest was trash the icing on the cake was EDGE, I don't understand how I spent time watching this ..."