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Two WWE Superstars won championship matches at WrestleMania 42 on Saturday night.
Liv Morgan and Roman Reigns won the women’s and men’s Royal Rumble matches respectively and will now be able to call their shots and choose which championship they will go after for the next three months.
For Morgan, her victory is the culmination of an epic comeback from an injury that kept her out for most of the second half of 2025. She and Raquel Rodriguez won the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles on “Monday Night RAW” after WrestleMania 41. But soon after, Morgan suffered a dislocated shoulder. That kept her out for five months until she returned at Survivor Series: WarGames.
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Liv Morgan celebrates her victory during WWE’s Royal Rumble at Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD on January 31, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
Morgan had to put aside his friendship with Rodriguez to win the Rumble. She eliminated her Doomsday stablemate en route to victory. Morgan, a returning Tiffany Stratton and NXT star Sol Ruca were the final three trying to win the match.
Stratton eliminated Ruca who tried to go to the top for some spectacular. Morgan then hit a modified Oblivion, eliminating Stratton and sealing the win.
Morgan will take on either Jade Cargill or Stephanie Vaquer for their titles. However, Vaquer has a title fight against Rodriguez on Monday.
Liv Morgan speaks at the “WWE Post Show” desk following WWE’s Royal Rumble at Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD on January 31, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Joe Maher/WWE via Getty Images)
Reigns entered the men’s Royal Rumble match at #26 and eliminated five other competitors to win the match. He was among the final nine in the match with Logan Paul, Je’Von Evans, Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, Gunther, Jacob Fatu and Penta.
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Drew McIntyre, who beat Sami Zayn to retain the Undisputed WWE Championship earlier in the night, hit Rhodes with a Claymore as he struggled to get back in the ring. Rhodes fell to the mat and was eliminated. Reigns then took care of Fatu as Fatu was distracted by the goings-on between McIntyre and Rhodes.
Roman Reigns celebrates his victory during WWE’s Royal Rumble at Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD on January 31, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE via Getty Images)
Reigns took care of Uso after the tag team champion hit the “Tribal Chief” with a spear. It came down to Reigns, Orton, Paul and Gunther – who already defeated AJ Styles earlier in the night and presumably ended his WWE career.
Reigns and Gunther were the last two wrestlers standing. The two fought fiercely, trying to avoid going over the best they could. Reigns flipped Gunther to the edge of the ring and went for the knockout punch, but it was countered.
Reigns would eventually hit the spear on Gunther and throw him over the ropes for the win.
It was the second Royal Rumble win for Reigns.
Roman Reigns in action against Logan Paul during WWE’s Royal Rumble at the Riyadh Season Stadium at KAFD on January 31, 2026 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Andrew Timms/WWE via Getty Images)
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Reigns will face either McIntyre or CM Punk for the titles. Reigns and Punk were in a triple threat against Seth Rollins at last year’s WrestleMania.
