The WWE Royal Rumble was a huge success, becoming the biggest rumble ever. This may have been the deepest roster, with the deepest storylines, of any rumble. Plenty of meat left on the bone for the main event of Raw.

After an unexpected Royal Rumble main event, WWE Creative maintained the pace with a massive cliffhanger ending to RAW — Kevin Owens hit a Package Piledriver on Sami Zayn.