At WWE Royal Rumble 2025, Triple H told IShowSpeed to enter the 30-man match as Akira Tozawa’s replacement, after Carmelo Hayes attacked Tozawa. Speed eliminated Otis with help from Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker. Breakker then hit Speed with a devastating spear and eliminated him, with Otis also slamming him over the announce table.
You can watch it below:
Bron Breakker destroys IShowSpeed at WWE Royal Rumblepic.twitter.com/h1d5tI8FIV
— WrestleFeed (@WrestleFeedApp) February 2, 2025
Speed’s Royal Rumble match appearance, which was his WWE debut match, has drawn over 255 million views across all social media platforms in just one day!
According to PWInsider, WWE officials “adored” IShowSpeed following his appearance at the Royal Rumble and are eager to work with him again, potentially at WrestleMania 41.
Speed appeared at last year’s WrestleMania 40 PLE as well, where he got RKOed by Randy Orton.
During an interview with Cathy Kelley after the Royal Rumble, Speed vowed to enter next year’s Royal Rumble match and called out 4 wrestlers:
“If I had more time, I don’t know why they keep doing this to me, but if I had more time, I promise you I could do way more than y’all think I would.
Next Royal Rumble, I’m calling out everybody! Roman Reigns, Mark Henry, Rey Mysterio, Dom, it don’t matter who you are… just wait till I start training out there. You know what I’m saying? Don’t worry, it ain’t a joke out there. It’s not a joke!”
Cathy then asked him what hurts more – a Spear from Bron Breakker or an RKO from Randy Orton. Speed replied:
“Did you just ask me does it hurt or does it hurt? They hurt. They hurt! That’s what the people want to hear? They both hurt. I can’t even walk.”
Nobody's safe from @ishowspeedsui next time he enters the #RoyalRumble Match 👀 pic.twitter.com/jHSpeAVS8l
— WWE (@WWE) February 2, 2025
Also backstage, Speed showed his gruesome leg injury to Logan Paul:
Hope you good ❤️@ishowspeedsui @PrimeHydrate pic.twitter.com/aSszRWWDN8
— Logan Paul (@LoganPaul) February 2, 2025
