matt hardy won the 2018 female counterpart to the andre the giant battle royal at wrestlemania 34.
matt hardy won the 2018 female counterpart to the andre the giant battle royal at wrestlemania 34.
who won the 2018 female counterpart to the andre the giant battle royal at wrestlemania 34?
matt hardy
on january 1, 2018 episode of "raw", rhodes, now back as goldust, teamed with cedric alexander to defeat drew gulak and ariya daivari. a rematch took place on the january 2 episode of "205 live", a show usually reserved for competitors under 205 pounds. at royal rumble, goldust entered the royal rumble match at number 29, but was eliminated by dolph ziggler. in january, goldust was announced as a competitor in the wwe mixed match challenge alongside alicia fox. fox was replaced by mandy rose after an injury, and goldust and rose lost in the first round to jimmy uso and naomi on february 6. on the march 5 episode of raw, goldust would confront and attack john cena during a promo, stating he would "shatter his dreams", but was subsequently defeated by cena that same night. on the april 2 episode of raw, goldust cut a backstage promo where he announced his participation in the upcoming andré the giant memorial battle royal match at wrestlemania 34, and lost a match to "woken" matt hardy that same night. at wrestlemania 34, goldust participated in the andre the giant memorial battle royal, where he eliminated r-truth. at the greatest royal rumble match, goldust entered at number 18 and lasted 10 minutes before being eliminated by bobby roode. in july, goldust underwent surgery on both knees. on march 28, 2019 it was reported by "pro wrestling sheet" that runnels left the wwe after his contract expired, thus ending his six-year tenure with the promotion. runnels confirmed his departure on april 21, 2019, stating he asked for his release.
goldust
on the march 12 episode of "raw", a battle royal open to any female performer of any brand was scheduled for wrestlemania 34. the match, originally named in honor of wwe hall of famer the fabulous moolah, was introduced to serve as a female counterpart to the annual andré the giant memorial battle royal. however, a few days later, the match was renamed "wrestlemania women's battle royal" due to the backlash from fans and critics regarding moolah's past treatment of other women. like the men's match, the winner received a trophy, and both the men's and women's battle royals were scheduled for the pre-show. the main storyline going into the women's match was the increasingly strained friendship between bayley and sasha banks. at elimination chamber, banks turned on bayley in the namesake match. banks then was the first to note her participation in the battle royal on the march 19 episode of "raw". a week later, bayley confirmed her participation and was confronted by banks, resulting in a backstage brawl. on the final "raw" before wrestlemania, banks saved bayley from a post-match ambush by absolution's sonya deville and mandy rose. banks expected bayley to be grateful, but the two instead fought.
wrestlemania 34