Title Changes Hands On The Royal Rumble Kickoff Show

Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Rusev to become The New WWE United States Champion during last night’s WWE Royal Rumble Kickoff Show. This would be Nakamura’s second reign as The WWE United States Champion. Rusev defeated Nakamura for The WWE United States Title back on The December 25th episode of SmackDown LIVE.

Below are the photos and the videos from last night’s title change at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona:

The #USTitle is on the line RIGHT NOW on #RoyalRumble Kickoff…

Can @ShinsukeN become a 2-TIME leader of the United States of #NakAmerica? pic.twitter.com/zwa89mkyrG

— WWE (@WWE) January 27, 2019

The #USTitle is about to be decided RIGHT NOW streaming LIVE on @WWENetwork as @RusevBUL defends his gold against @ShinsukeN on #RoyalRumble Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/eElSL1x2C6

— WWE Network (@WWENetwork) January 27, 2019

BRUTE strength on display early by the #USChampion…

See what we did there? 😉#RoyalRumble @RusevBUL @LanaWWE pic.twitter.com/KnIThIXLyW

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 27, 2019

When you just THINK about telling @RusevBUL it’s not #RusevDay… #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/XqJDQquS7R

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 27, 2019

The #SuperAthlete @RusevBUL is living up to his moniker in a big way as he defends his #USTitle against @ShinsukeN on the #RoyalRumble 2019 Kickoff! pic.twitter.com/PFAOMJF3aT

— WWE (@WWE) January 27, 2019

The #USChampion @RusevBUL just cannot seem to break the grip of @ShinsukeN! #RoyalRumble #USTitle pic.twitter.com/0H6qzZGs0i

— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) January 27, 2019