2015 Royal Rumble results: The Ascension down the New Age Outlaws

It’s been a weird debut for the Ascension, but they finally have their first win over an actual WWE tag team ... even if it’s against a couple of old guys. They beat the New Age Outlaws in the first match of the Royal Rumble card.

The Ascension have been steamrolling people in NXT for a while and spent the beginning of their main roster career steamrolling local athletes. They tried to break up an old guy party at the Raw Reunion show, but then got beat up by all of those old guys. That set up this match, which isn’t a typical PPV-kickoff. WWE’s been rolling with fan favorites known for their wrestling in this timeslot for a while, so the Outlaws’ placement was a bit of a shocker.

Also surprisingly, this was a real match that featured the Outlaws getting in plenty of offense. Many assumed this would be a squash ala the Outlaws’ loss to The Shield at WrestleMania, but it didn’t end up playing out like that at all.

But eventually, the right thing happened. After a nice little flurry of offense for Billy Gunn, the Ascension turned the tables, hit the Fall of Man and got the pin. Maybe they’ll actually go somewhere now!