<P> A match between John Cena and Triple H was scheduled on March 26 . </P> <P> The Undertaker was originally scheduled to face Rusev in a casket match, the first match of its kind in three years . Due to reasons not entirely clear, Rusev was temporarily replaced by Chris Jericho--this was explained with Rusev's wife Lana complaining about her husband competing in a casket match--but eventually reinserted back into the match . Jericho was restored to his original participation in the Greatest Royal Rumble match . </P> <P> At WrestleMania 34, Jinder Mahal defeated Randy Orton, Bobby Roode, and Rusev in a fatal - four way match to win the United States Championship . Mahal was then traded to Raw and lost the championship to Jeff Hardy and Mahal invoked his rematch clause for the Greatest Royal Rumble . Hardy was then traded to SmackDown the following night . </P> <P> At WrestleMania 34, AJ Styles successfully defended the WWE Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura . After the match, showed his respect to Styles but then attacked him with a low blow and a Kinshasa, turning heel . On April 17, after repeated attacks on Styles by Nakamura, a rematch between the two was scheduled for the Greatest Royal Rumble . </P>

The results for the greatest royal rumble 2018