Otis & Akira Tozawa def. The Creed Brothers, New Day and Los Americanos via pinfall after Tozawa hit Julius Creed with a top-rope senton. With the win, Otis and Tozawa became No. 1 contenders to the world tag team championship.

One of the main reasons Finn Balor is not competing in the Men's Rumble match is that it will help WWE plant more seeds for his babyface turn. Pearce was unhappy that Finn was too late to make such a declaration, which shows that the ex-Universal Champion has failed to work on himself as a villainous star.