There are just 12 participants announced for the men’s Royal Rumble match, which likely means that more names will be announced on Monday at the Raw 25th anniversary show. Of course, there will be slots left open for surprise entrants.
There are just 18 names announced for the women’s Royal Rumble match. They are going to add some names from NXT and there will be some names from the past in the match as well. WWE is already teasing some names from the past returning for this match. Click here to read more.
Here is the updated card:
WWE Universal Championship – Triple Threat Match
Brock Lesnar (Champion) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane
WWE Championship – Handicap Match
AJ Styles (Champion) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Participants announced so far: John Cena, Finn Balor, Randy Orton, Shinsuke Nakamura, Elias, Baron Corbin, “Woken” Matt Hardy, Bray Wyatt, Aiden English, Rusev, Titus O’Neil, Apollo Crews
30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
Asuka, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan, Sasha Banks, Nia Jax, Bayley, Naomi, Natalya, Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose, Mickie James, Tamina Snuka, Lana, Carmella, Becky Lynch, Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox
Raw Tag Team Championship
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (Champions) vs. Sheamus and Cesaro
Smackdown Tag Team Championship – 2-out-of-3-Falls Match
The Usos (Champions) vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Enzo Amore (Champion) vs. Cedric Alexander
This is just speculation on my part, but I think Dolph Ziggler will be back on Tuesday night to set up a United States Championship match at the Rumble. Perhaps, it could be a ladder match?
The 2018 WWE Royal Rumble will air live on Sunday, January 28 on the WWE Network. It will be a 4-hour show so they will start at 7 pm eastern. The Kickoff show will air at 5 pm eastern on the WWE Network and across their social media platforms. This year’s show will emanate from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, PA.
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