By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
The following matches are advertised for the WWE Royal Rumble event that will be held on Saturday in San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome.
-Men’s Royal Rumble match (Entrants: Cody Rhodes, Kofi Kingston, Ricochet, Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins, Austin Theory, Baron Corbin, Santos Escobar, Rey Mysterio, Drew McIntyre, Sheamus, Omos, Braun Strowman, Gunther, Karrion Kross, 15 wrestlers TBA)
-Women’s Royal Rumble match (Entrants: Liv Morgan, Rhea Ripley, Candice LeRae, Raquel Rodriguez, Shayna Baszler, Zelina Vega, Emma, 23 TBA)
-Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
-Bianca Belair vs. Alexa Bliss for the Raw Women’s Championship
-Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight in a Pitch Black match
Powell’s POV: Emma was added to the women’s Rumble match since our last update. Musical artist Hardy will deliver a live performance of the event’s official theme song. Join me for my live review of the Royal Rumble as the event streams Saturday on Peacock beginning with a Kickoff Show match or with the start of the main card at 7CT/8ET. Jake Barnett and I will team up for a same night audio review for Dot Net Members (including our Patreon patrons).
We are less than a week out, and SEVEN women have declared. Couldn’t they at least pretend to put some effort in to booking this thing?
Sooo 23 surprises for the women and 15 for the men?