The Street to WrestleMania 40 formally begins on the Royal Rumble. 30 male and 30 feminine superstars will compete of their respective Rumble matches to find out two world title matches at WrestleMania in April.
The Royal Rumble rapidly grew to become a fan-favorite occasion and considered one of WWE’s conventional “Huge 4” pay-per-views after its debut in 1988. Superstars enter the match one after the other in timed intervals to throw their opponents out of the ring. The only survivor earns a one-way ticket to WrestleMania and a world title match of their selecting.
Two championship matches are at present within the works for this 12 months’s occasion as effectively. Roman Reigns will defend his undisputed WWE common championship towards the winner of an upcoming triple risk match between AJ Types, LA Knight and Randy Orton. Logan Paul will make his first United States title protection towards the winner of a event that has whittled right down to Kevin Owens and Santos Escobar.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble and take a look on the crystal ball of what could come. The occasion streams stay on Peacock on Jan. 27 with the principle card beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
2024 WWE Royal Rumble matches
Males’s Royal Rumble match: The winner of the titular 30-man match wins a world title shot of their selecting at WrestleMania 40. Two superstars start the match. An elimination happens when somebody is tossed excessive rope and each toes hit the ground. Most wrestlers concerned shall be lively roster members however count on a couple of surprises comparable to NXT call-ups, debuting superstars, returning legends or one-off appearances. Three superstars have thus far introduced their entry into Rumble: Cody Rhodes, CM Punk and Shinsuke Nakamura.
Girls’s Royal Rumble match: The ladies’s Royal Rumble, which debuted in 2018, features identically to its male counterpart. The winner of this 30-woman match can select to pursue both the ladies’s world championship or WWE ladies’s title at WrestleMania. Three ladies thus far have confirmed their participation with Bayley, Becky Lynch and Nia Jax all confirmed within the match.
Undisputed WWE common championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. TBD: A triple risk match on the particular New Yr’s Revolution episode of SmackDown will decide Reigns challenger on the Rumble. Types, Knight and Orton all have a bone to select with The Bloodline however are unwilling to work collectively or wait their flip. SmackDown normal supervisor Nick Aldis booked the match to find out who will get their first crack at revenge.
United States championship — Logan Paul (c) vs. TBD: A single elimination event has been going down on SmackDown over the previous couple of weeks. The finals will produce the highest contender for Paul’s U.S. championship. Kevin Owens defeated Austin Principle and Carmelo Hayes to qualify for the finals whereas Santos Escobar overcame Dragon Lee and Bobby Lashley. Paul shall be current on the Jan. 5 episode of SmackDown to see which famous person he’ll make his first title protection towards.
2024 WWE Royal Rumble predictions
World Heavyweight championship — Seth Rollins (c) vs. Drew McIntyre: McIntyre is empty handed and he solely has himself guilty for it. McIntyre confirmed Rollins mercy at Crown Jewel in November and let his ego devour him at WWE Day 1. It value him the world title on each events. McIntyre is on a warpath and has given the preventing champion Rollins his hardest title defenses up to now. It would not be a shock if he received one last crack at Rollins because the champ has cleared many of the area. There will not be many matches added to the cardboard with the 2 Rumbles consuming up a lot time, however a Rollins title protection ranks among the many almost certainly.