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 shortly turned a fan-favorite occasion and certainly 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 real survivor earns a one-way ticket to WrestleMania and a world title match of their selecting.
Two championship matches are at the moment within the works for this yr’s occasion as nicely. Roman Reigns will defend his undisputed WWE common championship in opposition to AJ Types, LA Knight and Randy Orton in a deadly four-way match. Logan Paul will make his first United States title protection in opposition to high contender match winner Kevin Owens.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble and take a look on the crystal ball of what might come. The occasion streams dwell on Peacock on Saturday with the primary 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 ft hit the ground. Most wrestlers concerned might be lively roster members however anticipate a couple of surprises comparable to NXT call-ups, debuting superstars, returning legends or one-off appearances.
Confirmed entrants:
- Cody Rhodes
- CM Punk
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Bobby Lashley
- Drew McIntyre
- Gunther
- Chad Gable
- Otis
- Akira Tozawa
- Kofi Kingston
- Damian Priest
Girls’s Royal Rumble match: The ladies’s Royal Rumble, which debuted in 2018, capabilities 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.
Confirmed entrants:
- Bayley
- Nia Jax
- Becky Lynch
- Bianca Belair
- Maxxine Dupri
- Ivy Nile
Undisputed WWE common championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Types: A triple risk match on the particular New 12 months’s Revolution episode of SmackDown was meant to find out Reigns’ challenger on the Rumble. The Bloodline sabotaged the match by laying out its three contenders: Orton, Knight and Types. SmackDown basic supervisor Nick Aldis knowledgeable Heyman that Reigns must face all three males in a deadly four-way match after stopping a transparent final result.
United States championship — Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens: A single elimination match befell on SmackDown to supply the highest contender for Paul’s U.S. championship. Kevin Owens defeated Austin Idea, Carmelo Hayes and Santos Escobar to punch his ticket to a match with Paul on the Royal Rumble.