The Highway to WrestleMania 41 begins on the WWE Royal Rumble. Superstars from Uncooked, SmackDown, NXT and shock entrants will compete for a world title match at WrestleMania.
This 12 months’s pay-per-view options two Royal Rumble matches, one within the males’s and ladies’s divisions, because it has yearly since 2018. CM Punk, John Cena and Roman Reigns are among the high-profile superstars who’ve introduced their entry to the 30-person match.
One singles match can be official for the cardboard. Undisputed WWE champion Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens’ trilogy is a ladder match. The undisputed WWE title and retired Winged Eagle belt will probably be suspended over the ring.
Have a look beneath on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble and look on the crystal ball to see what could come. The occasion takes place Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It streams dwell on Netflix on Feb. 1 with the primary card beginning at 7 p.m. ET.
2025 WWE Royal Rumble matches
Males’s Royal Rumble match (LA Knight, John Cena, CM Punk, Jey Uso, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, 23 TBA): The Royal Rumble match is yearly probably the most thrilling and necessary of the 12 months. The winner punches a ticket to a world title match at WrestleMania. There are already some main names introduced for the match with many extra set to develop into — and certain a couple of surprises on the night time of the Rumble.
Girls’s Royal Rumble match (Nia Jax, 29 TBA): 30 girls will compete on this Royal Rumble match. Extra entrants will probably be introduced within the coming weeks. The WWE girls’s and ladies’s world champions are often absent, excluding particular instances.
Undisputed WWE Championship — Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens (Ladder match): Rhodes and Owens will battle for the undisputed WWE championship for a 3rd time. Rhodes defeated Owens cleanly at Bash in Berlin. Rhodes additionally retained the title at Saturday Night time’s Predominant Occasion, however Owens had Rhodes pinned to the mat whereas the referee was unconscious. The undisputed WWE championship and the retired Winged Eagle WWE title belts will cling over the ring on this ladder match.
2025 WWE Royal Rumble predictions
World Championship — Gunther (c) vs. Goldberg: Gunther and Goldberg had a verbal encounter at Dangerous Blood in Atlanta, the longtime house base of World Championship Wrestling. The encounter between WWE’s reigning world heavyweight champion and former WCW world heavyweight champion set the stage for a future showdown. Monday Night time Uncooked will return to Atlanta this month, an ideal atmosphere to relitigate their points.
Intercontinental Championship — Bron Breakker (c) vs. Sheamus:Â Sheamus beat Ludwig Kaiser on Uncooked, seemingly clearing a path to a different shot at Breakker. The intercontinental championship is the one WWE singles title that has eluded Sheamus in his implausible profession and he made no secret of his intentions after the Kaiser win, instantly getting in Breakker’s face at ringside.