One of many largest occasions of the wrestling 12 months is ready for Saturday night time in Indianapolis. The 2025 Royal Rumble kicks off from Lucas Oil Stadium with 30 males and 30 girls every competing to earn a spot in the principle occasion of this 12 months’s 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. Bayley and Nia Jax are among the many expertise pool within the girls’s match.
The opposite two matches set for Saturday are with titles on the road. Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens look to finish their blood feud when the 2 meet in a ladder match for the undisputed WWE title. Plus, the WWE Tag Group Championships are on the road when #DIY takes on the Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons in a Two out of Three Falls match.
Have a look beneath on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble and look on the crystal ball to see what might come. The occasion takes place Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. It streams stay on Peacock on Feb. 1 with the principle card beginning at 6 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, Rey Mysterio, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, Logan Paul, Penta, Chad Gable, Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, 15 TBA): This match is shaping as much as be an unimaginable displaying. So many legends are filling out the entrants record and every has a novel story as to why they’d make sense because the winner. Cena, Reigns, Punk, Rollins and McIntyre are all believable favorites to stroll away victorious and principal occasion WrestleMania in April.
Ladies’s Royal Rumble match (Nia Jax, Bayley, Charlotte Aptitude, Naomi, Bianca Belair, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Lyra Valkyria, Ivy Nile, Iyo Sky, 20 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. Aptitude will probably be making her first look in practically a 12 months after recovering from damage.
Undisputed WWE Championship — Cody Rhodes (c) vs. Kevin Owens (Ladder match): Rhodes and Owens will struggle for the undisputed WWE championship for a 3rd time. Rhodes defeated Owens cleanly at Bash in Berlin. Rhodes additionally retained the title at Saturday Evening’s Essential 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.
WWE Tag Group Championships — #DIY (Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa) vs. Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin) (Two Out of Three Falls match): Gargano deceived MCMG to win the tag group titles. The 2 groups have been at odds ever since. They may compete in a two out of three falls match on the Royal Rumble.