The primary main wrestling occasion of 2025 is right here as WWE has descended upon Indianapolis for this yr’s Royal Rumble. Thought-about one of many tent-pole occasions on the calendar, the 30-person battle royal is at all times full of loads of drama and surprises.
As is at all times the case, the winner of the Rumble punches their ticket to fundamental occasion WrestleMania and problem for a world championship.
This yr’s males’s Royal Rumble is anticipated to have loads of drama and surprises. Amongst these confirmed as entrants are John Cena, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and extra. However there are nonetheless 15 slots which can be to be decided and WWE CCO Paul Levesque stated you possibly can anticipate loads of wildness on Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium.
“I am occupied with the Royal Rumble,” Levesque stated on the Royal Rumble kickoff on Friday. “It makes me assume, nearly anyone may enter the Royal Rumble as a shock. [Turns to Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton] You bought a minute?”
The ladies’s Rumble match may even have loads of each, and much more on condition that solely 10 entrants have been introduced. However among the many most notable is the return of Charlotte Aptitude after greater than a yr away to recuperate from a nasty knee damage.
There are solely two matches past the Rumbles on the cardboard for Saturday, however they’re certain to ship the joy. WWE undisputed champion Cody Rhodes places his title on the road in opposition to pal turned foe Kevin Owens in a ladder match. Plus, the WWE tag group championships are on the road when titleholders #DIY tackle Motor Metropolis Machine Weapons in a two-out-of-three falls match.
Have a look under 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 reside 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 unbelievable exhibiting. So many legends are filling out the entrants record and every has a singular story as to why they might make sense because the winner. Cena, Reigns, Punk, Rollins and McIntyre are all believable favorites to stroll away victorious and fundamental 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 circumstances. Aptitude will probably be making her first look in almost a yr 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 Night time’s Principal 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 grasp over the ring on this ladder match.
WWE Tag Workforce 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 are going to compete in a two out of three falls match on the Royal Rumble.