Royal Rumble SmackDown Women’s Match Moved to Kickoff Show

WWE announced today that the SmackDown women’s 6-woman tag match (Becky Lynch, Naomi & Nikki Bella vs. Alexa Bliss, Mickie James & Natalya) that was seemingly originally scheduled for the main card will actually take place on the Kickoff Show. The Kickoff Show starts at 5 PM and the main card starts at 7 PM, so they have two hours to kill on the pre-show and now have three scheduled matches.

Below is the card now:

Royal Rumble Match (22 wrestlers announced)
Goldberg
Brock Lesnar
Braun Strowman
Chris Jericho
Big E
Kofi Kingston
Xavier Woods
Baron Corbin
The Undertaker
Dean Ambrose
The Miz
Dolph Ziggler
Cesaro
Sheamus
Bray Wyatt
Randy Orton
Luke Harper
Big Show
Sami Zayn
Big Cass
Rusev
Mojo Rawley

WWE Championship
AJ Styles vs. John Cena

WWE Universal Championship
Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns
(No disqualification and Chris Jericho suspended above the ring in a cage)

WWE Raw Women’s Championship
Charlotte vs. Bayley

WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Rich Swann vs. Neville

Kickoff Show
WWE Raw Tag Team Championships
Cesaro and Sheamus vs. Gallows and Anderson
(Two referees)

Kickoff Show
6 Woman Tag Match
Becky Lynch, Naomi and Nikki Bella vs. Alexa Bliss, Mickie James and Natalya

Kickoff Show
Sasha Banks vs. Nia Jax