Updated Royal Rumble Card and Participants

After the final Raw and SmackDown before the Royal Rumble on Sunday, here’s how the card now looks…

The following changes have happened in the past week or so:

– Enzo Amore vs. Cedric Alexander for the Cruiserweight title has been scrapped since Enzo has been released.

– Samoa Joe and Paige are out of the Royal Rumble matches due to injury.

– New participants announced this week:
The Miz
Tye Dillinger
Big E
Kofi Kingston
Xavier Woods

That’s 17 men and 18 women announced for the Royal Rumble matches.


Universal Championship – Triple Threat Match
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane

WWE Championship – Handicap Match
AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (c) vs. Cesaro and Sheamus

WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship – Two Out of Three Falls Match
The Usos (c) vs. Chad Gable and Shelton Benjamin

Men’s Royal Rumble

1. Elias
2. Randy Orton
3. Shinsuke Nakamura
4. John Cena
5. Finn Bálor
6. Baron Corbin
7. Matt Hardy
8. Bray Wyatt
9. Rusev
10. Aiden English
11. Apollo Crews
12. Titus O’Neil
13. The Miz
14. Tye Dillinger
15. Big E
16. Kofi Kingston
17. Xavier Woods

Women’s Royal Rumble

1. Naomi
2. Asuka
3. Ruby Riott
4. Natalya
5. Sasha Banks
6. Bayley
7. Mandy Rose
8. Sonya Deville
9. Carmella
10. Tamina
11. Lana
12. Liv Morgan
13. Sarah Logan
14. Mickie James
15. Nia Jax
16. Becky Lynch
17. Dana Brooke
18. Alicia Fox