Updated Royal Rumble Card – Three New Matches + Six New Rumble Participants

Three new matches were added to the Royal Rumble after tonight. 205 Live spoilers below…

– SmackDown Women’s Championship: Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch – Becky defeated Charlotte and Carmella in a triple threat on SmackDown to win the title shot.

– SmackDown Tag Team Championship: The Bar (c) vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon – The Miz challenged The Bar to a title match and The Bar accepted.

– Cruiserweight Championship Fatal Four Way: Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami – Itami defeated Cedric Alexander at the 205 Live tapings before SmackDown to earn the fourth spot.

Also newly announced for the men’s Royal Rumble: Apollo Crews, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Mustafa Ali, Rey Mysterio

Announced for the women’s Rumble: Zelina Vega, Naomi

The Royal Rumble will take place on January 27 at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

The updated card is below.


Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman

WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles

Raw Women’s Championship
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks

SmackDown Women’s Championship
Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch

SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Bar (c) vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz

Cruiserweight Championship Fatal Four Way
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami

Men’s Royal Rumble Match

  1. R-Truth (#30)
  2. Drew McIntyre
  3. Big E
  4. Kofi Kingston
  5. Xavier Woods
  6. Finn Balor
  7. Seth Rollins
  8. Jeff Hardy
  9. Bobby Lashley
  10. Samoa Joe
  11. Dean Ambrose
  12. John Cena
  13. Elias
  14. Baron Corbin
  15. Jinder Mahal
  16. Apollo Crews
  17. Andrade “Cien” Almas
  18. Mustafa Ali
  19. Rey Mysterio

Women’s Royal Rumble Match

  1. Carmella (#30)
  2. Ember Moon
  3. Natalya
  4. Bayley
  5. Sasha Banks
  6. Ruby Riott
  7. Liv Morgan
  8. Sarah Logan
  9. Mandy Rose
  10. Sonya Deville
  11. Alicia Fox
  12. Zelina Vega
  13. Naomi