WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Notes Part I: Liv Morgan Wins 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble, NXT’s Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, Jacy Jayne, & Kelani Jordan Surprise Entrants, Brie Bella & Tiffany Stratton Makes Surprise Returns

WWE
Jan 31, 2026

Liv Morgan Wins 2026 Women’s Royal Rumble

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event at the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia featured Liv Morgan becoming the winner of this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble event.

This was Morgan’s first ever Women’s Royal Rumble victory in her WWE career.

The order of entrants for the match were:

  1. Charlotte Flair
  2. Alexa Bliss
  3. Kiana James
  4. Nia Jax
  5. Ivy Nile
  6. Lola Vice
  7. Candice LeRae
  8. Jordynne Grace
  9. Becky Lynch
  10. Sol Ruca
  11. Roxanne Perez
  12. Maxxine Dupri
  13. Nattie
  14. Liv Morgan
  15. Lash Legend
  16. Zelina
  17. Raquel Rodriguez
  18. Chelsea Green
  19. Giulia
  20. IYO SKY
  21. Asuka
  22. Rhea Ripley
  23. Bayley
  24. Jacy Jayne
  25. Nikki Bella
  26. Lyra Valkyria
  27. Kelani Jordan
  28. Kairi Sane
  29. Brie Bella
  30. Tiffany Stratton

NXT’s Lola Vice, Sol Ruca, Jacy Jayne, & Kelani Jordan Surprise Entrants

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured NXT talents Lola Vice, Sola Ruca, Jacy Jayne, and Kelani Jordan being the surprise entrants representing the NXT brand in the Women’s Royal Rumble match.

Vice came out as entrant # 6.

Ruca came out as entrant #10.

NXT Women’s Champion Jayne came out as entrant #24.

Jordan came out as entrant #27.

Brie Bella & Tiffany Stratton Makes Surprise Returns

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella and Tiffany Stratton making their surprise returns.

Bella came out as entrant #29.

Stratton came out as the final entrant at #30.

This was Bella’s first appearance in WWE since the 2022 Women’s Royal Rumble match at Royal Rumble 2022 in January of 2022. This was Stratton’s first appearance since this past November’s WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

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