WWE Royal Rumble 2026 Notes Part II: Roman Reigns Wins 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble, Oba Femi Main Roster In-Ring Debut, Bron Breakker Gets Attacked By Mystery Attacker, AAA’s Mr. Iguana & La Parka Surprise Entrants, Original El Grande Americano & LA Knight Returns, Royce Keys Makes WWE Debut

WWE
Jan 31, 2026

Roman Reigns Wins 2026 Men’s Royal Rumble

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

This was Reigns’ second Men’s Royal Rumble victory in his WWE career.

The order of entrants for the match were:

  1. Oba Femi
  2. Bron Breakker
  3. Solo Sikoa
  4. Rey Mysterio
  5. Rusev
  6. Matt Cardona
  7. Damian Priest
  8. Je’Von Evans
  9. Mr. Iguana
  10. Trick Williams
  11. Cody Rhodes
  12. El Grande Americano
  13. Original El Grande Americano
  14. Royce Keys
  15. Austin Theory
  16. “Big” Bronson Reed
  17. Ilja Dragunov
  18. La Parka
  19. Dragon Lee
  20. Logan Paul
  21. LA Knight
  22. Brock Lesnar
  23. The Miz
  24. Rey Fenix
  25. Jey Uso
  26. Roman Reigns
  27. Jacob Fatu
  28. Penta
  29. Randy Orton
  30. Gunther

Oba Femi Makes Main Roster In-Ring Debut

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured NXT talent Oba Femi making his official in-ring main roster debut.

Femi came out as the #1 entrant for the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

Bron Breakker Gets Attacked By Mystery Attacker

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured Bron Breakker being attacked by a mystery hooded attacker.

As Breakker came out to the ring as the #2 entrant in the Men’s Royal Rumble match, a mystery attacker ran out and quickly laid out Breakker. This mystery attacker then hit a curb stomp similar to the last time a mystery attacker showed up but unlike last time, this wasn’t to help out The Vision. The mystery person tossed Breakker into the ring leading to Breakker getting quickly eliminated by Oba Femi. The mystery person then leaped over the barricade and ran away through the crowd.

AAA’s Mr. Iguana & La Parka Makes Surprise Entrant in Men’s Royal Rumble Match

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured AAA talents Mr. Iguana and La Parka making surprise appearances as the entrants representing Lucha Libre AAA in the Men’s Royal Rumble match.

Mr. Iguana came out as the #9 entrant.

La Parka came out as the #18 entrant.

Original El Grande Americano & LA Knight Make Surprise Returns

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured the original El Grande Americano and LA Knight making their surprise returns.

Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) came out as the #13 entrant.

Knight came out as the #21 entrant.

This was Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)’s first appearance since this past June due to a shoulder injury. This was Knight’s first appearance since this past December due to a storyline injury at the hands of The Vision.

Royce Keys (Powerhouse Hobbs) Makes WWE Debut

Saturday’s WWE Royal Rumble 2026 event also featured former AEW talent Powerhouse Hobbs making his official debut in WWE.

Hobbs came out as the #14 entrant. As Hobbs’ music played, his ring name of “Powerhouse Hobbs” briefly showed before disappearing and revealing his new ring name of Royce Keys.

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