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

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.

WHAT A MATCH!@YaOnlyLivvOnce just punched her ticket to WrestleMania! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/45veUot7KA
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

.@YaOnlyLivvOnce is your 2026 Women's #RoyalRumble Winner! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/pEERTUkk1C
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

The order of entrants for the match were:

Charlotte Flair
Alexa Bliss
Kiana James
Nia Jax
Ivy Nile
Lola Vice
Candice LeRae
Jordynne Grace
Becky Lynch
Sol Ruca
Roxanne Perez
Maxxine Dupri
Nattie
Liv Morgan
Lash Legend
Zelina
Raquel Rodriguez
Chelsea Green
Giulia
IYO SKY
Asuka
Rhea Ripley
Bayley
Jacy Jayne
Nikki Bella
Lyra Valkyria
Kelani Jordan
Kairi Sane
Brie Bella
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.

.@lolavicewwe is wasting no time! 👊

Watch Royal Rumble LIVE on the @espn app: https://t.co/jKAIj8nxxt pic.twitter.com/q0gq1OTwwV
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

Ruca came out as entrant #10.

That's how you make a Royal Rumble debut! 👏@SolRucaWWE pic.twitter.com/BVR3QE89h8
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

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

NXT Women's Champion @jacyjaynewwe is ready for action! 🔥

Watch Royal Rumble LIVE on the @espn app: https://t.co/jKAIj8nxxt pic.twitter.com/sQ30xD4kDm
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

Jordan came out as entrant #27.

.@kelani_wwe did not come to play 😮‍💨 pic.twitter.com/Q9I0PZ8GI6
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

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.

BRIE MODE!!!! 🙌

Brie Bella is BACK! pic.twitter.com/Q4Nis0Kfzr
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

Stratton came out as the final entrant at #30.

IT'S TIFFY TIME!!! ⏰ pic.twitter.com/rhxPN0lst9
— WWE (@WWE) January 31, 2026

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.