Here is the updated list of participants for WWE’s annual over-the-top-rope contest, the Royal Rumble. Nineteen participants have been announced for the match thus far with the ECW participants being announced on Tuesday:
RAW: Big Show, Carlito, Cody Rhodes, Evan Bourne, Jack Swagger, John Cena, Kofi Kingston, Mark Henry, MVP, Santino Marella, Shawn Michaels, Ted DiBiase, The Miz and Triple H
ECW: Shelton Benjamin, The Hurricane, Yoshi Tatsu, William Regal and Zack Ryder
The SmackDown! superstars taking part in the match have not yet been confirmed by WWE. We posted the full list a few days ago here on the site.
Other confirmed matches taking place include:
World Heavyweight Championship Match
Undertaker (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
WWE Championship Match
Sheamus (c) vs. Randy Orton
ECW Championship Match
Christian (c) vs. Ezekiel Jackson
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