Bianca Belair, Bobby Lashley declare for WWE Royal Rumble

Two new entrants have declared for this year’s WWE Royal Rumble matches. 

On Friday’s SmackDown show, Bianca Belair declared her entry for the women’s Royal Rumble, while Bobby Lashley announced his entry into the men’s Rumble match. 

Belair won the 2021 women’s Roya Rumble match and headlined night one of WrestleMania 37 against Sasha Banks for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. 

Lashley is the fourth confirmed entrant for the men’s Rumble match along with CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, and Shinsuke Nakamura. Belair joins Becky Lynch, Nia Jax, and Bayley as confirmed women’s Rumble entrants. 

Belair and Bayley will go one-on-one on next week’s SmackDown episode.

Royal Rumble 2024 will be held at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida on Saturday, January 27. 

In addition to the men’s and women’s Rumble matches, Roman Reigns will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship in a four-way against AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and LA Knight at the show, plus Logan Paul will defend the United States Championship against Kevin Owens. 

Women’s Royal Rumble entrants —

  • Bayley
  • Nia Jax
  • Becky Lynch
  • Bianca Belair

Men’s Royal Rumble entrants —

  • Cody Rhodes
  • CM Punk
  • Shinsuke Nakamura
  • Bobby Lashley