Rey Mysterio declares for WWE Royal Rumble

Rey Mysterio is entering the Royal Rumble.

At the start of Friday’s SmackDown in San Diego, Mysterio kicked off the show in his hometown where he announced that he was entering the Rumble match. After bringing up his own Royal Rumble win back in 2006, Kevin Owens came out and said he’ll root for Mysterio to win the Royal Rumble match as long as he chooses to face him at WrestleMania. After Mysterio reminded Owens he wasn’t actually champion, Owens yelled at Mysterio who tried to calm him down, saying he was delusional just like his son Dominik. The two got into a brawl that Mysterio got the better of.

IT'S ON! @FightOwensFight just tried to take out @reymysterio 😳 pic.twitter.com/pDuVfGLPcN

— WWE (@WWE) January 18, 2025

Later in the show, the two faced off in a match. Owens earned the victory and after the bout extended his hand to Mysterio, who obliged. However Owens jumped Mysterio and went for the package piledriver when Cody Rhodes came out for the save.

A PILEDRIVER AGAIN?! 😱

Looks like @FightOwensFight's "dream match" just turned into a nightmare 👀@CodyRhodes #SmackDown pic.twitter.com/sR5lef3Vwv

— WWE (@WWE) January 18, 2025

The updated lineup for the Royal Rumble, including an updated list of entrants:

WWE Royal Rumble, Saturday, February 1 —

• Men’s Royal Rumble match: John Cena, Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Rey Mysterio
• Women’s Royal Rumble match: Nia Jax
• Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes defends against Kevin Owens in a ladder match