Six new wrestlers confirmed for men’s WWE Royal Rumble match
WWE has confirmed six new entrants for Saturday’s men’s Royal Rumble match.
Three new wrestlers were shown drawing their entry numbers during Friday’s SmackDown episode, while three additional stars were shown choosing numbers in a video posted to WWE’s YouTube and social media channels.
Jimmy Uso, Legado Del Fantasma’s Santos Escobar, and R-Truth are the names newly announced during SmackDown as entries into the Rumble. Grayson Waller, Austin Theory, and Carlito are the new announcements confirmed in the digital media video.
14 of 30 names are now officially confirmed for the men’s Rumble, while WWE has only officially revealed four of the 30 entrants for the women’s Rumble match.
WWE Royal Rumble streams live on Saturday, January 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern time on Peacock in the United States.
In addition to the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches, Roman Reigns will defend the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against AJ Styles, LA Knight, and Randy Orton at the event. Logan Paul defending the United States Championship against Kevin Owens is also scheduled for the show.
The updated list of confirmed entrants for Saturday’s Royal Rumble matches:
Men’s Royal Rumble entrants —
- Cody Rhodes
- CM Punk
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Bobby Lashley
- Drew McIntyre
- Gunther
- Damian Priest
- Kofi Kingston
- Jimmy Uso
- Santos Escobar
- R-Truth
- Carlito
- Austin Theory
- Grayson Waller
Women’s Royal Rumble entrants —
- Bayley
- Nia Jax
- Becky Lynch
- Bianca Belair
