The Street to WrestleMania 40 formally begins on the Royal Rumble. 30 male and 30 feminine superstars will compete of their respective Rumble matches to find out two world title matches at WrestleMania in April. All of it goes down on Saturday night time at Tropicana Area in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After debuting in 1988, the occasion grew to become one of the common on the WWE calendar. The match begins with one individual within the ring adopted by a brand new entrant getting into in timed intervals till the thirtieth individual makes their strategy to the ring. At that time, the final individual nonetheless within the ring who has not been tossed excessive rope to the ground is said the winner and awarded a title shot of their selecting at WrestleMania. The occasion can be at all times full of surprises from returning stars of the previous to massive names in different organizations making a debut.
Cody Rhodes and CM Punk are two of the most important favorites for the lads’s Rumble. Each males are decided to complete their tales by successful a world title match in the primary occasion of WrestleMania 40. However they are not the one ones within the operating. Intercontinental champion Gunther set the report for the longest time in a standard Rumble match final 12 months and appears to win the entire thing in 2024. Drew McIntyre has stepped up his sport in latest months and Jimmy Uso appears to convey one other world title to The Bloodline.
Past the pair of Rumble matches are a pair of championship matches scheduled for Saturday night time. The most important sees Roman Reigns look to increase his unimaginable run as undisputed common champion in opposition to three high superstars in LA Knight, AJ Kinds and Randy Orton. Every man believed that he had earned the fitting to problem Reigns with a private gripe in opposition to the champion over the previous few years. When no clear determination may very well be made, in addition to interference from The Bloodline stopping a transparent contender from rising, SmackDown basic supervisor Nick Aldis determined that Reigns must defend his crown in opposition to all three males.
Plus, United States champion Logan Paul appears to make his first title protection when he takes on Kevin Owens, who needed to win a event to earn his proper to problem for the crown.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble. The occasion streams stay on Peacock on Saturday with the primary card beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
2024 WWE Royal Rumble matches
Males’s Royal Rumble match: The winner of the titular 30-man match wins a world title shot of their selecting at WrestleMania 40. Two superstars start the match. An elimination happens when somebody is tossed excessive rope and each ft hit the ground. Most wrestlers concerned shall be energetic roster members however count on a couple of surprises akin to NXT call-ups, debuting superstars, returning legends or one-off appearances.
Confirmed entrants:
- Cody Rhodes
- CM Punk
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Bobby Lashley
- Drew McIntyre
- Gunther
- Chad Gable
- Otis
- Akira Tozawa
- Kofi Kingston
- Damian Priest
- Santos Escobar
- R-Reality
- Carlito
- Grayson Waller
- Austin Principle
- Jimmy Uso
Ladies’s Royal Rumble match: The ladies’s Royal Rumble, which debuted in 2018, capabilities identically to its male counterpart. The winner of this 30-woman match can select to pursue both the ladies’s world championship or WWE ladies’s title at WrestleMania.
Confirmed entrants:
- Bayley
- Nia Jax
- Becky Lynch
- Bianca Belair
- Maxxine Dupri
- Ivy Nile
- Alba Fyre
- Shotzi
- Zelina Vega
- Michin
Undisputed WWE common championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Randy Orton vs. LA Knight vs. AJ Kinds: A triple risk match on the particular New 12 months’s Revolution episode of SmackDown was meant to find out Reigns’ challenger on the Rumble. The Bloodline sabotaged the match by laying out its three contenders: Orton, Knight and Kinds. SmackDown basic supervisor Nick Aldis knowledgeable Heyman that Reigns must face all three males in a deadly four-way match after stopping a transparent final result.
United States championship — Logan Paul (c) vs. Kevin Owens: A single elimination event happened on SmackDown to provide the highest contender for Paul’s U.S. championship. Kevin Owens defeated Austin Principle, Carmelo Hayes and Santos Escobar to punch his ticket to a match with Paul on the Royal Rumble.
