The Highway 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 evening at Tropicana Discipline in St. Petersburg, Florida.
After debuting in 1988, the occasion turned one of the vital well-liked on the WWE calendar. The match begins with one particular person within the ring adopted by a brand new entrant getting into in timed intervals till the thirtieth particular person makes their solution to the ring. At that time, the final particular person nonetheless within the ring who has not been tossed excessive rope to the ground is asserted the winner and awarded a title shot of their selecting at WrestleMania. The occasion can also be at all times stuffed with surprises from returning stars of the previous to large names in different organizations making a debut.
Cody Rhodes and CM Punk are two of the largest favorites for the boys’s Rumble. Each males are decided to complete their tales by successful a world title match in the principle occasion of WrestleMania 40. However they don’t seem to be the one ones within the working. Intercontinental champion Gunther set the document for the longest time in a standard Rumble match final yr and appears to win the entire thing in 2024. Drew McIntyre has stepped up his recreation in current months and Jimmy Uso seems to be to carry one other world title to The Bloodline.
Past the pair of Rumble matches are a pair of championship matches scheduled for Saturday evening. 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 appropriate to problem Reigns with a private gripe in opposition to the champion over the previous few years. When no clear resolution could possibly be made, in addition to interference from The Bloodline stopping a transparent contender from rising, SmackDown common supervisor Nick Aldis determined that Reigns must defend his crown in opposition to all three males.
Plus, United States champion Logan Paul seems to be to make his first title protection when he takes on Kevin Owens, who needed to win a match to earn his proper to problem for the crown.
Have a look under on the confirmed matches for Royal Rumble. The occasion streams reside on Peacock on Saturday with the principle 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 toes hit the ground. Most wrestlers concerned will likely be lively roster members however count on a couple of surprises comparable 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 Idea
- Jimmy Uso
Ladies’s Royal Rumble match: The ladies’s Royal Rumble, which debuted in 2018, features 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 common 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 match occurred on SmackDown to provide the highest contender for Paul’s U.S. championship. Kevin Owens defeated Austin Idea, Carmelo Hayes and Santos Escobar to punch his ticket to a match with Paul on the Royal Rumble.
