New participants have been added to this year’s Royal Rumble matches.
In Friday’s episode of SmackDown, it was announced that intercontinental Big E champion Shinsuke Nakamura, Sami Zayn and SmackDown doubles champion Dolph Ziggler will participate in this year’s men’s Royal Rumble tournament. Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Tamina were also added to the list of participants in the Royal Rumble women’s fight.
The Royal Rumble men’s fight now has 13 participants announced. 12 participants were announced for the Royal Rumble women’s fight.
The Royal Rumble will take place on Sunday, January 31. Here is the updated list of participants in the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches:
Male Royal Rumble Participants –
- Daniel Bryan
- United States Champion Bobby Lashley
- AJ Styles
- Randy Orton
- Otis
- The Miz
- Jey Usage
- Cesaro
- Jeff Hardy
- Intercontinental Champion Big E
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- Sami Zayn
- SmackDown Tag Team Champion Dolph Ziggler
Royal Rumble female participants –
- Nia Jax
- Women’s doubles champion Charlotte Flair
- Bianca Belair
- Bayley
- Mandy Rose
- Dana Brooke
- Peyton Royce
- Alexa Bliss
- Shayna Baszler
- Ruby Riott
- Liv Morgan
- Tamina