During the January 10 episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown, Elias came out with a guitar as usual and sang a song for the crowd. In his song, Elias talked about the upcoming WWE Royal Rumble PPV event.
As seen in the video above, Elias called out Brock Lesnar over his announcement to take on the entire roster in the Men’s Royal Rumble match. He announced his participation in the Men’s WWE Royal Rumble Match and claimed that he will win the match and take the WWE Championship from Brock Lesnar.
Along with Elias, there were six other names announced on SmackDown. These are King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Otis, and Tucker for the Men’s Royal Rumble match. Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross were announced for the Women’s Royal Rumble match.
Here’s the updated list of all the announced competitors for the Men and Women’s WWE Royal Rumble matches:
Announced competitors in the Men’s Royal Rumble match
- Roman Reigns
- Brock Lesnar
- AJ Styles
- Erick Rowan
- Randy Orton
- Rey Mysterio
- Ricochet
- Drew McIntyre
- Elias
- King Corbin
- Dolph Ziggler
- Otis
- Tucker
13 entrants out of 30 have been announced as of this writing.
Announced competitors in the Women’s Royal Rumble match
- Charlotte Flair
- Alexa Bliss
- Nikki Cross
3 entrants out of 30 have been announced as of this writing.
Here’s the rest of the WWE Royal Rumble card so far with three singles matches:
Singles match for the WWE Universal Championship
“The Fiend” Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan
Singles match for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship
Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka
Roman Reigns vs. Corbin
The 2020 WWE Royal Rumble PPV event will take place on January 26 at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.
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