• Top WWE Star Wants To Eliminate Brock Lesnar From The Royal Rumble
During an interview on ESPN Get Up, Cody Rhodes said he’s not done with Brock Lesnar ahead of the Royal Rumble:
“I think I’d like to get Brock Lesnar if I could get anyone. I had his last match before he came back and wrestled John Cena.
I thought we ended this thing. Apparently, we did not. But I’d like to be the one to throw that guy out.”
• 2 Pre-Show Matches Added To Royal Rumble 2026
The Royal Rumble card in Riyadh just got a little bigger. According to PWInsider, WWE has quietly added two matches to Royal Rumble 2026:
– The New Day and Grayson Waller vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Motor City Machine Guns
– My Family Tree vs. The Wyatt Sicks
PWInsider noted that these two matches are internally listed as pre-show matches, and there’s no word yet on whether fans will be able to watch them on ESPN (United States), Netflix (outside the United States), or YouTube.
This explains why Waller was noticeably pulled from his scheduled appearances at NXT live events this weekend.
The following 4 matches are scheduled to take place on the main PLE card:
– Men’s Royal Rumble Match: Winner gets a world title match at WrestleMania 42
– Women’s Royal Rumble Match: Winner gets a world title match at WrestleMania 42
– Undisputed WWE Championship Match: Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Sami Zayn
– Career-Threatening Match (If AJ Styles loses, he’ll be forced to retire): AJ Styles vs. Gunther
• Former Champion Confirms Return From Hiatus For Royal Rumble
Former WWE Divas Champion Nikki Bella has confirmed that she will enter the Women’s Royal Rumble match today. In an interview in Saudi Arabia, Nikki said she’d like to face AJ Lee in the Rumble match:
“I am gonna go back to my era, and I would want it to be AJ Lee. Since she has been back, we haven’t had that face-off, so if I was the only one standing in that ring, I would want to hit 30, and I want to have that old-school staredown. That would be great.”
Nikki Bella teases Brie’s potential surprise return and names AJ Lee as the wrestler she’d love to face as her last opponent at the #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/rV2fn0f170
— maisha (@BRIZEEMODE) January 30, 2026
The WWE Hall of Famer hasn’t appeared on RAW in a month. Her last match took place on the December 29, 2025, episode of RAW, where she competed in a Triple Threat Match for the Women’s World Championship against Stephanie Vaquer and Raquel Rodriguez.
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