Following this week’s episodes of RAW and SmackDown Live, both of which were the WWE Royal Rumble 2018 “go-home” shows heading into Sunday’s pay-per-view, new names were confirmed for the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble matches.
Featured below are the latest officially confirmed participants for both matches, which will each feature 30 entrants.
Men’s Royal Rumble
1. Elias
2. Randy Orton
3. Shinsuke Nakamura
4. John Cena
5. Finn Balor
6. Baron Corbin
7. Woken Matt Hardy
8. Bray Wyatt
9. Rusev
10. Aiden English
11. Titus O’Neil
12. Apollo Crews
13. The Miz
14. Tye Dillinger
15. Big E
16. Kofi Kingston
17. Xavier Woods
Women’s Royal Rumble
1. Naomi
2. Asuka
3. Ruby Riott
4. Natalya
5. Sasha Banks
6. Bayley
7. Mandy Rose
8. Sonya Deville
9. Liv Morgan
10. Sarah Logan
11. Carmella
12. Tamina
13. Lana
14. Nia Jax
15. Mickie James
16. Becky Lynch
17. Dana Brooke
18. Alicia Fox
Obviously with 17 participants announced for the men’s match and 18 for the women’s, there are plenty of spots available for surprise entrants and stars from NXT.
WWE Royal Rumble 2018 goes down from the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this Sunday, January 28th, airing live via pay-per-view and on the WWE Network. Join us here on Sunday for live play-by-play results coverage of the pay-per-view. We will also be providing live results coverage of the NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia special on Saturday.
