A new year recently kicked off and now all eyes are looking ahead to the annual Royal Rumble premium live event. WWE aired a special 2024 preview special on Peacock on Thursday night and some big announcements were made concerning the Royal Rumble matches.
During the show it was revealed that Becky Lynch has been confirmed for the women’s Royal Rumble and Shinsuke Nakamura has also been confirmed for the men’s Royal Rumble match.
BREAKING: As revealed on WWE 2024 Preview Special on @peacock, @BeckyLynchWWE & @ShinsukeN have both declared for their respective #RoyalRumble matches! pic.twitter.com/elHM8zhdqy
— WWE (@WWE) January 5, 2024
Becky Lynch joins Nia Jax and Bayley who have both been confirmed for the women’s match while Shinsuke joins CM Punk and Cody Rhodes who were previously confirmed for the men’s Royal Rumble. It’s safe to say that we’ll be seeing a lot of announcements like this in the weeks to come.
The Royal Rumble will air live from Tropicana Field on Saturday, January 27th and the current card can be seen below.
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship
Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton, AJ Styles or LA Knight
WWE United States Championship
Logan Paul vs. Kevin Owens or Santos Escobar
WWE Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Bayley, Nia Jax, Becky Lynch
WWE Women’s Royal Rumble Match
CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Shinsuke Nakamura