This Saturday, Indianapolis, Indiana will host one of the most unpredictable royal events of recent memory at Lucas Oil Stadium. The headliner as usual is both the Royal Rumble Men and Women’s matches, and two titles of “WWE Smackdown” will also be at stake. There have been many previous rumbles with only two or three realistic winners Who happened, but this is certainly not the case before this year’s event.
On the men’s side, CM Punk has established itself as one of the favorites to win the Rumble, in particular because of its long -standing objective to be in the main event of Wrestlemania. His stormy promo with Cody Rhodes on “WWE Raw” could also suggest that Punk will enter a program with “The American Nightmare” in the near future. John Cena has become another favorite, with his retirement tour that starts earlier this month. Saturday will mark the last time that Cena will participate in the Royal Rumble, and her goal of becoming a world champion of 17 times is an intriguing story before the Wrestlemania season. Roman Reigns is also a potential winner, because he will aim to take over the undisputed WWE championship now that he has finished with Solo Sikoa. However, stars like Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and Sami Zayn were also presented as solid suitors.
As for women, Charlotte Flair will return to the long -awaited ring in the rumble and quickly became a favorite to go out victorious. “The Queen” has not contributed since 2023 due to an injury, and WWE could immediately find it in the photo of the title Sell Wrestlemania. Becky Lynch could also prepare for another Rumble victory because she would come back lately and could seek a revenge match of Wrestlemania against Rhea Ripley. Bayley will aim to be the first women to win consecutive rumbles, while Nia Jax will fight for an opportunity to take revenge on Tiffany Stratton.
Two other titles are online
After a quarrel of almost four months, Kevin Owens and Rhodes will engage together in their third battle for the undeniable WWE championship in a scale match. Before Owens light up on “The American Nightmare” after Bad Blood last October, the two men fought for the title in Bash in Berlin, Rhodes barely escaping with the victory. In December, Owens lost again against Rhodes at the main event on Saturday evening, and this time Ko did not prevent using harmful methods in order to win the match. However, he would quickly turn to Owens when he was struck with a cross rhodes on a steel chair, which led to another loss.
In front of the Royal Rumble, Owens said he was the real undisputed WWE champion due to Rhodes using the steel chair during the main event on Saturday evening, and since then won the Eagle Winted championship to prove that ‘He deserves the title. That Owens is finally able to defeat Rhodes on Saturday, may depend on the involvement of Sami Zayn, whose help Ko is waiting for their longtime friendship.
Elsewhere, DIY and Motor City machine guns will come up against the WWE Tag team championship for the third time in the past two months. Tommaso Ciampa and Johnny Gargano stole the titles of Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin last December when they executed a Talon tour during the match. Since then, firearms are going to take revenge on DIY and have won the opportunity to resume titles in a match of 2 out of 3 on 3 this weekend. It remains to be seen if Ciampa and Gargano will be wrong in another victory, or if Shelley and Sabin will become twice champions of the WWE team.
