It’s time for the WWE Royal Rumble 2026 premium live event! This show is taking place at King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
The pay-per-view is set to start at with the Countdown to Royal Rumble pre-show at 12 p.m. ET, with the main card starting at 2 p.m. ET. It will air on ESPN+ in the United States and Netflix everywhere else.
This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of the WWE Royal Rumble event, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!
Preview & Predictions for WWE Royal Rumble 2026:
On tap for tonight’s event, there will obviously be the two titular battle royal matches with the Men’s Royal Rumble and the Women’s Royal Rumble, but the two other matches are extremely important as well.
AJ Styles will seemingly wrestle his last match in WWE, if ever, against “The Ring General” Gunther, as if he loses, he will be forced to retire. All signs seem to point to Styles coming out of this with a loss and wrapping things up to finish out his contract, but you never know.
Drew McIntyre will also defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Sami Zayn. While I feel like it is an extreme long shot Zayn will take the belt, I didn’t feel McIntyre was going to beat Cody Rhodes for the title in the first place, so WWE could be shaking things up quite a bit and Zayn as champion isn’t a foregone guaranteed no.
Regarding the Women’s Royal Rumble, I’m expecting Bianca Belair to come back as a surprise entrant and to win it, going on to face Jade Cargill at WrestleMania. If not that, I think the next people to watch out for are Liv Morgan (to challenge Stephanie Vaquer) and Rhea Ripley or Iyo Sky (to challenge Vaquer), depending on if Belair is actually in the match, which hasn’t been confirmed in any way.
The handful of names for the Men’s Royal Rumble that I’m keeping an eye on are Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Bron Breakker, Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi, Gunther, and Seth Rollins, if he’s in the match. Everything feels like it’s on the table, so I have no faith in picking a winner between them. If someone else were to win, I’d be very surprised.
2026 WWE Royal Rumble Results:
- Liv Morgan won the 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
- The order of entries and elimination were as follows:
- #1 Charlotte Flair
- #2 Alexa Bliss
- #3 Kiana James
- #4 Nia Jax
- #5 Ivy Nile
- #6 Lola Vice
- #7 Candice LeRae
- #8 Jordynne Grace
- Lola Vice and Candice LeRae were eliminated by Jordynne Grace
- Ivy Nile eliminated by Jordynne Grace
- Nia Jax and Alexa Blwass were eliminated by Charlotte Flair
- #9 Becky Lynch
- #10 Sol Ruca
- #11 Roxanne Perez
- #12 Maxxine Dupri
- #13 Nattie
- Maxxine Dupri eliminated by Becky Lynch
- Becky Lynch eliminated by Nattie
- #14 Liv Morgan
- #15 Lash Legend
- Jordynne Grace eliminated by Lash Legend
- #16 Zelina Vega
- #17 Raquel Rodriguez
- Kiana James eliminated by Raquel Rodriguez
- #18 Chelsea Green
- #19 Giulia
- #20 Iyo Sky
- #21 Asuka
- #22 Rhea Ripley
- Zelina Vega eliminated by Giulia
- Chelsea Green eliminated by Rhea Ripley
- Roxanne Perez eliminated by Rhea Ripley
- #23 Bayley
- #24 Jacy Jayne
- Nattie eliminated by Liv Morgan
- #25 Nikki Bella
- #26 Lyra Valkyria
- Giulia eliminated by Lyra Valkyria
- #27 Kelani Jordan
- #28 Kairi Sane
- Asuka eliminated by Kairi Sane
- Kairi Sane eliminated by Iyo Sky
- #29 Brie Bella
- #30 Tiffany Stratton
- Lyra Valkyria eliminated by Brie Bella
- Bayley eliminated by Nikki Bella
- Kelani Jordan eliminated by Jacy Jayne
- Jacy Jayne eliminated by Sol Ruca
- Brie Bella and Nikki Bella were eliminated by Lash Legend
- Charlotte Flair eliminated by Lash Legend
- Iyo Sky eliminated by Lash Legend
- Lash Legend eliminated by Rhea Ripley
- Rhea Ripley eliminated by Raquel Rodriguez
- Raquel Rodriguez eliminated by Liv Morgan
- Sol Ruca eliminated by Tiffany Stratton
- Tiffany Stratton eliminated by Liv Morgan for the win
- AJ Styles Retirement Match: Gunther defeated AJ Styles by submission with a sleeper hold and referee stoppage as Styles was unable to get his arm up
- Singles Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) defeated Sami Zayn by pinfall.
- Roman Reigns won the 30-Man Royal Rumble Match
- The order of entries and elimination were as follows:
- #1 Oba Femi
- #2 Bron Breakker
- Bron Breakker was eliminated by Oba Femi
- #3 Solo Sikoa
- #4 Rey Mysterio
- #5 Rusev
- Rusev was eliminated by Oba Femi
- Solo Sikoa was eliminated by Oba Femi
- Rey Mysterio was eliminated by Oba Femi
- #6 Matt Cardona
- Matt Cardona was eliminated by Oba Femi
- #7 Damian Priest
- #8 Je’Von Evans
- #9 Mr. Iguana
- #10 Trick Williams
- Mr. Iguana was eliminated by Trick Williams
- #11 Cody Rhodes
- #12 El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser)
- #13 Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable)
- El Grande Americano was eliminated by Original El Grande Americano
- Original El Grande Americano was eliminated by Trick Williams
- Trick Williams was eliminated by Cody Rhodes
- #14 Powerhouse Hobbs aka Royce Keys
- Damian Priest was eliminated by Royce Keys
- #15 Austin Theory
- #16 Bronson Reed
- #17 Ilja Dragunov
- #18 La Parka
- #19 Dragon Lee
- #20 Logan Paul
- Royce Keys was eliminated by Bronson Reed
- La Parka was eliminated by Austin Theory
- Dragon Lee was eliminated by Bronson Reed
- #21 LA Knight
- Austin Theory was eliminated by LA Knight
- Bronson Reed was eliminated by LA Knight
- #22 Brock Lesnar
- #23 The Miz
- Ilja Dragunov was eliminated by Brock Lesnar
- #24 Rey Fenix
- Rey Fenix was eliminated by Brock Lesnar
- Oba Femi was eliminated by Brock Lesnar
- #25 Jey Uso
- Brock Lesnar was eliminated by Cody Rhodes and LA Knight
- #26 Roman Reigns
- The Miz was eliminated by Roman Reigns
- #27 Jacob Fatu
- #28 Penta
- LA Knight was eliminated by Cody Rhodes
- #29 Randy Orton
- #30 Gunther
- Je’Von Evans was eliminated by Randy Orton
- Penta was eliminated by Gunther
- Cody Rhodes was eliminated by Drew McIntyre
- Jacob Fatu was eliminated by Roman Reigns
- Jey Uso was eliminated by Roman Reigns
- Logan Paul was eliminated by Roman Reigns
- Randy Orton was eliminated by Gunther
- Gunther was eliminated by Roman Reigns
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