A look at how to watch the Royal Rumble pre-show Sunday night.
Live from the Amway Center on Sunday night, the WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view will take place. The is the company’s first big show of the year that kicks things off for WrestleMania season.
The Royal Rumble match will headline the show, which is an annual Jan. tradition in WWE. Usually, the winner would get a title match at WrestleMania. However, this year will be different as Roman Reigns will defend the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in the match. He will have to enter No. 1 and go through 29 other Superstars to keep his title.
Before we get to that, the Royal Rumble kickoff show will take place. It is set to feature a fatal 4-way Royal Rumble qualifier match between Mark Henry and Jack Swagger vs. The Dudley Boyz vs. The Ascension vs. Damien Sandow and Darren Young.
There are some unique pairings in there with Young and Sandow teaming. The former was teaming with Titus O’Neil to form The Prime Time Players. However, WWE broke them up without any type of segment. O’Neil has been working as a singles Superstar for the past few months. Sandow is also making his first PPV appearance in about nine months.
Then there is Swagger and Henry, who aren’t usually tag team partners. They are the favorites, though, given that the World’s Strongest Man said that this will likely be his last Royal Rumble (h/t Cageside Seats). Having him enter the match one last time would be a good way of sending off the former World Heavyweight Champion since he won’t likely be in any significant matches or feuds going forward.
After this happens, we will get to the Royal Rumble PPV, which should be an interesting watch.
Details on how to watch the show are below.
Date: Jan. 24
Start Time: 8:00 pm ET
Location: Amway Center, Orlando, FL
TV Info: WWE Network and PPV
Live Stream: WWE.com