WWE Royal Rumble 2018: Full list of men’s entrants
By Luke Norris
Here’s a list of confirmed entries for the 31st annual men’s WWE Royal Rumble Match.
It’s that time of year again as the road to WrestleMania begins at the Royal Rumble, which will take place this year on Sunday, January 28 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
As usual, 30 superstars will battle it out for the chance to compete in a title match on April 8 at WrestleMania 34 for either the WWE Championship, currently held by AJ Styles, or the WWE Universal Championship, which currently resides in the possession of Brock Lesnar.
Although unlikely this year, things can certainly change on the way to WrestleMania. AJ Styles is set to defend the WWE Championship this Sunday at the Royal Rumble in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match against Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn while Brock Lesnar doesn’t even have to lose in his Triple Threat Match with Kane and Braun Strowman to lose his Universal Championship. Each brand also has a pay-per-view scheduled before the show of shows with Monday Night RAW hosting WWE Elimination Chamber on February 25 and SmackDown Live hosting WWE Fastlane on March 11.
But let’s not jump too far ahead. To get to the main event of WrestleMania, one must first conquer 29 other superstars for a shot at immortality on the grandest stage of them all. Here’s the full list of confirmed entries into the 2018 WWE Men’s Royal Rumble.
- John Cena
- Roman Reigns
- Finn Balor
- Randy Orton
- Shinsuke Nakamura
- The Miz
- Elias
- Baron Corbin
- Matt Hardy
- Bray Wyatt
- Aiden English
- Rusev
- Titus O’Neil
- Apollo Crews
- Tye Dillinger
- Big E
- Kofi Kingston
- Xavier Woods
As I’m sure you can see, that’s not even close to 30 names, which leaves plenty of room for some surprise entries in this year’s Royal Rumble. We’ll find out the rest of the list this Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern/4:00 Pacific on the WWE Network.
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