There isn't much time left to sort out who is going to be competing in this year's Royal Rumble matches, as the premium live event is scheduled for Saturday, February 1, 2025. But as of tonight's episode of WWE SmackDown, we now know a few more participants in the 2025 Women's Royal Rumble match.
First up was Charlotte Flair, who had another vignette hyping her return, which she confirmed will take place in the Royal Rumble bout.
During an in-ring promo segment that kicked off with Tiffany Stratton, but eventually included Rhea Ripley, the two women's world champions were addressing their possible situation of being challenged by the Royal Rumble winner.
Out came Nia Jax, flanked by Candice LeRae. Jax redeclared herself to be in the Royal Rumble (having previously already said she would be in it during a Raw segment with Ripley and Bayley, who is also confirmed for entry). Strangely, LeRae wasn't mentioned as being declared, which may be an oversight or WWE just not caring enough to clarify that specifically, even when they ran a graphic later in the night that showed everyone but her.
Jax spoke about how she planned to win the Women's World Championship from Ripley tomorrow night at Saturday Night's Main Event before winning the Royal Rumble and challenging Tiffany Stratton at WrestleMania 41 to win back her WWE Women's Championship that Stratton stole from her with her Money in the Bank briefcase cash-in.
The WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Naomi and Bianca Belair then came out, both declaring themselves as also entering the Royal Rumble match, touting that one of them would win.
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez then also came out, and Morgan did the talking for them, saying not only would she win the Royal Rumble, but Raquel would ensure her victory, implying she will also be in this year's match.
All of this is to be expected, as WWE certainly was not going to sideline these prominent talents.
As far as the 30-Man Royal Rumble match, there are still only 9 Superstars confirmed for that, being CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Jey Uso, John Cena, LA Knight, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns, Sami Zayn, Seth Rollins.
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