As expected, WWE has set a United States Championship match for this year's Royal Rumble PPV. During last night's episode of SmackDown Live, it was announced that Rusev will defend the title at the event after beating Shinsuke Nakamura for it on the Christmas Day edition of the show.
Seeing the Bulgarian Brute take on the King of Strong Style promises to be a lot of fun but it's easy enough to imagine it being relegated to the Kickoff show, a rather massive come down for Nakamura after he won the men's Royal Rumble match for a WWE title opportunity just one year ago.
There's no word on an Intercontinental Championship match but here's the card so far...
WWE Universal Championship
Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor
WWE Championship
Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
WWE Raw Women’s Championship
Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks
WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship
Asuka vs. Becky Lynch
WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
The Bar vs. Shane McMahon & The Miz
United States Championship
Rusev vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
Buddy Murphy vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami