The 2025 30-Man Royal Rumble match has just added another big name to the lineup, as Sami Zayn declared himself to officially be one of this year's entrants.
Joining a list of CM Punk, Drew McIntyre, Jey Uso, John Cena, LA Knight, Rey Mysterio, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins, Zayn has his work cut out for him. But he cut a passionate promo when announcing his declaration for entry, speaking about how so many people dream of becoming professional wrestlers, and he's in a select group that can call themselves WWE Superstars, but he knows that the only thing separating him from the absolute top tier echelon is that people like Punk and Reigns have a world title to their name.
Zayn will win this year's Royal Rumble and go on to win a world title at WrestleMania 41 to do it for his teenage self.
This prompted Zayn's best friend Kevin Owens to come out to say that he is rooting for Sami, as he deserves it. Owens wants Zayn to win the Royal Rumble and challenge him for the world title at WrestleMania, so they can main event together for a singles world title. He has Sami's back, and he's hoping Sami has his. The implication is out there that Owens wants Zayn to help him beat Cody Rhodes in their ladder match at Royal Rumble, as even though Owens has been parading around with the Winged Eagle title belt, he isn't actually the rightful WWE champion.
In other roster related news, Bayley has been officially traded between the SmackDown and Raw rosters and will be a part of the red brand going forward as of tonight.
This is a result of the "transfer window" concept WWE has been playing around with over the past month, wherein many other stars have been moving between the rosters with only a few being designated an official trade. Nia Jax is currently hanging out on Raw as of late, but is not confirmed. The Wyatt Sicks have been confirmed for a trade over to SmackDown.
Roxanne Perez has not yet been confirmed anywhere, but she continues to show up wherever Bayley is, getting into it with her both on SmackDown and tonight during Bayley's match with Nia Jax.
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