It's time for the WWE Royal Rumble 2026 premium live event! This show is taking place at King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
The pay-per-view is set to start at with the Countdown to Royal Rumble pre-show at 12 p.m. ET, with the main card starting at 2 p.m. ET. It will air on ESPN+ in the United States and Netflix everywhere else.
This post here will be updated frequently throughout the night to reflect live coverage of the WWE Royal Rumble event, including all the match results, rundowns of the promos, and any other interesting or noteworthy things that take place. Keep refreshing for updates to find out all the winners and more!
Preview & Predictions for WWE Royal Rumble 2026:
On tap for tonight's event, there will obviously be the two titular battle royal matches with the Men's Royal Rumble and the Women's Royal Rumble, but the two other matches are extremely important as well.
AJ Styles will seemingly wrestle his last match in WWE, if ever, against "The Ring General" Gunther, as if he loses, he will be forced to retire. All signs seem to point to Styles coming out of this with a loss and wrapping things up to finish out his contract, but you never know.
Drew McIntyre will also defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against Sami Zayn. While I feel like it is an extreme long shot Zayn will take the belt, I didn't feel McIntyre was going to beat Cody Rhodes for the title in the first place, so WWE could be shaking things up quite a bit and Zayn as champion isn't a foregone guaranteed no.
Regarding the Women's Royal Rumble, I'm expecting Bianca Belair to come back as a surprise entrant and to win it, going on to face Jade Cargill at WrestleMania. If not that, I think the next people to watch out for are Liv Morgan (to challenge Stephanie Vaquer) and Rhea Ripley or Iyo Sky (to challenge Vaquer), depending on if Belair is actually in the match, which hasn't been confirmed in any way.
The handful of names for the Men's Royal Rumble that I'm keeping an eye on are Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, Bron Breakker, Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi, Gunther, and Seth Rollins, if he's in the match. Everything feels like it's on the table, so I have no faith in picking a winner between them. If someone else were to win, I'd be very surprised.
2026 WWE Royal Rumble Results:
- TBD – 30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
- TBD – AJ Styles Retirement Match: AJ Styles vs Gunther
- TBD – Singles Match for the Undisputed WWE Championship: Drew McIntyre (c) vs Sami Zayn
- TBD – 30-Man Royal Rumble Match
What are your thoughts on WWE Royal Rumble 2026? Drop your reactions in the comments below and spark a discussion!