WWE News: Commentary Teams, Kickoff Panels & More For Royal Rumble

WWE has announced the commentary teams and more for Royal Rumble!

We are now just a few short days away from one of WWE’s most anticipated pay-per-views all year, Royal Rumble, this Sunday from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

Recently, WWE Hall Of Famer Jerry ‘The King’ Lawler revealed he had signed a new contract with the company and would be at the Royal Rumble event to call some of the action (check that out here). While there had been rumors that Lawler would be alongside fellow Hall Of Famer Jim Ross to call the Men’s Royal Rumble Match, that is not the case as we have learned today.

WWE has announced all of the commentary teams for each match on Sunday, as well as the Kickoff panels and ring announcers:

Announcer lineup for Royal Rumble and Royal Rumble Kickoff

During this weekend’s Royal Rumble and Royal Rumble Kickoff, several announcers will lend their voices to the action.

The Royal Rumble Kickoff show, beginning at 5 ET/2 PT, will feature analysis from the expert panel of Jonathan Coachman, Beth Phoenix, Booker T and Jerry “The King” Lawler in the first hour, with Shawn Michaels and David Otunga tagging in for Booker and Lawler in the second hour. In addition, a second panel will include JBL and Charly Caruso. All the while, Kayla Braxton, Dasha Fuentes and Sarah Schreiber will be on-hand to conduct exclusive interviews.

Then, once the Royal Rumble pay-per-view begins at 7 ET/4 PT, the announce teams will run as follows:

The Men’s Royal Rumble Match will be called by Michael Cole, Corey Graves, JBL and Jerry “The King” Lawler.

The Women’s Royal Rumble Match will be called by Renee Young, Beth Phoenix, Tom Phillips and Corey Graves.

The Universal Championship Match and the Raw Women’s Championship Match will be called by Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Renee Young.

The WWE Championship Match, SmackDown Women’s Championship Match, SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match and United States Championship Match will all be called by Tom Phillips, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton.

The exciting Fatal 4-Way Cruiserweight Championship Match will be called by Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness and Percy Watson.

Rings announcers for Royal Rumble will be Greg Hamilton and Mike Rome.