WWE News: Updated Royal Rumble Card After This Week’s RAW & SmackDown Live

The updated lineup for this month’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view!

We’re just over two weeks away from one of the WWE’s most anticipated events all year, Royal Rumble, coming up on January 27th at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona.

There were big changes made to the lineup for the big show made Monday night on RAW as Mr. McMahon stripped Braun Strowman of his Universal Championship opportunity against Brock Lesnar (see the latest news on that here). Now, Finn Balor will be the new challenger for ‘The Beast Incarnate’ after not only beating Jinder Mahal, but then winning a Fatal 4-Way over John Cena, Baron Corbin and Drew McIntyre.

Additionally, last night’s episode of SmackDown Live saw the addition of two more participants in the Women’s Royal Rumble Match as Peyton Royce and Billie Kay have officially entered the match. On top of that, it was announced that Shinsuke Nakamura will get his rematch for the United States Title against the man who defeated him for it, Rusev.

Here’s a look at the updated Royal Rumble card with this week’s RAW and SmackDown Live in the books:

Men’s Royal Rumble Match
R-Truth (#30), Drew McIntyre, Xavier Woods, Big E, Kofi Kingston, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Dean Ambrose, Jinder Mahal, Seth Rollins, Rey Mysterio, Andrade, Samoa Joe, Baron Corbin, Elias, Finn Balor, Apollo Crews, Mustafa Ali, John Cena

Women’s Royal Rumble Match
Carmella (#30), Natalya, Bayley, Sasha Banks, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Sarah Logan,
Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Zelina Vega, Alicia Fox, Naomi, Mickie James,
Billie Kay, Peyton Royce

Universal Championship
(C) Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor

WWE Championship
(C) Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles

RAW Women’s Championship
(C) Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks

SmackDown Women’s Championship
(C) Asuka vs. Becky Lynch

SmackDown Tag Team Championship
(C) The Bar vs. The Miz & Shane McMahon

United States Championship
(C) Rusev vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

Fatal 4-Way for the Cruiserweight Championship
(C) Buddy Murphy vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami