A new title match set for the WWE Royal Rumble PPV has been revealed after WWE taped the New Year’s Day edition of SmackDown Live on Saturday night.
At the taping, AJ Styles defeated Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Mustafa Ali, and Samoa Joe to become the new #1 contender to the WWE Title in the main event. He’ll challenge Daniel Bryan for it at the Royal Rumble.
WWE will make this match official next week. You can read the full spoilers for next week’s episode of SmackDown Live that was taped from Pittsburgh, PA at the PPG Paints Arena here.
WWE presents the Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on Sunday, January 27, 2019 in Phoenix, Arizona at Chase Field that will air on the WWE Network. WWE will be announcing more matches for this show in the coming weeks. Here is the updated card:
Updated WWE Royal Rumble Card
WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Braun Strowman
WWE Champion Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles
30-Man Royal Rumble Match:
30-Woman Royal Rumble Match:
WWE Cruiserweight Champion Buddy Murphy vs. TBA – Fatal 4-Way Match
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