Alexa Bliss Announces She's Headed To The Royal Rumble, New Participants Added


Alexa Bliss announced on tonight's WWE Raw that she will return to the ring in the 30-woman Royal Rumble Match at Sunday's Rumble pay-per-view. Bliss has been out of action due to issues from concussions, her last match coming at a WWE live event on October 20.

Lacey Evans also announced her Rumble spot for Sunday's big match. For the 30-man Rumble Match, Titus O'Neil has announced that he will be a participant. There are 7 open spots for the women's match as of this writing and 11 open spots for the men's match.

The Royal Rumble pay-per-view takes place on January 27 from Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. Below is the updated card:

Universal Championship Match
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Finn Balor

WWE Championship Match
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles

Raw Women's Championship Match
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks

SmackDown Women's Championship Match
Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch

United States Championship Match
Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura

SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match
The Bar (c) vs. The Miz and Shane McMahon

WWE Cruiserweight Championship Fatal 4-Way Match
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Kalisto vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Hideo Itami

30-Man Royal Rumble Match
R-Truth (#30), John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Mustafa Ali, Andrade, Apollo Crews, Elias, Baron Corbin, Jinder Mahal, Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins, Samoa Joe, Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston, Big E, Xavier Woods, Jeff Hardy, Bobby Lashley, Titus O'Neil, TBA

30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
Carmella (#30), Charlotte Flair, Naomi, Tamina, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Dana Brooke, Lana, Nia Jax, Nikki Cross, Natalya, Bayley, Zelina Vega, Ember Moon, Ruby Riott, Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Alicia Fox, Mickie James, Alexa Bliss, Lacey Evans, TBA