WWE.com & last night’s RAW broadcast have both added to the card of this year’s Royal Rumble, currently scheduled for January 28 at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, TX. This will be the 20th anniversary of the Royal Rumble which debuted on the USA Network in 1988. To see the official poster for the Royal Rumble, just click here.
As announced on last night’s RAW broadcast, John Cena will take on Umaga in a re-match from New Year’s Revolution in a Last Man Standing match for the WWE Championship. SmackDown!’s main event will be Batista taking on Ken Kennedy, winner of the SmackDown! Sprint, for the World Heavyweight Championship in a re-match from Batista’s first match back last year at the Great American Bash that saw Ken Kennedy end up a bloodied mess.
A brief graphic was displayed on last night’s RAW broadcast which showed participants of the Royal Rumble. WWE.com posted a list of the 25 superstars shown in the graphic who are currently entered in the Royal Rumble. Below is the list of each man as listed on WWE.com:
1. Shelton Benjamin
2. Chris Benoit
3. Carlito
4. Kenny Dykstra
5. Edge
6. Finlay
7. Ric Flair
8. Chavo Guerrero
9. Jeff Hardy
10. Matt Hardy
11. Hardcore Holly
12. Kane
13. King Booker
14. Chris Masters
15. Shawn Michaels
16. The Miz
17. Johnny Nitro
18. Randy Orton
19. Montel Vontavious Porter
20. CM Punk
21. Sabu
22. The Sandman
23. Undertaker
24. Rob Van Dam
25. Viscera
There is no word yet if WWE.com will be announcing the last 5 or if there will be qualifying matches on RAW, ECW, and SmackDown! to determine who gets the last 5 slots.
