WWE kicks off its 2023 particular occasions calendar with a real fan favourite: the Royal Rumble. 30 superstars will compete within the males’s and ladies’s Royal Rumble matches, with the respective winners incomes world title pictures at WrestleMania 39.
The Royal Rumble takes place on the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday night time. Spotlight matches characteristic 30 superstars getting into timed slots. Eliminations solely happen when the Superstars go excessive rope and each ft contact the ground. The only real survivor earns the precise to problem for a world title at WrestleMania. The occasion serves as a chance for brand new stars to emerge or huge stars to re-enter the title image. The Rumble usually highlights returning superstars, cameos from legends and celeb company.
Two title defenses are additionally scheduled for the occasion. Reigns defends his two world titles towards Kevin Owens. Bianca Belair places her Uncooked Girls’s Championship on the road towards ally-turned-foe Alexa Bliss.
The WWE Royal Rumble will likely be proven dwell on Saturday from the Alamodome. It is scheduled to start at eight:00 PM ET with a launch present beginning an hour earlier at 7:00 PM on the Peacock. CBS Sports activities will likely be with you all through the occasion, offering updates and highlights because the motion unfolds on the dwell weblog under.
WWE Royal Rumble 2023 match card
- Males’s Royal Rumble Match
- Girls’s Royal Rumble Match
- The Undisputed WWE Common Championship — Roman Reigns (c) vs. Kevin Owens
- Uncooked Girls’s Championship — Bianca Belair (c) vs. Alexa Bliss
- Bray Wyatt vs. LA Knight (Pitch Black Match)