Revealed: Update On WWE Backstage Planning For Royal Rumble 2020

Jan 3, 2020 at 1:47 PM

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Revealed: Update On WWE Backstage Planning For Royal Rumble 2020

The Royal Rumble PPV takes place on January 26th which will be the first PPV event of the year 2020. It will kick off the WrestleMania 36 season, as well. At present, the card is in the process which should be finalized very soon. The storylines will also kick-off, consequently so as to provide buildups for the opening PPV event for next year.

Asuka To Become A Grand Slam Champion At WWE Royal Rumble 2020?

As noted during the TLC pay-per-view, WWE has changed its strategy while setting up a pay-per-view event. ‪Recently Vince McMahon has been reluctant to announce matches way ahead of pay-per-views. Plus, he keeps changing plans while building up the storylines. ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Brock Lesnar’s WWE Royal Rumble 2020 Opponent Is Yet To Be Decided

For now, ‪two matches seemed to be fully set for the Royal Rumble pay-per-view are ‬which are as follow,‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

‪• WWE RAW Women’s Championship-Becky Lynch vs Asuka ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

‪• WWE Universal Championship-The Fiend vs Daniel Bryan

The source also noted several matches is in the pipeline to get announced in due course. At present, ‪WWE is discussing the following possible matches,‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

• WWE Championship Brock Lesnar vs TBD ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪• RAW Tag-Team Championship ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪The O.C. vs The Viking Raiders ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪• WWE United Rey Mysterio vs Andrade ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Revealed: WWE Has Big Plans For NXT Stars At 2020 Royal Rumble

It should be noted that not even one of these matches has been finalized. As for the men’s and women’s division Royal Rumble matches, WWE might include RAW, SmackDown and NXT rosters with 10 participants from each brand

‪• 10 Raw participants ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
‪• 10 SmackDown participants ‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬
• 10 NXT participants (possibly less)

It’s expected that NXT will be highlighted during the upcoming Royal Rumble. It will help them to get mainstream exposure and Triple H is pushing the idea. However, as always, Vince McMahon will take the final call regarding the entrants.

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