Moving on from the holidays, WWE will present the Royal Rumble 2023 premium live event, next month and speculations are high all around it. The show is all set to go down on Saturday, January 28, 2023, from San Antonio, Texas at the Alamodome, and to sell out such a huge crowd, the company will need bigger star powers by all means.
Hence, it’s safe to say that some of the top matches will be booked and will stream, live for the WWE Network Specials. Official announcements regarding matches for the Royal Rumble 2023 should happen in the coming weeks, but internally, WWE has already locked in the top matches of the card.
Reports further affirm that these matches won’t be announced until after the December 30 edition of Smackdown which will be headlined by John Cena teaming with Kevin Owens against Sami Zayn and Roman Reigns in a tag team match.
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Different gimmick matches planned for Royal Rumble 2023?
As for Royal Rumble 2023, here’s what currently in the works, according to what WrestlingNews.co has to offer,
– Continuing the existing beef, one of the top matches of the card will feature Roman Reigns defending the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship against Kevin Owens.
– Ronda Rousey will defend the WWE Smackdown Women’s Championship against Raquel Rodriguez who is the speculated new number-one contender for the title. It’s likely that this match will be announced on SmackDown after a contender’s Gauntlet Match.
– WWE Hall of Famer Edge is expected to make his return to compete against Finn Balor and the latter is likely to revive his Demon King shtick. There’s also been talk of this match being a Hell in a Cell match.
– WWE will also reportedly introduce a new stipulation match at Royal Rumble 2023, namely a Pitch Black match. Bray Wyatt is obviously one of the participants in this match who has been feuding with LA Knight. These two are linked to this Pitch Black concept but at the same time, their match could also go down on the final episode of Smackdown in 2022.
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Multiple gimmick matches at single PLE?
However, it is also unlikely that four gimmick matches will go down on the same card stipulation events on the same card (two Royal Rumble Matches, Hell in a Cell, and Pitch Black), so it’s likely we’ll see either Hell in a Cell or Pitch Black and not both of them at Royal Rumble 2023.
The Royal Rumble 2023 edition will be the first annual pay-per-view under the Triple H regime after he became the head of WWE Creative in July. Fans are genuinely excited about how things will be conducted under his planning. There are also rumors about him sanctioning a 40-superstar Rumble match but that’s yet to be confirmed.
