WWE is trying to build the Greatest Royal Rumble event in the most spectacular way possible.
The headliner of the show will see 50 superstars competing in the largest Rumble match in the history of the company. So, from that point, it is going to be a historic night. Furthermore, numerous legendary names have already been added to work on the show.
John Cena vs Triple H is going to be the marquee match of the evening. Another match from the flagship show of the WWE will get contested for the Universal Championship.
Roman Reigns will get yet another opportunity for the title against Brock Lesnar. This time around, the match would take place inside a steel cage.
The #UniversalTitle will be on the line in a STEEL CAGE at the @WWE Greatest Royal Rumble event in Saudi Arabia! #WWEGRR #RAW #RAWAfterMania @WWERomanReigns @BrockLesnar @HeymanHustle pic.twitter.com/rSgWs8amtW
— WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018
Meanwhile, the superstars’ list for the Greatest Royal Rumble match is growing bigger, day by day. Previously big names like Daniel Bryan, Braun Strowman and Kane, were included on the list. Recently, WWE added two huge names to the match card.
The WWE Raw general manager, Kurt Angle is the first name into the mix, whereas, Chris Jericho will also return to in-ring competition on April 27th.
The speculations regarding Y2J coming back to WWE was always there. With this official statement, it is now finalised the veteran will resurface in WWE programming. Check out the official statement from WWE.com,
“Fifteen WWE Superstars, including Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle, 2016 Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal winner Baron Corbin, four-time Tag Team Champions The New Day, and three-time World Heavyweight Champion and 9-time Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho, have officially entered the first-ever 50-Man Greatest Royal Rumble Match, which will take place at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST.”
JUST ANNOUNCED: 15 Superstars have been added to the 50-MAN #RoyalRumble Match at @WWE Greatest Royal Rumble in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Friday, April 27, at 7 p.m. AST.! #WWEGRR https://t.co/HMiQow0e17
— WWE (@WWE) April 10, 2018
As for the other new names announced in the match is concerned, these are Apollo, Shelton Benjamin, Sin Cara, Elias, Chad Gable, Goldust, Titus O’Neil, Mojo Rawley and Dolph Ziggler and more.
Two more championship matches were made official on this Greatest Royal Rumble night, recently.
The Bar will face the winner of the announced tag team match on next week’s WWE Raw. Also, the Usos vs The Bludgeon Brothers for the Smackdown tag team championship has also been confirmed.
More of such mouth-watering bouts will in-store on this epic show to be broadcasted live on WWE Network.