A huge mixed tag team match has been made official on Raw for WWE Royal Rumble 2022, scheduled for later this month. Proving the speculations true, this match will see WWE Hall of Famers Edge and Beth Phoenix competing against The Miz and Maryse. As we all know, both these two pairs are also real-life couples (husband and wife).
Since his return to Raw, last month, Edge has been feuding with The Miz and Maryse for several weeks now. This past Saturday’s WWE Day 1 pay-per-view witnessed Beth Phoenix getting added to the mix as she made her return to the storylines, chasing away Maryse for providing a distraction to Edge in his match against The Miz at Day 1.
This allowed Edge to defeat The Miz with his pendant Spear maneuver. The Miz and Maryse then complained about the bygone happenings on last night’s post-Day 1 edition of RAW but were interrupted by Edge and Phoenix. The two WWE Hall of Famers issued a mixed tag team match challenge to The A-Listers at Royal Rumble 2022, and Miz accepted.
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The decision obviously didn’t go well with his wife who barely competes in the ring. The segment eventually ended with Phoenix pretending to knock Maryse down after which Maryse stormed off to the back as Miz begged her to relax. Following this segment, WWE officially announced The IT Couple vs. The GrIT Couple for Royal Rumble 2022.
As per the announcement, Maryse will return to in-ring action at the Rumble since teaming with The Miz for a win over Daniel Bryan and WWE Hall of Famer Brie Bella at Hell in a Cell 2018. Beth Phoenix will also be back in action for the first time since a Fatal 4 Way for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles at WrestleMania 35 in 2019.
WWE Royal Rumble 2022 match card
The Royal Rumble 2022 will take place on January 29 from The Dome at America’s Center in St. Louis, Missouri. The current card for the night goes as follows,
30-Man Royal Rumble Match
Johnny Knoxville, Austin Theory, Rey Mysterio, Dominik Mysterio, Montez Ford, Angelo Dawkins, 24 Superstars TBA
30-Woman Royal Rumble Match
30 Superstars TBA
WWE Title Match
Bobby Lashley vs. Brock Lesnar (c)
Mixed Tag Team Match
WWE Hall of Famers Edge and Beth Phoenix vs. The Miz and Maryse
