Friday’s “WWE SmackDown” emanating from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, marked the go-home show to the Royal Rumble and the newest updated line-up for the eponymous men’s and ladies’s matches.
On the lads’s side, Cody Rhodes signaled his intent to win the Rumble for the third time in 4 years, becoming the primary to declare for the match on “WWE SmackDown.” He was soon joined by 2025 winner Jey Uso, Gunther, 2006 winner Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, and Penta on the next “WWE Raw.” Mysterio picked up a knock on Monday, nevertheless, and his current Rumble status is unclear.
2015 winner and “Original Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns was announced to be making his return within the Rumble match, together with cousins Solo Sikoa and Jacob Fatu on the next “SmackDown” and Saturday Night’s Important Event shows. Everything of The Vision: Bron Breakker, Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, and Austin Theory were then added to the Rumble on Monday’s “Raw” alongside Je’Von Evans and Oba Femi.
Two-time Rumble winners Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton declared themselves into the match in media appearances throughout the week.
Finally, on the go-home show of “SmackDown” Friday all of Damian Priest, Trick Williams, The Miz, Ilja Dragunov, and Matt Cardona were added to the match, rounding out the announced men’s entrants heading into Saturday.
On the ladies’s side, no latest participants were announced on the go-home show; Iyo Sky, Rhea Ripley, Roxanne Perez, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Bayley, Lyra Valkyria, Asuka, Chelsea Green, Jordynne Grace, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Nia Jax, Lash Legend, Giulia, Maxxine Dupri, and Becky Lynch had all been announced across the past two “Raw” episodes and last Friday’s “SmackDown.”
22 out of 30 of the lads’s participants have been announced, on the time of writing. 17 women’s participants have been announced.