WWE Royal Rumble 2020: Results, Highlights, and Grades
By Mark Justice
WWE Royal Rumble 2020 will take place on Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas and live on the WWE Network with a two-hour kickoff show beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. Here are some results, highlights, and grades for a PPV that shall kickstart the road to WWE WrestleMania 36.
Dating back from 1988, the Royal Rumble is a special free-for-all match in the WWE, in which the winner earns a world championship opportunity at the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania. The challenge is to outlast twenty-nine other superstars by hurling them over the top rope so that both feet hit the floor. Indeed, success is all about the numbers.
Who will be the Monster Eliminator? Who will be the Iron Man? Who will main event WrestleMania? Three brands collide in two Royal Rumbles on one historic night. As fingers are crossed for an ethereal CM Punk or Edge return, WWE Royal Rumble 2020 will give the WWE Universe the answer to that question as we approach that PPV this Sunday and kickstart the road to WWE WrestleMania 36. Per WWE’s official website, the following matches have been made official for this PPV:
"Men’s Royal Rumble Match Confirmed Participants: Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar, AJ Styles, Erick Rowan, Randy Orton, Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, Elias, King Corbin, Dolph Ziggler, Otis, Tucker, Rusev, Bobby Lashley, Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy, Braun Strowman, Shinsuke Nakamura, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Samoa Joe Women’s Royal Rumble Match Confirmed Participants: Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Nikki Cross, Sarah Logan Universal Championship Strap Match Bray Wyatt (c) vs. Daniel Bryan Falls Count Anywhere Match Roman Reigns vs. King Corbin Raw Women’s Championship Becky Lynch (c) vs. Asuka SmackDown Women’s Championship Bayley (c) vs. Lacey Evans United States Championship Andrade (c) vs. Humberto Carillo Grudge Match Sheamus vs. Shorty G"
With that being said, it’s time to plunge into a plenitude of surprises for WWE’s very first main roster PPV of 2020. Let’s get ready to rumble, starting off with the kickoff matches: Shorty G vs. Sheamus and Andrade vs. Humberto Carillo for the United States Championship!